World's Got Talent is an upcoming talent television show that puts 25 winners from various Got Talent series

Got Talent series

The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format...

 to compete against each other. From there, one of them will be crowned the winner of The World's Got Talent and take home a million pound prize. The screening date is currently unknown.

In June 2010, following Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...

's success at the BAFTA television awards, Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...

 voiced his ideas regarding a global version of the Got Talent series. However he argued that the format would not work with judges as they had all "tried to be him" in previous attempts, and instead proposed a commentary format, similar to that of the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. During the same week, more details were announced, with Cowell explaining 20 previous winning contestants from global variations of the 'Got Talent' format would be brought together at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

 with himself and Jonathan Lopez

Jonathan Lopez

Jonathan Lopez is an American writer and art historian. Born in 1969 in New York City, he was educated there and at Harvard. He writes a monthly column for Art & Antiques called "Talking Pictures" and is a frequent contributor to London-based Apollo: The International Magazine of the Arts...

 both having roles in the show. A proposed prize of £1 million was announced, along with a projected global television audience of 300 million, and an intended airdate of 2011.

In April 2011, Cowell halted his plans for the series because the new series would hamper with his X Factor commitments in the UK and US.