Cowell took off the gloves when he told a teleconference last week that he was angry “because I think there’s a kind of gentleman’s agreement.” The implication: Networks can slap each other around by putting dramas and comedies head-to-head, but a talent show is in a class of its own, like PBS’ “Downton Abbey” but with a record contract and hot modern blondes named Christina, Britney and Demi. Known for his creative critiques as an “American Idol” panelist (“You sound like a cat jumping off the Empire State Building”), he was simply blunt about NBC’s move. Or make that infuriating, if you’re “X Factor” creator, executive producer and judge Simon Cowell. Suddenly, the battle of the talent shows is much more interesting. Then, in a post-Labor Day surprise, an apparently mischievous NBC said it was expanding the show’s first week from Monday and Tuesday to include a third episode, which happens to air opposite the first hour of the “X Factor” bow at 8 p.m.-10 p.m. It’s the contest between “The Voice” and “The X Factor,” which escalated after NBC abruptly moved to pit its “Voice” against Wednesday’s second-season debut of Fox’s “X Factor.” The two singing contests already faced a tussle over audience votes when NBC scheduled a fall cycle of “The Voice” after it proved itself as a solid spring performer. Watch Aloe Blacc Perform “Wake Me Up” in 3 Languages to Honor Avicii Using Respeecher AI TranslationĬhris Ume Co-Founder of Metaphysic.LOS ANGELES - The stakes are high, the tactics are fierce and the rhetoric is heating up. “We’ve just found them!”įollow Follow Tom Cruise Creator Metaphysic Rasies $7.5M to Develeop Metaverse Virtual Beings “I’ve always said, is there such a thing as a perfect contestant?” Cowell asked. As a brand awareness and marketing ploy, however, Metaphysic scored a solid win, even from the notoriously tough judge, Cowell. As for the startup’s AGT future, the performance earned four yes votes from the judges, but the live round finalists have not been chosen yet. The company recently helped Aloe Blacc honor Avicii in his multilingual version of “Wake Me Up,” digitally syncing his lip movements to the performance produced by audio synthetic media platform Respeecher. Metaphysic first gained fame for creating a virtual Tom Cruise by synthesizing new videos from existing video and audio. Simon obviously loved it, and stressed the surreal nature of the act in the sense of watching himself perform something he did not, or potentially could not, do.” Metaphysic Reality As we are so used to producing content online, it was incredible to see such a positive reaction from a live audience. “The aim of our performance was always to harness the power of AI and synthetic media to create entertaining and meaningful content to delight the audience. The audience enthusiastically roared approval for the AI singer, joined afterward by the briefly shy judge whose virtual face had garnered so much applause. Cowell, who struggled to even look at his doppelganger, appeared to perform for the live audience, a first for Metaphysic. As Emmet began to sing, a projection of Simon Cowell matched to his facial movements was projected onto the large screen behind him. The show clip sees Metaphysic’s co-founders Tom Graham and Chris Ume on stage explaining their company and the way synthetic media works before bowing out as Emmet walks on for what Cowell called a “mysterious” act. Synthetic media producer Metaphysic introduced the AI Cowell, who lip-synced a performance by former America’s Got Talent contestant Daniel Emmet of “You’re the Inspiration” by Chicago. A synthetic Simon Cowell performed for the flesh-and-blood version during the most recent episode of America’s Got Talent.
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