Simon Cowell is looking to “sue” Gary Barlow according to reports.
The Take That star is launching his own talent show format on BBC called Let It Shine, and now insiders say Simon thinks the show is too similar to The X Factor.
According to the UK Daily Mail, Simon things the new show “might infringe his rights”.
Drama: Gary was a former X Factor judge | ITV
Let It Shine sees Gary search for five male singers to play the parts of Take That in a forthcoming West End musical about the much-loved band.
Let It Shine will now go up against The Voice – which has moved from BBC to ITV.
Let it Shine will feature auditions judged by a panel, with successful candidates going through to a ‘bootcamp’ stage before live finals.
Gary has also poached Dannii Minogue from the Australian version of The X Factor.
New show: Let It Shine will have lots of guest judges
Sources close to Simon have said he was angered by that move because Danni was “very much part of the X Factor family”.
According to reports Gary also tried to poach Nicole Scherzinger but Simon offered her more money, and former X Factor star Olly Murs is set to guest judge on Let It Shine.
Speaking to the UK Daily Mail, the BBC said: “Let It Shine is an original format and bears no resemblance to any other format around the globe.”
