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Do YOU have what it takes to be the next Harry Styles? Simon Cowell's right-hand man who penned One Direction and Ariana Grande's biggest hits tells all as he reunites with media mogul to find the next big boy band


Simon Cowell 's right-hand man has revealed the secrets behind the music mogul's brand new talent show which aims to find the next big boy band.

American songwriter and record producer, Savan Kotecha, 45, who's worked with the music mogul for the past 26 years, told MailOnline Simon has reunited his trusted team of experts to assist him throughout the process, which on Friday saw hundreds of young hopefuls attend the first day of London auditions. Savan, the songwriter behind One Direction mega-hit What Makes You Beautiful and Ariana Grande chart-topper One Last Time, said Simon has scrapped having a celebrity judging panel like in the days of The X Factor and insists the show will be nothing like the former ITV series. But the former X Factor judge hopes his new talent show will rejuvenate the younger's generation desire for boy bands and recreate the same hysteria felt by The Beatles and 80s group New Kids on the Block.

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