Britain's Got Talent while he recovers from back surgery. Diversity star Ashley Banjo will take the music mogul's place on the judging panel after Simon fell off his electric bike.
The 31-year-old shot to fame as part of the street dance troupe after winning the third series of BGT in 2009, beating Susan Boyle in the live final.
More recently, he appeared as a judge on ITV's Dancing On Ice and presented Can't Touch This on BBC One and Flirty Dancing on Channel 4.He will join Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams for the first semi-final, which is being filmed next week.Cowell broke his back in a number of places earlier this month after falling off a new electric bike he was testing at his house in Malibu.He was taken to hospital.
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