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The producers said what do you want to give as a prize apart from the recording contract? i said, let's make a point here. give them $5 million. never been done before. now put some pressure on us and you to find someone decent. >> britain has generated $100 million worth of record sales, produced 90 hit records, and worldwide stars. do you think you're going to get the same kind of success in america? >> i don't think the shows in general have produced enough global stars. i think you all get local winners, and that's part of the reason why i've put this kind of money down on the table. you'l...

I'm going to say yes! >> simon cowell's "x factor" is coming here in the fall. what does the winner get? >> they always get a recording contract, obviously. but i've gone a little bit further this time, piers. i'm going to give them $5 million. >> really? >> yeah. >> $5 million? >> $5 million. >> wow. >> cash. >> that must be the biggest -- >> what do you give on "america's got talent?" >> a million. >> quite a bit bigger. >> that's a staggering sum of money. >> yeah. everyone kept saying to me, are you convinced you're going to find a star through the process. i wouldn't have done the show if...

Find a star through the process. i wouldn't have done the show if i didn't believe i could. the producers said what do you want to give as a prize apart from the recording contract? i said, let's make a point here. give them $5 million. never been done before. now put some pressure on us and you to find someone decent. >> britain has generated $100 million worth of record sales, produced 90 hit records, and worldwide stars. do you think you're going to get the same kind of success in america? >> i don't think the shows in general have produced enough global stars. i think you all get local win...

Very serious about it, i wanted to be a horse racing jockey. >> did you really? >> yes. no, i'm serious. i started riding when i was 5. i wanted to be a horse racing jockey. then when i was around 14 is when i got my first recording contract. at 14 actually. i didn't want to sing. i wanted to go to school and study business law, and i wanted to act. >> but that's the feeling i get from the book is that you were kind of -- you had to go along with this. you had to be a singer because that's what the family did. it was the family business. >> that's what my father wanted me to do. and, i mean, i...

A normal person, would you take that? >> well, there were two things that i wanted. when i was 5, 6, 7 and i was very serious about it, i wanted to be a horse racing jockey. >> did you really? >> yes. no, i'm serious. i started riding when i was 5. i wanted to be a horse racing jockey. then when i was around 14 is when i got my first recording contract. at 14 actually. i didn't want to sing. i wanted to go to school and study business law, and i wanted to act. >> but that's the feeling i get from the book is that you were kind of -- you had to go along with this. you had to be a singer because...