Back in January it was revealed in an official statement that Simon Cowell was teaming up with the production company of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to create an American Idol-style global TV show to find the next big DJ talent.

It was said at the time that Sony Pictures Television and Overbrook Entertainment would partner for the show, to be co-produced by Syco and Overbrook, and that it would “capture the incredible rise of the DJ phenomena”. They had ...