WEEK.
AND NATALIE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
TOP BOSS AND SUJ, SJUDGE, SIMON
COWELL, FOR AN EXCLUSIVE
PREVIEW.
THE FAMILY SHOW THAT'S GOT IT
ALL.
HEIDI, HOWIE, MEL B. AND SIMON,
ALL BACK FOR THE BIGGEST SEASON
YET OF "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT."
DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S
PRESSURE TO RE-CREATE THE MAGIC?
>> YEAH.
IT DID OCCUR TO ME.
>> Reporter: WE SAT DOWN WITH
SIMON AT HIS SWANKY BEVERLY
HILLS MANSION.
FIRST UP, THE NEW SUPERMODEL
HOST, TYRA BANKS.
>> I'VE SEEN A DIFFERENT SIDE OF
HER.
SHE'S FUNNY, GOOFY.
SHE'S STILL A BIT OF A DIVA BUT,
AS I SAID --
>>.
>> Reporter: DEFINE DIVA.
>> DIVA, I MEAN IT AS A
COMPLIME
COMPLIMENT, BY THE WAY.
IT'S THAT PRESENCE YOU THOUGHT
WHEN YOU WALK IN A ROOM.
>> Reporter: TYRA, JUMPING IN
AFTER NICK CANNON ABRUPTLY QUIT
THE SHOW.
WERE YOU SHOCKED BY IT.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: THE DAY BEFORE,
SAID THAT'S IT.
>> AND NO ONE TOLD ME.
I CALLED HIM.
WE TALKED A LOT.
AND IN THE END, IT ENDED AS
POSITIVE AS IT COULD BE.
>> AND WORKED OUT FOR YOU, BEING
SURROUNDED BY THREE GORGEOUS
WOMEN AND HOWIE.
SORRY, HOWIE.
>> AND HOWIE.
>> Reporter: BEHIND THE SCENES,
IT'S BEEN A BUMPY RIDE FOR MEL
B.
THIS SPRING, SHE FILED FOR
DIVORCE, AMID ALLEGATIONS HE
PHYSICALLY AND ABUSED MEL.
DID YOU KNOW ALL THAT WAS GOING
ON WITH HER AND HER EX?
>> NO.
IT CAME OUT IN THE PRESS.
I HAD ADVISED HER.
USING MY LAWYERS, NONE OF THAT
WAS TRUE.
I HAD NO IDEA.
ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS
SUPPORT HER BECAUSE SHE'S OUR
FRIEND.
>> Reporter: SIMON, NOW FOCUSED
ON SUPPORTING HIS SHOW'S HOT,
NEW TALENT.
* MAKE IT RAIN
>> Reporter: LIKE 21-YEAR-OLD
YOLI, WHO SOME ARE CALLING THE
CUBAN ADELE.
>> SHE WOULD WIN IT ALL.
>> Reporter: THE CHARIOT AWAITS.
WHEN HE'S NOT MAKING STARS,
SIMON CAN BE FOUND IN ONE OF HIS
HOT RIDES, LIKE THIS VINTAGE
FORD BRONCO.
AM I SAFE WITH YOU?
>> 50/50.
>> Reporter: A PERFECT TIME FOR
A GAME OF MARY, SHAG OR KILL?
WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO MARRY?
>> OUT OF WHO?
>> HEIDI, MEL, YOU COULD MARRY
HEIDI.
>> MEL.
ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW HER BETTER.
KILL?
>> Reporter: I GOT MY FEELING ON
THIS ONE.
>> YEAH, I HAVE TO KILL HOWIE
ONLY BECAUSE HE NEVER STOPS
TALKING.
>> Reporter: OKAY, SHAG.
>> OH, GOSH.
>> Reporter: THIS IS SO GOOD.
>> Reporter: CAN I SAY YOU?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: JOE, YOU DIDN'T
HEAR THAT.
HE HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND AND HIS SON, ERIC.
>> WHAT'S HIS JOB?
>> I'M DADDY'S JOB NOW.
>> HE'S LIKE MINI-ME NOW.
NOW, I'M TEACHING HIM MY JOB.
I HOPE HE WILL COME IN TO WORK
WITH ME AS SOON AS I CAN GET HIM
OUT OF SCHOOL.
I LEFT WHEN I WAS 16.
I JUST WANT TO GO TO WORK.
I LOVE YOU.
THAT WASN'T A KISS.
>> Reporter: YOU ARE SUCH A
KINDER, GENTLER SIMON.
IS IT BECAUSE OF FATHERHOOD, DO
YOU THINK?
>> FOR SURE.
IT DOES CHANGE YOU.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT GIVES YOU A
BALANCE.
WE'RE ALL LUCKY TO BE DOING WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
BUT SOMEONE LIKE HIM COMES
ALONG, THIS FALLS INTO SECOND
PLACE.
>> OH.
HE'S BEEN GOOD WITH KIDS,
THOUGH.
I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY
DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAKS.
HE WOULD RUN AND KIDS WOULD GIVE
HIM HUGS.
>> I NEVER HAD SEEN THAT.
>> SEASON 12 OF "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" PREMIERS HERE ON NBC.
>>> UP NEXT, WE'RE THROWING SOME
CHICKEN ON THE BARBIE.
I NEVER HAVE SAID THAT IN MY