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"Simon Cowell has said that Glee has changed the rules of the music industry. The music mogul and X Factor judge admitted in a recent video interview that a few years ago he &amp;quot;never would have believed&amp;quot; that a glee club could enjoy chart success.  &amp;quot;What they have done with Glee, I believe, is broken away all boundaries; all shapes, all sizes mixed together but just works,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;It kind of goes against record company thinking because they like to think in terms of everything being perfection. Glee changed the rules and that&amp;#039;s part of the reason we are making this show. To prove that actually you shouldn&amp;#039;t have rules for talent.&amp;quot; Auditions for the new Fox singing competition, which are open to all individuals and groups from 12 years onwards - kick off on March 27 in Los Angeles. The grand prize for the show - which premieres this September - is a $5 million recording contract with Sony. It was recently confirmed that L.A. Reid has joined Cowell on the judging panel. The music executive left his position at Island Def Jam to be involved in the project, with Cowell later admitting that he had been &amp;quot;relieved&amp;quot; to sign him. &amp;quot;He is absolutely my number one choice. I always said that on this show, I had to have the biggest hitmaker in the world - and we got him with L.A.,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m absolutely thrilled. He is exactly the person I want sitting next to me.&amp;quot; The remaining two judges have yet to be announced, with Cowell teasing that at least one of the unknown individuals will &amp;quot;surprise&amp;quot; people.  Watch Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s thoughts on Glee below...  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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