The usually sharp-tongued Simon Cowell shockingly misplaced his voice all over America’s Got Talent season 18. The talent show pass judgement on has fans asking what happened to his voice after his co-star, Sofia Vergara, had to relay messages for him to the acts.

NBC‘s America’s Got Talent launched in 2006 and 18 seasons later, the display remains to be going strong. All kinds of acts are gracing the level in season 18. Dancers, comedians, guitarists, and many extra gifted other people walked onto the AGT stage. But now not all of them could get comments at once from Simon for a part of the season.

What happened to Simon Cowell’s voice?

Simon Cowell is understood for not protecting back when it comes to talent display feedback. The pass judgement on is never in need of reviews.

However, America’s Got Talent season 18 sees Simon all of sudden lose his voice and having to in finding new ways to be in contact.

The 63-year-old enlisted the assistance of his co-star Sofia Vergara to relay his messages to the show’s acts.

Speaking to People Magazine, Sofia mentioned: “And in fact, Simon nominated me to give his reactions. He’s passing notes to me like we are back in school.”

Something ‘got caught’ in Simon’s throat

During AGT’s 18th season, Simon had to go on fast vocal chord relaxation.

Speaking to USA Today, Simon defined what happened to his voice. He said that something “turned into caught” in his throat.

He added some ugly details: “I think what happened used to be the acid from my abdomen literally burned my vocal cords…”

Simon continued: “…So this doctor came to visit and put a digital camera up my nose, down my throat, and I could in truth see how badly burnt they had been.”

During 7-year-old Eseniia Mikheeva’s audition, Simon may also be seen whispering to Sofia to give his comments. He also couldn’t discuss a word in his same old voice throughout Mauren Langan’s “hilarious” audition.

(*17*)It was ‘torture’ for Simon

Simon’s lack of enter on the show didn’t pass left out by means of America’s Got Talent lovers. Many had been left wondering what happened to the tune mogul that left him speechless.

In his USA Today interview, Simon stated that the experience used to be “torture.”

He said: “There used to be so much I sought after to say, and I literally may just not talk… We tried writing things. At one level, I used this type of iPad tool the place I had issues I’d said sooner than. I tried to use Sofía to translate for me, and he or she intentionally mentioned the wrong issues, so it was once just chaos.”

Speaking of her decoding experience to Today, Sofia joked that she should be “paid double,” for her translation talents.

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