| COWELL | Simon ___ , talent show judge who owns the Yorkshire terriers Squiddly, Diddly and Freddy (6) |
| PRUE | "Great British Baking Show" judge who wears colorful necklaces |
| FACTOR | The X ___, talent show (6) |
| SHAGGY | Character in the Scooby-Doo franchise who owns the talking Great Dane (6) |
| ALESHA | TV talent show judge and mother of two, _ Dixon, pictured (6) |
| DUBEKE | Anton _ _, dancer who won the NTA for Most Popular Talent Show Judge (2,4) |
| DANNII | ___ Minogue, Aussie pop star and TV talent show judge (6) |
| HOLDEN | Amanda ___, actress and talent-show judge (6) |
| GINNIE | ___ Mae and Freddy Mac |
| TEJANO | Style for Selena and Freddy Fender |
| NORRIS | Cobbles man who owns the Kabin (6,4) |
| DEBBIE | Woman who owns the garage in Emmerdale (6) |
| SHARON | - - - Osbourne, talent show judge, pictured below right (6) |
| PANELS | Talent show judges |
| RATERS | Talent show judges, essentially |
| XFACTOR | The ___, talent show created by Simon Cowell (1,6) |
| ROD | _, Jane and Freddy, singing trio who appeared on the children's show Rainbow (3) |
| VOICE | "The __" (talent show on which Maroon 5's Adam Levine is a coach) |
| THEVOICE | _ _, talent show featuring Will.i.am as a judge (3,5) |
| LOVETT | Surname of the woman who owns the pie shop and helps 17, 22 across dispose of his victims (6) |
