That guy in the blue doggy suit is a young Simon Cowell -- and this is the video his buddy Nigel Lythgoe didn't think we'd ever find. Check and mate. 
Nigel challenged TMZ to uncover the "horrible" video of the "Idol" judge singing -- and did we ever. Here's Cowell waaaay back in '82 on the popular U.K. television show "Top of the Pops" performing as his barking alter-ego "Wonderdog."
Britain's got talent, indeed.
7/31/2009 5:20 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
The Video Simon Cowell Just Couldn't Bury
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who cares, really.
Oh yeah!
The folks who visit here @TMZ, that's who
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What the GDMF!!! My ears are bleeding. Simon, you deserve every mean critique you gave to AI contestants times 10!
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there was no doubt they would find it. you guys are AWESOME!
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I don't hear singing I just hear barking.... is that the point? I'm slow.
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I admit that is funny, good find TMZ.
Maybe "Wonderdog." will get the tshirt thief who stole Simon Cowell's tshirt and tried to pick a fight with Mel Gibson.
I still say the idiot paparazzi stole Simon's shirt.
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why is the small video labeled The Challenge no longer available? only 30 minutes since first posted
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I don't get it -- there's no singing in it. Damn -- I wanted to hear him sing. I mean, hearing his over-enthusiasm from within a dog suit is funny enough, but you promised he'd be singing and he isn't!
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