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.
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(Page 1 of 5) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Most Recent | Next 15 Commentswho cares, really.
Oh yeah!
The folks who visit here @TMZ, that's who
What the GDMF!!! My ears are bleeding. Simon, you deserve every mean critique you gave to AI contestants times 10!
there was no doubt they would find it. you guys are AWESOME!
I don't hear singing I just hear barking.... is that the point? I'm slow.
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.
why is the small video labeled The Challenge no longer available? only 30 minutes since first posted
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!
















