Mel B can’t work for Nine – and her husband is an unsatisfactory witness, says judge

Tim Burrowes

April 18, 2013 3:01

The Seven Network has won an injunction stopping former X Factor judge Mel B from switching to Nine’s Australia’s Got Talent.

The network went to court saying that the ex Spice Girl’s manager – her husband Stephen Belafonte – had signed an exclusive deal via his management company Osiris.

According to a ruling published by Justice David Hammerschlag of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the exclusive deal with Seven, which runs until the end of January next year, remains in place.

Despite this, last month Mel B signed to Australia’s Got Talent which is about to switch networks from Seven to Nine.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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1 COMMENTS

Dan 19 Apr 13

I don’t understand why she couldn’t do X Factor because of her kids visas but can do Australia’s Got Talent? What’s the difference?

If they get Geri Halliwell as is being reported I might actually tune in, that will make it much more interesting than Mel B who we have already had on our screens loads. The only problem is Kyle will still be there. And who actually cares about Timomatic?

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