The funnyman will join rock matriarch Sharon Osbourne and British journalist Piers Morgan on the hit TV show when it returns for its fifth season later this year, according to Life & Style magazine.

Hasselhoff announced his departure from America’s Got Talent last Wednesday, revealing he was moving on to work on his own program.

He said in a statement, “It’s been a rewarding experience and now I’m thrilled to be able to follow my dream to do my own TV show, which will be announced very shortly.”

Mandel’s new role on America’s Got Talent marks his return to U.S. TV screens after game show Deal Or No Deal, which he presented, was canceled early last year.

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The America’s Got Talent judge was sectioned after being rushed to hospital on Friday, according to US reports.

He had been found in his California home by his 16-year-old daughter Hailey, who called 911.

It is understood that the actor, nicknamed The Hoff, who has battled booze problems for years, may have had a seizure after medication he was taking reacted badly with alcohol.

According to website RadarOnline.com, Hasselhoff, 57, was taken Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

He was later put under an involuntary psychiatric hold under the California Welfare and Institutions Code 5150. The order is for anyone who authorities believe to be a danger to either themselves or to others, are gravely disabled, or suffer from a mental disorder.

A neighbour called Christian said: “I asked one of the paramedics how David was doing.

“He told me his eyes were rolling back in his head, he was drooling and that he’d had a seizure. This isn’t the first time this has happened to him.”

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