Ozzfest A series of high-selling albums and world tours followed through the 1980s, eventually bringing about Ozzy's popularity. In 1996, Osbourne created the Ozzfest summer touring festival. and Osbourne announced that the tickets would be free to allow more people the opportunity to attend the concert. Prior to the founding of Ozzfest, Osbourne approached
Lollapalooza, another rock/pop festival, to request that Ozzy play at that year's festival, only to be rejected and told that Ozzy was "uncool" and too drugged up. It was then that she decided to launch her own festival.
Sharon Osbourne Management In light of her success managing her husband, Osbourne branched out into managing other acts by creating
Sharon Osbourne Management. The new company, with Osbourne as its sole employee, managed artists such as
Gary Moore,
Motörhead,
Lita Ford,
The Smashing Pumpkins, and
Coal Chamber. She co-managed a band called Cube, with
Cud guitarist Mike Dunphy. Cube were signed to
Polydor Records but had limited success. She has also turned down career guidance requests from
Fred Durst,
Guns N' Roses, and
Courtney Love. The Osbournes'
Beverly Hills home (made famous on the show) has since been sold and the Osbournes have taken up residence in another home in Beverly Hills. Her Beverly Hills home was later seen in
The X Factor during series two. The show saw that Osbourne was responsible for the livelihood of 12 dogs and employs a dog walker named Cherie. From the mid-1990s until the end of
The Osbournes in 2005, she was primarily based in Los Angeles with the rest of her family. Osbourne earned an estimated £11.5 million from
The Osbournes. In 2009, she was included in
Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television for the time period 2002–2005. In 2003, Osbourne became the host of her own television talk show,
The Sharon Osbourne Show, which was syndicated to various US channels and also shown in the UK on
Sky One. The show was meant to be a reflection of her personality and home life, similar to her reality show but with the inclusion of guest interviews and performances. During the episodes, she conducted some of her interviews on a giant bed. However, the ratings were never successful and critics panned her inability to perform the basic tasks required of a talk show host, such as reading cue cards and conducting interviews. The show was cancelled in early 2004 after one season. In 2006, UK TV network
ITV commissioned a new chat show, initially to be called
Mrs Osbourne Presents, but eventually just named
The Sharon Osbourne Show. Osbourne signed a deal with ITV for a reputed £2 million. The show began on Tuesday 29 August 2006, and was scheduled to run for six weeks in the 5 pm weekday timeslot. The premiere episode proved a close competition as the show received 1.9 million viewers with 17% share – 400,000 viewers (and 3% share) ahead of
Richard & Judy on
Channel 4. Her second show attracted 2.1 million viewers. However, ratings appeared to decrease after Channel 4 moved its game show
Deal Or No Deal, hosted by
Noel Edmonds, into the timeslot, with Osbourne managing 1.2 million viewers compared to
Deal Or No Deals 2.9m. Channel 4's ''
The New Paul O'Grady Show'' returned on Monday 25 September 2006 with 2.3 million viewers compared to Osbourne's 1.6 million. Osbourne was a judge and mentor on the UK's
The X Factor every year, from 2004 through to 2007. In the
first series she mentored the 16–24s and chose
Roberta Howett,
Cassie Compton and
Tabby Callaghan to represent her in the live rounds of the show. The best placed of these was Tabby, who became the last contestant eliminated. The final was contested between
Simon Cowell's act
Steve Brookstein and
Louis Walsh's act
G4, with Steve winning. Osbourne's outburst against Steve on the night of the final is widely credited with helping him to win, although according to her autobiography he was well ahead at all stages of the voting. In the
second series she mentored the 25-and-overs, and selected
Andy Abraham,
Brenda Edwards,
Chico Slimani and
Maria Lawson to contest the final rounds. Andy Abraham finished in second place to Louis Walsh's act
Shayne Ward. During this series, the judges were again required to bring the selected candidates to their homes. Osbourne chose her Beverly Hills home as a suitable location, which saw Osbourne inviting her neighbours and husband Ozzy Osbourne to attend live performances by the candidates. During Chico's performance, he jumped into her functioning fountain with a live microphone and proceeded to splash water. Osbourne also appeared in the spin-off show
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. She was not required to choose her celebrity singing contestants but was selected to manage the 16–24s which were made up of
Nikki Sanderson,
Matt Stevens and
Michelle Marsh. In the
third series of
The X Factor in 2006, she was mentoring the 25-and-overs, and selected
Ben Mills,
Dionne Mitchell,
Robert Allen and
Kerry McGregor. Kerry and Dionne were voted out in a double elimination on 28 October, Robert was voted out on 18 November and Ben was voted out on 9 December, sending Osbourne out of the competition. During the filming of the third series, Osbourne lived at the
Dorchester Hotel in central London. Osbourne was criticised for her outbursts on the show, where before a live show in series three she reportedly spoke out against
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? presenter
Chris Tarrant, who was in the show's audience prior to filming. Tarrant had made a joke about her husband Ozzy to which Osbourne took offence, but most of her outburst focused on criticising Tarrant's recent infidelity to his wife
Ingrid from whom he was in the process of separating. It was rumoured that Cowell, fellow judge and creator of the show, was displeased with her performance in series three, and was thinking of replacing her and Walsh for the next series. However, it was confirmed that Osbourne had been contracted to return for the fourth series of the show. She then appeared in the
fourth series along with judges Cowell, Walsh and new judge,
Dannii Minogue, and mentored the Girls category during the series. During the first live show, aired on 20 October 2007, Osbourne walked out on the panel after learning of two of her own contestants, Kimberley Southwick and Alisha Bennett, being in the bottom two. However, on ''
The Paul O'Grady Show'', aired on 23 October 2007, Osbourne confirmed she would return on the next episode and stated that it is part of her personality to say things in the heat of the moment and not to contrive anything that she says. Two weeks into the live shows, a number of
happy slapping videos of Emily Nakanda, the only other contestant in Osbourne's category, appeared in the media, apparently showing her beating another teenaged girl. The resulting backlash resulted in Nakanda withdrawing from the show. On 17 November, Bennett was voted out of the competition, leaving Osbourne with no acts halfway through the series.
Later work (2007–present) Osbourne joined the judging panel on the second season of ''
America's Got Talent'', along with
Piers Morgan and
David Hasselhoff, replacing
Brandy Norwood. Osbourne later worked on the show with
Howie Mandel and
Howard Stern as judges and
Nick Cannon as host. The season premiered in the United States on 5 June 2007. In her first episode, Osbourne came into a conflict with Piers Morgan when she felt he judged a child contestant too harshly. She threatened to leave the show in the middle of filming, saying "I didn't sign up for this", but was talked out of it. The incident was shown on air. Osbourne has since stayed with the show for its third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. The new season was announced in a promotional video shown during a commercial break for season seven's second live show. Osbourne initially stated that she will not return for the season, but later said that she was staying with the show "for now". Following this, she announced she was quitting after a dispute with NBC and the producers of
Stars Earn Stripes involving what she believed was
disability discrimination against her son Jack. On 6 June 2008, it was announced in a statement on behalf of Osbourne that she has decided to step down as an
X Factor judge after four series on the show. The statement read "Sharon would like to thank the wonderful British public for their enormous support during what's been an exciting ride. She would also like to take this opportunity to thank Simon Cowell and ITV while wishing them all the best for the
next series." A spokesman from ITV commented "She has been a tremendous judge and mentor on the programme, but we respect her wish to leave and wish her the very best." Osbourne was replaced by
Cheryl Cole. During an interview on ''
Piers Morgan's Life Stories, broadcast on 22 February 2009, Osbourne admitted that the reason for her departure from The X Factor'' was her fractured relationship with Minogue. She stated "I didn't enjoy working with her at all and didn't fancy the prospect of spending six months sitting next to her." Osbourne hosted the second season of
Rock of Love: Charm School with co-hosts
Riki Rachtman and Daniella Clarke on
VH1. Osbourne had a physical altercation on 13 December 2008 with contestant
Megan Hauserman on the reunion special for the show after Hauserman made derogatory statements about Osbourne's husband, Ozzy. Hauserman reportedly filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department and has since filed a lawsuit against Osbourne, claiming battery, negligence and infliction of emotional distress. In 2011, Osbourne reached a settlement with Hauserman. In July 2008, Fox announced that the Osbourne family would be hosting a new variety show titled
Osbournes: Reloaded (working title was
Osbournes: Loud and Dangerous). The show started filming at CBS Studios in Hollywood in December 2008 before a live audience. The show premiered in March 2009. Fremantle Media North America is producing the show. The show was cancelled after its premiere episode. In March 2010, Osbourne appeared on
NBC's
The Celebrity Apprentice, coming in third place. From its inception on 18 October 2010 until her departure in 2021, Osbourne co-hosted the CBS talk show
The Talk. This decision came after CBS cancelled the soap opera
As the World Turns. The show is similar to
The View and seeks to address motherhood and other contemporary issues. Osbourne was the last original co-host following the departure of fellow co-host and series creator
Sara Gilbert. In September 2010, Osbourne made a return to
The X Factor at the Judges' Houses round of
series 7 where she assisted Walsh at
Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ireland to pick the final 3 contestants of the Over 28s category, Then in September 2012, she joined Walsh again this time in Las Vegas, for the
9th series Judges' Houses segment of the competition, to help him choose his final 3 groups. Osbourne has expressed interest in reprising her role on the judging panel, notably in September 2012, when she said that she would 'love' to return for the show's tenth series. Media outlets reported in December 2012 that
X Factor producers had approached Osbourne for a return in 2013, reportedly to replace
Tulisa. In April 2013, the show's creative director
Brian Friedman said that he was "confident" of Sharon Osbourne's return, following her departure from ''America's Got Talent'' and replacement by
Heidi Klum. It was later announced by ITV that Osbourne would indeed be returning for the
tenth series of the show, replacing Tulisa. She returned to the judging panel alongside
Gary Barlow,
Nicole Scherzinger, and original panellist Walsh. During the live shows, she mentored the Over 25s category which included
Lorna Simpson,
Shelley Smith and
Sam Bailey. Bailey was eventually announced as the winner of the show on 15 December, marking Osbourne's first victory as a mentor in the show's ten-year history. Osbourne did not return for the
eleventh series of
The X Factor UK and was replaced by
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. In 2014 and 2017, Osbourne appeared as a guest panellist on ITV's daytime programme
Loose Women. On 1 June 2016, it was announced that once again, Osbourne would return to
The X Factor for the show's
thirteenth series to replace
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. She judged alongside Cowell, Walsh (who replaced
Nick Grimshaw) and Scherzinger (who replaced
Rita Ora). She once again mentored the Over 25s category, choosing
Saara Aalto,
Relley C and
Honey G as her top three contestants. Aalto went on to become the series' runner-up. Although initially casting doubt on returning for another series due to her commitments with
The Talk, Osbourne returned to
The X Factor for the
fourteenth series. This time she again mentored the Girls category; her last contestant
Grace Davies finished as the runner-up. Osbourne was initially confirmed to return for the
fifteenth series as the fifth judge during the live shows portion of the competition but later declined the offer to return, feeling she wasn't needed on the panel and was replaced by
Ayda Field. In 2020, she portrayed herself in season 5, episode 2 of
Lucifer. In March 2022, Osbourne joined
TalkTV hosting a new weekly prime time show named "The Talk". In March 2006 it won Biography of the Year at the
British Book Awards. The autobiography has proceeded to sell in excess of two million copies which has become the most successful female autobiography ever. Osbourne later released another autobiography named
Survivor, the title coming from surviving cancer. It was released in 2007. In August 2013, Osbourne announced on Twitter that her third autobiography named
Unbreakable, would be released on 10 October 2013. == In the media ==