The diverse judging panel includes TV presenters Ruby Wax and Dermot O'Leary, comedian and actress Nina Wadia, advertising boss Matthew Freud and former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade.
At the same time, he became locked in a fierce battle with his business rivals, most notably Nusli Wadia, a textile tycoon and scion of a powerful Parsee family.
Ness Wadia - a co-owner of the same team - said that the availability or otherwise of players was "a major issue" and because of that there were no bids for some stars.