"AGT" announced the news on Instagram Thursday."There's a new judge joining the #AGT FAMILY! Introducing @simoncowell, @howiemandel, @heidiklum, AND @sofiavergara as the Season 15 Judging Panel, with @terrycrews as your host!""I'm so happy to join my new family on ('America's Got Talent,') Vergara said in a statement to Variety. "This is a new and exciting next chapter for me and I'm extremely proud to be the first Latin judge on the show."Heidi Klum will also return as a judge for the upcoming season, along with Howie Mandel, Terry Crews and Simon Cowell.Vergara is just coming off "Modern Family," which will end in April after 11 seasons. The actress joins the show following Gabrielle Union's controversial exit. Julianne Hough also left the show last season.Variety published a report in November alleging Union's contract was not picked up after she urged producers to report an incident involving a racist joke and after she was told her hairstyles on the show were "too black."In December, Union wrote she had met with NBC and "AGT&quRead More – Source

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