Nicole Scherzinger thinks the Pussycat Dolls would "look like Lizzo, Demi Lovato [and] Billie Eilish" if they were put together now

She told Billboard magazine: "When I was thinking of the Pussycat Dolls - and I'm so proud of the Pussycat Dolls - I'm thinking about, 'What would the Pussycat Dolls look like today?'

"The Pussycat Dolls would look like Lizzo; like Demi Lovato; like Billie Eilish. It's unconventional. It's not what you would think. For me, that's so important.

"Ten years ago, 20 years ago, being sexy was about being sexy for someone else. Now being sexy is about feeling sexy in your own skin, feeling strong about owning, embracing and loving and accepting yourself. It's called evolution.

"It's called times are a'changin'. It's about inclusivity. It's about accepting yourself and not trying to conform and be put in a box."

Nicole is a mentor and judge on new talent show Building the Band and she was keen to "bring out the best" in the contestants.

She said: "I want to see the best in people. How can I bring out the best in you, as a human and as an artist? Find the strengths and focus on the strengths. How can we encourage, how can we empower? And that's what we should do for anyone.

"Not only in Building the Band, but in life."

The "social experiment" follows young singers from across the globe who form groups without having met in real life, only coming together in person for their debut performance and Nicole was excited by the concept.

She said: "It was solely based off of music compatibility and chemistry and connection. Sight unseen...

"I love doing things that break all the rules. It doesn't get any more real than having a band put themselves together without any record ex ecs or labels telling them what they have to do, what they have to look like. That doesn't work anymore. That's the old formula."