Simon Cowell no longer a judge on Britain’s Got Talent!
Yes, the 65-year-old Britain’s Got Talent‘s lead judge has apparently fallen ill on day one at the Birmingham auditions.
As such, they’ve brought in 2009 X-Factor reject Stacey Solomon in the meantime.
An insider claimed: “If she hadn’t have stepped in then organisers were facing doing the show with three judges OR potentially cancelling the Birmingham auditions and they really did not want to do that. So many people were disappointed when yesterday’s auditions were canceled they didn’t want that to happen again, so Stacey was a great sport and stepped in.”
Apparently, Britain’s Got Talent were very grateful for her stepping in at the last minute, but Simon Cowell’s on the mend and will be back soon.
This comes one day after it was announced one audition was cancelled due to illness. Just hours beforehand, the show’s Twitter page stated:
“We’re so back… Who’s joining us for the start of our #BGT Series 19 Auditions tomorrow!? And for any late-comers, there’s still time to apply! Click the link and maybe we’ll be seeing YOU on that stage” it ended with a link to apply for auditions.”
But, fans were concerned and tweeted: “Just had an email to say this is cancelled tomorrow is this correct?” and “Has this been cancelled? Had an email now to say its been cancelled, true?” A third asked: “Err I have just had an email to say the shows been postponed so you will rearrange our tickets for another day??”
Still, the show explained: “Due to unforeseen circumstances today’s filming of Britain’s Got Talent has been postponed. Simon felt unwell in the last 24 hours. Judges often miss the odd audition because they don’t feel great – Simon, for example, has long suffered with migraines. But it was decided, as this was the first audition of the series, it was best to postpone – so we could launch with everyone on the panel.”
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