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Britain’s Got Talent ‘cancelled’: ITV show ‘set to’ be taken off air this year
Last year’s season was affected by the pandemic as the live shows were postponed from their original date in May until October. Although the auditions were filmed at the beginning of the year, the impact of COVID-19 on the UK by March meant the show had to halt proceedings. This meant the 2020 instalment was […]
Britain’s Got Talent release voting figures that show landslide win for Jon Courtenay
The 13th series of Britain’s Got Talent came to a close on Saturday night, with Ant and Dec‘s golden buzzer act Jon Courtenay being crowned the winner. The singer and pianist walked away with the whopping £250,000 price money and a place on the Royal Variety Show, but some believed the title should have gone […]
America’s Got Talent Finale Recap: Did the Right Act Win Season 15?
RELATED STORIES Ten acts remained at the top of Wednesday’s two-hour America’s Got Talent finale, but only one would walk away as the winner of Sofia Vergara’s inaugural season. (Wow, try saying that 10 times fast.) Following their final performances on Tuesday’s episode, the finalists of Season 15 — aerialist Alan Silva, singer Archie Williams, […]
Britain’s Got Talent: Ofcom receives 1,675 complaints over Alesha Dixon BLM necklace
The move has provoked many stars coming out in support, including Piers Morgan, who told viewers in a debate on GMB last week: “I think if you’re genuinely offended by what you saw on that show, there’s something wrong with you [general public].” Judge Ashley has already responded to the decision on his Instagram page. […]
Britain’s Got Talent viewers distracted as Alesha Dixon supports Diversity after backlash
“On the day of the performance, the camera didn’t actually pan to the judges and I was sitting there in floods of tears,” Alesha said. The judge went on to add how she felt the message was really important and offered a “wow” factor to the show. Taking to social media this week, the mother-of-two […]
Britain’s Got Talent: Simon Cowell gives update on future of ITV show ‘Going to miss it’
But this next stage will be “like nothing we’ve seen before”, promised Simon. The music mogul will unfortunately miss the conclusion of this year’s competition as he recovers from back surgery, following his biking accident a couple of weeks ago. But he has teased there will be many elements that have changed so as to […]
America’s Got Talent: Kenan Thompson Joins the Judges for Live Quarterfinals — Watch This Week’s Best Acts
RELATED STORIES Eleven more acts returned to the America’s Got Talent stage on Tuesday for another round of (mostly) live performances. But will the voters be as easy to win over as super-soft guest judge Kenan Thompson? “First of all, thank you all for having me here,” Thompson, the second celeb to step in for […]
America’s Got Talent: Simon Cowell to Skip Live Shows After Breaking Back
RELATED STORIES Simon Cowell will not surprisingly be skipping America’s Got Talent‘s first two live shows this week as he recovers from back surgery. An NBC rep confirms to TVLine that Cowell will be MIA during AGT‘s inaugural live episodes on Tuesday Aug. 11 and Wednesday Aug. 12. Cowell broke his back on Saturday while testing […]
America’s Got Talent Judge Cuts Recap: Which Season 15 Acts Are Going Live?
RELATED STORIES And then there were… fewer. Tuesday’s episode of America’s Got Talent reunited the judges (in person!) to crush a few more dreams and reveal which acts will be proceeding to the Season 15 live episodes. As is the case with all difficult AGT decisions, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara […]