{"id":148054,"date":"2025-05-31T23:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/148054\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T23:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:55:09","slug":"bruno-toniolis-bgt-future-in-doubt-because-of-clash-with-us-show-paving-way-for-popular-star-to-take-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/148054\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Tonioli’s BGT future in doubt because of clash with US show – paving way for popular star to take place"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRITAIN\u2019S Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli\u2019s future on the show has been thrown into doubt as \u00adfilming dates for the next series clash with his US telly gig on Dancing With The Stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It paves the way for Simon Cowell<\/a> to put his favourite guest judge \u2014 social media star \u00a0KSI \u2014 in the flamboyant Italian\u2019s place.<\/p>\n

\"Bruno<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bruno Tonioli\u2019s future on the show has been thrown into doubt – pictured with Simon CowellCredit: Rex<\/p>\n

Former Strictly judge Bruno<\/a> replaced David Walliams<\/a> on the panel in 2023, joining Simon, Amanda Holden<\/a> and Alesha Dixon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KSI<\/a>, who has 75million social media followers, has guested on the ITV show whenever Simon has invited him, including last night\u2019s BGT final<\/a> and in 2024 when Bruno was filming in the US.<\/p>\n

\u2018A real charming man\u2019<\/p>\n

A source said: \u201cThere is no doubt that KSI\u2019s social media clout is exactly what the BGT panel needs, and Simon loves the edge he brings.<\/p>\n

\u201cTV isn\u2019t getting the viewing figures it did a decade ago, so to have someone who can tell their followers to sit down and watch the box can have a real impact. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the scheduling issues, insiders are certain that Simon will offer KSI a more long-term position in the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking last week, Bruno, 69, insisted he didn\u2019t feel threatened by the 31-year-old YouTube<\/a> sensation.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019re both young, attractive, multi-talented stars, known the world over. Joking aside, I think KSI is fantastic \u2014 a real charming man, full of energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe attended the Brits together too, which was a fabulous evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

After KSI\u2019s first appearance on BGT in February, his fans demanded that the Prime energy drink<\/a> mogul become a permanent fixture.<\/p>\n

A BGT spokesman declined to \u00adcomment.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Got Talent viewers slam Bruno Tonioli for hitting Golden Buzzer after act’s TV past is exposed<\/p>\n

But an insider added: \u201cWe had a similar situation last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBruno was filming Dancing With The Stars in October but was still available to film BGT auditions in Blackpool. In this year\u2019s series, KSI stepped in as a guest judge for both Bruno and Simon on different audition dates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRITAIN\u2019S Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli\u2019s future on the show has been thrown into doubt as \u00adfilming dates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[17162,1950,709,28817,77,208,1895,300,205,1894,118,1890,382,16,15,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-148054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alesha-dixon","9":"tag-amanda-holden","10":"tag-britains-got-talent","11":"tag-bruno-tonioli","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-itv","14":"tag-ksi","15":"tag-north-america","16":"tag-section-tvnews-tv","17":"tag-simon-cowell","18":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","19":"tag-the-sun-on-sunday","20":"tag-tv","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114605150958482822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}