{"id":258527,"date":"2025-07-12T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258527\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:04:10","slug":"bruno-tonioli-leaving-britains-got-talent-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258527\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Tonioli &#8216;leaving Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The\u00a0Italian-British TV star\u00a0has been a part of the ITV talent show for\u00a0two series, but is now going to quit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He missed some episodes in the latest series of the show and was replaced by guest judge KSI.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  With his exit rumoured to be coming, here&#8217;s who is lined up to be the new judge, and who fans want to see.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>\n    Last series was not short of scares, and this lot certainly kept us in suspense with their danger-filled auditions!<\/p>\n<p>Check out our most dangerous acts from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BGT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#BGT<\/a> Series 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bCEEnst97Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/bCEEnst97Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do not try these acts at home! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fUPhgHEGvv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fUPhgHEGvv<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BGT (@BGT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGT\/status\/1943694271397425613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 11, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  Bruno Tonioli &#8216;leaving Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n  An\u00a0insider told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/35800806\/bruno-tonioli-quit-britains-got-talent-judging-gig\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun<\/a> that Tonioli would not be able to film the show due to prior commitments in the US for Dancing with the Stars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They said: &#8220;The filming schedule in 2024 meant that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/national\/uk-today\/25205641.ant-dec-apologise-bruno-tonioli-comment-bgt-final\/?rel=cl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno<\/a>\u00a0could get away with not being present for filming one week of auditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBut it would be virtually impossible for him to miss two weeks, because in the final edit, that equates to half the episodes in the new three-month run of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messengernewspapers.co.uk\/news\/national\/uk-today\/24956501.2025-britains-got-talent-auditions-filmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BGT<\/a>, which will air from February of 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThere is absolutely no ill feeling about the situation, it\u2019s simply down to changes in the schedule making it incredibly difficult to remain as a full-time judge.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bgt\/video\/7515134099787369750\" data-video-id=\"7515134099787369750\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bgt?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"@bgt\">@bgt<\/a> Don\u2019t put our Judges on the spot \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bgt?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"bgt\">#BGT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/britainsgottalent?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"britainsgottalent\">#BritainsGotTalent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7515134063926102806?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Britain\u2019s Got Talent\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe only hope is if his long-time friend and fellow panellist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messengernewspapers.co.uk\/news\/national\/uk-today\/25204752.simon-cowell-credits-susan-boyle-bgt-global-success\/?rel=cl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Cowell<\/a> steps in to make it clear that he has to be a part of the show, no matter how difficult it proves to be.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>  Who will replace Bruno Tonioli on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent?<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to the report from the publisher,\u00a0the frontrunners are KSI and Alan Carr.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messengernewspapers.co.uk\/news\/national\/uk-today\/24945383.britains-got-talent-judge-ksi-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSI<\/a>, being the guest judge on the last series, could make for an obvious choice, with many enjoying his brief appearances on the show.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alan was one of the previous favourites to replace former judge David Walliams before Tonioli was chosen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reacting to the news online, fans of the show have had their say on who they would like to fill the soon-to-be-vacant judging chair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One said: &#8220;Alan Carr would be the right choice.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another said: &#8220;I beg BGT bring in Alan Carr. KSI didn\u2019t work, I might actually watch this abysmal show if Alan Carr was on it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Alan Carr every single day,&#8221; said a third.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Some, however, backed internet personality KSI to take on the role fully.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended reading:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;No KSI no party,&#8221; one joked.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A second said: &#8220;Alan Carr would be good but I&#8217;ve gotta go with my guy KSI to be the next judge.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other names that were thrown in the hat by fans included Harry Hill,\u00a0Sam Thompson or Pete Wicks, or bringing back David Walliams.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Italian-British TV star\u00a0has been a part of the ITV talent show for\u00a0two series, but is now going to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-258527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114839464355859611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258527","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=258527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}