{"id":292313,"date":"2025-07-26T03:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T03:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292313\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T03:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T03:55:19","slug":"britains-got-talent-judge-quits-show-with-major-star-lined-up-as-their-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292313\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent judge ‘QUITS’ show – with major star ‘lined up’ as their replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruno Tonioli<\/a> has reportedly ‘quit’ Britain’s Got Talent as a judge after two seasons on the ITV<\/a> show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It has now been suggested that singer and boxing star KSI is in discussions to take over the position, according to The Sun.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruno, 69, who previously judged Strictly<\/a> Come Dancing, joined BGT<\/a> in 2023 following David Walliams<\/a>\u2019 departure.<\/p>\n

Despite reported efforts from show boss Simon Cowell<\/a>, 65, to convince him to remain, conflicting commitments with Bruno’\u00a0Dancing With The Stars<\/a> gig in the US are said to have made it impossible to continue.<\/p>\n

A source told the publication: ‘Bruno has officially quit Britain’s Got Talent and they are hoping that KSI will replace him.<\/p>\n

‘He absolutely loved being on the panel with Simon, Alesha Dixon<\/a> and Amanda Holden<\/a> but Bruno just can’t juggle his schedule with filming.<\/p>\n

\"Bruno <\/p>\n

Bruno Tonioli, 69, has reportedly ‘quit’ Britain’s Got Talent as a judge after two seasons on the ITV show<\/p>\n

\"Sources <\/p>\n

Sources suggest that singer and boxing star KSI (pictured in this year’s show) is in discussions to take over the position<\/p>\n

‘There is no bad blood and Bruno is leaving with a smile on his face.’<\/p>\n

MailOnline has contacted Bruno’s representatives for comment.\u00a0Sources close to the situation have confirmed the line-up for next year is still purely speculation.<\/p>\n

KSI<\/a>, who stood in on the most recent series as a guest judge, won viewers hearts on the latest series.<\/p>\n

Previously addressing chatter about KSI to become a permanent judge, Bruno showed he wasn’t phased<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said:\u00a0‘We’re both young, attractive, multi-talented stars known the world over.<\/p>\n

‘Joking aside, I think KSI is fantastic \u2014 a real charming man full of energy. We attended the BRITs together too, which was a fabulous evening.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was recently revealed how the auditions for the next series of Britain’s Got Talent will take place in just Blackpool, in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Viewers saw the show kick off in February this year, with episodes airing each Saturday night, replacing the traditional nightly episodes.<\/p>\n

\"Bruno, <\/p>\n

Bruno, who previously judged Strictly Come Dancing, joined BGT in 2023 following David Walliams\u2019 departure (Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno pictured)<\/p>\n

\"Despite <\/p>\n

Despite reported efforts from show boss Simon Cowell, 65, to convince him to remain, conflicting commitments with Bruno\u2019s Dancing With The Stars gig in the US made it impossible<\/p>\n

\"Bruno <\/p>\n

Bruno replaced David Walliams who departed the show under a cloud in 2023<\/p>\n

The live semi-finals – which usually air nightly over the course of one week, were also shown on Saturday nights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the series, Bruno raised eyebrows after swearing live on air in the final.<\/p>\n

Host Declan Donnelly<\/a> was forced to apologise to ITV viewers after the Italian choreographer\u00a0uttered the bad language before the 9pm watershed.<\/p>\n

The ex-Strictly star was giving feedback after comedian Joseph Charm’s performance when he said: ‘We were just p***ing\u2026’ before quickly correcting himself and apologising.<\/p>\n

The incident forced Dec to issue an on-air apology, as he told viewers: ‘Apologies if you were offended by Bruno’s slip of the tongue there.’<\/p>\n

The remark was made during a live broadcast, which falls under strict rules preventing swearing before the 9pm watershed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bruno who joined the ITV<\/a> talent show two years ago later clarified that he and the other judges had simply found the act very funny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some fans took to X to respond to Bruno’s blue language, with some vowing he should be ‘sacked’ whilst others felt it was the ‘best part’ of the whole night. They penned:<\/p>\n

\"Britain's <\/p>\n

Britain’s Got Talent suffered a HUGE on air blunder last series as Bruno Tonioli swore live during the final – as some fans asked for him to be ‘sacked’ <\/p>\n

\"Host <\/p>\n

Host Declan Donnelly was forced to apologise to ITV viewers after the Italian choreographer uttered the bad language before the 9pm watershed\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The ex-Strictly star was giving feedback after comedian Joseph Charm’s performance when he said: ‘We were just p***ing\u2026’ before quickly correcting himself and apologising<\/p>\n

\"Bruno <\/p>\n

Bruno who joined the ITV talent show two years ago later clarified that he and the other judges had simply found the act very funny<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"Some <\/p>\n

Some fans took to X to respond to Bruno’s blue language, with some vowing he should be ‘sacked’ whilst others felt it was the ‘best part’ of the whole night<\/p>\n

‘#BritainsGotTalent #BGT<\/a> I’m not offended by Bruno saying p*****g, I am irritated by him constantly shouting and jumping his feet all the time!’;<\/p>\n

‘Bruno\u00a0nearly saying p*****g themselves laughing at what we don’t know #BGT’;<\/p>\n

‘Bruno dropped a minor swear klaxon! #bgt’; ‘A lovely swear from Bruno. #BGTFinal #BGT #BritainsGotTalent’;<\/p>\n

‘I’m sorry but Bruno swearing on Britains Got Talent has got me in stitches even 15 minutes after, so funny so funny<\/a> #BGT’;<\/p>\n

‘Sack Bruno he just said p*ssing on live daytime television!! #bgt’;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruno Tonioli has reportedly ‘quit’ Britain’s Got Talent as a judge after two seasons on the ITV show.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[709,28817,92,67046,77,208,1895,1894,1888,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-292313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-britains-got-talent","9":"tag-bruno-tonioli","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-dancing-with-the-stars","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-itv","14":"tag-ksi","15":"tag-simon-cowell","16":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","17":"tag-tvshowbiz","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114917522194300555","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292313","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=292313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}