OHMYGOSSIP — This year’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ is “almost certain” to be axed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The chances of airing the talent show in 2021 are said to range from “extremely slim to non-existent”, because of health and safety concerns as contestants travel from all around the UK to take part in the ITV programme.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “The nature of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ means we have all sorts of contestants from all sorts of places – home and abroad – taking part.
“While many people will have been vaccinated by the summer it remains unclear what the restrictions on mass mingling and on travel will be, so there are absolutely no guarantees production can go ahead.
“The chances of it airing this year range from extremely slim to non-existent – and it’s almost certain to be the latter.
“No one’s happy about it – but that’s the way it is.”
However, one show source has insisted producers are still hopeful ‘BGT’ will take place and they are said to be “looking at all possibilities”.
‘BGT’ judge Amanda Holden – who is part of the panel alongside Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams – recently admitted not having a studio audience “affects the quality of the show”.
She said: “I think out of every show on television ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ needs the audience.
“We need you guys, because we call them the fifth judge and it just makes no sense not to have them behind us.
“I think it affects the quality of the show and with the biggest will in the world – because there’s so much hard work backstage and everyone’s really done a huge effort to make it the best show it can be – it still affects it, so I would rather wait and make it the best it can be.”
Earlier this month, ITV confirmed the new ‘BGT’ series had been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ITV show was due to start filming in January, but the broadcaster was forced to change its plans because of the recent surge in coronavirus cases across the UK.
An ITV spokesperson said: “The filming for the 15th series of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ has been postponed from its proposed record dates in late January.
“With the announcement of the latest government health guidelines and with our priority of safeguarding the well-being of everyone involved in our programmes we, together with the production teams at Thames and Syco, have taken the decision to move the record and broadcast of the forthcoming series.
“We will confirm revised dates in due course.”

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