Youtuber KSI is the newest judge to the Britain’s Got Talent panel, joining the show permanently this year after a successful guest stint covering for Bruno Tonioli last year
KSI booed by Britain’s Got Talent audience as he breaks unofficial rule(Image: ITV)
KSI‘s first episode as a permanent member of Britain’s Got Talent’s judging panel didn’t get off to the best start, as a rule-breaking act led the audience to boo him.
During the show, one wowed the audiences and three of the judges, but not KSI. Dom and his dog Ninja were a parkour double act, and while their opener to the act – a video in which they did flips and jumps off of the Blackpool benches and landmarks – impressed KSI, he was unhappy with the rest.
The other judges were happy with the performance, and as such, KSI was the only one to say no to Dom and Ninja. When it was revealed that KSI has cats, the audience started to boo.
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This got the YouTuber riled up, and he began to shout back at the audience, loudly telling them: “Don’t boo my cats!” Meanwhile, Dec Donnelly, one half of the hosting duo Ant and Dec, said KSI had broken an unofficial rule on the show. “You don’t say no to dogs on Britain’s Got Talent, KSI,” he said to a camera. “It’s the rules.”
KSI is the newest judge on the panel, as this year is his first on the show. He filled in for Bruno Tonioli last year and has now taken over following Bruno’s departure.
Another guest judge on the show last year was Stacey Solomon, who filled in for Simon Cowell after he had a fall and injured his head. Judge Amanda Holden, who took over as the head judge when Simon was off, was thrilled to welcome Stacey to Britain’s Got Talent, praising her for bringing a great deal of warmth to the panel and drawing on her past experience from The X Factor in 2009.
“She’s so lovely, and I think we’ve got quite a similar style of judging,” Amanda reveals. “She’s warm, she’s super funny, she has a great understanding of what it’s like to be on the other side, because she obviously auditioned for The X Factor all those years ago.”
However, she was less pleased to be a head judge. “I must admit I hated sitting in that seat,” confessed Amanda. “I’ve been on the show the longest, so I understand why I probably need to sit in that seat, but when I was there, I felt very outcast on the end.”
Amanda concedes she felt vulnerable without a fellow judge on either side. “It’s OK if your team are sitting to the left of you – Simon’s got dozens of staff and family watching from the side and communicating with him.
“Mine all decided to eat my snacks and sit in the dressing room, paying no attention to the show or me whatsoever!” Amanda quipped.
“Simon said to me, ‘You must have loved it. Did you feel powerful?’ I said I hated it because I had to keep leaning in to be part of the conversation. I never want to sit in that seat again! I’m juicy in the middle, it’s such a good spot.”
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