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Gemma Jones

Britain's Got Talent return date confirmed by ITV after two years off air

ITV have confirmed that Britain's Got Talent will be back on our screens very soon.

The auditions for the talent show will start to be aired from next month, in April, after being off air for two years. The show was forced to take a break due to the Covid pandemic, but now it will finally be returning.

Usual judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon will all be back on the panel as they welcome different talent's from across the nation. Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly will host the show getting all of the behind the scenes reactions from the contestants.

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ITV have now confirmed that they will start airing the Britain's Got Talent auditions from April. In a Tweet, they wrote: "The show that brings you non-stop talent is BACK! But who will be next? #BGT returns this April on @ITV and @WeAreSTV."

The post included a video showing previous winners. Lost Voice Guy - real name Lee Ridley - won the show in 2018, whilst other winners including singers Collabro, magician Richard Jones and the much-loved duo Ashleigh and her dog Pudsey.

The judges have been keeping busy for the past couple of months as auditions have already been well underway. Amanda confessed she cried when they all returned to the filming for the first time following the pandemic. At the time, she said: "Do you know what, I have to say, I cried. I mean it was so lovely to see everybody but when we walked into the theatre and actually had an audience, a proper audience."

Ant also got tearful when he returned to the show after the two years off air. He said to the audience: "Excuse me while I go and cry. We are so excited to be back. We were gutted to miss last year and not get to see you all. But we’re back, raring to go and have one hell of a show for you."

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