Amanda Holden says Simon Cowell told ‘BGT’ judges to break show’s rules

Amanda Holden says Simon Cowell told his ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judges to break the show’s rules this series.

The 53-year-old presenter returns on Saturday (20.04.24) night on the ITV show’s judging panel alongside boss Simon, 64, as well as Alesha Dixon, 45, and 68-year-old Bruno Tonioli.

Alesha has revealed “eight or nine” Golden Buzzer acts went through, despite the rules stating the judges are only meant to have one each.

Amanda has now said on ‘Good Morning Britain’ they decided they all needed more of the acts.

Presenter Adil Ray, 49, asked her: “What’s been going on with the Golden Buzzer this series? Is there a bit of a change or have you been buzzing more than once? You’re breaking all the rules!”

Amanda replied: “We’ve said this week, the rule book has definitely gone out of the window. But Simon always said there are no rules on any of the shows he’s done, that’s probably why I’m still there!

“(There were) nine Golden Buzzers in total. I think Bruno set the precedent last year when he just kept on pressing it.

“There was so much talent when we were in the southern part of England and Simon was so upset that, when we went to Manchester, there wouldn’t be any more Golden Buzzers.

“He said, ‘Everyone gets another Golden Buzzer – we cannot go to Manchester with no Golden Buzzers’.

“So we had more and it was brilliant!”

Alesha has also revealed Bruno pressed the Golden Buzzer so hard it broke, and also told Hits Radio about the she first act she sent directly to the final.

She added: “I often sit there and, you know, nobody wants to ugly cry on television, but I did have one of those moments because I just

couldn’t hold back.

“I always think if you've got that opportunity to give someone that special moment and so they can spread the message of what they’re doing on a bigger scale that feels like a really great reason to give someone a golden buzzer.

“So I’m really excited for you to see that.”