COVID-19 is so bad in Britain that they have been on lockdown for months. Therefore, even doing auditions virtually for Britain’s Got Talent makes things impossible. Thus, ITV made the difficult decision to give the competition show a year off.
A spokesperson for the show told Variety: “Despite everyone at ITV, Thames and Syco doing their best to make it happen, and with our absolute priority of safeguarding the well-being and health of every person involved in the program, from judges, hosts and contestants to all of the crew and audience, the decision has been made to — unfortunately — move the record and broadcast of the 15th series of Britain’s Got Talent to 2022.”
As much as it sucks, they made the right decision. It will be interesting to see what happens here in the States. However, America’s Got Talent was able to work around coronavirus this year. That, and Simon Cowell breaking his back before the live shows.
