{"id":341262,"date":"2026-03-21T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/341262\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:33:08","slug":"why-is-simon-cowell-not-on-britains-got-talent-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/341262\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Simon Cowell not on Britain’s Got Talent tonight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Some fans were left asking where the head judge was for this episode, so here is what we know.\n<\/p>\n

Why is Simon Cowell not on Britain’s Got Talent tonight?<\/p>\n

\n It was previously revealed that Stacey would be filling in for Simon for part of the auditions after he missed the first few days of filming due to a fall.\n<\/p>\n

\n A BGT spokesperson said at the time that the first day of auditions was postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances”.\n<\/p>\n

\n Stacey<\/a>, who lives in Essex with husband Joe Swash and her family, was drafted in to fill in during his absence.\n<\/p>\n

\n She shared an Instagram story at the time regarding her excitement for her “dream job”.\n<\/p>\n

\n During Simon’s absence, Amanda Holden<\/a> temporarily led the panel before the long-standing judge returned for the Blackpool auditions.\n<\/p>\n

\n Stacey and Simon have a history together, with the TV star first finding fame on The X Factor, finishing third in 2009.\n<\/p>\n

\n The path to becoming a TV personality began with an appearance on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2010, where she went on to win the show.\n<\/p>\n

\n Stacey has since appeared on Loose Women<\/a> and now has her own shows on the BBC, Sort Your Life Out and Stacey and Joe.\n<\/p>\n

\n Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n

Why did Bruno Tonilo leave BGT?<\/p>\n

\n Simon’s absence is not the only judging change for the 2026 series of BGT.\n<\/p>\n

\n Social media star KSI, who featured as a guest judge last year, has joined the judging panel on a full-time basis.\n<\/p>\n

\n He replaced Bruno Tonioli, who left due to filming clashes with the US show Dancing with the Stars.\n<\/p>\n

\n Who is your favourite judge on BGT? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some fans were left asking where the head judge was for this episode, so here is what we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-341262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}