Simon Cowell speaks out over Britain's Got Talent chaos as judges break key show rule

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With countless Golden Buzzers and unexpected shenanigans, Simon Cowell admits that he’s throwing out the rulebook for Britain’s Got Talent’s 17th series. “It’s like being back at school, because the teachers keep coming in saying, ‘You know, can we try and keep the golden buzzers down?’” Simon says. “And they know we've got absolutely no intention whatsoever of doing that.

I keep saying, ‘Look, if something happens or the audience in particular are telling us, then we kind of have to.’” In the upcoming series, the judges break the record for the number of Golden Buzzers, with nine acts being fast-tracked straight to the semi-finals. “I mean, we don’t want to get to the point where you've got 20 golden buzzer acts, but I think eight or nine is fine,” Simon says. “I don't see that as a bad thing.

It doesn’t mean we’ll just hand them out for no reason, they have to be earned otherwise there’s no point in them.They have to stand out, like Amanda’s second buzzer, I’ve never seen anything like that.

It's so funny. It's just so weird but brilliant.” As for the secret to winning the hit ITV show, Simon admits that he’s given up figuring it out. “I genuinely don’t know anymore,” he sighs. “If you had told me after his first audition that [Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn] was going to win last year, I’d be like, ‘Yeah right.’ But then it happened. “The great thing about this show is it doesn’t matter.