ITV talent series would have usually been wrapped up in May but due to the coronavirus pandemic, only the BGT audition stages were filmed in time and still aired as usual.
That means that the full line-up of semi-finalists need to be revealed and whittled down before the big final.ITV has confirmed that the semi-finals will now take place over five, nail-biting – and pre-recorded - episodes before the grand final which will take place live in October.As usual, Ant and Dec will host the shows which start on Saturday September 5 at 8pm whilst Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.However, the programme will be without its main judge Simon Cowell as he continues to recover from a bike accident in Los Angeles earlier this.
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