Britain's Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli admits to making big mistake after not watching the show
New Britain's Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli has revealed he made a big error on his first day on the show.
The former Strictly Come Dancing judge was announced to be joining the BGT panel earlier this year, replacing David Walliams after the latter stepped down amid controversy over leaked transcripts of him making explicit remarks about contestants.
Speaking about joining the show, Bruno has revealed that he didn't go into it wholly prepared, and accidentally pressed his golden buzzer on his first day.
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"I told Simon, I never watched the show before," the star admitted (via Daily Mail). "But I never watch anything I'm in, I never even watched Strictly or Dancing with the Stars.
"I want to feel free to give it my own personal spin, not copy what someone before me has done, if that makes sense.
"Alesha [Dixon] gave me a brief, but then I forgot everything she told me!" Bruno continued. "I think that was obvious when I pressed my golden buzzer at the wrong time on the first day!
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"They were like, 'Here are the rules, you press it then, not then', but that went out the window, I honestly got caught up in the moment, forgot everything I'd been told and just reacted instinctively.
"I looked up, Simon [Cowell] was in stitches, Alesha looked shocked! But that really happened. I mean, it wasn't planned. I honestly had no idea I'd do that in the moment."
Bruno went on to reveal that Simon then told the crowd there were "no rules" and "to forget what they've been told and act badly behaved," adding: "So I listened! Come on, he's the boss!"
It comes after fellow judge Amanda Holden joked in February that Bruno had already "broken every rule" on the show, also teasing that the new series will be "brilliant".
Britain's Got Talent airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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