Simon Cowell has said he wanted the upcoming series of Britain’s Got Talent to feel like the early iterations of the talent show.
The 14th series returns on April 11 and will air audition episodes that were filmed earlier in the year before the outbreak of the coronavirus.
ITV has also previously confirmed that the live finals will be postponed and will air at a later stage. Cowell returns on the judging panel with Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon to oversee the pre-recorded auditions.
He said: “I wanted it to feel more like it did when we first started, to bring it back to the Paul Potts, Connie Talbots, you know? “Paul was working at a phone shop and came on to have a go, and now look at his career!