Britain’s Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli is ‘set to be temporarily replaced’ by a YouTube star. The former Strictly Come Dancing judge joined the ITV talent show last year, with the most recent season of the long-running series won by singer Sydnie Christmas last week. However soon after it was reported Bruno, 68, was set to be replaced by comedian Alan Carr .
A few days later Simon Cowell shut down talk that the judge was being booted but did reveal he might need a ‘stand-in’ next season. It’s now been reported that YouTube star KSI is set to join the panel alongside Simon, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon when Bruno can’t attend the next season’s audition’s due to ‘scheduling conflicts’. The show’s auditions will be held earlier than usual for the next season while Bruno is in America so BGT bosses are said to have turned to KSI.
Olajide Olayinka Williams ‘JJ’ Olatunji, known professionally as KSI, is an English social media influencer, professional boxer, and musician. The 30-year-old is a co-founding member of YouTube group the Sidemen, the CEO of Misfits Boxing, and the co-owner of Prime Hydration, XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing, restaurant chain Sides and cereal brand Best Breakfasts. After starting his YouTube channel in 2009, he built a following posting gaming commentary videos of the FIFA video game series and later started sharing vlog and comedy-style videos.
He has also appeared on Top Gear, Celebrity Gogglebox and The Great Stand Up to Can.
