BGT 2026 Auditions Day 1 Session 1 (03/10/25) Ant & Dec/Judges Entrance

I was lucky enough to be at the very first audition taping of Series 19 of Britain's Got Talent in the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre. We found out after queueing up that Simon wasn't going to be there, because of a bad head injury which had caused him to have a migraine the day before (hence why the day before was cancelled and my day, which was supposed to be the second day, became the first). Stacey Solomon replaced him very last minute on the panel, having only been asked to do it that morning. But I credit her very much, because without her, the auditions probably wouldn't have gone ahead and my day would've been cancelled too. And to say it was her first day as a judge, havign not known she was going to do it until the morning, she was actually alright. It would've been nice to see Simon, as I personally have never seen him at the 2 sessions I've been to, but what can you do. The actual taping was amazing, even though it was delayed by nearly an hour and a half, and was very slow to actually get moving. We saw two golden buzzers (Amanda Holden's and Stacey Solomon's). That's another point, without Stacey there I wouldn't have seen that extra golden buzzer, so much credit to her once again. KSI was absolutely amazing as usual, and carried much of the taping, and being alot more interactive with the audience than he was last year (probably because he was so nervous). Alesha was also lovely, she's so sweet in real life, and loves to chat to as many people as she can in the breaks in between. I tried to photo/video as much of it as I could - all I have is in this video that I am ever so generously putting up on youtube. They are VERY strict with people having their phones out, and taking photos/videos, so I'm surprised that I managed to get as much as I did. My phone died towards the end however, so the last two I saw I couldn't record their performance. I had to miss the last act too because I would've been late for my train otherwise. All in all I had a very nice day, and I'm looking forward to next time, whenever that will be!! #AntAndDec #AntDec #BGTJudges #JudgesEntrance #BritainsGotTalent #BGT2026 #BGTAuditions #TalentShowUK #ITV #SaturdayNightTV #KSI #AleshaDixon #AmandaHolden #StaceySolomon #GuestJudge #NewJudge #JudgePanel #TVJudges #OnStageMoments #CelebrityJudges #SimonCowell #WhereIsSimon #MissingJudge #LastMinuteChange #Unexpected #TVDrama #BehindTheDrama #ShockingMoment #AuditionDrama #BehindTheScenes #BTSFootage #ExclusiveContent #AudienceView #LiveTaping #StudioExperience #InsiderView #RareFootage #FilmingDay #TVProduction #GoldenBuzzer #GoldenMoments #BGTGoldenBuzzer #EmotionalMoments #BestMoments #Unforgettable #CrowdReaction #StandingOvation #Hype #CrowdEnergy #ElectricAtmosphere #BigMoments #Iconic #MustWatch #CantMissThis #SoGood #Goosebumps #WhatANight #Viral #Trending #FYP #ForYou #YouTubeShorts #Shorts #ExplorePage #WatchThis #BlowUp #ContentCreator