The former Strictly Come Dancing choose Bruno Tonioli has been introduced as David Walliams’ alternative on Britain’s Got Talent.

The Italian choreographer and dancer joins the ITV expertise present’s judging panel alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.

It comes after the Guardian reported in November that Walliams, 51, had been recorded making derogatory and sexually express remarks concerning the present’s contestants.

Tonioli, 67, stated: “Here we are, Britain’s Got Talent. I am so excited. It’s my first show, I have no idea what’s going to happen, but I’m sure it’s going to be brilliant.”

Walliams had been a part of the judging lineup since 2012 however his place got here into query after the Guardian noticed a leaked transcript of the offensive feedback made throughout an audition present on the London Palladium.

The tv persona and youngsters’s writer referred to at least one contestant as a “cunt” and stated of one other: “She thinks you want to fuck her, but you don’t.”

At the time, he stated in a press release: “I would like to apologise to the people I made disrespectful comments about during breaks in filming for Britain’s Got Talent in 2020. These were private conversations and – like most conversations with friends – were never intended to be shared. Nevertheless, I am sorry.”

On Tuesday, the primary spherical of auditions returned to the London Palladium after weeks of hypothesis that Tonioli could be changing Walliams on the panel.

The co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been pictured getting into the London theatre on Tuesday alongside Cowell, creator of Britain’s Got Talent.

Tonioli was beforehand a fan favorite on Strictly Come Dancing after becoming a member of the BBC One programme in 2004. However, in 2022 it was introduced he could be leaving the movie star dancing competitors as a result of his journey commitments had made it not possible to proceed.

In 2020, pandemic journey uncertainty meant Tonioli might solely seem over video hyperlink to provide his verdict on the Strictly performances in the course of the Sunday evening outcomes present.

Then, in 2021, he was changed by the longstanding skilled dancer Anton Du Beke, who joined the panel alongside Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas.