Britain's Got Talent to put on 'extra' audition 'session' following Simon Cowell illness chaos
As the October 2 auditions for Britain's Got Talent were cancelled after Simon Cowell fell ill, the ITV variety show's bosses are reportedly putting on an "extra session" to make up for the lost day.
Britain's Got Talent bosses are reportedly scheduling an extra audition date to make up for a lost day caused by Simon Cowell's illness.
The ITV variety show was thrown into chaos on October 2 when the 65-year-old music mogul pulled out of that day's auditions at the last minute due to a "terrible headache and migraine", caused by an "accidental bump on the head".
As Simon was still not fit to do the auditions on October 3, The X Factor 2009 star Stacey Solomon, 35, temporarily replaced him that day.
But now it has been claimed that Britain's Got Talent's producers are trying to put on an extra audition date next week in Blackpool so that the acts who missed out on auditioning on October 2 have their moment on the stage.
A TV insider told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column: "It looks like the extra session will be on Friday, and then auditions will continue for a week.
"They feel so bad for those left disappointed last week and want to do all they can to make things right."
The publication also reports that Britain's Got Talent's bosses will "announce the extra date very soon".
On October 4, Simon rejoined his fellow judges, Amanda Holden, 54, Alesha Dixon, 46, and KSI, 32, at the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre, and a painful-looking red mark was evident on his forehead.
In a clip that was posted on his Instagram account that day, Simon told his followers: "It's Simon, I'm alive and I'm in Birmingham, I just want to say thank you for all your get well messages."
Although the TV personality did not reveal how and when he had the accident, a source close to Simon said he bumped his head.
On October 4, the insider told The Sun: "Simon had a terrible headache and migraine - caused by an accidental bump on the head.
"He’s fighting fit now though - and was revelling being in Birmingham and back in his judge seat."
As Simon pulled out of the October 2 auditions, Britain's Got Talent's producers called in Stacey to temporarily fill in for him on October 3.
In a clip uploaded to Britain's Got Talent's Instagram account that day, Stacey said: "I am here at the BGT HQ in Birmingham.
"I am so excited to be a guest judge. This is a dream come true for me.
"So I cannot wait to get out there and see what it's all about."
