There was a surprising start to the Britain's Got Talent final when the judges weren't on the panel and had instead ben replaced by four completely different faces well known to viewers.
The ITV show has had a tricky few years due to the Covid pandemic, with the 2020 live shows and final delayed by months due to the first national lockdown and then last year's series scrapped completely after auditions couldn't take place when they were meant to due to restrictions.
After 18 months off our screens, Britain's Got Talent came back in style with a double header launch over Easter weekend and after months of audition episodes and a week of live semi finals, 11 finalists prepared to bid for victory in Sunday's grand final. But, as hosts Ant and Dec kicked things off, Simon Cowell, who found himself at the centre of a wildcard row; Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon were nowhere to be seen.
