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Charlotte Everett

Britain's Got Talent's Bruno Tonioli reveals big error he made on his first day on panel

Britain's Got Talent's Bruni Tonioli has talked about the big mistake he made on his first day on the job.

The former Strictly Come Dancing judge, 67, is taking over from David Walliams as a BGT judge alongside the likes of Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell and Alesha Dixon.

However, it seems it may not have come naturally to him as he admits he made a blunder on his first day by pressing the golden buzzer too early.

Each year every judge and hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly get a golden buzzer which they press when they are particularly impressed by an act.

That act then goes straight through to the live shows.

Bruno Tonioli had to get to grips with a few things when starting his new job (ITV)

But Bruno has admitted than due to not watching the show before, he pressed the button too early.

He said: "I told Simon, I never watched the show before. But I never watch anything I’m in, I never even watched Strictly or Dancing With the Stars. I want to feel free to give it my own personal spin, not copy what someone before me has done, if that makes sense."

Bruno explained that even though he was given some instructions about how the show works, he still go carried away in the moment.

Viewers will be able to watch the new judging line-up this weekend (ITV)

"Alesha gave me a brief, but then I forgot everything she told me! I think that was obvious when I pressed my golden buzzer at the wrong time on the first day! They were like, 'here are the rules, you press it then, not then', but that went out the window, I honestly got caught up in the moment, forgot everything I’d been told and just reacted instinctively," he said.

It seems that the other judges saw the funny side of the blunder, with Simon Cowell being in "stitches".

Bruno added: "I looked up, Simon was in stitches, Alesha looked shocked! But that really happened. I mean, it wasn't planned. I honestly had no idea I’d do that in the moment.

The other judges had a laugh at Bruno's blunder (WireImage)

"Anyway, Simon tells the crowd there’s no rules, to forget what they’ve been told and act badly behaved, so I listened! Come on, he’s the boss!"

Talking about who he thinks has a good chance of winning, Bruno said that he has a feeling a singer might take the crown.

Bruno explained: "To be honest it’s wide open. But my instinct is saying that it’s going to be a singer. We’ve seen a few singers that are brilliant, a few dance groups that are absolutely stunning."

Britain's Got Talent will air Saturday, April 15 at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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