Britain’s Got Talent suffered a huge on air blunder during Saturday’s final after Bruno Tonioli swore live.
Host Declan Donnelly was forced to apologise to ITV viewers after the Italian choreographer uttered the bad language before the 9pm watershed.
The ex-Strictly star was giving feedback after comedian Joseph Charm’s performance when he said: ‘We were just p***ing…’ before quickly correcting himself and apologising.
The incident forced Dec to issue an on-air apology, as he told viewers: ‘Apologies if you were offended by Bruno’s slip of the tongue there.’
The remark was made during a live broadcast, which falls under strict rules preventing swearing before the 9pm watershed.
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Britain’s Got Talent suffered a HUGE on air blunder as Bruno Tonioli swore live during Saturday’s final – as some fans asked for him to be ‘sacked’
Host Declan Donnelly was forced to apologise to ITV viewers after the Italian choreographer uttered the bad language before the 9pm watershed
Bruno who joined the ITV talent show two years ago later clarified that he and the other judges had simply found the act very funny.
Some fans took to X to respond to Bruno’s blue language, with some vowing he should be ‘sacked’ whilst others felt it was the ‘best part’ of the whole night. They penned:
‘#BritainsGotTalent #BGT I’m not offended by Bruno saying p*****g, I am irritated by him constantly shouting and jumping his feet all the time!’;
‘Bruno nearly saying p*****g themselves laughing at what we don’t know #BGT’;
‘Bruno dropped a minor swear klaxon! #bgt’; ‘A lovely swear from Bruno. #BGTFinal #BGT #BritainsGotTalent’;
‘I’m sorry but Bruno swearing on Britains Got Talent has got me in stitches even 15 minutes after, so funny so funny #BGT’;
‘Sack Bruno he just said p*ssing on live daytime television!! #bgt’;
‘Bruno saying p*****g has probably been the best part of this final so far.’
It’s not the first time that Britian’s Got Talent has been in hot water over the judges bad language.
The ex-Strictly star was giving feedback after comedian Joseph Charm’s performance when he said: ‘We were just p***ing…’ before quickly correcting himself and apologising
Bruno who joined the ITV talent show two years ago later clarified that he and the other judges had simply found the act very funny
Joseph left the live audience and judges in stitches with his jokes about the extortionate costs of childcare in the UK – questioning whether his kids were being fed caviar
Some fans took to X to respond to Bruno’s blue language, with some vowing he should be ‘sacked’ whilst others felt it was the ‘best part’ of the whole night
Two years ago viewers were left amused when Bruno swore live on TV during the shows second semi-final show.
Bruno appeared very unimpressed as he was dragged up on stage during Andrew Stanton’s ‘disgusting’ stunt act and was heard dropping the expletive live on TV after walking on stage.
He was heard saying to music mogul Simon: ‘Oh f**king hell Simon, not again.’
In 2019, Amanda Holden caused nearly 200 complaints with governing media watchdog, Ofcom when she dropped the F-bomb during a terrifying live act.
Amanda was left trembling with fear when the spooky act, saw her led into a basement to be terrified by women dressed as ghosts.
At the time, the former Kiss Me Kate actress issued an apology saying: ‘I really want to apologise for saying a terrible word. I know my kids are watching so I apologise for that. I can honestly say I feel terrified.’
It’s not the bfirst time BGT judges have found themselves in hot water with their bad language and in 2019, Amanda Holden caused nearly 200 Ofcom complaints when she accidentally dropped the F-bomb (pictured during the 2025 live final)
Simon Cowell was also spotted giving a stage invader a two finger salute after they stormed the panel, leaving all the judges shaken (Simon pictured during the 2025 live final)
But that’s not all. A year before, in 2018, a stage invader stormed onto the judging panel and slammed three of the red buzzers, leaving the judges very shaken.
When the intruder interrupted their critique of Magus Utopia’s act, as Amanda screamed in fright, Simon swore.
Managing to slam Amanda, Alesha and Simon’s buzzers, the camera quickly panned out as Simon swore and security dealt with the stage invasion.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed the music mogul vent his frustration by giving the invader a two finger salute before putting his head in his hands in despair.
