ITV announces new online 'Britain's Got Talent' spin-off
Britain’s Got Talent is launching a new spin-off show that will air on the ITV Hub.
The new series - named Britain’s Got Talent: Unseen – is made up of eight episodes that fans will be able to watch on the Hub straight after the main show on ITV.
It comes after the variety programme’s long-running sister show Britain’s Got More Talent - which was hosted by Stephen Mulhern - was axed last year.
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The new spin-off will feature unseen auditions and will give more contestants their moment in the spotlight.
Britain’s Got Talent is set to return this month but the finals have been postponed until later this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The audition stage was filmed across the country in January and February and the judges have chosen their favourite acts to go through to the public vote.
However, the winner of the programme is decided in a series of shows held at Wembley Arena in front of a live audience and voted for by the viewing public.
Due to the government lockdown, they cannot go ahead as planned.
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ITV said in a statement last month: "The Britain’s Got Talent audition shows are due to be broadcast in the next few weeks as planned.
"We have been working with the brilliant production teams at Thames and Syco to find a way of making the live finals work, which were due to be broadcast at the end of May.
“However, in light of the latest government health guidelines and in line with our priority of safeguarding the well-being of everyone involved in our programmes, production of the live shows cannot go ahead as planned.
“The live finals will therefore be broadcast later in the year."
Britain’s Got Talent: Unseen will launch on the ITV Hub on Saturday April 11 after the main show.
