ITV has ditched Britain's Got Talent's typical Saturday night slot in favour of film

   
ITV pulls Britain's Got Talent from with viewers having to wait 'weeks'

ITV has removed Britain's Got Talent from its Saturday night timeslot in a major schedule shake-up with 2015's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom airing in its place.

An announcement was made at the end of last Saturday night's BGT show that it wouldn't be back on screens until March 22nd.Despite the new season premiering just a few short weeks ago, fans will have to wait two whole weeks for the competition series to hit the small screen again.

It will not be airing next Sunday either, instead being moved back an entire week to make room for a sporting event.


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The talent show's usual time has been taken over by Six Nations rugby as Scotland take on France.

Following the airing of Wheel of Fortune at 6pm, ITV's usual schedule has been thrown into chaos due to the rugby, with kickoff taking place at 8pm and the broadcast running until 10.35pm.

This means that the next episode of the quiz show The 1% Club will also be taken off air.

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It comes after judges have already hit the Golden Buzzers several times, especially after one nervous singer delivered a moving rendition of Radiohead's Creep.

Last week, there was also a mixup for the judges themselves, as Bruno Toniolo was replaced by YouTuber turned rapper, KSI.

The star, whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams "'JJ' Olatunji, stepped in to replace his counterpart at some of the auditions while the former Strictly Come Dancing judge was filming Dancing With The Stars in the US.

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Ahead of joining the show, his co-star Amanda Holden said: "The kids went nuts for him. And I think he's going to bring in a whole generation of people that have perhaps not thought about watching our show before just because they want to see what he brings. And he was also super quick to get on the stage, we couldn’t keep him off it! I just know he’s going to steal the limelight because he's so good!"

KSI himself added:"Once I figured out what makes sense and my place, I kind of just ran with it, and I got more and more comfortable and came into my own."