Simon Cowell has revealed why he reacted how he did after Bruno Tonioli broke a Britain's Got Talent rule.<\/p>\n
Britain's Got Talent returned to our screens on Saturday (15 April) and it didn't take long for a golden buzzer to be slammed - so little time, in fact, Ugandan dance act Ghetto Kids hadn't even finished their performance.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with Mail Online, Cowell said: \"Well, that was pretty quick! It was the second or third day.<\/p>\n
\"I was laughing my head off thinking, 'You definitely haven't watched the show, have you?' And then I thought, 'Actually, this is brilliant because it has never happened before.'\"<\/p>\n
Cowell notes no one really seemed to care, neither the act nor him, everyone simply 'happy' because the dance troupe 'really did deserve' the golden buzzer.<\/p>\n
Cowell resolves: \"And just looking at Bruno's face, he was happy.<\/p>\n
\"Then when someone ran up to him and said, 'Well, you're supposed to do it at the end,' he was mortified!<\/p>\n
\"I said, 'It doesn't matter, Bruno. You just gave them the golden buzzer. Who cares?'\"<\/p>\n
Tonioli explained he'd been watching the act and simply thought the dance troupe was 'genius' and so 'had to press the golden buzzer'.<\/p>\n
Although, he reflected: \"Now, I hold my hands up, I realise now I was supposed to wait until after they'd performed to press it! I just felt it in my bones and went for it! \"<\/p>\n
Thankfully for Tonioli, despite his somewhat daunting reputation for being slightly stern, Cowell was 'hysterically laughing' when the Strictly Come Dancing judge turned around realising what he'd done.<\/p>\n
\"Honestly, I had no idea. Nobody really ever explained that process to me. All I knew was I had a golden buzzer, but they never told me when I was supposed to press it!\"<\/p>\n
Indeed, Tonioli had not only never been taught the golden buzzer etiquette, but in an interview on Lorraine, the dancer revealed he hasn't ever actually watched BGT before either.<\/p>\n
Alongside pressing the gold buzzer during a performance rather than at the end, Tonioli also pressed a red buzzer at the end of the performance rather than while it was taking place.<\/p>\n
Luckily for the judge, it was only the variety show's first weekend, so he's got plenty more episodes to get the hang of it.<\/p>\n
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