In a show premiere, Britain’s Got Talent will see how a quartet uses AI to blackmail The Greatest Show judges in Saturday’s next episode.
In a teaser, singing group RASK AI stood in front of artificial intelligence devices and judges and audience watched in shock as they transformed into Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli in the monitors above.
All the judges except Simon, 64, stood up to marvel at the group as they sang the title song from the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman.
RASK AI transformed showrunner Simon into a ringmaster and Amanda, 53, into a bearded woman.
The audience was left in fits of laughter and at the end of the performance, Amanda and Alesha, 45, who played Zendaya’s acrobat role in the film, gave RASK AI a standing ovation.
A new clip from the upcoming series of Britain’s Got Talent saw singing group RASK AI use AI to transform judges into Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.
All the judges except Simon, 64, stood up to marvel at the group as they sang the title song from the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman (pictured: Bruno, 68)
The ITV show returns on Saturday where viewers will be able to see the auditions filmed earlier this year.
One audience member – who was present at the auditions this year and last – claimed that some artists had benefited from more rehearsal time than others.
In an article seen by The Sun, they wrote: “I made an observation: I went to the BGT opening last year and the BGT opening today.
At first I didn’t think much of it last year, but now it seems to be a trend last year.
“Last year, before the opening warm-up, the audience saw Ghetto Kids (the golden buzzer of Bruno rehearsing his audition on stage). No other action.
“Today when the audience entered the venue they saw an act rehearsing and being filmed on stage. No other act today, the act received the golden buzzer.
However, a TV source told the publication that the viewer misunderstood how the production worked.
They said: “Any act that requires a rehearsal on the day will have one, but the audience doesn’t arrive until the last minute, so only sees the final act.
The colorful RASK AI stood in front of the AI cameras on large tripods in order to transform their faces
The audience was left in fits of laughter and at the end of the performance, the judges gave RASK AI a standing ovation.
Alesha, 45, who looked stunning in a dark pink blazer and white shirt for the new series, opened her mouth in shock at the group’s eerily realistic transformations.
Returning hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have revealed this series has nine Golden Buzzer moments – the most ever.
“It turns out that on those days the final rehearsal may have received the golden buzzer, but of course that’s not always the case.
“Comedian Axel Blake received a gold buzzer and won in 2022, for example, but he hasn’t rehearsed on stage that often, only big productions like dance numbers and magicians need it.”
This year, it has already been revealed that there will be a total of nine golden buzzer moments, the most the series has ever seen.
Returning hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly revealed it meant filming the show was taking longer because the judges were “more chaotic” than ever.
Britain’s Got Talent returns with a brand new series, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:40 p.m. on ITV1 and ITVX.