Simon Cowell has hinted he doesn’t want to film ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ without an audience, after admitting he "wouldn’t want to do that again" following his ‘America’s Got Talent’ experience.
The 60-year-old star is a judge on both the UK and US versions of the talent show, and after shooting an ‘AGT’ episode without the live audience – due to the coronavirus pandemic – he isn’t in a hurry to film a crowd-less talent show anytime soon.
He said: "I wouldn’t want to do that again in the future.
"The expression, ‘The show must go on,’ to a point, we did as much as we could. And then after two days, we realised we had to finish."
The music mogul believes it is "much harder" for the contestants to perform on the programme without a crowd.
He told PEOPLE magazine: "It was surreal, but interestingly, we developed this really close bond with the contestants during that whole period.
"When you don’t have an audience, you feel for them because it’s much harder to audition without a crowd. So, they’re coming on to total silence."
Last month, ‘BGT’ aired the pre-recorded audition stages of the show, but the live finals were put on hold.
And while it has recently been speculated that the show could air without a live audience, judge Amanda Holden previously insisted that would "never" happen.
Speaking in May, she said: "All of the main judges have been given a date to hold in early autumn to see if it works live.
"But we would never do it without an audience because we’ve always said the British public is the fifth judge.
"So we can’t do it without them – it would be no fun without them! We’ll see what happens, but we are planning to do it this year."