Bruno Tonioli will reportedly triple the salary he received on Strictly Come Dancing by joining the judging panel for Britain’s Got Talent.
The Italian professional dancer, 67, is said to have been paid £850,000 since joining the show, after beating out stiff competition including comedian Alan Carr.
Former strict judge Bruno replaced David Walliams, who left the show last year after ITV bosses who wanted Alan were overruled by boss Simon Cowell.
Wow! Bruno Tonioli will reportedly triple the salary he received on Strictly Come Dancing by joining the judging panel for Britain’s Got Talent.
Bruno, who is said to be “delighted” to return to primetime Saturday night television in the UK, will now eclipse the salary of his former Strictly co-stars three times over.
Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke are believed to earn £250,000 per series on the Strictly judging panel.
An informant said sun on sunday: “He managed to triple his salary from UK Strictly and beat out stiff competition from frontrunner for the job Alan Carr, who is friends with much of the cast and crew.”
Bruno will now reportedly do the same thing as his BGT co-stars Amanda Holden, 51, and Alesha Dixon, 44, when he starts filming at The London Palladium on Tuesday.
Slanted to the top! The Italian professional dancer, 67, is said to have been paid £850,000 since he joined the show, after beating out stiff competition including comedian Alan Carr.
The source added: “Simon has been Bruno’s biggest supporter and believes he has a special on-screen quality that cannot be replicated.”
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Britain’s Got Talent and Bruno Toniolo for further comment. They haven’t responded yet.
It comes after the battle between Bruno, a close friend of Simon’s, and comedian Alan for the role. The show’s judges Alesha and Amanda were told the identity of their new colleague in the last week.
According to Katie Hind of the Daily Mail, Bruno has yet to sign the contract but has been formally offered the job following a tug-of-war between ITV and the BGT boss, who insisted he had the role following the departure of BGT. David.
Goodbye: David, 51, was forced to leave the show last year after ten years following vile comments he made about contestants during auditions in 2020
Alan, 46, is understood to be “devastated” to lose the job he thought was his.
The star’s friends said she told them she was joining the show from people close to her two weeks ago.
One told the Daily Mail: “He’s trying to hold his head up, he thought he had it.” It’s really disappointing for him. BGT has really missed a trick, especially with the on-screen chemistry between him and Amanda. SUBWAY
Meanwhile, a source close to the show said: ‘It’s one of the most peculiar events in show business in recent years. They told Alan that he had the job and then suddenly Bruno’s name came up. It’s so strange.
‘Some ITV bosses are angry with the decision, their preference was for Alan, as were most of those involved with the show, who were genuinely delighted at the prospect of joining them for the series. Everyone loved him, but Cowell was against it, he wanted his friend. Tonioli joining BGT means there are now two former Strictly judges on the panel, something ITV bosses are understood to have been against.
Final details: Terms like money are being discussed, but she’ll be auditioning at the London Palladium on Tuesday alongside Alesha, Amanda and Simon (pictured)
Shame on you: Alan is understood to be “devastated” to lose the job he thought was his.
He thought he had the job, and had even begun to mend his clothes on screen, until he saw reports that Bruno was also in line to take over.
David, 51, was forced to leave the show last year after ten years following vile comments he made about contestants during auditions in 2020.
It was reported in November that David backed out of his role, although sources close to the show say he “jumped before he got pushed”.
His outing came after he described an elderly contestant as ac**you made vile sexual comments about a woman taking part during auditions in January 2020 at the London Palladium.
In one incident, caught on the show’s microphones, an older performer engaged in a light-hearted prank with the judges in which he made fun of David.
Strange! He thought he had the job, and had even started mending his clothes on screen, until he saw reports that Bruno was also in line to take over.
After the audition, the retiree left and David is said to have described him as a ‘c**t’ three times.
In a separate incident, after a contestant walked offstage, David commented, “She’s like the slightly bored girl you meet in the pub who thinks you want to fuck them but you don’t.” He later added: ‘I know, she’s like: ‘Oh, fuck you!’ She was saying that she thinks you want to fuck her, but you don’t.
‘It’s the last thing on her mind, but she’s like, ‘Yeah, I bet you do!’
‘No, i do not do it! I had a bit of ab***r, but now it’s gone, now it’s wrinkled inside my body.
David, one of the UK’s best-known television personalities and children’s book author, was forced to apologize for his outbursts, but insisted they were private conversations.