Britain's Got Talent flooded with same complaint seconds into new series
The hit talent show returned for its 18th series on ITV on Saturday night
Britain's Got Talent was back on our screens with the 18th series on Saturday night - but immediately left a bad taste in the mouth of some viewers.
Simon Cowell returned alongside judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon but Bruno Tonioli was noticeably absent on the judging panel.
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Hosts Ant and Dec revealed he was unable to join the stars in Blackpool due to prior committments, and was replaced on the panel by YouTube and boxing sensation KSI.
But it was the show's opening sequence which had viewers rushing to X to issue the same complaint.
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The lengthy opening featured clips of many of the acts that will appear on the new series, leading to criticism from some viewers.
One wrote on X: "Well we just watched the entire series of best bits in the spoiler."
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A second said: "Show the first act already pls," adding crying emojis. A third commented: "Get on with it enough of the spoilers!"
And a fourth added: "I forgot how long it takes to actually show the first audition # BGT."
The show has had a huge shake up this year, with auditions taking place in Blackpool and the show premiering in February instead of April.
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It will also only air on Saturday nights, and not on Sundays as usual. And instead of the semi-finals being shown on back to back nights, viewers will only see one episode a week.
It means the show is set to run for four months.
Lily Wilson, the Commissioning Editor for Entertainment at ITV, said of the format shake-up: "We want to hit that family audience.
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"in February means we can build excitement over a longer period while making the live semi-finals a much bigger event."
Britain's Got Talent returns next Saturday night on ITV1.