Britain’s Got Talent judge KSI has brought in a whole new audience to the show, but fellow star Amanda Holden admits that she’s super keen to be pictured with him for one reason
Amanda Holden has said all the Britain’s Got Talent judges are shamelessly trying to be snapped with new judge KSI – so they can all go viral on social media.
The 32-year-old YouTube star has more than 75million followers across all of his social media channels. And Amanda, 55, told the Mirror the judges, including Simon Cowell, have been clamouring to have their pics taken with him as it sees their followers soar.
“We all grab KSI for socials now,” Amanda said. “I just need to get KSI on one of my videos and it performs even better! The last one we did together was well over 3 million last time I checked.”
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Despite her daughters “losing their minds” over her new colleague KSI, Amanda says she has a unique tactic for staying professional around the man with tens of millions of followers.
“I think the reason I can talk to KSI so normally is because I… talk to him without feeling wobbly or starstruck,” she joked. “I pretend I’m working with someone I’ve never heard of.”
Amanda confessed that if she actually looked at his record-breaking stats, she’d be a nervous wreck. “I don’t think I’d be able to string a sentence together! But I’ve deliberately not [looked] so that I can have a normal friendship with him.”
The judging panel also consists of Alesha Dixon. KSI replaced Bruno Toniolo, who departed after the 2025 series due to scheduling conflicts.
Amanda also revealed that Cowell has finally “seen the value” of the TikTok generation. She says he has upped his social media game to ensure the 19-year-old show remains the “absolute future” of television.
She said: “I feel vindicated because I have always filmed everything and was all over TikTok when it first launched.
“YouTube has obviously always performed very well for Britain’s Got Talent. We are getting over 22 million views on some of our audition clips, and 46 million on last Saturday’s performances combined! It’s the absolute future and the way forward and BGT has always moved with the times.”
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