The opening day for Britain's Got Talent auditions have been delayed, following reports that Simon Cowell has taken ill.

Auditions were scheduled to commence today at Birmingham's Hippodrome theatre for the ITV show.

Nevertheless, it has now emerged that today's session has been called off. This comes after one star from the show recently shared some exciting baby news.

Merely hours before the auditions were set to kick off, the programme's official X account published a post announcing the start of proceedings.

The message declared: "We're so back... Who's joining us for the start of our # BGT Series 19 Auditions tomorrow!? And for any late-comers, there's still time to apply! Click the link and maybe we'll be seeing YOU on that stage" before concluding with an application link

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