Britain's Got Talent viewers 'missing' David Walliams as new judge Bruno Tonioli makes slip-ups during debut

He made his debut as a new Britain's Got Talent judge on our screens tonight (Saturday, April 15) and fans had their say as Bruno Tonioli took his place on the panel alongside Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell. The former Strictly Come Dancing judge was given a warm welcome by his fellow judges, hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly and the audiences at the auditions.

However, it proved to be a chaotic start for the 67-year-old dancer and choreographer as he got to grips with how the long-running show works. Early in the first episode of the 16th series he pressed his red buzzer after nasal recorder player Mikko Rautiainen had already performed.

"It's a no from me," he said, pressing the button which is only supposed to be used during the act as Simon explained: "You don't have to do that as well." "Explain the rules will you?" prompted Ant.

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"You could just say 'no'" explained Simon. "Honestly I'm sorry," apologised Bruno, and the audience were in stitches at the blunder. "He doesn't understand the rules yet," observed one member of the audience. "Have you ever watched this show?" asked Simon, and a laughing Amanda declared: "He's never watched the show."

Then Bruno slipped up again later on in the show as he activated his golden buzzer, which sends an act straight through to the live semi-finals, as young dance troupe Ghetto Kids were still performing. But it was a sweet moment as the children continued to dance and celebrate while showered in golden confetti.

"Normally the golder bizzer is pressed afterwards. You performed with the confetti, it was magical," said Simon. He explained to Bruno: "Normally we talk and they wait for the