December 9th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Paul O’Grady has admitted that he would consider joining the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent, when it returns to ITV next year.
The TV funnyman has been linked to the reality TV series over the last few years but has never taken a seat on the panel. However ever since the departure of Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff the rumour mill has stepped up a notch and today, Lily Savage’s alter ego admitted that he would strongly consider any offers to joint the judging lineup.
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April 6th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Amanda Holden will be one of the first celebrities to be interviewed by Paul O’Grady on his new chat show.
It will be the Britain’s Got Talent judge’s first TV interview since her baby son was stillborn earlier this year, seven months into her pregnancy and insiders say she wanted Paul to be the person she talked to about the horrific experience, because of his caring nature.
Other guests confirmed for the first episode include John Cleese, Rupert Everett and Charlotte Church.
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February 5th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Paul O’Grady has admitted that he turned down a role on the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent.
The comedian and TV presenter revealed that Simon Cowell wanted him to join the judging panel of the ITV show, but he couldn’t bear to be mean to young children.
Paul told The Sun:
“I was tempted but I wouldn’t be able to deal with seeing kids upset at getting buzzed and booed off.
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September 3rd, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Paul O’Grady has admitted that he would like to judge on next year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent.
The chat show host has been tipped as a replacement for Simon Cowell, after it was claimed that the music mogul would be absent from the 2011 nationwide auditions.
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July 17th, 2010 by Sarah.
A newspaper report today suggests that comedian and chat show host Paul O’Grady may join the judging panel of BGT as a replacement for either Simon Cowell or Piers Morgan.
Simon had of course stated that he intends to skip the auditions stages of the show in future, and Morgan is leaving altogether to take up his new post hosting a live show in place of CNN’s Larry King. Read more & comment »
February 23rd, 2006 by Lisa McGarry.
After a row with ITV bosses over their refusal to allow him to use their studios, Paul O’Grady (AKA Lily Savage)has now cancelled any work he was due to do for the station. The roles included appearing as a celebrity judge on Simon Cowells new talent show ‘The Gong Show’ and presenting the Soap Awards later this year.
The row occured when Paul O’Grady announced he was moving his hit chat show from ITV to Channel Four and although ITV regularly rent out their London Studio to other TV stations they have denied Paul the use of both it and its camera crew.
Paul, 46, said: “I’m not working for these petty tyrants anymore. The ban is pure spite.
“I’ve told them I won’t be doing the Soap Awards or Simon’s show. I will lose money but I would rather be sweeping the streets than working for ITV.”
Paul wanted to continue recording his show at The London Studio because he liked the camera crew. He said: “It’s ridiculous. Anyone can rent a studio there. They make BBC, Channel 4 and ITV shows. At first there was no problem, now they’ve changed their minds.”
I really admire Paul for sticking to his principles, but in the end they will fill his shoes and it will be him who loses out. To be honest in his place I think I would have found another studio!
