Overview
- The premiere began following a ten-minute start-time change announced shortly before broadcast.
- Producers removed Red Panda’s pre-recorded performance, with ITV saying the act will appear in a later episode.
- Two identities were revealed in the launch, including a special guest who led the show’s first live band segment.
- A bottom-two sing-off ended with the judges saving one act and the other being eliminated.
- Viewers quickly filled social media with guesses, tipping one singer as a Sugababes member and, in episode two, suggesting a Strictly judge, as an early performance left a panellist in tears.