BREAKING: Stacey Solomon joins Britain's Got Talent after Simon Cowell health crisis

Britain's Got Talent's head judge Simon Cowell reportedly fell ill during the first round of auditions in Birmingham, with a huge star being forced to 'step in at the last minute' to replace the 65-year-old judge so that bosses wouldn't have to cancel the day's auditions.

Stacey Solomon, who rose to fame after her appearance on The X Factor in 2009, was said to be the guest judge while Simon recovered.

A TV insider claimed to The Sun: "If she hadn't have stepped in then organisers were facing doing the show with three judges OR potentially cancelling the Birmingham auditions and they really did not want to do that.

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"So many people were disappointed when yesterday's auditions were canceled they didn't want that to happen again, so Stacey was a great sport and stepped in."

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