Amanda Holden looks effortlessly demure in a wool coat as she stylishly departs Global Studios

She never puts a foot wrong with fashion. 

And Amanda Holden exuded elegance in a wool coat with faux fur shoulders on Friday as she finished recording her Heart FM show. 

The radio host, 49, looked incredibly chic as she exited Global Radio Studios and sauntered through Leicester Square. 

Her stylish coat featured pockets, chunky buttons and a belt cinched at the waist. 

Amanda added height to her frame with navy stilettos which complemented her leather handbag. 

The mother-of-two also rocked skinny jeans and cat-eye sunglasses which framed her visage.

She styled her strawberry blonde tresses in a sleek bob and wore a soft make-up look. 

The Britain’s Got Talent judge was seen waving and flashing her scarlet manicure in the process. 

On Thursday it was announced that the competition show had been delayed until the autumn as COVID-19 lockdown had scuppered plans for nationwide auditions.

Amanda also claimed having no audience on Britain’s Got Talent ‘makes no sense’, after it was revealed the 2021 edition was postponed. 

Speaking about the decision on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston on Friday, the radio presenter said having the public there during auditions was necessary as it ‘affects the quality of the show’ because they’re ‘the fifth judge’.

She explained: ‘We were due to start filming on the 18th of January and then it was pushed to the 28th and then we got the call yesterday before the press release just saying, “look I think out of every show on television Britain’s Got Talent needs the audience”.   

‘We need you guys, because we call them the fifth judge and it just makes no sense not to have them behind us.’

Amanda said she was happy with the decision to delay the show, as she went on to say she ‘would rather wait’ until it’s safe to have the show with an audience.  

She said: ‘I think it affects the show and it affects the quality of the show and with the biggest will in the world – because there’s so much hard work backstage and everyone’s really done a huge effort to make it the best show it can be – it still affects it, so I would rather wait and make it the best it can be and put it on in the Autumn.’ 

Discussing head judge Simon Cowell’s return, she added: ‘I’ll miss Simon though. It will be nearly two years since I’ve actually touched him!’

Ashley Roberts told her she’d have to ‘give him a big cuddle’ when they do see each other again, to which Amanda joked: ‘I will, if I’m allowed or I might poke him with a stick.’  

In a statement released on Thursday, ITV said they’re hopeful the show will return later this year, but they have delayed plans to start auditions later this month due to government restrictions.

They said: ‘The filming for the 15th series of Britain’s Got Talent has been postponed from its proposed record dates in late January.

‘With the announcement of the latest Government health guidelines and with our priority of safeguarding the well-being of everyone involved in our programmes we, together with the production teams at Thames and Syco, have taken the decision to move the record and broadcast of the forthcoming series.

They added in the statement: ‘We will confirm revised dates in due course.’