Gary Barlow's Let It Shine will NOT be returning next year due to THIS reason
Insiders said that that the BBC talent show - which was created by Gary Barlow and aimed to find five stars to play a boyband in a musical featuring songs by Take That - was a “huge success”, but bosses “didn’t want to rush into another series”. A source said: “The show was a huge success in many ways but the concept for a second series just wasn’t quite there yet. “The first series was a project that had been worked on for years before coming to fruition.”
BBC Gary Barlow's Let It Shine will NOT be returning to screens next year
PA Five to Five won this year's Let It Shine
There’s a danger of undoing the good work done this year by rushing into another series. No one wanted that so they’ve decided to leave it for now Source
They added to The Sun: “Gary in particular wants to make sure that if it does come back, proper time, effort and ideas have gone into it. "There’s a danger of undoing the good work done this year by rushing into another series. No one wanted that so they’ve decided to leave it for now.” The eight-week series - which was won by Five to Five; who will tour in stage show The Band later this year - featured Martin Kemp, Dannii Minogue and Gary as judges, while Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc presented. A BBC spokesperson has also confirmed that Let It Shine would not be returning next year, but that “the door is definitely open” to the possibility of another series in the future. They told Express.co.uk: “Let it Shine was a great new format that performed well for BBC One but it will not be returning in 2018."
Let it Shine finalists Tue, February 7, 2017 Let it Shine: Here are the five boys bands competing in the live finals for a place in Gary Barlow's theatre show. Play slideshow BBC 1 of 5 Five To Five - AJ, Curtis, Sario, Nick & Yazdan
BBC Bosses 'didn't want to rush into another series'