Last summer there were rumours that she was going to XF. She denied it saying her future lies with SCD and she cant see herself leaving. The rumours had some truth to it as Alesha was in secret talks with Simon.

BBC stuck their neck out for her when they could had fired her for the pitiful perfromance she had given over the years.

All the while she was planning to jumpship for the rival group. She said she wants to be the next Oprah, Who is she going to have has her guests? XF rejects

This was the first year I really thought she settled intO the role. Can't believe she has gone to itv for that tv trash. Says it all really.

Get your point. Shows how stupid the BBC were not to listen to their audience. But...every cloud and all that.

This really sounds like she's doing a Bleakley. Gets her career resurrected by the BBC and along comes a big bucks deal and off she pops. Loyal to the core.

It's no different from any non-celebrity who gets a career boost with one company and then uses the boost to find themselves a better job with another company. I wouldn't feel guilty about doing the same.

The BBC got rid of a perfectly good judge & replaced her with a poor novice, though she improved eventually she never matched up to the rest of the judges imo & has shown her loyalty by deserting for what will surely ammount to a better cash offer from Simon Cowell

True colours finally shone through, wont be missed by me, others may have different views.

First year I felt she did NOT fit well into the judges panel. Truly hope Karen Hardy replaces her and wish Alesha well in her new role.

Don't see how she stabbed anyone in the back seeing as we don't know the whole story?

Has it been officially confirmed that she is joining BGT?

I know people are saying that she's leaving for the money, but career-wise it doesn't make sense. BGT is on the decline - people are getting bored of the format - whilst Strictly has just finished arguably it's strongest series ever. I could understand if she'd left for X factor last year, but not now. Clearly there's a lot more going on behind the scenes.

At least she didn't publicly do a Christine Bleakley and try to start a bidding war for her services.

She has confirmed it and the BBC has also.

Wouldn't take another job if someone offered you something similar but offered to pay you more?

Alesha operates in a very cut throat profession & she could be out of work at the drop of a hat, so I don't blame her for taking up the offer from ITV.

Simon could have gone after any one, BGT is easy to fill even your regular joe like Peter Andre could be a judge but he wanted to do anything to dent SCD especially after the good year they had. His aim was to destabilise the SCD panel especially after they beat XF and the public finally got used to Alesha. He would not have touched her with his little barge pole the first year after she was on SCD. For Simon, this is about power and control. Alesha is a pawn and I'd laugh my head off when BGT gets awful ratings and she gets the push.

very true! but she was nothing when she joined SCD

Bidding war for a chav like Alesha?

Oh dear!

I've no idea what the BBC paid her, but they obviously thought it worth it. I don't expect it was a fortune as her recording career had more or less come to an end.
For them, she was ideal as her selection caused a lot of controversy that dragged on for weeks, receiving a lot of media attention for the show.

She'd have the brains (or perhaps her agent) not to confirm she was about to jump ship until she had a contract signed, so as in any job, people pledge "undying loyalty" to their current employers until the deal's done.

It happens in all occupations.

Think of Wayne Rooney and Everton, or if your memory goes that far back, Eric Cantona and Leeds United.

The BBC won't be bothered about her departure whoever's choice it was. The controversy of her selection has all but faded (except in the minds of a few on here) and she'd become quite bland. The show is now getting more publicity and expect more when another controversial, rather than predictable, replacement is chosen.

That's "Show Business!"

She wasn't exactly nothing.

She had a fairly successful career with Misteeq & she was a former winner of SCD.

I fully agree with that. I think Simon only wants her because of how well SCD has done. She did well last season, and he clearly wants to break the line up up, hence taking her to BGT. SCD was great last year and for once, it got one over on the XFactor.

I wish Alesha well but she clearly used SCD to get onto the Xfactor/BGT. I have no doubt the BBC will be dissapointed after the whole Arlene fiasco.

Not if I was happy doing what I was doing or I was being well underpaid for my services.

As for being out of work at the drop of a hat, there is no way the BBC would ever fire her after the uproar it caused when they hired her, plus the fact she was awful the first year, if it never happened then it was never going to happen, she had
a job for years to come on that show.

Also besides the money imo she had basically been sidelined by not only other more prominent judges but by celebrities that had put her into a position of nothing more than a bit part on the show.

If Strictly was on its last legs and seen as a failing show, she wouldn't have got the offer from Simon, would she?

And if BGT had just had its strongest series, they won't need a new judge.

She has had her best series on Strictly which makes it the perfect time to jump ship. She's effectively worth more now than if the show was on the decline, and I'm sure she's negotiated a very good remuneration package from them which is probably why she's jumped ship in the first place - money.

Her "career" is to do stuff that makes her money

Not really though. Wayne Rooney can't be compared as Sports is completely different. Everton are not a huge club compared to United and you can understand why Rooney would move to play under Ferguson. SCD on the other hand is on par with the Xfactor so it's not like she was leaving a rubbish show to join a much better one. If anything it's a step back with how rigid and fixed Simon Cowell's shows are.

This whole move just reminds me of Chiles and Christine moving to Day Break and look where that ended.

There are some firms I would not work for. So no!

She was nothing and would have been nothing if not for SCD. It changed her life and opened doors. Where are her band-mates now? Exactly!

But working for Syco opens up all sorts of opportunities is she wants to get her music career kick started.

Could she appear as a guest artist on X-factor if still a judge on Strictly?

As part of the Syco stable it would almost be part of the job description - and there is the crossover to America's Got Talent to factor in as well. Sometimes the more hidden perks are what' swings it.

I would have thought that Alesha wants to remain in the industry for the significant future and so would be thinking about her long-term 'career'. Switching purely for the money may make her very rich for the year or so she lasts but I don't think it will open up many opportunities for her after that.

Stabbed BBC on the back? Why? She's not bound to BBC in blood or something, is she?

I personally don't like BGT and never really watch them live, except some youtube clips here and there, so if she's paid better there what's wrong with her 'jumping ship' to that show?

So many people were moaning about her being a terrible judge in SCD anyway!

Onwards and upwards. It might be BBC's opportunity in putting someone more suitable in her shoes (and let's hope it's NOT Jennifer Gray)!