BRITAIN’S Got Talent viewers are not happy with the line-up of the second semi-final.
Angry fans have declared the acts competing on the ITV talent which were placed in the second final have been put at a disadvantage for one reason.
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They took to Reddit to claim there were too many acts that had received the coveted Golden Buzzer during their qualifying rounds, thus making it harder for them to reach the live final.
“Personally I think this semi-final will be a lot more competitive than the first, I can make a case for almost all the acts going through,” complained one fan.
Another wrote: “Why are they putting so many Golden Buzzer acts together? That’s 6 of them already.”
And a third added: “This is another extremely tough line up and I believe even more competitive than the first one.”
The competing performers confirmed for Saturday’s live semi-final include, Alexandra Burgio, Cheer Re Mans, Jannick Holste, John Pierce, Lil M’s, Olly Pearson, Stacey Leadbeatter and Will Burns.
The latest BGT fan fury comes after viewers insisted one of the acts is was being ‘set up to win’ after throwing the show into chaos on Saturday.
Teddy Magic, an eight year old magician, failed to arrive on stage for his semi final performance in the first half an hour of last night’s show.
Ant and Dec shared with the audience and judges that the young man had been “delayed” backstage and was not ready to come out.
Simon Cowell looked rather annoyed at this, with the Geordie hosts scrambling to fill time as they chatted to the judges.
They then revealed that Teddy would not be coming out yet, and instead introduced another act.
Ant and Dec then made an announcement when they said that the votes were open, before addressing why not all acts had performed.
After all but one of the acts due to perform had taken to the stage, Dec announced: “Unfortunately, Teddy Magic won’t be performing tonight.”
The hosting duo then said that they hoped to see him in another show over the coming weeks.
But even after Ant and Dec revealed that Teddy would not be performing on Saturday and could instead make an appearance in another live semi-final – fans were still suspicious.
Other fans however, were concerned for the child’s wellbeing and shared messages of support on social media.
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Britain’s Got Talent’s biggest ‘fix’ rows
Britain’s Got Talent has been plagued with ‘fix’ rows over the years. How many of these do you remember?
Jasmine Elcock – 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher’s Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London’s West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: “I’ve performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous.”
IrShad Shaikh – 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. He got four red buzzers from the judges, which would usually mean an instant dismissal. Yet in a strange turn of events, they let him continue with his act…and put him through to the next round.
Colin Thackery – 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but there was an outcry over the final. He warbled his place to win with a version of We’ll Meet Again but fans were furious that escapologist Jonathan Goodwin didn’t even rank in the top three. Viewers felt Jonathan – who almost suffocated while being buried alive in a gravel pit – should have won.
Axel Blake – 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Axel already had a show on worldwide streaming platform Amazon Prime. Despite this, Axel still went on to win the series.
Taryn Charles – 2024: Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year’s hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin, but it has now come to light that she is no stranger to TV. Viewers recognised Taryn from an episode of ITV1’s Starstruck, where she impersonated Whitney Houston for judges Olly Murs, Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert and Beverley Knight.