Britain’s Got Talent viewers have taken to social media to question the show’s new format, with some fans claiming the Golden Buzzer gives acts an ‘unfair’ advantage
Britain’s Got Talent judges(Image: ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent viewers have called for a shake-up to the ITV talent competition following claims of an ‘unfair’ advantage.
The ITV programme returns for its third live semi-final, with disgruntled viewers expressing their anger over the revamped format. This series, during the live semi-finals, each judge gets an opportunity to wield the power and send one act through.
The exclusive Golden Buzzer enables them to dispatch someone directly to the final, though they can deploy it just once – and while that act performs. Certain viewers have expressed their frustration with the format, claiming it lacks fairness.
“Golden buzzer seriously needs to be left until everyone is on stage for the final results. As in, after everyone has performed,” one viewer posted. Another commented: “How many more acts are going straight to the final. What happens to public choice. #BGT.”
A third wrote: “I’m late to this and only catching up now but how can you have a golden buzzer to put an act through to the final before seeing all of them? Bizarre concept that doesn’t work and makes zero sense. #BGT”, reports the Mirror.
Comedian Ted Hill represents one of the programme’s contenders scheduled to feature on the talent show this evening, having secured the golden buzzer from presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly.
The aspiring performer, who demonstrated his comedic talents through a PowerPoint presentation while discussing his personal journey with autism and ADHD, remains hopeful of progressing to the final this evening. “I’m really excited and I told Ant and Dec about a couple of different ideas that I had and what direction to go in. And their advice to me was to be weird, to really go for it,” he revealed exclusively to The Mirror.
“I’ve decided that I just want to be as authentic to myself as possible, and if I don’t get through because I was too much like myself, then I don’t think I will have any regrets. I’ve decided to fully commit to the weirdness of my personality. And I’ve done something a little bit sciencey that involves my science knowledge to make a special gift for Simon Cowell. Because I got the golden buzzer from Ant and Dec I didn’t get any feedback from Simon in my audition so I’m hoping he will like this one.”
When asked what winning Britain’s Got Talent would mean to him, Ted expressed his hope that it would transform his career while also inspiring others.
He explained: “My dream is to sort of find a bigger audience, to find people out there that like comedy that’s a bit different. Then to be able to go on tours where I can perform in bigger venues. I would love to perform PowerPoint comedy for the king.”
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