{"id":32481,"date":"2026-05-09T22:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/32481\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:54:21","slug":"britains-got-talent-fans-call-for-format-change-as-ksi-presses-golden-buzzer-for-phenomenal-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/32481\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent fans call for format change as KSI presses golden buzzer for ‘phenomenal’ act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The YouTuber and boxer held all the power in the latest semi-final of the ITV series<\/p>\n

KSI on Britain’s Got Talent(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Got Talent fans are calling for a format change to the ITV<\/a> talent show as KSI pressed his golden buzzer for a \u2018phenomenal\u2019 act.<\/p>\n

The YouTuber, boxer and musician has made quite the impression since replacing Bruno Tonioli on the judging panel.<\/a> Having served as a guest judge last year he now sits at the table with Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell.<\/p>\n

Ant and Dec <\/a>revealed at the beginning of the episode that KSI was the judge with the power of the golden buzzer this week. This gave him the ability to send any act he wanted straight through to the final on Saturday night (May 9).<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat do I do with this power? I could troll with it. It\u2019s all about feeling with me. If it makes sense I\u2019ll press it,\u201d he said to the Geordie presenters.<\/p>\n

Performing this week was glowing performance group Antigravity, daredevil act Liwei Yang, The Lux City Choir, dance group Mega Unity, acrobatic act Mizuki Shinagawa, harpist and singer Niamh Noade, dance group Playground and comedian Ted Hill.<\/p>\n

Throughout the evening, those in the London crowd chanted at KSI to press the golden buzzer on multiple occasions. Ant and Dec\u2019s golden buzzer act from the auditions Ted came the closest to receiving it, only for KSI to point out that Simon <\/a>was the focus of the jokes.<\/p>\n

In the end it was the penultimate act of the evening, Liwei Yang, who KSI chose. The Taiwanese native began her act by juggling an umbrella that was on fire with her feet.<\/p>\n

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Liwei Yang received the golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

After throwing the umbrella up in the air and spinning it with her feet, her husband wheeled out a giant wheel to the stage. In an impressive feat of strength and composure, Liwei once again juggled the item using only feet.<\/p>\n

Leading the praise, KSI said after the routine: \u201cOh my god, that was phenomenal. That was phenomenal. Doing that with our husband by your side, that must have been magical. I saw the size of that thing and when I saw what you were going to do with it, I couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally listening to the chants from the crowd, KSI pressed the golden buzzer<\/a>. This made Liwei immediately burst into tears in what marked an emotional moment for the performer.<\/p>\n

The decision went down well with KSI\u2019s fellow judges, with Alesha saying: \u201cCongratulations, very well deserved. I was in awe, I was hypnosited by it. What a brave woman you are\u2026 it was exhilarating. Audition was great, this was next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon added: \u201cEverything about that performance was spectacular, being close to it you realise apart from the fire how heavy that thing was\u2026 This was a huge improvement\u2026 You are a superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite everyone being in agreement that Liwei knocked her performance out of the park, many fans took to X, previously known as Twitter<\/a>, to explain why they feel the format change takes away from the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

@JiveDancer99 said: \u201cCan #BGT just axe the golden buzzer, it has become the most irritating addition to this show.\u201d @domineeekuk added: \u201cAre the audience gonna shout press the buzzer for every single act? #bgt.\u201d<\/p>\n

@Scotthopper1 wrote: \u201cThat studio golden buzzer needs to go, take it back to how it used to be, highest vote through then the judges pick between the other 2 #bgt.\u201d @Hotsunnydaze1 posted: \u201cGolden buzzer seriously needs to be left until everyone is on stage for the final results. As in, after everyone has performed.\u201d<\/p>\n

@Tom7567179925 commented: \u201cThankfully the Golden buzzer has gone to someone that deserves it tonight. Liwei Yang deserves that. #BGT #Britainsgottalent.\u201d @ALostSoul85 stated: \u201cShe totally deserves that golden buzzer that was amazing, congratulations #BritainsGotTalent #BGT.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The YouTuber and boxer held all the power in the latest semi-final of the ITV series KSI on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,171,335,336],"class_list":{"0":"post-32481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-britains-got-talent","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116547083632422687","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}