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Britain’s Got Talent collapsed into chaos as judges Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell went to war for the Golden Buzzer during Saturday night’s episode.
Things turned physical between Simon, 66, and Alesha, 47, as they fought over the Golden Buzzer for an ‘unbelievable’ act, resulting in Amanda Holden‘s microphone being broken into pieces.
All judges were blown away by the performance and Simon even said it was one of the best things he’s ever seen on the show.
The act itself was a group called Antigravity who created a video game on stage, blending special effects within a pre-created video game set up as well as on stage interactions.
However, many fans were confused as to why there was a fight in the first place when Alesha had made it very clear she wanted to press the buzzer, and especially as Simon had already pressed it for Paul Nunnari earlier in the series.
The Ukrainian act threw their arms in the air and embraced a group hug as the golden confetti fluttered down onto the stage.
Britain’s Got Talent collapsed into chaos as judges Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell went to war for the Golden Buzzer during Saturday night’s episode
The act itself was a group called Antigravity who created a video game on stage, blending special effects within a pre-created video game set up as well as on stage interactions
Despite Simon already pressing his Golden buzzer he tried to break the rules by going for a second act, but ‘competitive’ Alesha had other plans and ‘dived’ on the buzzer to stop her ‘annoying’ co-star from getting the act.
Many fans of the show flooded to X, formally known as Twitter, to voice their confusion and praise Alesha in getting to the Golden Buzzer first.
Fans said: ‘I have no idea what as going on with the race’, ‘why was there a race to press the golden buzzer? Does it matter who presses it?’,
‘Go on Alesha pushing Simon out of the way of the golden buzzer’, ‘Well done Alesha that was a brilliant golden buzzer (even though you had to fight for it).’
The golden buzzers were added to the show in 2014 and have been given to some well-known acts since then.
Each of the four judges, plus hosts Ant and Dec, has one opportunity per series to press it, but this rule has occasionally been broken.
If pressed, the act is sent straight through to the live shows.
Other fans flooded to social media to also share how well deserved the golden buzzer was stating it was ‘the most deserving’ and ‘one of the best acts I’ve seen in 19 series’.
The Ukrainian group threw their arms in the air and embraced in a group hug as the golden confetti fluttered down onto the stage
Many fans flooded to X, formally known as Twitter, to voice their confusion and praise Alesha in getting to the Golden Buzzer first
Alesha joined the group on stage and gave them all hugs as they embraced the moment, whilst Simon looked on after missing out on the golden buzzer
All judges were blown away by the performance and Simon even said it was one of the best things he’s ever seen on the show
Simon, who clearly enjoyed the chaos, added: ‘Sometimes we actually fight over the golden buzzers, and I’m not kidding, Alesha threw herself across the desk to stop me. She actually injured herself in the process!
‘I mean, that’s how competitive people get when there’s a good act, sometimes there’s a fight as to who’s gonna press it first. It’s really funny.’
Simon was the first judge to press the gold this series, in the opening episode on February 21. It was given to Australian para athlete Paul Nunnari, who blew away the judging panel with his incredible wheelchair stunts, which involved him climbing up the silk in his wheelchair before swinging from it by his neck.
KSI awarded the second golden buzzer of the series to 16-year-old magician Rafferty Coope. The young star wowed the judges with his act that combined his ‘two passions in life’, music and magic.
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Britain’s Got Talent collapses into chaos as judges Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell fight over Golden Buzzer