{"id":949159,"date":"2026-05-09T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:00:34","slug":"britains-got-talent-fans-call-for-unfair-rule-to-be-scrapped-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949159\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent fans call for ‘unfair’ rule to be scrapped | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain’s Got Talent viewers want the ITV<\/a> show’s golden buzzer rule to be scrapped entirely.<\/p>\n

The programme<\/a> has reached the semi-final stage, with judges Simon Cowell<\/a>, Amanda Holden<\/a>, Alesha Dixon and KSI watching as the hopefuls who made it through the audition rounds battle to secure their place in the final. During each semi-final, one judge is granted the golden buzzer power, enabling them to send a single act directly through to the final. A second act is then chosen by a public vote.<\/p>\n

Amanda and Alesha have both already used their buzzer, and in Saturday’s live show (May 9), the power was handed over to KSI. He held off until nearly all of the acts had taken to the stage before pressing it for fire-eater Liwei Yang, reports the Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, viewers have argued that the system is fundamentally flawed, insisting that all acts should perform before the buzzer is pressed so that the judge can assess everyone before reaching a decision. Others have grumbled that the studio audience asks for the buzzer to be used for almost every act.<\/p>\n

“Can #BGT just axe the golden buzzer, it has become the most irritating addition to this show,” one viewer posted on X.<\/p>\n

Another agreed: “Golden buzzer seriously needs to be [left] until everyone is on stage for the final results. As in, after everyone has performed.”<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote on the platform, which was formerly Twitter: “That 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.”<\/p>\n

“I’m all for shaking up the format, but this ‘Live Golden Buzzer’ during the semi-finals feels so unfair to the acts performing later,” said someone else.<\/p>\n

“The public vote is basically being ignored before half the show is over!”<\/p>\n

“Are the audience gonna shout press the buzzer for every single act?” asked another viewer.<\/p>\n

“What I hate about the #BGT live golden buzzer is that the judges sometimes make it so damn obvious on who they are giving it to,” someone else remarked.<\/p>\n

Another disgruntled viewer commented: “The audience actually ruins the live shows now, taking the golden buzzer away would stop it. If they need to have it, it can be pressed at the end when they all come out stage and their names are read out.”<\/p>\n

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