Simon Cowell may be the head judge on Britain's Got Talent but he has admitted that he got a ticking off from his son Eric for sending an act home.
The music mogul, 62, alongside Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Williams have had the unenviable task of selecting which contestants reached last week's semi-finals before having to decided who went through alongside each evening's show winner.
One act that certainly caught Simon's eight-year-old son's eye was Amber and the Dancing Collies.
She had auditioned for the show with her dog Nymeria, sailing through to the live shows of the competition - with her introducing another dog, Ruby, during a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed routine in the second semi-final of the series on Tuesday night (May 31).
Amber and the Dancing Collies finished in the top three of the voting with comedian Ben Nickless collecting the most votes.
This left the judges deciding between the canine act and Flintz & T4ylor to go through to Sunday's grand final.
Simon was left with the casting vote after David and Alesha picked the music act while Amanda chose Amber, but he also sided with Flintz & T4ylor.
Amber and the Dancing Collies were eliminated as a result, but on Saturday night it was revealed the judges chose a wild card for the final and the 25-year-old trainer and her pets got the nod.
Amber, only with Nymeria in the final, pulled off some brilliant choreography in a Grease-themed routine, where Simon made his admission when giving his feedback to act.
Simon said: "I've got to admit I got an earful from my son Eric when I left here the other night going, 'How come the dogs didn't make it through?'
"And I said because they're weren't as good as they were in the first audition. I said we loved, without being rude to the other one, the one dog."
He added: "Really, really congratulations because you had no time to prepare for this and this reminds us of that amazing, magical first audition, to the point where you actually could win."
David said he was "mightily impressed", while Alesha described Nymeria as "next level" and offered more praise as she said Amber and the Dancing had set the bar for dog acts going forward on the show.
Amanda also lavished praise by declaring "her Majesty the Queen would love this act".
The duo did not make it through the top three, however, as singing history teacher Tom Ball came third and young ventriloquist Jamie Leahy finished as runner-up to Simon's Golden Buzzer act comedian Axel Blake.
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