Britain's Got Talent viewers have demanded an apology off the show's judges after they were left seething by the panellists' "disrespectful" behaviour towards one act's performance. During the talent show's semi-final last night, Sunday May 30, many viewers tuning in from home took to social media to vent their anger at Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden for "totally ruining" a performance by The Witches.
The mysterious magic act was one of the first semi-finalists to take to the stage for the live shows. Fans online said they couldn't properly enjoy the the magicians' terrifying performance as it kept getting "interrupted" by quips and heckling from the four "ignorant" celebrities. And now viewers are demanding that they apologise, the Mirror reports.
As part of their act, The Witches asked the BGT judges to pick a piece of paper out of a bag that had a fear written on it. Predicting what would be written on his, David quipped: "Losing the phone number of my plastic surgeon," before going on to make jokes about what may be written on his co-judges' paper.
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But it wasn't long before Simon got his own back, snapping: "David Walliams just signed a 10 year BGT contract." The heckling continued when David shouted: "Reforming Misteeq!" as Alesha Dixon put her hand in the bag. Although the jokes may have been funny at the time for the judges, many people watching the show were left outraged and branded the four celebrities as "rude".
@aidenb_21 tweeted: "David Walliams was completely arrogant during The Witches act. Absolute ignorance of the highest order #BGT #BritainsGotTalent."
@lucie_ondreasz posted: "The way the judges acted towards The Witches act was so disrespectful. Who’s voting for them tonight so they can get another chance? Really felt for them." @missBteach97 agreed: "The judges are being so rude to The Witches act on #bgt."
@Fifi_the_Witch typed: "The Witch act already has my vote. The judges ruined it with their p***-taking #BGT." @AngelNikola echoed: "#BGT how rude were the judges during the witches act."
@Amy__LouiseG added: "#BGT I think the judges were really disrespectful to The Witches, totally ruined their act by behaving that way and to not talk about it after whereas all other acts get spoken to? The act needs an apology."
Unfortunately The Witches didn't make the cut and were told they won't be making it to the final, which left one fan fuming, as @courtney17xox wrote: "The judges looking happy the witches went home wtf. So rude. They ruined it #bgt."
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