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Emmerdale star left 'crying her eyes out' over busker's emotional performance on BGT

Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley broke down in tears while watching an incredibly emotional BGT performance.

The actress, who plays Mandy Dingle in the ITV soap, sat down to watch Britain's Got Talent at the weekend when she began "crying her eyes out" over Maxwell Thorpe.

Busker Max, 32, bowled over viewers during the last episode of the show with his incredible performance of opera classic Caruso.

Speaking to the judges, Max revealed that he had been performing on the streets in Sheffield before he had come to his audition.

"I've been busking for 10 years now," he told Amanda Holden.

She quizzed: "Just in the streets of Sheffield?"

"Yeah," he replied. "Sometimes you're singing to people that aren't listening."

After revealing that the BGT audition was the biggest audience that he'd ever sung in front of, he gushed that it was "incredible".

Despite admitting that he was nervous, Max stunned judges, audiences and viewers alike - including Lisa herself.

She tweeted: "I don’t know whether I am super hormonal or not (probably yes) but I am crying my eyes out watching Maxwell sing.

"Incredible opera performance tonight. He's my winner. Golden Buzzer from me."

Max received four yeses from the speechless judges, with Simon Cowell saying: "Maxwell, that was extraordinary. Seriously, you're so shy and quiet and then that happened.

"Your passion and obviously your voice and just you, I thought made it incredible.

"It was like one of those movies. This wasn't supposed to happen and it was brilliant. Amazing."

Alesha Dixon agreed, saying: ""It just felt romantic and powerful and meaningful and all the feels."

Amanda Holden added: "I hope, going forward, you feel more appreciated because these people were on their feet for you.

"I really hope that reaction has done something for your confidence."

*Britain's Got Talent airs Saturday at 8pm on ITV

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