Amanda Holden divided Britain’s Got Talent fans with her sheer dress during tonight’s semi-final.
The judge wore a striking floor length gown by designer Nicolas Jebran for the latest instalment of the ITV talent show.
One side of the dress was white with intricate floral embellishment, while the other was almost completely transparent aside from a delicate spider web and twig design.
Some viewers were less than impressed with the star’s revealing outfit, claiming that it was not “appropriate” to be worn for a “family show.”
“Amanda, you know and we know you are a beautiful lady BUT please dress more respectful on a family show,” one disgruntled Twitter user wrote.
“@BGT @AmandaHolden that dress isn’t family tv appropriate! Please remember your audience,” another said, while a third wrote: “Ur [sic] dress sense’s not right for a family tv show.”
“Can someone tell Amanda Holden that #BritainsGotTalent is supposed to be a family show? What the hell is that dress?” another asked.
Others, however, described the striking design as Holden’s “best dress yet,” praising the actress as “stunning” and “like a princess.”
“I do hope I look as good as you when I hit 48! Absolute goals, beautiful,” one fan raved.
“To be honest, the only reason I watch #BGT2019 year after year is simply for @AmandaHolden! She’s just stunning,” another Twitter user enthused.
This is not the first time that Holden’s sartorial choices have caused a stir with Britain’s Got Talent viewers.
Amanda Holden – In pictures
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
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Amanda Holden shares a shot of her wearing a bikini
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Holden on an episode of Blind Date in 1990
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Simon Cowell planting a kiss on Holden’s derrière on Britain’s Got Talent
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Holden as a school girl
Rex Features
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Holden with her mother Judith Holden and sister Debbie
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Holden in one of many acting roles
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Holden as Geraldine Titley alongside ‘Dynamo’ Digby in ITV show The Grimley’s
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Comedian Dennis with his bride Holden, following their wedding in Bournemouth in 1995
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Holden backstage with Les Dennis at the Damn Yankees play at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1997
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Holden with Les Dennis premiere at the of Mean Machine at the Odeon Kensington in 2001
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Holden as Alice alongside her Mad About Alice co-stars Jamie Theakston (Doug) and Billy Hill as Joe
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Holden returning to the stage in Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie after a kidney infection forced her to step down in 2004
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Holden in character as Lizzie Warning from Big Top
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Holden in a photoshoot as her Cutting It character Mia Bevan
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Holden travelled to South Africa for a role in ITV’s Sunday night drama Wild At Heart
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Holden was asked to present CBS show, The Early Show in New York, America in 2009
Rex Features
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Holden fooling around on the sofa on The Early Show
Rex Features
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Amanda Holden with her husband Chris Hughes and daughters Lexi and Hollie a fortnight after she was left in a critical condition following the birth of her second child
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Amanda Holden stunned in a Frozen and Cinderella inspired Tony Ward gown
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Holden and Alesha Dixon stole the attention in their show stopping live final outfits
Dymond/Syco /Thames
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Holden looked to be channelling Dita Von Teese
Dymond/Syco /Thames
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Holden frequently steals the spotlight from contestants in her showstopping Britain’s Got Talent outfits
@noholdenback
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Holden walking on stage hand in hand with fellow judge Alesha Dixon for one of the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent
Dymond/Syco /Thames
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Holden did not respond well to Stephen Mulhern’s joke about her age so she soaked him with four glasses of water on Britain’s Got More Talent
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Holden uploaded a rather revealing picture of her derrière to her Twitter account
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Holden tweeted this picture of herself with her baby Hollie Holden with the caption ‘Mama’s ready is Birmingham ready? ahead of Britain’s Got Talent interviews
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Holden in ametallic number for the One For The Boys charity ball, London in 2014
Rex Features
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Holden on the red carpet for the London Auditions of Britain’s Got Talent at Hammersmith Apollo
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Holden and her husband Chris Hughes at the Collars & Coats Gala Ball
Rex Features
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Holden sent pulses racing as she flashed her leg on Graham Norton, only to reveal a tattoo of Cowell’s face
PA
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Simon Cowell and Holden arrive at the Firehouse Club in London
Rex Features
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Holden choosing which contestants should go through to the Britain’s Got Talent live shows with her fellow judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell
ITV
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Holden with Philip Schofield and Prime Minister David Cameron. She was standing in for Holly Willoughby on This Morning
ITV
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The mother-of-two played ogre Princess Fiona in the West End production of Shrek The Musical
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Amanda Holden attends the House Of Fraser British Academy Television Awards 2016
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Britain’s Got Talent Live Semi-Finals in 2016
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Trevor Leighton
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
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Amanda Holden attending The Pride of Britain Awards 2017
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Amanda Holden & daughter Lexi attend Julien Macdonald Spring Summer 2018 Show sponsored by Ciroc at The Bankside Vaults on September 18, 2017 in London
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent in 2017
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Amanda Holden attends the Attitude Awards 2017 at The Roundhouse
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden attending the Olivier Awards 2017, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London
PA
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Tracy-Ann Oberman, Amanda Holden, Anna-Jane Casey and Nicola Stephenson of the west end cast of “Stepping Out” show support for Red Nose Day at the Vaudeville Theatre
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden in Corfu
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden attends the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in 2018
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
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Amanda Holden attends the auditions for Britain’s Got Talent at The Lowry, Salford in 2018
PA
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Britain’s Got Talent (2018)
ITV
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Amanda Holden posts another bikini snap from her break in Dubai
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden posts a shot of her on Celebrity Juice
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden announced as co-host on Heart FM
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Amanda Holden shares a shot of her wearing a bikini
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
ITV
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Amanda Holden shares a shot of her wearing a bikini
@noholdenback
3/55 TV debut
Holden on an episode of Blind Date in 1990
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Simon Cowell planting a kiss on Holden’s derrière on Britain’s Got Talent
5/55
Holden as a school girl
Rex Features
6/55 Family life
Holden with her mother Judith Holden and sister Debbie
7/55
Holden in one of many acting roles
Rex Features
8/55
Holden as Geraldine Titley alongside ‘Dynamo’ Digby in ITV show The Grimley’s
Rex Features
9/55
Comedian Dennis with his bride Holden, following their wedding in Bournemouth in 1995
PA
10/55
Holden backstage with Les Dennis at the Damn Yankees play at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1997
Rex Features
11/55
Holden with Les Dennis premiere at the of Mean Machine at the Odeon Kensington in 2001
PA
12/55
Holden as Alice alongside her Mad About Alice co-stars Jamie Theakston (Doug) and Billy Hill as Joe
BBC
13/55
Holden returning to the stage in Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie after a kidney infection forced her to step down in 2004
PA
14/55
Holden in character as Lizzie Warning from Big Top
BBC
15/55
Holden in a photoshoot as her Cutting It character Mia Bevan
BBC
16/55
Holden travelled to South Africa for a role in ITV’s Sunday night drama Wild At Heart
ITV
17/55
Holden was asked to present CBS show, The Early Show in New York, America in 2009
Rex Features
18/55
Holden fooling around on the sofa on The Early Show
Rex Features
19/55
Amanda Holden with her husband Chris Hughes and daughters Lexi and Hollie a fortnight after she was left in a critical condition following the birth of her second child
PA
20/55
Amanda Holden stunned in a Frozen and Cinderella inspired Tony Ward gown
Dymond/Syco /Thames
21/55
Holden and Alesha Dixon stole the attention in their show stopping live final outfits
Dymond/Syco /Thames
22/55
Holden looked to be channelling Dita Von Teese
Dymond/Syco /Thames
23/55
Holden frequently steals the spotlight from contestants in her showstopping Britain’s Got Talent outfits
@noholdenback
24/55
Holden walking on stage hand in hand with fellow judge Alesha Dixon for one of the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent
Dymond/Syco /Thames
25/55
Holden did not respond well to Stephen Mulhern’s joke about her age so she soaked him with four glasses of water on Britain’s Got More Talent
26/55
Holden uploaded a rather revealing picture of her derrière to her Twitter account
27/55
Holden tweeted this picture of herself with her baby Hollie Holden with the caption ‘Mama’s ready is Birmingham ready? ahead of Britain’s Got Talent interviews
28/55
Holden in ametallic number for the One For The Boys charity ball, London in 2014
Rex Features
29/55
Holden on the red carpet for the London Auditions of Britain’s Got Talent at Hammersmith Apollo
Getty Images
30/55
Holden and her husband Chris Hughes at the Collars & Coats Gala Ball
Rex Features
31/55
Holden sent pulses racing as she flashed her leg on Graham Norton, only to reveal a tattoo of Cowell’s face
PA
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Simon Cowell and Holden arrive at the Firehouse Club in London
Rex Features
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Holden choosing which contestants should go through to the Britain’s Got Talent live shows with her fellow judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell
ITV
34/55
Holden with Philip Schofield and Prime Minister David Cameron. She was standing in for Holly Willoughby on This Morning
ITV
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The mother-of-two played ogre Princess Fiona in the West End production of Shrek The Musical
36/55
Amanda Holden attends the House Of Fraser British Academy Television Awards 2016
Getty Images
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Britain’s Got Talent Live Semi-Finals in 2016
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Trevor Leighton
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
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Amanda Holden attending The Pride of Britain Awards 2017
PA
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Amanda Holden & daughter Lexi attend Julien Macdonald Spring Summer 2018 Show sponsored by Ciroc at The Bankside Vaults on September 18, 2017 in London
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent in 2017
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Amanda Holden attends the Attitude Awards 2017 at The Roundhouse
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden attending the Olivier Awards 2017, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London
PA
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Tracy-Ann Oberman, Amanda Holden, Anna-Jane Casey and Nicola Stephenson of the west end cast of “Stepping Out” show support for Red Nose Day at the Vaudeville Theatre
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden in Corfu
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden attends the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in 2018
Dave Benett
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent
Syco/Thames/Dymond
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Amanda Holden attends the auditions for Britain’s Got Talent at The Lowry, Salford in 2018
PA
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Britain’s Got Talent (2018)
ITV
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Amanda Holden posts another bikini snap from her break in Dubai
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden posts a shot of her on Celebrity Juice
@noholdenback
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Amanda Holden announced as co-host on Heart FM
Heart
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Amanda Holden shares a shot of her wearing a bikini
@noholdenback
In 2017, Ofcom confirmed that they received 216 complaints after the judge wore a plunging gown by Julien Macdonald.
Speaking to The Sun earlier that year, Holden joked: “Will people be complaining to Ofcom? I hope so, I really do. I haven’t done my job if they aren’t”
Britain’s Got Talent continues nightly at 7.30pm and 9.30pm on ITV this week.
