Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left seething when the judges allowed a ‘pointless’ act to sail through.
Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli angered millions when a man auditioned playing air guitar… and he received glowing praise.
Sven Smith, 27, was the first auditionee to take the stage on Saturday night, oozing with confidence as he promised the panel an act they had never seen before.
And, well, that’s certainly what they got.
The intrigued judges encouraged Sven to begin his performance, at which point he pretended to lift an instrument out of a guitar case.
‘There is no guitar!’, exclaimed host Ant McPartlin as Wonderall by Oasis started playing.
Sven then mimed the song and ‘played’ along with his air guitar, then letting rip and ‘smashing’ his pretend instrument as the track descended into chaos.
Moments later, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody blasted out of the speakers, with Sven tearing off his clothing to expose a skin-baring ensemble.
Wearing a leather jacket and sequin trousers, he ran around the auditorium as the crowd went wild.
It didn’t take long for Alesha to press her buzzer but, surprisingly, the rest of the panel were big fans, shaking Sven’s hands and high-fiving him as he climbed down to the table.
With the audience cheering along to the Queen classic, Sven was on cloud nine, especially when the three judges who didn’t buzz gave him a standing ovation – even Simon was in fits of giggles!
‘It just really made me laugh,’ commented the typically stoic talent show judge.
As the judges gathered to reveal their verdict, Simon, Amanda, and Bruno were firmly in favour of sending Sven through, while Alesha gave a firm ‘no’.
Taking to X during the show, viewers expressed their frustration that the ‘ridiculous’ act was allowed to even audition in the first place.
‘Not really a talent. Anyone can sit on guitar and run around stage’, wrote user rebeccahollyxo_.
‘You judges make no sense’, raged MariaCliff70742.
‘The fact this act passed multiple auditions before making it to the live show is ridiculous!’, said MufcGibz.
User maxbiddle98 added: ‘He didn’t even do anything. He just ran about shaking his head and doing air guitar. That was completely pointless.’
Others branded the auditionee a ‘muppet’ while some expressed fears that he could win the whole thing.
Don’t worry, it wasn’t all nonsense on tonight’s show, as there was a special Golden Buzzer moment.
A Japanese dance troupe who travelled to Britain’s Got Talent due to their love of Simon has secured the music mogul’s coveted buzzer, after dazzling him with an energetic routine choreographed to their own music.
After CyberAgent Legit took to the stage, Simon asked why they had travelled all the way for BGT, to which a member of the group said: ‘We love Simon, that’s why we’re here.’
Dressed in matching red and silver metallic outfits, the group, aged between 20 to 28, impressed with their lively routine which featured synchronised moves and headspins.
Simon hailed the performance as ‘fantastic’ and described it as his ‘favourite act of the day’.
The audience then cheered for him to give them his golden buzzer until he eventually agreed, which caused the group to jump up and down with joy.
Afterwards, a member of the group said: ‘This is a dream come true for us.’
Simon added: ‘This is the kind of act you want in a competition, it was really so good.
‘And I could see how much time had gone into that, everyone in this theatre was rooting for you.’
Britain’s Got Talent continues next Saturday on ITV1 and ITVX.
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