BRITAIN’S Got Talent fans have hit out at the show as a “fix” after Simon Cowell stopped a performance just seconds in.
Some ITV viewers have claimed the Louise Hall, from South Wales was a “set up”.
The teacher and full-time mum took to the stage with a rendition of Something Beautiful by Robbie Williams – but within seconds, Simon put his hand in the air and stopped the performance.
He then asked the singer if she had a second song choice.
Simon said: If you’re going to do this, then this obviously means a lot to you, then you’ve really got to stop overthinking this and just let go.
“That was kind of like a polite audition.”
She replied: “I will fight for this.”
Louise then belted out Jennifer Hudson‘s hit ballad And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, which was met with cheers from the audience.
The judges were also equally chuffed with her second song choice.
But some fans were convinced it was a set-up.
One wrote: “These singing auditions on Britain’s Got Talent are so set up sometimes when Simon stops them mid song and ask them to sing something else and they sing again and they’re amazing.”
A second posted: “Ah this old chestnut.”
A third commented: “I couldn’t even hear her for the noisy audience, and it was a set up too, seen dozens like her before.”
This person said: “The fake audience screaming noise on Britain’s Got Talent always unnecessarily annoys me so much, especially when they cut to the crowd and you can literally see nobody doing anything. Is the original clapping from the audience not deemed worthy enough so they have to fake it?“
After the audition, Amanda Holden said she “loved the song”, saying it was “powerful”.
Alesha Dixon praised her audition saying: “I could feel you fighting your way through that song.”
Simon Cowell admitted she was talented but said: “We have had better singers,” to which she said: “I’ll take any advice.”
During her audition, Louise revealed she auditioned last year but didn’t get through.
But luckily this time Louise was sent through to the next round.
“I understand why. Since then my singing has gone to the next level – I have been practising day in, day out to get back out there. It just shows how determined I have been to impress the judges,” she said.
She added to the Mirror: “This year is my moment, it was my time, and the stars all aligned. I came back unrecognisable and I wanted to audition in my new happy era. I was not the same person back then. This time, it’s my time to shine.”
Britain’s Got Talent’s biggest ‘fix’ rows
Britain’s Got Talent has been plagued with ‘fix’ rows over the years. How many of these do you remember?
Jasmine Elcock – 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher’s Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London’s West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: “I’ve performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous.”
IrShad Shaikh – 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. He got four red buzzers from the judges, which would usually mean an instant dismissal. Yet in a strange turn of events, they let him continue with his act…and put him through to the next round.
Colin Thackery – 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but there was an outcry over the final. He warbled his place to win with a version of We’ll Meet Again but fans were furious that escapologist Jonathan Goodwin didn’t even rank in the top three. Viewers felt Jonathan – who almost suffocated while being buried alive in a gravel pit – should have won.
Axel Blake – 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Axel already had a show on worldwide streaming platform Amazon Prime. Despite this, Axel still went on to win the series.
Loren Allred – 2022: The 2022 series of BGT was hit with another controversy when singer Loren Allred also received a Golden Buzzer. She performed Never Enough from the smash hit musical movie The Greatest Showman and got a standing ovation. It later transpired Loren was actually the original voice behind the track.
Taryn Charles – 2024: Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year’s hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin, but it has now come to light that she is no stranger to TV. Viewers recognised Taryn from an episode of ITV1’s Starstruck, where she impersonated Whitney Houston for judges Olly Murs, Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert and Beverley Knight.
