Britain's Got Talent's biggest grand final shocks from Susan Boyle's breakdown to on-stage injuries and fan fix rows
THE Britain's Got Talent final is almost upon us, so let's take a look back at some of the biggest shocks from past years.
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Loren Allred and Sydnie Christmas have faced plenty of backlash on BGT
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The extra-long show will air from 7pm until 9.45pm on ITV1, giving plenty of opportunity to create more shocking moments we've come to expect from a BGT final.
From Susan Boyle's meltdown to serious injuries happening on live TV, lets look back at some of the most outrageous times on a BGT final.
Sydnie's Big Win
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Sydnie Christmas won BGT in 2024
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One of the most recent BGT controversies happened last year when Sydnie Christmas was crowned the
Even though she was a receptionist at a gym working on a zero-hour contract while competing on BGT, viewers were incensed that she'd had already a brief career in music.
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Amanda's Threads
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BGT fans love to complain about Amanda's outfits
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Every year, a number of fans moan about what judge
One racy outfit in 2017, managed to rack up 663 to Ofcom and last year complained her final outfit showed too much cleavage and
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Amanda joked about the reaction to her sexy fits in an interview with The Sun.
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'I have a whole 't*t committee' [in the production team] that watches everything [ to prevent 'accidents']," she said in February.
"Hopefully they'll keep an eye on Bruno's t*ts as well, because I think he shows far more than I do at the moment!'
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Onstage Injury
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A member of South Korean martial arts troupe suffered an injury on live TV
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He later shared a photo of his leg in a metal brace, held together by all manner of pins and covered in bandaging.
Susan's Unhappy State
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International sensation, Susan Boyle, was unimpressed with Simon Cowell's compliments
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One of the icons of BGT is Susan Boyle, whose captivating voice made her an international star.
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The church-going 63-year-old year old became furious when her favourite judge, Piers Morgan, complimented fellow contestant Shaheen Jafargholi instead of her.
As Piers declared the Welsh schoolboy's act as "the finest singing performance we have witnessed in the semi-finals thus far," Susan - who admitted she had a crush on Piers - stuck two fingers up at the telly and shouted 'f***off'.
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Fix Rows
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Loren Allred was a controversial Gold Buzzer winner
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Much like complaints about Amanda's outfits, BGT is often plagued with
This was none more apparent in 2022 when American singer, Loren Allred, was given a coveted Golden Buzzer during her first appearance on the show.
She had a stellar singing history prior to appearing on the ITV show which included stints on The Voice and The Greatest Showman.
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The Sun revealed how Loren found major success in the US after singing the anthem Never Enough in global hit movie
Yet it has now come to light how she also received expert assistance from Maroon 5 frontman
She even competed to win a recording contract on the US version of the talent show in 2012, telling the coaches her occupation was 'pianist and wedding singer'.
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Loren said: 'Even though I have spent a lot of years in the music industry, people don't know who I am. Over all these years I've been fighting for my chance to be known and to make it.
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.
Colin Thackery - 2019:
Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but
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
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
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