Ant and Dec forced to dramatically halt BGT final as young star due to perform
Britain's Got Talent hosts Ant and Dec have been forced to halt the live final. They revealed that young star Olly Pearson wasn't ready to perform.
The TV presenters took to the BGT stage as young guitarist Olly was due to perform, with Dec saying: "It was all going so well." Ant added: "It was going so well but we're going to have to have a quick chat with you judges because we're not quite ready on stage yet for Olly."
However, just seconds later, Dec revealed that the show was in fact ready for Olly to go on stage.
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