Britain's Got Talent fans blown away by Tina Turner Musical performance - but do YOU recognise the lead singer who used to be in a famous girlband?
The memorable first live show of this series saw The Blackouts and singer Vinnie McKee land a spot in the grand final next month.
And in between the contestants performances, fans were treated to 'incredible' performances by the cast of the show, which is currently in London 's West End.
However, some viewers may have recognised the 35-year-old lead singer, who is taking on the role of the music legend on stage.
Before bagging the huge role, the star was part of a huge girlband, which she performed in alongside Alexandra Buggs and Courtney Rumbold.
The group haven't released any new music since 2016 and had singles including Black Heart and Love Me... so can you guess who it is?
Britain's Got Talent fans were blown away by a performance by the cast of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical during Saturday night's spectacular live semi-final
That's right, it's Karis Anderson from Stooshe!
The girl group formerd into 2010 after answering a call for auditions and went on to sign a record deal with Warner Music in 2011.
They released Black Heart in June 2012, which peaked at number three after a month in the top ten.
They even received a nomination for Best British single at the 2013 Brit Awards, up against some of the biggest names in the industry such as Adele.
As well as their catchy singles, the trio released an album called London with the Lights On in 2013 which shot to number eight on the charts.
They went on to tour with female super houses such as J-Lo and Nicki Minaj and made various TV appearances including The Jonathon Ross show & Top of the Pops.
Although they went on to release a few singles from their second album, the full album was never released.
The group have been inactive since and last year they confirmed on their Instagram account there would be no chance of a reunion yet.
Alexandra wrote: 'Hey loves, I'm sorry to say we aren't announcing new music before I get your hopes up.
'Your girls a mumma (been for a couple years now lol) and I am starting a new business within the parent and baby space.'
And now, Karis is taking the West End by storm in her role as Tina Turner - and BGT fans were loving her performance.
They took to X to write: 'Karis Anderson singing tina turner should win britains got talent # BGT '
'So the amazingly fabulous Tina Musical to start ...all downhill from here then #bgt.'
'Hold on she is f***** incredible!! Blew me away #Tina #bgt #BritainsGotTalent.'
'Surely Tina deserves the gold buzzer? #BGT.'
'The lead singer In the Tina tuner west end musical is absolutely incredible #bgt.'
Elsewhere in the live show, Scottish singer Vinnie earned the most votes from the public after earlier wowing with his operatic rendition of Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.
While Swedish light act The Blackouts had bagged Amanda Holden's golden buzzer, despite being hit with a technical issue before their performance.
The two acts emerged victorious ahead of Alesha Dixon's favourite Linda Mudzenda who finished second and magician Eden Choi in third place.
But while Vinny and The Blackouts were celebrating their win, viewers at home demanded a rule change amid the show's new golden buzzer twist.
This year, the judges and hosts Ant and Dec have the opportunity to press a golden buzzer in the semi-finals, not just in the auditions as before.
ITV confirmed: 'In each semi-final, either one of the judges or Ant and Dec will be given control of the golden buzzer, and as soon as they see a performance worthy of a place in the final, they will have just one opportunity to press it.
'That act will be granted a one-way ticket to the final, along with one other act from that night who will be voted in by the public.'
However, viewers branded this move unfair to those acts who followed the golden buzzer winner, which appeared particularly the case amid Linda's performance.
Some viewers believed the Zimbabwean singer deserved the golden buzzer, however, she didn't get a change to win it as her performance came after The Blackouts, who bagged the honour from judge Amanda.
Taking to X, viewers were quick to give their verdict about the golden buzzer twist, with many branding it 'flawed' and 'unfair'.
They penned: 'This is why the judges should wait untill the end to use their Golden Buzzer. An unfair advantage to put an act through to the final halfway through the Semi final.'
'For the semi-finals of @BG would it not be fairer to choose the golden buzzer act at the END of the show? #BGT.'
'next time they do golden buzzer surely they will know they made a mistake pressing it half way through instead of at the end coz this girl deserves it much more than the dancers #BGT.'
'So we can't vote until we've seen all the acts but a golden buzzer can be given before they've seen all the acts…'
'she deserves the golden buzzer and to go straight through to the final to be honest…what's the point of the golden buzzer being straight after the act, surely they should see everyone first and then send someone straight through????'
'I'm not saying that BlackOuts don't deserve to be in the final but a Golden Buzzer at this point denies those that follow the chance to have one. And for it to be their second as well...'
'I think the new format is really flawed. Amanda pressured to press the golden buzzer so early on makes means acts don't get a fair chance. The acts so far are not really special or deserving of a golden buzzer imo.'
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