Britain's Got Talent viewers 'confused' as judge Simon Cowell gets Golden Buzzer
Judges Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli sat through a variety of auditions with some impressing them more than others.
As always, Ant and Dec were waiting in the wings of the stage as members of the public showed off their varying talents. The 2025 series has seen YouTuber and singer KSI step in to judge when Tonioli has been absent.
Towards the end of the show, Cowell was brought up on stage by an act called The Hacker.
Wearing a mask, the man's identity wasn't revealed but he immediately swapped places with Simon and did his audition from Simon's chair with his feet up on the desk.
Cowell was on stage and appeared to be performing a magician act, instead of judging like he usually would.
In the end, The Hacker gave judges no chance to reveal whether they voted yes or no and instead pressed the Golden Buzzer, making gold confetti fall all over the stage and over Cowell.
This left fans 'confused' as acts on Britain's Got Talent always get told whether they're through to the next round or not. A Golden Buzzer progresses them through to the live shows.
Viewers took to X to say: 'Simon's got the Golden Buzzer omg #TheHacker #BGT #BritainsGotTalent', adding four laughing and crying emojis.
This person said: 'SIMON'S GOT THE GOLDEN BUZZER!!!!!!! BUT WHO IS THE HACKER???!!!! #BGT #BritainsGotTalent'.
A third said: '#BGT #BritainsGotTalent So is hacker man through or not, I'm very confused'.
This person said: 'No, that golden buzzer doesn't count. (For anyone wondering) #bgt'.
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Tonight's episode started unusually with an act doing their audition outside on the red carpet where the judges and hosts arrived at the arena.
Pop Voices Choir surprised the judges as nearly 300 of them began singing. The act got four yeses from the judges and an extra two yeses from Ant and Dec, which Cowell said had never happened before.
The likes of Norwegian dance group Jump Crew and schoolboy comedian Jacob Sayer performed in tonight's episode.
The talent show celebrates its 18th year on our screens this year and if you've missed any recent episodes, you can catch up on ITVX.
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