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Scotsman
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Who is in the BGT semi-final today? Full ITV line-up
ITV has confirmed the line-up for tonight's Britain's Got Talent semi-final 📺 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Britain's Got Talent is back with another semi-final. The line-up for the fourth live show has been confirmed. But what will the acts actually be performing? After a 24 hour wait, Britain's Got Talent is back with another live show and two more acts will be booking a place in the 2025 final. The show was rocked by a star quitting during the week. ITV has been forced to push back this week's semi-final - because of football. It means that the fourth qualifier is taking place on a Sunday instead of the usual Saturday evening spot. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Singer Max Fox found himself in the audience at the Britain's Got Talent auditions before begging Simon Cowell for his chance to perform. | ITV But who will be taking to the stage in the coming hours? Here's all you need to know: Who is on the line-up for BGT semi-final tonight? The acts who will be taking to the stage today (May 18) have been confirmed by ITV. It includes: Hear Our Voices IDOLLS Joseph Charm Max Fox Maya Giotea Obsequious Papi TK Magic But just two acts will make it through to the final at the end of May. The golden buzzer will once again be in play - find out more about the rules. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad What talents will the BGT acts be performing? Hear Our Voices is a choir, featuring a range of ages all the way from 17 to 76. They are among the favourites to win, despite not yet booking a spot in the final . Travelling all the way from Japan, IDOLLS are a dance group. The spooky nutcracker style performance they gave in the auditions won them a place in the live show. 32-year-old Joseph Charm is a comedian - and his act is no joke. He hails from Milton Keynes and he impressed with his hilariously relatable parenting woes in the auditions. Max Fox was one of the golden buzzer acts during the audition stage and is returning in the fourth semi-final. He is a singer and was actually in the audience before his spontaneous audition. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He will have competition from another golden buzzer act in the form of 14-year-old Romania singer Maya Giotea. She stunned the judges with her Beyonce rendition in the auditions. Next up is another dance troupe with Obsequious. They have travelled from the Philippines and range in age from 19 to 33 and they danced to rock hits in the auditions. Papi Bucket was one of the most unique acts in the auditions - which is saying something. He is a 'rubber chicken musician' - so let's see what he has up his wing this weekend. The final act of the night will be magician TK. The 28-year-old charmed the judges with his 'unbelievable' Wi-Fi trick in the auditions and his flirty ways. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Have you got a story you want to share with our readers? You can now send it to us online via YourWorld at . It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Daily Mirror
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Britain's Got Talent dance stars spark mixed response amid 'satanism' concerns
Japanese dance act IDOLLS sent all kinds of chills down the spines of viewers as they took to the Britain's Got Talent stage on Sunday night as they battled for a place in the final Britain's Got Talent was accused of encouraging satanism after dance group IDOLLS left some viewers scared out of their wits. The latest round of semi-finalists competed on ITV's long-running talent contest on Sunday night, with the show airing a day later than expected due to the FA Cup Final. With the show airing on a Sunday, some viewers were alarmed to see a haunting performance. Japanese dance troupe IDOLLS wore victorian era outfits and painted their faces deathly white as they showed off their dance skills in front of judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Amanda Holden. With zombie-esque moves and ice-cold contact lenses on their eyes, the performance had a creepy edge to it. Taking to X, one viewer hit out at the performance, writing: "Some genuine satanism on #BGT, the devil is not hiding his face anymore. Gross and creepy." Another viewer simply wrote: "I'm scared #BGT." While a conflicted viewer wrote: "They are good but the IDOLLS freak me out…" Other viewers loved the dance routine - even the scary parts. One typed on X: "The jump scare was a brilliant bit of choreo. Dance acts are so frequent on this show, but none like them #BGT" - alongside clapping hands emojis. Another wrote: "An actual entertaining dance act for a change #bgt #britainsgottalent." And another satisfied viewer typed: "Loved that from Idolls - very refreshing and totally different. I love this kind of thing very creepy and hauntingly brilliant #BGT." Head judge Simon Cowell was thrilled by the performance and gushed: "I've always wanted dancing vampires to win this show" - before adding that the act stood with a chance after wowing the judges and live studio audience. Similarly, Amanda Holden also urged viewers to vote for the act as she agreed she wanted to see them in the final. She gushed: "It was eerie. They are dolls. I believed them, Simon. It was sort of murderous and chaotic and eerie and absolutely brilliant. And you are on first, as Alesha said, a great opener. I hope people don't forget about you by the end of the show. They need to vote." Sunday marked the penultimate semi-final show of the 2025 season of Britain's Got Talent, with six acts already through to the grand final. Singer Vinnie McKee was the first to be voted by the public to make to the final - while dancers The Blackouts were the first golden buzzer group to make it to the final. Singer Stacey Leadbeatter and tabel tennis themed dancers Ping Pong Pang have also been voted to the final by viewers. While guitar playing child singer Olly Pearson and opera singing drag queen Jasmine Rice also received golden buzzers to go to the final. Child magician Teddy Magic was due to perform during the first semi-final of the season - but withdrew seconds before he was due on stage. He later withdrew from the competition altogether - with his parents hopeful the eight-year-old can return for a future season of the show. There are concerns for Britain's Got Talent's future, however, as the show has been losing viewers for the second year in a row. Viewing figures have revealed the show has dropped to less than 6 million viewers per episode - however, the series has pulled in a larger audience compared to some BBC shows it has gone up against.
Scotsman
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Who is in the BGT semi-final today? Full ITV line-up
ITV has confirmed the line-up for tonight's Britain's Got Talent semi-final 📺 Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Britain's Got Talent is back with another semi-final. The line-up for the fourth live show has been confirmed. But what will the acts actually be performing? After a 24 hour wait, Britain's Got Talent is back with another live show and two more acts will be booking a place in the 2025 final. The show was rocked by a star quitting during the week. ITV has been forced to push back this week's semi-final - because of football. It means that the fourth qualifier is taking place on a Sunday instead of the usual Saturday evening spot. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Singer Max Fox found himself in the audience at the Britain's Got Talent auditions before begging Simon Cowell for his chance to perform. | ITV But who will be taking to the stage in the coming hours? Here's all you need to know: Who is on the line-up for BGT semi-final tonight? The acts who will be taking to the stage today (May 18) have been confirmed by ITV. It includes: Hear Our Voices IDOLLS Joseph Charm Max Fox Maya Giotea Obsequious Papi TK Magic But just two acts will make it through to the final at the end of May. The golden buzzer will once again be in play - find out more about the rules. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad What talents will the BGT acts be performing? Hear Our Voices is a choir, featuring a range of ages all the way from 17 to 76. They are among the favourites to win, despite not yet booking a spot in the final . Travelling all the way from Japan, IDOLLS are a dance group. The spooky nutcracker style performance they gave in the auditions won them a place in the live show. 32-year-old Joseph Charm is a comedian - and his act is no joke. He hails from Milton Keynes and he impressed with his hilariously relatable parenting woes in the auditions. Max Fox was one of the golden buzzer acts during the audition stage and is returning in the fourth semi-final. He is a singer and was actually in the audience before his spontaneous audition. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He will have competition from another golden buzzer act in the form of 14-year-old Romania singer Maya Giotea. She stunned the judges with her Beyonce rendition in the auditions. Next up is another dance troupe with Obsequious. They have travelled from the Philippines and range in age from 19 to 33 and they danced to rock hits in the auditions. Papi Bucket was one of the most unique acts in the auditions - which is saying something. He is a 'rubber chicken musician' - so let's see what he has up his wing this weekend. The final act of the night will be magician TK. The 28-year-old charmed the judges with his 'unbelievable' Wi-Fi trick in the auditions and his flirty ways. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
