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Britain’s Got Talent fans have huge complaint ahead of second semi final as viewers slam line-up

Published on May 02, 2025 at 12:31 PM

BRITAIN’S Got Talent viewers are not happy with the line-up of the second semi-final.

Angry fans have declared the acts competing on the ITV talent which were placed in the have been put at a disadvantage for one reason.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly at a Britain's Got Talent photo call.
Presenters Ant McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly (Ant and Dec) will host Saturday’s second live semi-final
Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli at Britain's Got Talent.
BGT Judges (L-R) Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli

They took to Reddit to claim there were too many acts that had received the coveted Golden Buzzer during their qualifying rounds, thus making it harder for them to reach the live final.

“Personally I think this semi-final will be a lot more competitive than the first, I can make a case for almost all the acts going through,”; complained one fan.

Another wrote: “Why are they putting so many Golden Buzzer acts together? That’s 6 of them already.”;

And a third added: “This is another extremely tough line up and I believe even more competitive than the first one.”;

The competing performers confirmed for Saturday’s live semi-final include, Alexandra Burgio, Cheer Re Mans, Jannick Holste, John Pierce, Lil M’s, Olly Pearson, Stacey Leadbeatter and Will Burns.

The latest comes after viewers insisted one of the acts is was being ‘set up to win’ afteron Saturday.

Teddy Magic, an eight year old magician, failed to arrive on stage for hisperformance in the first half an hour of last night’s show.

shared with the audience and judges that the young man had been “delayed”; backstage and was not ready to come out.

looked rather annoyed at this, with the Geordie hosts scrambling to fill time as they chatted to the judges.

They then revealed that Teddy would not be coming out yet, and instead introduced another act.

Ant and Dec then made an announcement when they said that the votes were open, before addressing why not all acts had performed.

Afterdue to perform had taken to the stage, Dec announced: “Unfortunately, Teddy Magic won’t be performing tonight.”;

The hosting duo then said that they hoped to see him in another show over the coming weeks.

But even after Ant and Dec revealed that Teddy would not be performing on Saturday and could instead make an appearance in another live semi-final – fans were still suspicious.

Other fans however, were concerned for the child’s wellbeing and shared messages of support on social media.

Man reacting in surprise amidst falling confetti.
Will Burns is one of the artists competing for a spot in the final
A woman crying while speaking into a microphone.
As is Stacey Leadbeatter
Young guitarist Olly Pearson receives a Golden Buzzer on Britain's Got Talent.
Guitarist Olly Pearson will be one of the acts performing on Saturday

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