David Walliams defended by BGT viewers as live audience boos judge over divisive act

The Britain’s Got Talent judges have announced the wildcard act for Sunday night’s live grand final. BGT's official page announced on Twitter the morning of the live finale, it was revealed that Amber and The Dancing Collies will be joining the rest of this year’s finalists for the final show of the series, as chosen by Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.They wrote: "The Judges have decided, and our #BGT 2022 WILDCARD is... Amber and The Dancing Collies." Amber, 25, from the Netherlands, originally missed out on making Sunday’s grand final after a pirate-themed dance routine alongside her two Border Collies, Nymeria and Ruby, which left fans with ‘happy tears’.

Alesha appears quite elegant in a white dress. The Britain’s Got Talent judge provided very little context with the picture, simply tweeting the hashtag #engaged along with an emoji of a diamond engagement ring. However, the ring in the picture appears to be anything but.

Britain's Got Talent fans think they have worked out who is behind the ITV show's "invisible" act called The Phantom after their performance on Thursday's semi-final. During the show, The Phantom left the judges — Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams — mystified with their mind-bending magic.

Britain’s Got Talent was off to a dramatic start on Wednesday's live semi-final after Simon Cowell disagreed with co-judge David Walliams over Les Sancho's performance. During the opening of the show, Les Sancho put on an energetic performance to which Simon, 62, buzzed the act off by pressing the dreaded red button.The judge, who was called "Mr Grumpy" by hosts Ant and Dec, then told the booing audience: "Shut up!" Delivering his feedback, Simon told Les Sancho that their first audition was full of "fun" and "personality" whereas their performance on Wednesday's semi-final was "everything he has seen before with a dance group".

David Walliams has explained why he uses a different chair to his co-judges on Britain’s Got Talent.The 2022 live semi-finals kicked off on Monday 30 May and eagle-eyed viewers were quick to notice that David, 50, had a different chair to his co-judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden.Taking to Twitter, one person said: "#bgt has anyone else noticed that David is sitting in a different chair to the rest of the judges? Why is that." While a different account added: "I noticed that too! I'm not sure why he's sitting in a different chair, but I'm curious to find out!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. However, David has explained the reason why he has a different chair to his co-judges, revealing that it is to do with a past back operation.Tweeting back in 2018, the star wrote: "For those of you who want to know why I have different chair to the other judges on @BGT it is because I had a back operation to remove a disc after my Thames swim for @sportrelief and so need to sit on chairs that are specially designed for people with back problems." David took part in Sport Relief in 2011, where he swam the length of the River Thames, which is around 140 miles.

Britain's Got Talent viewers are convinced that they spotted a semi final act storming off the stage after being eliminated on Tuesday night. During the semi final results show, escapologist Andrew Basso appeared to leave the stage early – and fans speculated that this was because he was unhappy about being booted off the programme.

Britain’s Got Talent 2022 live shows continue on ITV, as a range of talented performances compete in the latest semi-final in an effort to get through to Sunday’s final. Monday night’s programme saw the return of the chilling Witch act, while busker Maxwell Thorpe and ventriloquist Jamie Leahey soared through to the final stage of the competition.

David Walliams has a connection to Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Dante Marvin, having met the 13 year old before his audition.The teenager impressed audiences with a hilarious comedy song about living with brittle bone disease, which also included a few funny digs at the judges. In his audition, Dante sang a comedy song which included the lines: “I am just 13 years old. I've broken 97 bones.The hospital's my second home.

Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left disappointed after Born To Perform failed to make it to the final of the show.The dance group, whose members have various disabilities, won the golden buzzer last month after winning over BGT judge David Walliams. For last night’s semi finals, Monday 30 May, Born To Perform did a dance to an array of toe-tapping songs which was enjoyed by the panel, so much so that David threatened to leave BGT if they didn’t make it through to the final. Chatting to the group after their performance, David said: “I’m so pleased for you.

Britain’s Got Talent viewers have accused the judges of ‘ruining’ act The Witch's performance on the first of the live semi-final shows on Monday night. Despite being one of the most popular acts on social media and impressing judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, the act didn’t get through to Sunday night’s final. While an automatic spot went to opera singer Maxwell Thorpe, the judges' votes were split, choosing to send through Jamie Leahey, a 13 year old ventriloquist over Junwoo.