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Rebecca Cook

BGT embroiled in diversity row as female acts miss out on final for second night running

Britain’s Got Talent has been hit with accusations of a lack of diversity on the ITV talent competition as female performers have missed out on a place in the final so far.

On the second night of the semi-finals, Ben Nickless and Flintz & Taylor joined Maxwell Thorpe and Jamie Leahey to battle it out in Sunday night's final.

While there are still another three semi-finals to go and the final three acts are chosen by the public, the lone four acts now in with a shot of performing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show are all men.

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