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Kirsty McCormack

BGT fans in tears as David Walliams hits Golden Buzzer for 'wholesome' Born To Perform

Britain's Got Talent viewers were in tears on Saturday evening as David Walliams pressed his Golden Buzzer.

David along with judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden were thoroughly impressed dance troupe Born To Perform.

A mixture of boys and girls of all different ages, the group brought energy, joy and pure happiness to the stage as they performed to Hairspray's 'You Can't Stop The Beat'.

As their audition came to an end, all four judges gave them a standing ovation before giving their feedback.

Simon, Amanda and Alesha all said 'yes' but comedian David went one step further and jumped out of his seat again to press the Golden Buzzer.

Britain's Got Talent viewers were in tears on Saturday evening as David Walliams pressed his Golden Buzzer (ITV)

"I absolutely loved it guys. In fact, I loved it so much that I'm gonna do this..." he said before pressing it.

Simon also told them: "It was actually one of my favourite auditions, I'm gonna be honest with you."

Viewers tuning in at home were very much in agreement with David and took to Twitter to comment.

"Now this troupe are worthy of the golden buzzer, not some professional performer #BGT," one person said.

Born To Perform brought energy and pure happiness to the stage as they performed to Hairspray's 'You Can't Stop The Beat' (ITV)

Another tweeted: "Born to Perform are the kind of acts that deserve the golden buzzer! #BGT."

Someone else posted: "Born To Perform have me in tears. So proud of these legends and I don’t even know them! #BGT #BritainsGotTalent."

A different viewer commented: "#BGT Born to perform deserved the golden buzzer for pure undiluted passion and enjoyment from each and every performer. That wasn’t an act, that was from the top of their heads to bottom of tippy toes, wholesome love of life."

Born To Perform were absolutely delighted as David pressed the Golden Buzzer for them (ITV)

Another person tweeted: "dance group #BorntoPerform on Britain's Got Talent @bgt #BGT just showed that even if you have a disability, you can do and achieve anything & that performance was fantastic!!"

And someone else added: "Tears flowing! I'm so happy for them...#BornToPerform #BGT #GoldenBuzzer."

According to their Twitter bio, Born to Perform are an inclusive, accessible and current dance school and support service for children and adults with SEN and disabilities.'

While, prior to their audition airing they had less than 10 followers, the number looks set to soar after millions of viewers have seen them in action on Saturday night.

Britain's Got Talent continues Saturday at 8pm on ITV and ITV Hub.

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