Ant and Dec have broken their silence on the Britain's Got Talent result, congratulating 2022 winner Axel Balke as fans accuse the outcome of being 'fixed.'
Comedian Axel was one of the most talked about acts on the ITV show this year, right from his very first audition, when he impressed notoriously hard to please judge Simon Cowell so much that he hit the Golden Buzzer for him, sending him straight through to the live semi finals. In the aftermath of 34-year-old Axel's first audition there was some backlash online after viewers discovered that he already had his own TV show on Amazon Prime and this was fuelled further when Axel himself admitted he'd played at the O2 Indigo in London.
However, for all the sceptics, Britain's Got Talent voting figures, released late on Sunday night, showed that Axel won the lion's share of the vote in his semi final last week and then finished five per cent ahead of eventual runner up Jamie Leahey in the grand final, one of the closest in the show's history. Axel dropped to the floor as Ant and Dec called his name as winner, with Simon looking delighted with the result.
