ITV Starstruck viewers say Kate Bush 'murdered' as…

ITV Starstruck viewers say Kate Bush 'murdered' as they spot similarity to late '90s icon

Viewers of ITV talent show Starstruck were stunned by one of the teams on tonight's installment as they beared a resemblance to late astrologer and 1990s Sunday mag icon, Mystic Meg.

Fans of the show, hosted by Olly Murs, witnessed a rendition of Running Up That Hill by a team impersonating Kate Bush.

Jane, Charlotte and Jackie committed to their performance, with Jane singing and dancing while pregnant with twins. But while they impressed the panel, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Adam Lambert and Jason Manford, they didn't get through to the final leg, and viewers weren't buying it, either.

One Tweeter did not hold back on their thoughts and the kick inside their head made its way onto the social media site, they wrote: "No no no. #starstruck murdering Kate Bush...."

Another person watching wasn't a fan of the team who donned floaty dresses and big, frizzy wigs to recreate the look of the mysterious and super successful Kate Bush, who's had hits with Hounds of Love, Wuthering Heights and Cloudbusting. They wrote: "Ooooooh daaammmmn. Poor old Kate Bush. Her ears must be bleeding listening to this."

But a number of viewers couldn't help but spot a similarity of the trio to another mysterious character from back in the day - Mystic Meg, the newspaper (and National Lottery) astrologer who passed away recently.

One fan wrote: "How interesting a Kate Bush impersonatior [sic] has shown up with Mystic Meg and a friend x x x"

Another said: "Kate Bush? Mystic Meg more like." A third also spotted the comparison: "They look more like mystic meg than kate bush this is truly awful."

Mystic Meg, pictured at an appearance in Edinburgh in 1997 (Daily Record)

"Kate Bush was really really young and that's what she would have sounded like," said Beverley. While Ronan Keating said they worked well as a team."

Earlier this month Mystic Meg, real name Margaret Lake, died after a short illness aged 80. An astrologer who had a regular astrology column in The Sun and News of the World as well as hosting Mystic Meg's Wheel of Destiny, Meg became a part of British language, as her agent explained: "If a politician, somebody from showbiz or ordinary people in the street are asked a tricky question they will say ‘Who do you think I am, Mystic Meg?’"

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