Simon Cowell has spoken out on pressing his Golden Buzzer for Axel Blake on Sunday's Britain's Got Talent, as viewers have hit out as his decision due to the comedian already having his own TV show.
The 33-year-old property maintenance manager from London appeared half way through the second episode of the ITV show's new series and bowled over notoriously hard to impress judge Simon with his stand up routine, so much so that he reached for the coveted Golden Buzzer. Axel's gags included everything from his fiancée having a baby during the coronavirus pandemic to get excited about using contactless bank cards.
His jokes had all four Britain's Got Talent judges on their feet and, having hard the audience chant 'press the gold, press the gold,' Simon told Axel: "I know it's a bit of a cliché but, after everything everybody's been through the last few years, we needed this show back on air, we needed acts like you. Simon then joked about what he would like from a house, adding: "I want 25% off and you get this," before hitting the Golden Buzzer.
