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Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals gets a shake-up with new golden buzzer rule

The Golden Buzzer will now be introduced during its live semi-final rounds for one of the judges or the hosts to press and send acts to the final.

Evening Standard

Britain's Got Talent announces history-making twist to live semi-finals

Eight acts will compete during the ITV talent competition’s semi-finals, which kick off on April 26

Evening Standard

Exclusive: KSI on Britain's Got Talent - 'Mums now know who I am!'

Britain’s Got Talent’s newest judge and social media heavyweight KSI on creating those must-see moments…

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Oran McConville death: Britain’s Got Talent star dies, aged 18

Teenager was killed just six weeks after his father ‘suddenly’ died

The Independent UK

David Walliams mocks Simon Cowell over Britain’s Got Talent failure he ‘wasn’t happy’ about

Former ITV talent show colleagues are allegedly ‘no longer on speaking terms’

The Independent UK

David Walliams says Simon Cowell was ‘not happy’ when he won Best TV Judge

Walliams joked that judging is ‘all he (Simon Cowell) does’.

Evening Standard

Five claim Simon Cowell hasn't responded to message about reforming

Simon Cowell has yet to respond after Five reached out to him about reforming, even though he originally put the band together.

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Britain’s Got Talent singer Linda Mudzenda gets golden buzzer from Alesha Dixon

Saturday’s show also saw Harshith Aiyannira Ganesh leave the crowd in hysterics with his incoherent impressions of vehicle noises.

Evening Standard

Simon Cowell Breaks the Rules After Tear-Jerking Performance on BGT

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Simon Cowell takes another BGT golden buzzer for neurodivergent group

Electric Umbrella, a music and performance group from Watford with a variety of different ages, earned a fast track to the live semi-finals.

Evening Standard

Five on Nineties boyband stardom: ‘It doesn’t matter how many No 1s you get, it ain’t worth that’

INTERVIEW: Never-ending lines of girls, not even knowing what country they were in, and nearly getting punched by Simon Cowell. The chart-topping band are reuniting to tour but, as they tell Hannah Ewens, they’re still dealing with the madness and trauma of their years at the top

The Independent UK

‘Fowler and McManaman were both worse singers than me – disgusting voices. They would have got a buzzer straight away from Simon Cowell’: Neil Ruddock on an iconic Liverpool team trip to the recording studio

Liverpool's Spice Boys troubled the recording charts with their pre-1996 FA Cup final single

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Britain's Got Talent cancelled tonight — here's why

A scheduling shake-up means Britain's Got Talent fans have to wait longer for the next episode.

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Louis Tomlinson on class, talent and the price of fame: ‘I am a chav — I don’t think it’s a bad word’

The former One Direction star has faced tragedy in recent months, but battles on — Joe Bromley meets him, smoking a cigarette in a basement in Soho, as he throws a party for his fashion brand

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“I remember him dancing to Girls, Girls, Girls by Mötley Crüe when we were at soft play": 11-year-old guitarist plays AC/DC, Van Halen and Queen to wow the judges on Britain's Got Talent

Olly Pearson got a golden buzzer on Saturday night’s show

Evening Standard

Cowell takes part in BGT sledgehammer audition and calls it ‘the scariest thing’

Two acts secured the coveted golden buzzer during Saturday’s episode.

Evening Standard

What was Jack Whitehall's 'disgusting' P Diddy joke at the 2025 Brit Awards?

Comedian Jack Whitehall faces social media backlash after his ‘tasteless’ P Diddy joke during the Brit Awards, overshadowing JADE's performance

The Independent UK

Britain’s Got Talent viewers divided as show airs warning during daredevil act

Bizarre stunt group split opinion on social media

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Hundreds of complaints made about BGT after contestant pushes objects into face

The contestant also then ran a tube into his mouth and out of his nose for judge Simon Cowell to drink through.

The Independent UK

Nineties boyband stars confirm massive arena reunion tour

Band had been teasing a potential reunion on social media following their appearance in the BBC documentary, ‘Boybands Forever’

The Independent UK

Britain’s Got Talent deemed ‘not family friendly’ by angry viewers horrified by new acts

‘I thought this was a family show’

Evening Standard

Two contestants receive the golden buzzer as Britain’s Got Talent returns to ITV

The show also took a gruesome turn when horror-themed act Auzzy Blood began to insert a number of metal items into his face.

The Guardian - UK

Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI

The star has urged for a shift away from plans where artists must opt out of a system allowing AI free use of any online work

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell call for creative talent to be protected from AI

The stars have urged the Government to rethink proposals to relax copyright rules to protect creative talent from artificial intelligence.

Evening Standard

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