Britain's Got Talent fans were left furious with the ITV show once again as a ninth Golden Buzzer was awarded, leaving viewers to claim that the once special button had "lost all meaning".
After weeks of auditions, the live semi-finals kick off tomorrow and will see the acts who made it through and impressed the judges perform once again for a chance to make it to the final - with a possibility of winning and performing at the Royal Variety Show.
During tonight's episode, Japanese double-dutch skipping dancers, Haribow, somersaulted across the stage doing various tricks, all whilst jumping through two skipping ropes.
Their tricks left the judges almost speechless, but it was the audience who were left amazed with their talent, chanting to the judges to press the Golden Buzzer and eventually drowning out their comments.
All four judges noted that they had "none left" - regarding the Golden Buzzers - whilst Simon Cowell admitted that he "did not know what to say," before adding: "My son is literally going crazy right now."
To the side of the panel, Cowell's son Eric alongside Amanda Holden's daughter Hollie ran up onto the podium and together pushed the Golden Buzzer, sending Haribow straight through to the final.
“They pressed it for the audience,” Holden said, exclaiming "Hollie!" before calling the dancers “unbelievable”.
As they walked off stage, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly congratulated the group before the latter added: "That’s never happened before."
However, viewers of the show were left furious that yet another group had been given the chance to skip the process and took to their X accounts to complain.
One fumed: "I said this earlier in the series - The Golden Buzzer really has lost it's meaning since Bruno took over. The Golden Buzzer should be given to these 'One of a kind' acts not always influenced by the audience."
Simon Cowell's son Eric pressed the Golden Buzzer
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A second added: "Feel the golden buzzer has lost its purpose now… I remember seeing the first ever one live (Paddy and Nico) in the auditions and remember it being a special thing. Now it’s happening every act!"
"I’m getting a bit bored with #BGT - there’s been what 9 golden buzzers (why?) I’m finding the show incredibly staged - it’s not how it used to be. Yes, I’ll still watch the live shows this week as I prefer them, but I can’t recall the name of an act I’d like to win & that’s telling," someone else stated.
A fourth watcher penned: "That’s it I’m done with watching #BGT #BritainsGotTalent you only see half an act if you’re lucky! With the 100 camera changes and constant cutting to the judge's faces fake overreactions! They have ruined the show!"
"They were great, in fact so great that they probably would’ve been voted through anyway so need for the golden buzzer. Too many of them now for it to mean anything #bgt," one annoyed fan expressed.
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Britain's Got Talent slammed for ninth golden buzzer act
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"Wtf happened to Britain's got Talent? It's an absolute shitshow now. #BGT," a sixth noted before another agreed: "The golden buzzer has lost all meaning now as they’ve pressed it so many times this series."
Elsewhere in the episode, viewers were threatening to switch off after "struggling to see how the show is still going," with "No talent, stupid production, and no actual constructive judging…" (sic)