The final act of the first edition of the ITV programme’s 19th series required the judges to go outside
The Britain’s Got Talent judges were brought outside(Image: ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent viewers have pointed out the ‘issue’ with an act that some people think was ‘robbed’ of a golden buzzer on the ITV talent show.
The programme was back for its 19th series on Saturday night (February 21), with Ant and Dec on presenting duties. This year’s judging panel consists of Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and KSI, who replaced Bruno Tonioli.
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It was a hectic night for the judges at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, where this year’s auditions were held back in October. The standard of talent was high, with a magician, a dancegroup from Liverpool and a woman who juggled items that were on fire all impressing the judges.
The first golden buzzer of the series, which sends acts straight through the semi-finals, was awarded to Australian native Paul Nunnari. Simon hit the gold buzzer after the man in the wheelchair spun around in the air on red silks using the strength of his arms.
In a major change to how the show works, the final act of the night required all of the judges and the audience to go outside. The act was Drone artists Celestial, who used 800 drones in total for their act.
Prior to going outside, Matt, Herbie, Ottilie, Ant and Arron, provided an insight of what to expect, saying: “We are Celestial, we’re from Somerset. We all work together and have been doing for five years.
The Britain’s Got Talent act used drones to make images appear in the sky(Image: ITV)
“We have been working on something for two or three months, every day. In 19 seasons you’ve never seen this. There’s one problem though we all need to get our coats on and go outside right now.”
After Ant and Dec counted down from ten, with each number represented by drones, the James Bond theme music began to play as 007 was projected in the Sky holding a martini glass.
On top of this, those gathered outside saw images made by the drones of Queen legend Freddie Mercury, Big Ben, the iconic Blackpool Tower and even the Britain’s Got Talent logo.
Amanda said of the performance: “I did feel very emotional because of the music and the sentiment. We do live in an amazing place.” Having her say, Alesha pointed out: “I’ve looked over and everyone was beaming, smiling up at the sky.
“It was a beautiful feeling to the point you forget it was drones and feel proud to be from our great country. Our country is amazing because of people like you.”
Despite Simon saying that it was like ‘looking up to heaven’ and saying it’s acts like Celestial who make him ‘love this country so much’, they were not given a golden buzzer.
Those watching Britain’s Got Talent at home rushed to X, previously known as Twitter, divided on whether Celestial will work when it comes to the semi-finals or at the Royal Variety Performance if they were crowned the series’ winners.
@FTVTo2KSubs said: “The problem is if they get to the semis, how are they going to drag everyone out to watch the drone show live? #bgt.” @zamp69wall added: “How is a drone act going to work on the stage at The Royal Variety Show? #BGT.”
@ShakyWoon wrote: “Truly amazing drone act!But if they were to win the show and perform at this years Royal Variety Performance, will the auditorium have to go outdoors to watch the performance?” @BatchStfc posted: “#BritainsGotTalent #bgt No doubt drone shows are great to look at and take a fair bit of skill to program. But a BGT act? No, not for me.”
@r4h4al argued: “Great to have #BGT back, stand out of the night was the Drone act; should’ve got the golden buzzer.” @ThomasF24943789 commented: “Never seen that before on @BGT. An incredible drone show by Celestial that truly shows how patriotic we are in Great Britain and how much we love our country so thank you Celestial for an incredible show and an incredible audition. #BGT #BritainsGotTalent.”
