Irked Britain’s Got Talent viewers slammed the judges – Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli – over their decision to bring back The Trickstars for their Wildcard act during Sunday night’s final.
Lucy Heath and her dogs were applauded by Cowell during the audition stage, where she revealed she had been on the show before with her dog Trip Hazard and made it to the final before.
Heath explained that the second time around she wanted to see how far they could get and have another shot at winning the talent show, but this time she introduced her entourage of pups.
Whilst Cowell was a definite yes as his love of dogs is wildly known, the rest of the judges were blown away by Heath and her pups, putting her through to the semi-final.
Unfortunately, her time on the show appeared to come to an end when she was booted out during her semis after failing to impress the public and competing against the other talented acts in her group.
Each year, the judges are given one wildcard act to bring back for the final and luckily for Heath, they thought she and her pooches deserved another shot.
Whilst she was thrilled to have been given another chance, many viewers were outraged at the decision and took to their X accounts to slam the judges’ choice.
“What a waste of a wild card,” one simply stated before another agreed: “They’ve been there before, such a waste.”
Another penned: “Absolute joke, this woman has had her turn already being in the final a few years ago. The wild card should have gone to someone who had been in the top 3 every night considering they had just missed out.”
“It should have been someone who hasn’t actually been in the finals before. What a ridiculous choice,” a fourth slammed before someone else said: “Embarrassing decision.”
Viewers thought the decision to bring back The Trickstars was wrong
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Another infuriated watcher wrote: “Waste of a Wildcard, giving it to an act that didn’t win the first time they were on and failed to make the final for a second year! Her routines are boring, should have been Denise & Stephen (real talent).”
Not all were unimpressed with the choice, as one happy fan expressed: “Loved them tonight. Thought they really upped their game, the dogs were amazing!” as many other also commented how happy they were for her. (sic)
After putting on a spectacular performance, it was Sydnie Christmas who was crowned the winner after Amanda Holden put her through as her Golden Buzzer act.
Christmas left the judges, audience and viewers at home stunned by her voice and made it to the final two alongside magician Jack Rhodes.
Sydnie was crowned the 2024 winner but some claimed it was a fix
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The singer was left lost for words at her glory, but as Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly congratulated Christmas, many slammed the win and claimed it was a “fix” from the start.
During her audition stage, the 28-year-old revealed that she had been attempting to break into the music industry for a while but hadn’t had much luck with being signed.
It didn’t take long for fans to discover that Christmas has had a career on stage and toured Germany as part of the Starlight Express, played Rizzo in a stage production of Grease and had a leading role in Lazarus at King’s Cross Theatre.