Britain’s Got Talent viewers have threatened to call Ofcom on Saturday after three acts from Japan auditioned for the show.
Disgruntled fans admitted that they believed the show should be for British people because of its name and wanted to take the issue to the UK TV regulator.
Viewers were less than impressed when show judge Simon Cowell gave his Gold Buzzer away to Cyberagent Legit, a professional Japanese dancing act.
During Saturday night’s audition a beatboxing group called Sarukani, a drone operator called Keiichiro Tani and then dance troupe Cyberagent Legit all performed for the judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.
And while there are no restrictions about where an act comes from, viewers have formed their own opinions and flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts.
Britain’s Got Talent viewers have threatened to call Ofcom on Saturday after three acts from Japan auditioned for the talent show. Disgruntled fans admitted that they believed the show should be for British people because of its name
And viewers were less than impressed when show judge Simon Cowell gave his Gold Buzzer away to Cyberagent Legit, a professional Japanese dancing act
One penned: ‘Did ITV get a group booking for a flight from Japan? Or is this Japan’s got Talent?
‘Can Ofcom look at this like the trade descriptions act?! A very misleading name for a TV show!’
‘They must think people are stupid, they fly a hand picked dance group from Japan and then give them the golden buzzer so they can come straight over for the semi finals, fix.’
‘Did #BGT charter a flight from Japan for this series?’
‘How do they even qualify for #BGT ? They’re from JAPAN? Why don’t we just change the name to The World’s Got Talent?’ questioned someone else.
But, despite some criticism, others loved watching the acts perform, as other performances from Japan blew the audience away.
After being left in awe by their superb audition, viewers unearthed the beatboxing group Sarukani’s successful past after a brilliant Saturday night audition.
The group, made up of four beatboxing artists – Kohey, So-So, Rusy and Kaji – earned themselves a standing ovation after a brilliant performance which saw them recreate Ghost Buster’s theme tune.
During Saturday night’s audition a beatboxing group called Sarukani, a drone operator called Keiichiro Tani and then dance troupe Cyberagent Legit all performed for the judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli
And while there are no restrictions about where an act comes from, viewers have formed their own opinions and flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts
But, despite some criticism, others loved watching the acts perform, as other performances from Japan blew the audience away. After being left in awe by their superb audition, viewers unearthed the beatboxing group Sarukani’s successful past after a brilliant Saturday night audition
And while fans were elated with the performance, some realised they had the act before in a world championship beatboxing competition. Sarukani won the Beatboxing World Champions in October, 2023
The talented four, who are aged between 21 and 24, not only had the audience on their feet but they also charmed the judges as they gave much applause to the group.
And while fans were elated with the performance, some realised they had the act before in a world championship beatboxing competition.
Sarukani won the Beatboxing World Champions in October, 2023.
Sharing their success, they posted a picture to Instagram to boast about their win.
They captioned the group photo: ‘WE’RE WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! WE LOVE BEATBOX!!!!!!!! @swissbeatbox @grand.beatbox.battle.’
As they reflected on their successful year, they penned a long letter to their 49,000 Instagram followers: ‘Thank you for all of your support this year, 2023! You’ve been so supportive to us and we’ve shared priceless experiences as a team.
‘More than anything, this year we won the championship at the World Championship called ‘Grand Beatbox Battle 2023’.
‘I’m really happy that we can finally say that we’re the best crew in the world. I’m glad that we’ve met the expectations of everyone who’s been supporting us since the start until now, and I’m glad we’ve worked hard without giving up.’
The group, made of four beatboxing artists – Kohey(middle left ), So-So (left), Rusy (middle right) and Kaji (right)- earned themselves a standing ovation after a brilliant performance which saw them recreate Ghost Buster’s theme tune
The talented four, who are aged between 21 and 24, not only had the audience on their feet but they also charmed judges Simon Cowell , Alesha Dixon , Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli as they gave much applause to the group
‘This year, we have experienced unimaginable experiences since we started working, including performing at large festivals and making music.
‘This is because everyone who listens to our music, comes to our shows and shares our posts on social media and comments.
‘And next year, we will be working towards the goal of being recognised worldwide as the best beatbox crew in the world. Lots of exciting plans already in place until the end of next December.’
The group have also performed at GMO Sonic 2024, which also saw performances from the likes of Zedd, Galantis, Black Eyed Peas and Kygo.
And their glitzy career does not end there as they hosted their own tours in Japan, where they regularly posed for snaps with their legion of fans, who packed into the venues to see them perform.
There is also many clips of them meeting up with Steve Aoki, where they performed a beatbox version of the track Boneless.
Posting a video of them performing, they wrote: ‘Thank you so much and we were honoured to meet you. We will do our best until the day we can produce music together. #SteveAoki #SARUKANI #Beatbox #GMOSONIC #GMOSONIC2024.’
While the new series has barely just begun, it marks the second wave of fix accusations from viewers, after another international act during last Sunday’s show.
The group have also performed at GMO Sonic 2024 (pictured), which also saw performances from the likes of Zedd, Galantis, Black Eyed Peas and Kygo
The judges were gobsmacked as Geneviève Côté showed off her talent of creating nature sounds.
The entertainer, 60, travelled all the way from Canada to audition, where she displayed a number of incredible sound effects and animal impressions.
When it came time to give feedback, Bruno said: ‘I was so mesmerised, I felt nature coming out of your body, expression of nature, the force of nature, you are a force of nature, what can I say!’
Amanda added: ‘It was one of the most spiritual experiences I think I’ve ever felt, it was so stunning. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life!’
While Alesha echoed: ‘I was utterly gobsmacked throughout that whole performance, just sat here in a trance, mesmerised by you!’
When it came for Simon’s thoughts he gushed: ‘This was absolutely unbelievably good. Your voice is sensational! Everything about that, that was perfection.’
Geneviève got four yeses off the spellbound judges and sailed through to the next round.
However, she sparked controversy from viewers watching at home after they realised it is not her first time performing on a Got Talent contest.
While the new series has barely just begun, it marks the second wave of fix accusations from viewers, after another international act during last Sunday’s show
Geneviève Côté showed off her talent of creating nature sounds, with the entertainer, 60, travelling all the way from Canada to do a slew of sound effects and animal impressions
While Geneviève got four yeses off the spellbound judges, she sparked controversy from viewers after they realised it is not her first time performing on a Got Talent contest
Eagle-eyed fans recognised her from three previous international series over the past year alone, where she got two elusive Golden Buzzers.
In March 2023, Geneviève appeared on Canada’s Got Talent and left the judges so awestruck that Howie Mandel gave her his Golden Buzzer.
She made it all the way to the finals, before being beaten by dance group Conversion.
However, her performance definitely left an impression on Howie as he brought her to be part of his team on America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League this January.
And in between those two appearances, Geneviève also auditioned for France‘s version of the show, ‘La France a un incroyable talent’.
She received judge Karine Le Marchland’s Golden Buzzer and made it through to the semi-finals, but was then eliminated.
Britain’s Got Talent does allow anyone to take part in the competition regardless of their experience and previous participation.
In March 2023, Geneviève appeared on Canada’s Got Talent and left the judges so awestruck that Howie Mandel gave her his Golden Buzzer and she made it to the final
Howie then brought her over to be part of his team on America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League this January (pictured together)
And in between those two appearances, Geneviève also auditioned for France ‘s version of the show, ‘La France a un incroyable talent’, getting another Golden Buzzer to the semi-finals
