BGT 2025: viewers demand ITV 'get rid of audience' - outrage explained

• Britain’s Got Talent held its fourth live semi-final last night.
• Eight acts have now booked a place in the grand finale.
• But viewers at home say the live audience is ‘ruining the show’.

After a brief delay, BGT returned with another dramatic semi-final yesterday (May 18). Pushed back by 24 hours, it did not disappoint and two more acts booked a place in the 2025 grand finale.

ITV is airing the live shows across a full month, instead of on consecutive nights as has been the traditional way. Find out more about the reason for the change here.

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But while viewers enjoyed the acts competing in the fourth semi-final - many had the same complaint about the live audience. Here’s all you need to know:

BGT fans say audience is ‘almost ruining the show’

There was plenty to love about the latest Britain’s Got Talent semi-final - especially as choir Hear Our Voice secured a place in the grand finale. But many fans at home had a recurring complaint.

One person explained: “Honestly the audiences have almost ruined this series of BGT from the auditions to the semi-finals. Their constant shouting is doing my head in.

“At this point I wish they'd scrap the whole golden buzzer system entirely. It's messed up and has lost its meaning at this point.”

Another echoed: “I will vote for any magician if they magically make the theatre audience stop squawking and shouting all the time.” While one fan wrote: “This audience would scream for Rose West if she was on this stage banging out tunes.”

A social media user said: “Please get rid of the audience, PLEASE.” One added: “It’s not Britain's Got Talent; It’s Britain's Got An Annoying Audience.”

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