Amanda Holdene was left in tears (Image: ITV)
Britain’s Got Talent audiences have been left stunned by an act connected to Jeremy Clarkson.
Throughout the audition phase, viewers witnessed a choir of farmers linked to the Clarkson’s Farm presenter, as the Hawkstone Farmers Choir performed on stage.
Former Top Gear presenter Clarkson assembled the ensemble after searching for singing farmers to feature in an advertisement for his beer collection.
The choir elevated matters further as they auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent, donning boots, flat caps and fleeces, and describing how Clarkson had united them to perform, reports Belfast Live.
The choir left viewers stunned (Image: ITV)
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One participant revealed: “Jeremy Clarkson did a thing, and that thing is the Hawkstone Farmers Choir.
“Jeremy brought us together to sing, and it’s just really been amazing for us all.”
She continued: “Every single one of us is in agriculture in some way or another. This isn’t our day job, we’re usually out in the fields.”
She stated: “We work by ourselves, day in, day out, sometimes 16, 17 hours a day, and this has brought us together.
Clarkson’s Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir auditioned on Britain’s Got Talent (Image: PA)
“We’re not singers by nature – some of us are much better than others – but it’s brought us as a family, we’ve got one thing that unites us, and that is farming.
“We love what we do, but it can be incredibly hard, really lonely, very isolating, so to do this all together, it’s meant the world to us.”
The choir had the audience on their feet with their rendition of Elbow’s One Day Like This, with the judges equally as impressed.
A tearful Amanda was so impressed, in fact, that she jumped towards her Golden Buzzer, sending them straight through to the live semi-finals.
Amanda hit the Golden Buzzer after the emotional performance (Image: ITV)
She added: “As soon as you started, I completely welled up. I felt so much power. I love the whole community. I love how you’ve all got together, and you work your a***s off.
“You work so hard every single day. You absolutely smashed it, and I can’t wait to see what you’re gonna do in the semi-finals, congratulations!”
Viewers were stunned, with one writing: “The backbone of Britain,” while another said: “Best thing you can do to support them is back British Farming. 10/10 performance.”
Someone else wrote: “That golden buzzer was so well deserved,” as another said: “Not gonna lie, this made my day.”
Another added: “Wow!!! Was totally blown away by this GOLDEN performance! Also, Farmers deserve soo much more in return for their hard work! Hope this amazing choir wins BGT!”
“Jeremy brought us together to sing, and it’s just really been amazing for us all,” a member of the choir said (Image: ITV)
Someone else said: “You were all fantastic and it was so emotional, loved it!”
Clarkson had earlier shared his pride for the choir, telling The Sun: “When I had the idea for this choir, I worried it would come to nothing more than me, Kaleb and two cows honking tunelessly through Kumbaya.
“I never imagined it would actually become a glorious gathering of brilliant people and beautiful voices representing the beating heart of rural Britain.”
Clarkson admitted he was left in tears after the audition (Image: Getty)
He later took to Instagram to admit the audition left him in tears, saying: “Hello everybody. I watched Britain’s Got Talent tonight for the first time, because the Hawkstone Choir were on. They were just fantastic. These guys are all farmers, and they work incredibly hard for really incredibly small rewards.
“To see them all on that stage with all that love in the room made my heart sing. I actually welled up. And thank you Amanda Holden for pressing that golden buzzer thing, I don’t know what that means but it obviously is important.”
He continued: “Yeah. Yeah, it shows that, I think, people quite like farmers. They were very, very good. Well done, all of you – I’m a very happy man tonight. That choir is fab. Yeah, sorry, that’s it.”
Britain’s Got Talent continues on Saturday at 6.45pm on ITV1 and ITVX.