{"id":463897,"date":"2026-05-23T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463897\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:59:09","slug":"britains-got-talent-fans-all-make-same-eurovision-comment-during-live-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463897\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Got Talent fans all make same &#8216;Eurovision&#8217; comment during live semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The semi-finals have now come to an end, with the final to air next Saturday<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Simon Cowell on Britain's Got Talent\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_LDBR_MEN_180426_Simon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Britain's Got Talent's last semi-final aired on Saturday, May 23\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s last semi-final aired on Saturday, May 23(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/britains-got-talent\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent viewers<\/a> have made the same Eurovision comment during the last semi-final on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The very last semi-final of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/britains-talents-ksi-breaks-down-33959882\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026<\/a> aired on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">ITV<\/a> on Saturday, May 23,, with performances from Baron &amp; Vesper, Celestial, The Hawkstone Farmers Choir, Jake Banfield, James Miller, Juan Carlos, Mr. Cherry and SOS!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/britains-got-talent\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a> returned back in February for its 19th series with auditions being filmed in Blackpool, welcoming to the screen a huge array of performers &#8211; including dancers, singers, magicians, comedians and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/britains-talents-ksi-told-show-33959801\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">KSI <\/a>all returned for another season, along with hosts Ant and Dec. KSI, whose real name is Olajide \u2018JJ\u2019 Olatunji, is in the middle of his debut series as a full-time judge on Britain\u2019s Got Talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Saturday night&#8217;s episode<\/a> &#8211; May 23 &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Got Talent fans took to X, formerly <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, to say that one act is similar to what is expected from a Eurovision performance.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rock group SOS! performed on Saturday night, which led to some Eurovision comments online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">BGT fan @Yellows4Life wrote on X: &#8220;Loving this from the SOS band&#8230; maybe our Eurovision act for next year sorted?! UK send something different again, bit more to Eurovision&#8217;s taste?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another viewer @indexwatcher wrote: &#8220;Better than our Eurovision entry&#8221;, and @Anthony08876880 said: &#8220;That should have been our Eurovision entry last week&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">@BevFink said: &#8220;If this was put in the Eurovision it would have done well&#8221;, and @GhostJunta agreed: &#8220;That was Eurovision material&#8221;. @griffonline said: &#8220;Should have had this at Eurovision last week.&#8221; and @griffonline agreed: &#8220;Should have had this at Eurovision last week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 2026 <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s live final <\/a>will air at 7pm on Saturday, May 30, on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The semi-finals have now come to an end, with the final to air next Saturday Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[62294,93,61,60,8642,282],"class_list":["post-463897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-britains-got-talent","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-itv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}