{"id":340903,"date":"2026-03-21T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340903\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:15:12","slug":"britains-got-talent-fans-in-tears-as-they-issue-same-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340903\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent fans in tears as they issue same demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left in tears over a moving performance.<\/p>\n

Meghna Amin Screen Time Reporter<\/p>\n

13:39, 21 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

12-year-old James performed Wicked’s Defying Gravity (Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Britain’s Got Talent <\/a>viewers have been calling for a young performer to receive the prestigious golden buzzer.<\/p>\n

The ITV<\/a> talent show has kicked off its latest series, with Stacey Solomon (temporarily replacing Simon Cowell<\/a>), Amanda Holden, KSI and Alesha Dixon searching for Britain’s next champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each year, the judging panel and presenters Ant and Dec can award one contestant a golden buzzer, sending them directly through to the live semi-final rounds.<\/p>\n

Following a sneak peek of an upcoming performance, audiences have been united in their plea. James, a 12-year-old from Rye, East Sussex, received thunderous applause after delivering his version of Defying Gravity from Wicked.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

Fans admitted they had tears in their eyes after his performance(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

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The youngster confessed to feeling a “bit nervous” beforehand, though his concerns proved unfounded, as he earned a standing ovation with the judges visibly stunned, rising to their feet to celebrate the talented vocalist, reports Belfast Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The emotional rendition had Ant and Dec screaming from the sidelines, as Alesha told him: “That was how you do it! Everybody loves that big moment at the end, I can’t tell you how many times my children have tried to attempt that last moment in the song, it is the magic moment, and you smashed it!”<\/p>\n

KSI added: “James, I felt like I was watching a Disney kids show. You blew everyone away.”<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

The young performer sailed through his mind-blowing audition(Image: Tom Dymond\/ITV)<\/p>\n

“I cannot believe that a little sausage like you has the pipes for something so huge, congratulations,” Amanda praised.<\/p>\n

Stacey shared: “You think your kids are talented and then you’re like, no maybe mine aren’t so talented, when you see people like you, James. Your parents must be buzzing.”<\/p>\n

She added: “That was absolutely phenomenal,” before Alesha branded James “a star in the making”.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

Viewers have been left blown away(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

One fan wrote: “That’s out of this world for a 12 year-old boy. I felt I was watching one of those Disney movies. So beautiful. He is a star even without the Golden Buzzer.”<\/p>\n

Another said: “Definitely deserved the golden buzzer,” while a third added: “Rarely does a kid have this level of vocal maturity. It moved me to tears. Should have gotten the golden!”<\/p>\n

\"Britain's<\/p>\n

The judges were all on their feet(Image: Tom Dymond\/ITV)<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote: “Jeeeesuuuuus! Normally with kids, even trained kids, you can usually hear some bits that show underdeveloped voice and techniques, but my God, this boys control and technique was mind blowing!”<\/p>\n

Yet another echoed: “How did he not get The Golden Buzzer?!! Unbelievable,” as someone else said: “When you have crowd reaction like that and all four judges standing, I felt that this was a golden buzzer performance. He nailed that song!!!”<\/p>\n

\"Stacey<\/p>\n

Stacey Solomon was stepping in for Simon Cowell(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Another viewer wrote: “Tears are flowing down my face listening to that young man. Hit every note.”<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote: “THE PIPES ON THIS KID WHAT THE HECK, HOW DARE HE NOT GET GOLDEN.”<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Got Talent airs Saturday 6:45pm on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left in tears over a moving performance. Meghna Amin Screen Time Reporter 13:39,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[163164,121629,161482,156,7386,111,139,69,38480,182167,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-340903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alesha-dixon","9":"tag-ant-dec","10":"tag-britains-got-talent","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-itv","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-simon-cowell","17":"tag-stacey-solomon","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}