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BGT judge Alesha Dixon ‘savaged by the audience’ over her critique of shadow puppeteer Matteo

The BGT panel were forced to halt the semi-final last night as show judge Alesha Dixon commented on Matteo's performance

News BGT was back with its second live semi-final last night (Tuesday May 28), and it proved to be a bit of an awkward one for show judge Alesha Dixon. In spite of talented performances from eight-year-old Ravi and his Dream Team and K-Pop band Blitzers, it was magician Jack Rhodes and skipping sensations Haribow who eventually became the lucky two acts to progress to the next round. This feedback triggered immediate uproar from the audience, with boos so loud that hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly had to wait for things to die down before moving on to the other judges.

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