Last year, the show was accused of being a fix after a number of acts in the live shows were revealed to be professionals.
Amanda Holden has responded to criticism of last year’s Britain’s Got Talent by claiming that this season features far more ‘home grown’ talent
Last season, despite having his own Amazon show, Axel Blake: I’m Not Gonna Lie, comedian Axel Blake was crowned the 15th series winner.
Loren Allred, despite already having huge success as the voice behind The Greatest Showman hit Never Enough, was awarded the coveted golden buzzer by Amanda.
However, Amanda, 52, has defended the show, claiming that the reason for so many professional acts last year was because of the pandemic.
She also insisted that there were fewer professional acts and more ‘amateurs’ this year.
She said: ‘It feels more home grown [this year]. It feels like stuff people would be doing in their bedrooms and less professionals this year, but the standard is still exceptionally high.
‘Last year, we had a lot of people who had struggled professionally because of lockdown – a lot of people that needed to remind themselves and their audience that they could do it.
‘It was great for us to give them that platform after what had been a very tough time for performers.
‘But this year, I think it’s evened out again and it’s back to more amateur, home grown people queuing up and coming in.’
On emerging themes from the pre-recorded auditions, Amanda revealed: ‘Yeah, we’ve had a lot of choirs this year, more than ever before, I think.
‘I really want a choir to win this year. There’s a men’s choir which are just brilliant. I enjoyed the fact that they were a group of men who were coming on for a good singsong.’
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