Britain's Got Talent is really grinding viewers' gears with an editing decision
They're being tortured by a constant stream of The Greatest Showman songs.
What did you miss?
Britain's Got Talent is being lambasted for its endless plundering of The Greatest Showman soundtrack.
Returning to ITV after a one-day delay tonight (12 May), the latest episode of the long-running format was haunted by its euphoric audio edit on social media, with seething fans begging for a splash of creativity from the BGT makers after years of the same output.
What, how and why?
The talent show's latest excursion to the musical land of Hugh Jackman's PT Barnum accompanied the rousing climax to an audition from Mexican aerialist Itzel Salvatierra, who hung from a giant hoop with just her neck after various acrobatic twists.
'This Is Me', sang by Keala Settle in the beloved movie's soundtrack, was the generic choice of backing audio from the editors, and they were truly punished for it on the social site X.
"Genuinely think this programme is sponsored by the greatest showman at this point, the soundtrack is CONSTANT," wrote one BGT fan.
Another sick-to-death user went on to ask: "Can't they play any other song then the Greatest Showman as background music? [sic]."
FFS Greatest Showman done to death again. #bgt
— Surviving2024 (@Survivinthe20s) May 12, 2024
The greatest showman song klaxon #BGT
— 🩷∙∘✩∙∘ 𝕍𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕒 ∘∙✩∙∘ 🩷✨ (@Boppity_Boo34) May 12, 2024
the owners to the rights of the greatest showman soundtrack when #BGT is on pic.twitter.com/464Trui0ev
— @ (@after1yf3) May 12, 2024
If we deleted all the annoying camera cuts to the audience, all the annoying slow motion, sob stories and the annoying greatest showman tunes, the #BGT could be condensed down to 7 minutes
— BrightonBeautiful (@BrightonBren) May 12, 2024
this show and the greatest showman??? ffs #bgt #britainsgottalent pic.twitter.com/3JKiidHe9B
— Liam (@liamandrews123) May 12, 2024
What else happened on Britain's Got Talent?
Sunday's episode wasn't exactly the most positively received of the 2024 episodes, with the opening act also taking a bit of a pasting from viewers.
Collectively known as Amasing, this school choir was invited to perform onstage by Simon Cowell and Bruno Tonioli in a heartwarming VT that involved the pair surprising the kids in their school hall by breaking out of a big gift box.
Fast forward to their special routine, though, and it was like being thrown to the social media wolves.
"One thing more annoying than a choir is a choir of screaming kids" and "For once, why can't one of the judges tell a kids choir that they're terrible? Stop bloody lying to them," read two of the messages.
Britain's Got Talent resumes next weekend on ITV and ITVX.
