Britain’s Got Talent viewers have threatened to call Ofcom on Saturday after three acts from Japan auditioned for the show.
Disgruntled fans admitted that they believed the show should be for British people because of its name and wanted to take the issue to the UK TV regulator.
Viewers were less than impressed when show judge Simon Cowell gave his Gold Buzzer away to Cyberagent Legit, a professional Japanese dancing act.
During Saturday night’s audition a beatboxing group called Sarukani, a drone operator called Keiichiro Tani and then dance troupe Cyberagent Legit all performed for the judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.
And while there are no restrictions about where an act comes from, viewers have formed their own opinions and flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts.
Britain’s Got Talent viewers have threatened to call Ofcom on Saturday after three acts from Japan auditioned for the talent show. Disgruntled fans admitted that they believed the show should be for British people because of its name
And viewers were less than impressed when show judge Simon Cowell gave his Gold Buzzer away to Cyberagent Legit, a professional Japanese dancing act
One penned: ‘Did ITV get a group booking for a flight from Japan? Or is this Japan’s got Talent?
‘Can Ofcom look at this like the trade descriptions act?! A very misleading name for a TV show!’
‘They must think people are stupid, they fly a hand picked dance group from Japan and then give them the golden buzzer so they can come straight over for the semi finals, fix.’
‘Did #BGT charter a flight from Japan for this series?’
‘How do they even qualify for #BGT ? They’re from JAPAN? Why don’t we just change the name to The World’s Got Talent?’ questioned someone else.
But, despite some criticism, others loved watching the acts perform, as other performances from Japan blew the audience away.
After being left in awe by their superb audition, viewers unearthed the beatboxing group Sarukani’s successful past after a brilliant Saturday night audition.
The group, made up of four beatboxing artists – Kohey, So-So, Rusy and Kaji – earned themselves a standing ovation after a brilliant performance which saw them recreate Ghost Buster’s theme tune.
During Saturday night’s audition a beatboxing group called Sarukani, a drone operator called Keiichiro Tani and then dance troupe Cyberagent Legit all performed for the judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli
And while there are no restrictions about where an act comes from, viewers have formed their own opinions and flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts
But, despite some criticism, others loved watching the acts perform, as other performances from Japan blew the audience away. After being left in awe by their superb audition, viewers unearthed the beatboxing group Sarukani’s successful past after a brilliant Saturday night audition
And while fans were elated with the performance, some realised they had the act before in a world championship beatboxing competition. Sarukani won the Beatboxing World Champions in October, 2023
The talented four, who are aged between 21 and 24, not only had the audience on their feet but they also charmed the judges as they gave much applause to the group.
And while fans were elated with the performance, some realised they had the act before in a world championship beatboxing competition.
Sarukani won the Beatboxing World Champions in October, 2023.
Sharing their success, they posted a picture to Instagram to boast about their win.
They captioned the group photo: ‘WE’RE WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! WE LOVE BEATBOX!!!!!!!! @swissbeatbox @grand.beatbox.battle.’
As they reflected on their successful year, they penned a long letter to their 49,000 Instagram followers: ‘Thank you for all of your support this year, 2023! You’ve been so supportive to us and we’ve shared priceless experiences as a team.
‘More than anything, this year we won the championship at the World Championship called ‘Grand Beatbox Battle 2023’.
‘I’m really happy that we can finally say that we’re the best crew in the world. I’m glad that we’ve met the expectations of everyone who’s been supporting us since the start until now, and I’m glad we’ve worked hard without giving up.’
‘This year, we have experienced unimaginable experiences since we started working, including performing at large festivals and making music.
‘This is because everyone who listens to our music, comes to our shows and shares our posts on social media and comments.
‘And next year, we will be working towards the goal of being recognised worldwide as the best beatbox crew in the world. Lots of exciting plans already in place until the end of next December.’
The group, made of four beatboxing artists – Kohey(middle left ), So-So (left), Rusy (middle right) and Kaji (right)- earned themselves a standing ovation after a brilliant performance which saw them recreate Ghost Buster’s theme tune
The talented four, who are aged between 21 and 24, not only had the audience on their feet but they also charmed judges Simon Cowell , Alesha Dixon , Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli as they gave much applause to the group
The group have also performed at GMO Sonic 2024, which also saw performances from the likes of Zedd, Galantis, Black Eyed Peas and Kygo.
And their glitzy career does not end there as they hosted their own tours in Japan, where they regularly posed for snaps with their legion of fans, who packed into the venues to see them perform.
There is also many clips of them meeting up with Steve Aoki, where they performed a beatbox version of the track Boneless.
Posting a video of them performing, they wrote: ‘Thank you so much and we were honoured to meet you. We will do our best until the day we can produce music together. #SteveAoki #SARUKANI #Beatbox #GMOSONIC #GMOSONIC2024.’
The group have also performed at GMO Sonic 2024 (pictured), which also saw performances from the likes of Zedd, Galantis, Black Eyed Peas and Kygo
