Simon Cowell let his son Eric and Amanda Holden’s daughter Hollie gatecrash the Britain’s Got Talent auditions on Sunday.
Japanese skipping act Haribow took to the stage in the latest episode, sending the audience wild as they begged the judges to give them a golden buzzer – but all of them had already been used.
As the crowd’s chants grew louder, Simon said he had ‘never heard a reaction like that before’ before gesturing to his son Eric, 10, to push the button.
‘Okay… alright… You do it,’ Simon said, as Eric and Hollie, 12, leapt to their feet and darted for the judges’ bench, slamming the golden buzzer and sending Harbow through to the live semi-finals.
Simon said: ‘That was my son, Amanda’s daughter, egged on by the audience. We are going to see you in the finals, congratulations.’
Simon Cowell let his son Eric and Amanda Holden’s daughter Hollie gatecrash the Britain’s Got Talent auditions on Sunday
Simon said he had ‘never heard a reaction like that before’ before gesturing to his son Eric, 10, to push the button
Haribow, a group of performers from Japan all aged between 22 and 24, performed street dance while skipping on jump ropes.
The group’s incredible flips and tricks won over the audience, with the cheering growing so loud the judges could barely be heard giving their feedback.
Alesha turned to her fellow judges and said ‘Just keep going’ amid the noise, as Bruno tried to give Haribow his opinion on their act.
But the former dancer struggled to speak over the chants of ‘Push the gold’, turning to the audience and telling them: ‘Listen to me, we can’t! We’ve got none left.’
‘That’s as good as you’re gonna get,’ Simon added. ‘Sometimes when you watch an audition, I’m sitting here thinking “I genuinely don’t know what to say”.
‘When it’s brilliant like this, it’s just… words aren’t really necessary.’
The camera panned to Eric, who was flying out of his seat in excitement. ‘Sorry, my son is literally going crazy right now,’ Simon said.
It was at this point that Simon asked the audience if anyone thought Haribow deserved the golden buzzer resulting in more roars, before letting Eric and Hollie do the honours.
The audience went wild after Japanese skipping act Haribow took to the stage in the latest episode
Haribow, a group of performers from Japan, all aged between 22 and 24, performed street dance while skipping on jump ropes
The camera panned to Eric, who was flying out of his seat in excitement. ‘Sorry, my son is literally going crazy right now,’ Simon said
It was at this point that Simon asked the audience if anyone thought Haribow deserved the golden buzzer resulting in more roars, before letting Eric and Hollie do the honours
‘Okay… alright… You do it,’ Simon said, gesturing to Eric, as he and Hollie, 12, leapt to their feet and darted for the judges’ bench, slamming the golden buzzer and sending Harbow through to the live semi-finals
But BGT viewers were divided on the high-energy TV moment, with some people enjoying the moment and others not so happy at the extra buzzer.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, fans of the moment said: ‘THEY GOT SIMON’S SONS GOLDEN BUZZER,’;
‘Well done Eric and Hollie. Defo well deserved golden buzzer. This act was fab compared to some of the tripe that’s gone thru lol,’;
‘Yes, that actually happened. The audience wanted a golden buzzer, so Simon’s son & Amanda’s daughter made it happen for them & thanks to them, Haribow have jumped rope their way to the semi-finals,’;
‘I’m glad they got the Golden Buzzer. Haribow were incredible!’; ‘Aww Simon’s son Eric,’;
‘Amanda’s daughter didn’t hesitate for a second Simon said “You do it” and she was like “I’M ON IT”.’
But BGT viewers were divided on the high-energy TV moment, with some enjoying the moment and others not so happy at the extra buzzer
The group’s incredible flips and tricks won over the audience, with the cheering growing so loud the judges could barely be heard giving their feedback
But others didn’t understand the point of yet another golden buzzer, saying: ‘This show is a joke now some over privileged kids get a Golden buzzer,’;
‘Oh so anyone can press the golden buzzer now,’; ‘They can’t let their kids do a buzzer this is crazy,’;
‘What’s going on? I don’t get it. Does Eric have a golden buzzer now?’;
‘Judges children get golden buzzers too now? Honestly what is the point of that format. In fact the whole format of the show is so plastic / bland and in the bin now it’s unreal.’
But others didn’t understand the point of yet another golden buzzer, saying: ‘This show is a joke now some over privileged kids get a Golden buzzer’
