Amanda Holden awarded her Golden Buzzer to one of her most unlikely picks during Sunday’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent.
The presenter, 53, was left ‘howling’ with laughter at Japanese comedian Nabe after showing his surprising impressions.
Using his long hair, Nabe poked fun at a variety of different characters, from Teletubbies to Shaun the Sheep, leaving the judging panel in hysterics.
He finished with a hilarious impression of music mogul Simon, using his long hair to recreate his famous chest fluff, leaving the audience in an uproar.
But the audience and presenters Ant and Dec gasped when Amanda dramatically pressed her Golden Buzzer.
Amanda Holden awarded her Golden Buzzer to one of her most unlikely picks during Sunday’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent.
The presenter was left ‘howling’ with laughter at the Japanese comedian Nabe after showing his surprising impressions.
Explaining her decision, Amanda said: “God I love him so much, you know when you want to laugh so hard you can’t get enough out of me.”
“Normally when I press my Golden Buzzer I start crying and give a big speech, but this made me howl, you were so funny.”
Simon added: “One of the funniest people we’ve ever had and the only person I know who does impressions with her hair.” I mean this is great, absolutely great.’
Bruno Tonioli praised: “I really had no idea what was coming next and every time you surprised me you were very, very funny.”
The buzzer meant Nabe would automatically earn a place in the live semi-finals, which will hit screens later this month.
But viewers were much less convinced by Amanda’s decision to award Nabe such a coveted honour, with one claiming she had “wasted” her Buzzer.
The tweets included: ‘Joking Amanda that she wasn’t a Golden Buzzer, the acrobat was a million percent better;’
‘What the hell did I just see? That act was good. Although it’s not worth a Golden Buzzer;’
Using his long hair, Nabe poked fun at a variety of different characters, from Teletubbies to Shaun the Sheep, leaving the judging panel in hysterics.
But the audience – and presenters Ant and Dec – gasped when Amanda dramatically pressed her Golden Buzzer.
But viewers were much less convinced by Amanda’s decision to award Nabe such a coveted honour, with one claiming she had “wasted” her Buzzer.
‘Golden Buzzer? No, that only loses the last 00000.01% of credibility that the #BGT program had left;’
‘What the fuck Amanda? Another wasted Golden Buzzer!’
Elsewhere, Bruno burst into tears as he watched blind soprano Denise Leigh and pianist Stefan Andrusyschyn, both from Stoke-on-Trent.
The duo, who amazed the audience and the panel with their wonderful act, explained how they met on a train 18 years ago when Stefan asked Denise what time it was, not realizing that she was also blind.
Denise, 52, who has a small amount of vision in her left eye, admitted: ‘I just thought ‘Stop flirting with me’!
Then, when they got off the train, Denise noticed that he also had a cane and thought, ‘Oh my God, he’s blind too.’
But that was just the beginning of a magical story, and fate once again brought them together when they were coincidentally booked for the same musical concert.
“I thought I wouldn’t tell him I’m the woman on the train because I was a little rude to him,” Denise admitted.
The soprano shared another emotional part of her life story, revealing that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, but got the all-clear before her audition, although the treatment changed her voice.
“I have to rebuild it,” he said.
The pair performed Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music and earned a standing ovation with Bruno standing as he wiped away tears.
‘You inspire me, today I learned something about your positive state of mind. You are an example,’ the judge said excitedly.
The couple’s son Demetri, 11, was in the audience with his guide dog Tilly, along with two of Denise’s children from a previous relationship. Michael, 28 years old, and Sam, 26.
The singer revealed that she was ‘absolutely shaking when we finished’ and didn’t notice Bruno burst into tears until he started congratulating them.
Britain’s Got Talent continues on Saturday at 7.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.