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Matthieus2 wrote: Is Simon on Twitter? I'd be interested to see how he defends himself if grilled. I think in terms of other reality TV controversies this wasn't the worst but kind of a low move and reeks of it saying Simon can do whatever he likes.

I sort of felt Boogie Storm only made it to 3rd place in BGT because Simon hyped them up and they got that mark, and didn't seem like Simon's usual type. Interestingly, if I remember rightly if it's the right season I'm thinking of, Alesha's golden buzzer act was 100 Voices of Gospel, whp unless it was exaggerated and staged Simon wanted to give the golden buzzer to but was beaten by Alesha. Makes me wonder how different things could've been had Boogie Storm not been Simon's golden buzzer act, as no other judge seems to care for them that much and I'm not sure they would've memorable enough for The Champions.

Interesting about Alex Magala above. I wonder if Christian Stoinev will be presented as a foreign Got Talent or a past AGT/BGT act.

A good point about Ben Blaque. I'm sure previously Simon has been able to end an act by raising his hand, though not sure if that's more for singing acts to have another chance. I'm not sure what exactly was going wrong with Ben's act, but I wouldn't be surprised if the producers dictated the equipment and perhaps Ben wasn't familiar with the levers or something. Yeah I couldn't tell if Ben was genuinely unprepared or if the producers set him up to fail.