BRITAIN’S Got Talent fans have spotted Simon Cowell looking furious during an opera singer’s controversial act.
Natalie Choquette performed for Simon, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli in Saturday’s show.
The 65-year-old requested the judges join her on stage “for dinner” as she performed a rendition of Nessun Dorma.
Rather than merely singing opera, Natalie’s act proved to be something completely out of the ordinary.
Once the judges took a seat at the table, the singer left the judges baffled when she started to gargle her wine and shove spaghetti in her mouth.
The act took an even stranger turn when she tossed spaghetti all over Simon and had her ‘waiters’ pour noodles over Bruno Tonioli.
Fortunately for Amanda and Alesha, they managed to avoid the messy chaos in time.
But after wiping his eyes, Simon sought revenge and grabbed a bowl of bolognese and chased Amanda backstage.
When he caught up with her, he poured the pasta over her head, leaving her covered in the thick red sauce.
The audience was left in fits of laughter when the pair returned to the stage covered in food as Bruno took his top off and tried to shake the cheese out of his hair.
Amanda exclaimed: “This is chaos,” and Simon aggressively pressed all four red buzzers, saying: “What was that?!”
Viewers took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their scathing thoughts on the act, claiming that Natalie “knew exactly what she was doing.”
One user wrote: “Problem with the judges on stage is they can’t buzz.”
A second added: “She was awful, and they can’t buzz her off.”
A third commented: “Simon doesn’t look too pleased being up on stage.”
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Jasmine Elcock – 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher’s Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London’s West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: “I’ve performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous.”
IrShad Shaikh – 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. He got four red buzzers from the judges, which would usually mean an instant dismissal. Yet in a strange turn of events, they let him continue with his act…and put him through to the next round.
Colin Thackery – 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but there was an outcry over the final. He warbled his place to win with a version of We’ll Meet Again but fans were furious that escapologist Jonathan Goodwin didn’t even rank in the top three. Viewers felt Jonathan – who almost suffocated while being buried alive in a gravel pit – should have won.
Axel Blake – 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Axel already had a show on worldwide streaming platform Amazon Prime. Despite this, Axel still went on to win the series.
Loren Allred – 2022: The 2022 series of BGT was hit with another controversy when singer Loren Allred also received a Golden Buzzer. She performed Never Enough from the smash hit musical movie The Greatest Showman and got a standing ovation. It later transpired Loren was actually the original voice behind the track.
Taryn Charles – 2024: Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year’s hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin, but it has now come to light that she is no stranger to TV. Viewers recognised Taryn from an episode of ITV1’s Starstruck, where she impersonated Whitney Houston for judges Olly Murs, Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert and Beverley Knight.
Britain’s Got Talent airs on ITV on Saturdays from 7.30pm