{"id":33494,"date":"2023-06-05T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1840417"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:10:07","slug":"britains-got-talent-audience-boo-as-winner-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/britains-got-talent-audience-boo-as-winner-is-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Got Talent audience boo as winner is announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Viggo Venn&#8217;s win proved controversial with the show&#8217;s live audience. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 05 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Last night\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/britains-got-talent-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/a> finale saw comedian <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/britains-got-talent-2023-winner-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Viggo Venn emerge as a surprise winner<\/a>, beating out competition including runners up Lillianna Clifton and Cillian O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian comedian got big laughs during his performance earlier in the final, but as Ant and Dec spoke with him after announcing his victory, boos could be heard from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Venn carried on through the boos, saying \u201cthank you so much everyone who voted for me\u201d, before shouting \u201cyou want more?\u201d and performing his trademark move, ripping off a high-vis jacket and dancing around the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, audience members could also be seen twirling their own high-vis jackets as he left the stage, before sliding back on, appearing to knock Ant over in the process.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;VIGGO\" venn=\"\" is=\"\" your=\"\" winner=\"\" of=\"\" britain=\"\" got=\"\" talent=\"\" the=\"\" final=\"\" bgt=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLsz7Q-clZE?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Some Twitter users also registered their lack of enthusiasm for the winning act, with <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/36b6529d24214dd\/status\/1665472408281554944&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">one saying<\/a>: \u201cThe crowd booing says it all how an earth did this act win its an embarrassment there was so much better deserving talent on that stage tonight BGT this year has been an utter joke\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/britains-got-talent-audition-daughter-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Britain\u2019s Got Talent star gives up audition for her daughter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/i-kissed-a-girl-bbc-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">I Kissed a Girl confirmed after I Kissed a Boy success for BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/SarahLucas67\/status\/1665473441556750336&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">another said<\/a>: \u201cIt was a brilliant final, strongest one I can remember. My personal fave was Musa, but well done Viggo, the great British public obviously love you, and you made me laugh. All contestants deserve a career after this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another felt the boos were \u201c<a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/BlueDiamond0000\/status\/1665464257058676736&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">distasteful<\/a>\u201c, saying they were \u201cvery surprised\u201d at the win but that \u201cViggo was very funny\u201d.<\/p> <p>They continued: \u201cVery distasteful for anyone to boo Viggo. Not his fault he won, people voted for him, not anyone else. Made it a sour end thanks to the audience reaction. Well done, Viggo!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year saw <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/bruno-tonioli-interview\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bruno Tonioli<\/a> join the judging panel, replacing <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/david-walliams-britains-got-talent-missing-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">David Walliams<\/a>. 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