Amanda Holden defends Paul Potts elimination from Britains Got Talent: The Champions after fans are outraged
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Amanda Holden has defended the shock elimination of Paul Potts from Britains Got Talent: The Champions after the shows first-ever winner sensationally missed out on a place in the upcoming grand finale.
On Saturday night, the first episode of the All-Star series saw a collective of superfans vote for their top performance of the night, which saw the likes of Ashleigh Butler and her pooch Sully, child star Connie Talbot, and Simon Cowells favourites Boogie Storm return to the BGT stage, competing against some of the most notorious Got Talent acts from across the world.
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In the end, no Britains Got Talent star was worthy of a place in the final, but it was Pauls absence from the top three which was the biggest upset of the night.
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Speaking from her Heart FM radio show this morning, Amanda admitted she was stunned by the result too, but argued you cant argue with the vote.
He is our first ever Britains Got Talent champion, he is an absolute trooper, a gorgeous man, very talented, she told her co-host Jamie Theakston.
But then you can never argue with people who are voting… if I say I thought it was terrible [the decision], Im thinking that Im obviously denying [them their voice].
There are 250 people in the audience that have the opportunity to vote, there are 10,000 actually watching the show at Wembley, but 250 people producers picked to represent the public.
He had nothing to be disappointed about – he was absolutely brilliant, he brought the house down and Im stunned he didnt go through.
Paul has since revealed he blamed himself for a shaky performance on Saturday night.
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I self-analyse after every performance and I can pick out every error, he tweeted after the episode aired.
My job is to do everything I can to avoid slipping up due to these things including technical issues.
He continued: Thank you to everyone for your wishes. I hope you enjoyed my performance of the Godfather/Parla Piu piano.
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