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Viewers Accuse Britain's Got Talent Of 'Cheating' After Technical Glitch Outs Children's Choir For 'Miming'

<div><p>One of the world's most popular reality television shows, <em>Britain's Got Talent, </em>came under fire last night when a technical glitch revealed what appeared to be a 'lip synching' on what was supposed to be a live show. </p><p>Being the first act on stage for a live show is probably already nerve-wracking enough - it's hard to imagine what was going through the minds of the children in St Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh when Ant and Dec raced onto the stage.</p><div><figure><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3676011/britains-got-talent-accused-of-miming-scandal-after-childrens-choir-is-hit-with-technical-difficulties/" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2_GH_content_550px.png 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2_GH_content_650px.png 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2_GH_content_750px.png 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2_GH_content_850px.png 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/awkarard2_GH_content_950px.png 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3676011/britains-got-talent-accused-of-miming-scandal-after-childrens-choir-is-hit-with-technical-difficulties/" target="_blank">The Sun</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Stunned viewers were suspicious when a 'technical glitch' caused the show's hosts to race out on stage and stop the young children's performance. </p><p>The 36-member choir of 8 to12 year olds had qualified for the semi-final round broadcast when they previously sang 'Somewhere Only We Know' by Keane. </p><p>This time, as the choir prepared to sing Katy Perry's <em>Roar, </em>they were immediately silenced as Ant and Dec raced out onto the stage.</p><p>Viewer suspicion arose when they noticed the children's lips had stopped moving... yet they could still be heard singing!</p><p><strong>Find out what happened on the next page...</strong></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p></p><h3>Britain's Got Talent Caught In 'Miming' Scandal</h3><p>The Junior Choir could be heard singing as they stood silently waiting for direction. As hosts Ant and Dec scrambled to explain that a technical glitch had contributed to the lip-sync snafu, the audience wasn't buying their excuses. </p><p>Although the children were allowed to restart their performance, the damage was done. The brief pre-recorded snippet of the choir singing <em>Roar </em>lead many viewers to believe that they were being duped.</p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="869261975729131520"></amp-twitter></div><p></p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="869262995142193154"></amp-twitter></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>While many viewers accused the children's choir of cheating, other's believed that it was only a technical glitch that disrupted their backing track. Sadly, the second attempt wasn't enough to win viewers over and the choir did not pass through to the second round.</p><p>A Britain's Got Talent spokesperson said: "A technical glitch meant that the wrong song was played at the start of St Patrick's Junior Choir performance as well as some vocals recorded during a rehearsal from them. The choir did not mime and we are very proud of their performance."</p><p><strong>Listen for yourself, do you think they were lip-synching?</strong></p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="869262710206279680"></amp-twitter></div><p></p></div>

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