Britain’s Got Talent viewers threaten to call Ofcom after three acts from Japan audition for the show

Britain’s Got Talent viewers threatened to call Ofcom on Saturday after three acts from Japan auditioned for the show.

Disgruntled fans admitted they felt the show should be for British people because of its name and wanted to take the issue to the British TV regulator.

Viewers were less than impressed when judge Simon Cowell gave away his Gold Buzzer to Cyberagent Legit, a professional Japanese dance act.

During Saturday night’s audition, a beatboxing group called Sarukani, a drone operator called Keiichiro Tani and then dance group Cyberagent Legit all performed for judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.

And while there are no restrictions on where an action comes from, viewers have formed their own opinions and flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts.

One wrote: ‘Has ITV got a group booking for a flight from Japan? Or is this Japan’s Got Talent?

‘Can Ofcom see this as the trade descriptions trade?! A very misleading name for a TV programme!’

“They must think people are stupid, they fly a hand-picked dance group from Japan and then give them the golden buzzer so they can get straight to the semi-finals, that’s it.”

“Has #BGT chartered a flight from Japan for this series?”

‘How do they even qualify for #BGT? They’re from Japan? Why don’t we just change the name to The World’s Got Talent?’ someone else asked.

But despite some criticism, others loved seeing the acts perform, while other performances from Japan blew the crowd away.

After being wowed by their stellar audition, viewers discovered the successful past of beatbox group Sarukani after a brilliant audition on Saturday night.

The group, made up of four beatboxing artists – Kohey, So-So, Rusy and Kaji – earned a standing ovation after a brilliant performance recreating Ghost Buster’s theme song.

The talented foursome, aged between 21 and 24, not only had the audience on their feet, but also charmed the judges by giving the group lots of applause.

And while fans were thrilled with the performance, some realized they had already been in action before during a beatboxing competition at the world championships.

Sarukani won the world beatboxing title in October 2023.

They shared their success and posted a photo on Instagram bragging about their win.

They captioned the group photo: ‘WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! WE LOVE BEATBOX!!!!!!!! @swissbeatbox @grand.beatbox.battle.’

As they reflected on their successful year, they wrote a long letter to their 49,000 Instagram followers: ‘Thank you for all your support this year, 2023! You have supported us so much and we have shared valuable experiences as a team.

‘This year we especially won the championship at the World Championship called ‘Grand Beatbox Battle 2023’.

‘I’m very happy that we can finally say that we are the best crew in the world. I’m happy that we’ve met the expectations of everyone who has supported us from the beginning until now, and I’m happy that we’ve worked hard without giving up.”

“This year we have had unimaginable experiences since we started working, including performing at major festivals and making music.

“This is because everyone who listens to our music comes to our shows and shares and comments on our social media posts.

‘And next year we will work towards the goal of being globally recognized as the best beatbox crew in the world. There are already a lot of exciting plans ready until the end of December next year.’

The group also performed at GMO Sonic 2024, which also featured performances from Zedd, Galantis, Black Eyed Peas and Kygo, among others.

And their glittering career doesn’t end there, as they staged their own tours in Japan, where they regularly posed for photos with their legion of fans, who flocked to the venues to watch them perform.

There are also many clips of them meeting Steve Aoki where they performed a beatbox version of the song Boneless.

They posted a video of them performing and wrote, “Thank you so much and we were honored to meet you. We will do our best until the day we can produce music together. #SteveAoki #SARUKANI #Beatbox #GMOSONIC #GMOSONIC2024.”