Britain’s Got Talent has caused a lot of controversy this year with many acts being accused of cheating. We saw Beau Dermott face a completely unfair Twitter backlash, and Ben Blaque was lambasted for his appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2012.
But now, ballet dancing duo, Bitter Harvest, are being thrown into the spotlight after the discovery that they had previously appeared on a dance competition show.
On Saturday, Britain’s Got Talent fans watched as married couple Shannon and Peter Parker won the hearts of the judges and audience with their touching dance performance to Wings by Birdy.
However, eagle-eyed fans were quick to spot that the pair have already achieved success on another TV talent show.
Shannon, 49, and Peter, 46, had appeared on Sky 1’s Got To Dance in 2014 although they lost out on the title to an act called Duplic8.
The Sky talent show even saw them mentored by Britain’s Got Talent winner Ashley Banjo from dance troupe, Diversity.
People have branded the show a 'joke' and displayed their upset on social media.
The couple appeared on ITV chat show Lorraine this morning to talk about why they deserve to keep their place in the competition.
Peter said: “We want to show people our story. We've got lots of ideas we want to share - especially with the production side of things.
“It's very exciting and we've got our fingers crossed that we will be able to do that. We just want to make everyone to enjoy ballet.”
The controversy comes as another act from Saturday’s show was put under scrutiny.
Jasmine Elcock blew the judges away with her phenominal version of Believe by Cher, and Ant and Dec even stepped in to press the Golden Buzzer and fast-track her into the semi-finals.
But fans were less than impressed with the 14 year-old when it emerged that the young singer had already performed in the West End musical Annie, and they felt that the Golden Buzzer was ‘wasted’ on someone who already had professional experience.
But show bosses have insisted that the competition is open to everyone, regardless of their previous experience or lack of.
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