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Charlotte Tutton

Britain's Got Talent confirms wrong finalist in live blunder

Britain’s Got Talent viewers spotted a major blunder during Wednesday’s semi-final, as the wrong finalist was named ahead of the live final on Sunday.

Colin Thackery and Kojo Anim were the latest stars to make it through, beating John Archer in the top three.

They will join Dave & Finn, 4MG, Flakefleet Primary School and Siobhan Phillips in the final on Sunday.

But an error at the end of Wednesday’s main show on ITV said otherwise, with one of the above taken off.

BGT fans noticed they had listed the wrong finalists (ITV)

Siobhan was not on the board at all, with Ant and Dec oblivious as they continued hosting duties.

Instead, fellow semi-finalist Matt Stirling took her place on the finalist board.

The blunder didn’t go unnoticed, as confused viewers took to Twitter to share the mistake.

Siobhan Phillip made it through (ITV)

One fan asked: “Didn’t the piano playing mum go through to the final of #bgt last night ? Surely the wrong picture is on the board ??”

Another tweeted: “Think you have one of the people from last night wrong.”

A third commented: “So where’s Siobhan Phillips gone? She’s no longer on the finals board.”

Siobhan was missing from the board (ITV)

As some fans questioned whether the pianist and comedian had pulled out, Simon Cowell was quick to confirm this was not the case.

Speaking on sister show Britain’s Got More Talent, he revealed the board was incorrect.

As no one else appeared to notice, he told host Stephen Mulhern the list was “wrong” confirming Matt had not replaced her.

Britain’s Got Talent airs all this week live on ITV at 7:30pm.

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