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Barbara Hodgson

Britain's Got Talent semi-finals: Who's appearing alongside Ant and Dec this Saturday

Having been kept waiting four months, Britain's Got Talent fans can't wait to see what happens next with the hit show's auditions.

And this Saturday night they can catch up with more of the action as Ant and Dec host the second instalment of the latest ITV series since its return from lockdown.

The eagerly-awaited semi-finals got under way last Saturday, following the long gap since those auditions aired, with Ashley Banjo - lead star in Diversity, the winners of the third series of Britain's Got Talent - this time replacing Simon Cowell on the judges' panel.

And Diversity's Black Lives Matters-inspired routine had viewers talking as much as the acts themselves.

Now another line-up of contestants and another special performance - this time from McFly - are set to appear.

After head judge Cowell broke his back in an electric scooter accident, Amanda Holden was promoted to head judge for the now socially-distanced show's return.

Making up the rest of the panel are regulars David Walliams and Alesha Dixon.

They'll be casting judgement on a range of acts, including 10-year-old Souparnika Nair, from Bury St Edmunds, who will be singing ‘Neverland by Zendaya; Damien O’Brien, 35, from London, who will be showing off his magic skills, and Class Dynamix - a school choir from Leeds - whose mix of nine to 11-year-olds will perform an original song.

BGT viewers beg Ant and Dec to stop as they SING on semi finals

Out to raise some laughs will be 52-year-old Liverpudlian Allan Finnegan with a stand-up comedy routine then there will be more magic in store from 49-year-old Amanda from Inverness-shire, Scotland, who will perform a trick with the help of her rescue dog Miracle.

An act by Aaron and Jasmine, aged 28 and 32 and from London, will combine Latin and ballroom dancing plus acrobatic tricks while Honey and Sammy, from Essex, will sing Calum Scott's You Are The Reason.

This pairing of 43-year-old mother Sammy and daughter Honey, 14, were previously Amanda’s golden buzzer pick.

The final act on the programme will feature more young talents, The Coven, whose 12 to 19-year-old members will perform a dance routine dressed as witches.

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