BRITAIN’S Got Talent has been hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints.
Last weekend the ITV competition returned to television screens up and down the country – but despite the family-friendly show thrilling viewers on Saturday night, it also infuriated some.
Auzzy Blood was one of the acts that infuriated viewers because of his morbid and sickening stunt routine – and now the extent of viewers’ anger has been unveiled in the form of complaints.
Appearing on stage in gothic make-up, the performer held up giant corkscrews to the audience before carrying out his gory stunt.
Feeding the corkscrews through his nose and out his mouth, Auzzy Blood left the studio audience squealing and viewers at home complaining.
It has now been revealed that more than 700 viewers logged complaints to the regulator about the show overall.
771 viewers in total emailed Ofcom about Saturday night’s episode, with the ITV show hit with the staggering number of complaints.
The vast majority of complaints were about Auzzy Blood’s routine – with the number published as 680.
Meanwhile, around 90 of the complainants were about nudity in Akira Ohashi’s routine.
Akira left viewers open-jawed as he showcased his naked act on Saturday night – although not everyone was impressed.
After Auzzy Blood performed on Saturday night, viewers took to social media to fume over the gross act – with some even threatening to complain to Ofcom.
One person said on X: “@ofcom will be getting lots of complaints tomorrow from this guy hanging from his nose.
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Another added: “I’ve sent one, my 6 year old was traumatised poor thing. It’s not even 9pm.”
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“I personally believe the fact you came onto a show like this and stuck hooks through your nose is morally repugnant and totally out of keeping with a family show and a potential Royal Variety act. NO.”
While a fourth penned: “I thought Britain’s Got Talent was supposed to be a family friendly show and they got people shoving hooks & tubes through their mouth & nose and almost getting a judge to drink from that same tube??
“That’s disgusting to say the least!”
And a fifth added: “Seriously @Ofcom What’s on britains got talent tonight should be looked at this is not entertaining kids could be watching this Hooks through face.”
The act, whose real name Austin Punton, has a Guinness World Record for the highest body weight pull with a meat hook inserted in the nose.
Not only this, but he has three Guinness World Records to his name in total and they are all for very dangerous acts.
When Auzzy isn’t performing his professional sword-swallowing routine, he looks nothing like his on-stage self.
Images uploaded to his Instagram account show him without any face-paint or stage make-up at all.
In some snaps, Auzzy has short blonde hair whilst in others he sports a more shaven head look.
