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I see they ditched any idea of a selection process for the live finalists although it's probably been like that since Covid?

So did everyone who got put through in audition make it to the live finals? If so it rather invalidates the golden buzzer.

No, there’s still only 40 in the semi finals, and more than 40 yeses were given at the auditions. The cut still happens, but now off screen. Last year they did briefly show the judges deliberating (without showing the results) but this year didn’t even bother with that, although Ant & Dec did briefly refer to “the judges having some work to do”.

It was a part of the show that didn’t rate especially well, and almost certainly wasn’t worth dragging everyone to London for, particularly now they have more international acts and professionals. But they should probably have been a bit more explicit that there is still a cut.