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And to top it off, judges buzzing an act because the screen they saw was too small (and out of the act's control entirely).

To be fair they buzzed him because the act didn't work either on stage or on screen. It wasn't engaging at all for viewers at home. I think it's different at auditions where these sort of card trick acts break up the monotony of the audition day for the judges.

It’s a bit weird Axel Blake did his routine tonight rather than the first semi or the final.

Not really - they've been on random nights for a while. Talking of which though have Diversity performed every single year since they won?

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That aside I do think these live shows have been very good so far. Not necessarily because every act has been great because they haven’t, although I’d say the standard overall has been decent. But they’ve really demonstrated the value of live TV this week. The whole show has had a chaotic energy you only get live and whether it’s Ant falling over, Bruno swearing or Simon failing to use a straw, it’s all stuff that only happens on live TV. Perhaps it’s the lack of live primetime TV post-pandemic that makes it stand out more but I do feel like it’s had a lot of energy this year. And like him or not Bruno has definitely contributed to that and I do think demonstrates they should have had the confidence to tweak the panel sooner than they did.

I agree - and the final is actually shaping up nicely.   It's not the TV event it once was but as far as live shiny floor primetime entertainment shows are concerned I think it's now just BGT, Dancing on Ice, Strictly, Saturday Night Takeaway (for now) and I guess Eurovision which fall into that category.

I still think Live TV is the main weapon of the traditional broadcasters in this streaming age so it's a surprise we don't see more of it.