Britain's Got Talent 2023 fans call 'FIX' over mum and daughter audition!

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Britain's Got Talent 2023 viewers are convinced the moving audition was 'set up'

Britain's Got Talent 2023 judges and Ant & Dec around the golden buzzer
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Britain's Got Talent 2023 fans are convinced one of the most moving moments of last night's show was "set up".

The fans have taken to social media - and even turned detective - to share their belief that amazing teenage singer Tia Connolly's 'surprise' audition was nothing of the sort! 

Intriguing!

So what happened?

Tia Connolly

Tia got everyone talking  (Image credit: ITV)

Last night's show started with its usual mix of magicians, illusionists and, erm, odd men wearing tiny pants and pretending to be naked (surprisingly he got a yes from all four judges!).

Ukelele player and school teacher Abi impressed the judges with her witty lyrics and sweet singing.

And Chicken Shed, the inclusive theatre group from North London, wowed everyone on the panel with their singing and even won a golden buzzer from judge Alesha Dixon!

Tony doing his naked poses in BGT

It's probably best you don't ask (Image credit: ITV)

It was one of the later auditions that got the fans really talking.

Towards the end of the show, mum Claire arrived. She told Ant and Dec she was singing and had brought along daughter Tia for support.

But when Claire took to the stage, she announced that while 15-year-old Tia thought it was her mum auditioning, it was actually Tia who was going to sing.

"She's helped me through some very hard times," Claire explained. "I'm giving my audition up today for Tia. It's my way of saying she's fabulous."

Claire told the judges that Tia didn't know how good she is and she wanted to give her a chance to show off her talent.

Tia was surprised when her mum gave her an audition

Tia was shocked when she found out she was auditioning but the fans were suspicious!  (Image credit: ITV)

After a few minutes to get herself together, surprised Tia took to the stage.

"I usually sing in the shower so this is the biggest thing I've done," she told the judges.

And then she absolutely blew them away with her amazing rendition of I Didn't Know My Own Strength by Whitney Houston.

The judges were stunned by Tia's voice.

"Smashed it," said Alesha, while Bruno Tonioli said she was "singing from your soul."

And an impressed Simon Cowell simply said: "That's how you do it."

Tia wowed the judges on BGT

Fans thought Tia was too professional to have been surprised!  (Image credit: ITV)

Tia got a yes from the whole panel, but the fans weren't so impressed.

Many viewers believed Tia knew all along that she was going to be singing because she was so confident and professional.

They thought that the 'surprise' had been set up.

"Totally staged," said one fan.

"Just a set up," agreed another.

And that wasn't all! Within seconds, viewers had tracked Tia down on TikTok where she has thousands of followers and often wows by belting out songs from home.

@mum_and_tia

love will save the Day ❤️❤️❤️❤️

♬ original sound - TIA C

But there was no denying that Tia's got talent.

"There's a star in the making," said one impressed viewer.

Do you think the audition was staged?

Britain's Got Talent continues next Saturday at 8pm on ITV. Check our TV Guide for more information.

Kerry Barrett
Kerry Barrett
Freelance writer

Kerry is a writer, author and editor with a lifelong love of the soaps, a passion for TV drama of all kinds, and an obsessive devotion to Strictly Come Dancing. 

She was features editor of All About Soap magazine for more than a decade, covering every bit of excitement from all the UK soaps and the Aussies and still writes about all the juiciest gossip from the Street, the Square and the Dales whenever she can.

Kerry’s also an author of historical fiction, and her two jobs collided when she got the chance to write two novels based on Emmerdale, and the Sugden, Tate and Dingle families, during WW2.