Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left ‘sobbing’ after judge Simon Cowell broke the show’s rules and awarded a second Golden Buzzer on Saturday.

Each member of the panel is awarded one press of the Golden Buzzer per series, which sends acts straight through to the live semi-finals, but the music mogul, 65, was so blown away by ‘incredible’ charity band Electric Umbrella he couldn’t resist.

The Watford based band featured young singers with learning disabilities and their joyous performance had Simon, Amanda Holden, 54, Alesha Dixon, 46, and Bruno Tonioli, 69, screaming for more.

After Simon broke the rules the Blackpool audience burst into applause as gold confetti fell from the ceiling and he headed onto the stage to congratulate the singers.

Taking to X fans gushed:  ‘Sobbing, I love them so much’: ‘Oh my god this act on BGT has got me feeling all the emotions’: ‘BGT that was so touching. So glad Simon gave them a Golden Buzzer’: ‘That really deserved a Golden Buzzer’: ‘Aw my heart they deserved that Golden Buzzer so much’.

The last episode saw viewers complain about a significant technical issue after watching the audition which scored a Golden Buzzer from Amanda Holden.

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Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left ‘sobbing’ after judge Simon Cowell broke the show’s rules and awarded a second Golden Buzzer on Saturday

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Each member of the panel is awarded one press of the Golden Buzzer per series, which sends acts straight through to the live semi-finals, but the music mogul, 65, was so blown away by charity band Electric Umbrella he couldn’t resist

As 11-year-old Oliver joined the stage revealing he wanted to become the best guitarist in the world – adding he was an admirer of AC/DC‘s Angus Young.

The young lad caused a standing ovation and captured judges and guests in attendance with his musical skills.

‘A star is born,’ judge Amanda, 54, said as she immediately commented the performance.

‘I have never seen anything like that before in my life.’

With the crowd raving about Oliver and chanting in unison – they pressured judges to press the famous golden buzzer, until Amanda did.

The little aspiring guitarist jumped with joy as also his parents got very emotional while watching in the audience.

‘You already have your own distinct sound which others spend decades trying to do,’ head judge Simon Cowell said.

‘You’re that good, seriously good. That was BRILLIANT. Good for you!’

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The Watford based band featured young singers with learning disabilities and their joyous performance had the judges screaming for more.

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After Simon broke the rules and hit the buzzer the Blackpool audience burst into applause as gold confetti fell from the ceiling and he headed onto the stage to congratulate the singers

Taking to X fans gushed: ‘Sobbing, I love them so much’: ‘Oh my god this act on BGT has got me feeling all the emotions’

But some fans at home were left way more unimpressed after stressing they couldn’t ‘even hear the guitar’ during his live act and raced to X to remark the issue:

‘You can’t even hear the guitar #bgt’;

‘Couldn’t hear him playing the backing track was so loud and it looked fake tbh’;

‘Couldn’t tell because you played music over him’;

‘Why is that annoying back ground music always playing . A lot better when the programme is live’;

‘Was that good hear the music playing over what he was doing. Not a golden buzzer for me’;

‘They probably feel pressured to press the button by the audience’;

Meanwhile other viewers couldn’t stop gushing over the astonishing performance, adding the golden buzzer was instead ‘well-deserved’, commenting:

‘#BGT this 11 year old guitar prodigy just blew us away in Britain’s got talent’;

‘Some golden buzzers this year have been horrendous. But that 11 year old kid on the guitar deserved it. Absolutely class. #BGT’;

MailOnline has contacted ITV’s reps for a comment on this.