BGT viewers claim contestant was 'robbed' after judges said he was 'the best they ever had'

Britain's Got Talent is back on telly after the 17th series kicked off on Saturday (20 April).

But some viewers are already unhappy with proceedings, however, thinking that contestant Nkululeko Innocent Masuku was worthy of a Golden Buzzer.

Each judge can give one Golden Buzzer to one act per series, which will send them straight through to the next round of live shows.

Over the weekend, the South African operatic tenor took to the BGT stage to perform an impressive rendition of Lucio Dalla's 'Casuro'.

Watch below to see if it was 'Golden Buzzer worthy':

After bringing the house down, Masuku was called the 'best opera singer' in the show's history by judge Amanda Holden.

Alesha Dixon said his performance was 'overwhelming' and Simon Cowell called it 'wonderful'.

And viewers took to X to complain about Masuku not being awarded the Golden Buzzer.

Viewers thought contestant Nkululeko Innocent Masuku should have been awarded a Golden Buzzer. (ITV)

"How didn't he get a golden buzzer! This show is so backwards", one viewer fumed.

That was powerful! Should have been a golden buzzer!!!" added a second.

"He amazing still crying [sic] #BGT he deserves the golden buzzer," wrote a third.

"How 'the best opera singer we’ve ever had' doesn’t get a golden buzzer, but Sidney Christmas, a trained professional who is already successful does… this is why #BGT is forever frustrating," another commented.

"If anyone deserved a golden buzzer, it was him. Absolutely brilliant voice, finally a decent act," someone else said, while another person claimed he was 'robbed of a golden buzzer'.

Now, it appears that Masuku is an award-winning operatic tenor and has a number of accolades for his work.

The judges were stunned by his performance. (ITV)

The ENO Harewood artist been awarded the Drake Calleja trust award, sponsorship by The Tillet Trust fund, The Oppenheimer International Scholarship, and The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Study Award.

Elsewhere on the ITV show, an eight-year-old boy with a brain tumour got the golden buzzer as Dixon was seemingly reduced to tears.

Ravi Adelekan took to the BGT stage to perform The Greatest Showman's 'A Million Dreams' alongside 50 patients, medical professionals and his five-year-old sister Maya.

He is unable to sing alone due to the effects of living with a brain tumour.

Ravi told The Sun: “I didn’t see Alesha pressing her golden buzzer because we were bowing.

“There was all this confetti, but it took all of our brains a long time to draw the connection to the buzzer.

“I’ve met famous people before, but in the moment it felt different to that — like they believed in what we were trying to do.

“If we won it would help us reach our fundraising goal, but also winning would just bring so much more awareness of brain tumours.”