The dance group Diversity got on their knees during a performance in the semifinals of Britain’s Got Talent.
Dancer Ashley Banjo said she maintained her use of the symbolic anti-racism gesture, which is linked to the Black Lives Matter movement.
It’s not the first time Diversity has gotten on its knees at Britain’s Got Talent.
In 2020, the group’s performance inspired by Black Lives Matter sparked 21,000 complaints to Ofcom, the broadcast regulator.
Diversity, which won the contest in 2009, had taken to the stage with a politically charged routine during a semi-final, showing a white police officer kneeling on Banjo’s neck at a time when the murder was being echoed. of an unarmed black man: George Floyd. – in the US.
After a night of electrifying performances, singer Tom Ball and comedian Eva Abley have reached the final on Sunday.
The ball was placed directly after receiving the majority of votes from the audience.
He impressed audiences and judges at auditions with his performance of Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall.
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Abley, who has cerebral palsy, clashed with Japanese magician Keiichi Iwasaki and judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden voted in her favor.
Impressionist Ben Nickless and musical duo Flintz and Taylor have already secured their place in the final after their performances during last night’s semi-final.
Busker Maxwell Thorpe and ventriloquist Jamie Leahey, 13, got it during Monday’s show.