Britain's Got Talent: The Champions judge Amanda Holden has spoken out about Paul Potts' shock exit from the show at the weekend.
The opera singer was the first contestant to be eliminated from the competition on Saturday night (August 31), with Ukraine's Got Talent winner and sand artist Kseniya Simonova plus the double act of Bello and his daughter Annaliese Nock sent through to the final.
At the time, Amanda was visibly shocked that Paul didn't make it through to the next round, and she's now admitted that she was "stunned" by the public vote.
Speaking on Heart Radio on Monday (September 2), she said: "He is our first ever Britain's Got Talent champion, he is an absolute trooper, a gorgeous man, very talented.
"But then you can never argue with people who are voting... if I say I thought it was terrible (the decision), I'm thinking that I'm obviously denying [them their voice]."
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She continued: "There are 250 people in the audience that have the opportunity to vote, there are 10,000 actually watching the show at Wembley, but 250 people producers picked to represent the public.
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"He had nothing to be disappointed about – he was absolutely brilliant, he brought the house down and I'm stunned he didn't go through."
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions continues Saturday (September 7) on ITV.
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