{"id":27588,"date":"2026-06-01T07:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=27588"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:51:38","slug":"britains-got-talent-2026-has-crowned-its-winner-but-instead-of-celebrating-a-fierce-online-battle-has-erupted-while-supporters-are-calling-it-a-well-deserved-victory-others-insist-several","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=27588","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2026 has crowned its winner, but instead of celebrating, a fierce online battle has erupted. While supporters are calling it a well-deserved victory, others insist several fan favourites were completely overlooked, with accusations of a \u201cfix\u201d spreading across social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

BGT 2026: Hawkstone Farmers\u2019 Choir Crowned Champions \u2014 But the Controversy Is Only Just Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was supposed to be Matty Juniosa\u2019s night. The global fanbase had spoken. The view counts had spoken. Millions of people around the world who could not even vote had spent weeks making their feelings known online \u2014 and the singer with the voice that stopped rooms cold was widely predicted to take home the trophy.<\/p>\n

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Instead, on Saturday night at the BGT Grand Final, Ant and Dec announced a winner that sent social media into immediate and furious debate.<\/p>\n

Hawkstone Farmers\u2019 Choir \u2014 a choir established by television presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who was watching from the audience \u2014 had won Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2026.<\/p>\n

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\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

The Result That Divided a Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hawkstone Farmers\u2019 Choir defeated Anastasiia and Salsa, who finished third, and drone spectacular act Celestial, who came in as runners-up. Upon being crowned the 19th BGT champions, the choir received \u00a3250,000 and an invitation to perform at the Royal Variety Performance.<\/p>\n

In their acceptance, the choir dedicated the victory to farmers across the country \u2014 particularly those facing hardship \u2014 and made a point of noting their place in the show\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the first choir to have won BGT,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

For their supporters, the result felt entirely right. Social media filled quickly with messages of genuine celebration \u2014 viewers calling the win well deserved, praising the choir as a true representation of what Britain is about, and expressing pride in a result that honored the agricultural community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most deserving of winners. They are what this country is all about. Support our British farmers,\u201d one viewer wrote on X.<\/p>\n

The Accusations That Followed<\/strong><\/p>\n

But not everyone was celebrating. Within minutes of the result being announced, a different conversation was taking over \u2014 one centered not on the choir\u2019s talent, but on the circumstances surrounding their victory.<\/p>\n

The central point of contention: Jeremy Clarkson, who founded the choir and was present in the audience on the night, had publicly promised free pints of Hawkstone lager to everyone who voted for them.<\/p>\n

For a significant portion of viewers, that promise crossed a line \u2014 and the backlash was immediate.<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jeremy Clarkson Hawkstone Lager Farmers Choir win \u2014 what a total fix,\u201d one viewer posted. \u201cClarkson literally made the public vote them to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

The frustration extended beyond the Clarkson controversy. Fans of Matty Juniosa \u2014 whose performances of \u201cPurple Rain\u201d and \u201cDream On\u201d had generated some of the biggest online reactions in BGT history \u2014 were vocal in their disappointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatty was robbed,\u201d one viewer wrote. \u201cShocking results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others felt spoken word poet Sonny Green and dance group LMA had been equally overlooked in a result that left large portions of the audience unsatisfied.<\/p>\n

A Pattern the Show Knows Well<\/strong><\/p>\n

BGT controversies are nothing new. Last year\u2019s winner, illusionist Harry Moulding, faced similar accusations of the result being fixed \u2014 claims the Blackpool-born performer pushed back against directly, arguing that the disbelief surrounding a great magic act is often mistaken for evidence of cheating.<\/p>\n

\"Farmers'<\/p>\n

The Hawkstone Farmers\u2019 Choir now joins a distinguished list of BGT champions that includes Paul Potts, diversity dance group Diversity and dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey.<\/p>\n

Whether the result was deserved, controversial or somewhere in between \u2014 one thing is certain. BGT 2026 has given the internet exactly what it loves most: a winner everyone has an opinion about, and a debate that is nowhere near finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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