Overview
- Britain's Got Talent received 108 complaints to Ofcom, the UK broadcasting regulator, after an audition in which a performer bled on stage.
- Contestant Leroy Patterson, 42, slammed his torso onto mousetraps, sat on nail-studded strips, and ran through active weed strimmers, leaving visible cuts.
- Hosts Ant and Dec and the studio audience appeared shocked, and guest judge Stacey Solomon pressed her red buzzer during the act.
- Despite the distress in the room, the panel advanced Patterson with three yeses after KSI encouraged the crowd to back him.
- Ofcom has not announced any ruling, with the outcry fueling debate over safety and what is suitable for a prime-time family show on ITV.