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Was it a) his own pupil and b) an underage one? I think a combination of the two will always be an absolute no no, regardless of whether it has been several years since the pupil had left.

It appears that they're now saying the BBC were aware.

If I had to guess, it's a combination of those and him not disclosing them. Though even if he had I think he'd still have been sacked. There's probably more to it if he was dismissed almost instantly.

I'm guessing it doesn't involve a minor, otherwise they'll have surely said that? From the sounds of it, this seems to have been about him not declaring it. I guess if there were no charges brought, it'd be fair enough to think it wouldn't need to be brought up (even if you were perhaps wrong). EDIT: They're now saying the boy in question was under 16: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykq2lqjw7o

Inappropriate behaviour - it was to do with text messages he sent to colleagues.

I didn't mind Epic Sax Guy - it's a bit like when they got Mr Blobby a few years back. It makes for a fun bit of TV rather than them being a serious competitor (or maybe he is?). Or the Bobby Goldfinn guy the other year. I liked the magician that got KSI's golden buzzer but the others have been quite forgettable for me.

It must be bad if something that occurred ten years ago can get you sacked today.

The fact that he was sacked immediately instead of "pending an investigation" (as it sounds) makes it seem like it was very serious.

#45 is pretty good. It's their biggest song that doesn't feature anyone.

It was nice to see a comedy act get the golden buzzer. Comedy is a tough one on BGT because you're not really playing to a comedy audience, and you don't really know what's going to hit or not, but I hope he does well. We've had a few more choirs over the weeks, and magicians. They're entertaining enough but the problem with the latter is I really need them to do something different. The magician on this week's show didn't really do that.

I also thought it was too obvious to be him, but the twist (for want of a better word) came a bit out of the blue.

Isn't it just the framework that's American, not the humour?

Hang Tough has been used a lot more than I remember last series. It is very much a test of how long you can hold on, isn't it? 😄 I was rooting for Shaun purely for the story of him bettering his dad but Josh put in a very good showing.

It depends on what you want from them. It'd hardly be any better if they were media trained to within an inch of their lives, and I like the fact that they're not (or at least it seems like they're not). If we're going to emphasise the importance of authenticity with pop acts and the like, then we're going to have to accept that it's going to be a bit messy. But either way, he is 17 and he does seem a bit more boisterous than the others - in the show he said he'd been kicked out of school a few times.

I kind of get why they thought it was rude but it's the sort of thing Lord Sugar would come out with (and they wouldn't have an issue).

I wonder if there is an alternative to drafting someone in mid-way through because someone's injured. It'd make for a slightly downbeat show if they gave the contender a free pass to the final. I'm not sure about some of the events. Suspension Bridge & Duel and Atlaspheres & Crash Course seem to do very similar things. I know they don't use them in the same episode but still.

Karishma carried her team. I feel Harry was only made PM as a potential scapegoat if they lost. Lawrence is lucky that his track record in the process is decent enough, as that would otherwise be an easy firing. I'll be surprised if either him or Levi last much longer.

I thought that in between shows, they were able to do some revising? I guess they'd only do that for subjects that they thought they were likely to face, which is easier to work out earlier in the run.

I enjoyed tonight's GB act. Never know what to make of knife throwing acts really, it feels like we've had a lot.

Our first triple firing since 2017. Carrington's oversight on not checking if the food is edible or not is probably what did it for her. The corporate clients are never going to be fully satisfied if they put the candidates fully in charge of the food.

Maybe something's in the air but I'm enjoying this series a lot more than last year. The magician was really good and I really enjoyed the guy who did the poem too.

Yeah, it re-entered at No.68 (6,676 sales), largely due to physical sales (2,192 CDs, 1,325 vinyl singles). Interesting article. I mean, it's a tricky one because there has not been a boyband (new one to come out of the UK) to get this much backing since streaming came into play, so they don't really have a comparator. At least they're not expecting #1s or anything. Whether it works, only time will tell.

It was nice to see a team do well not just because they were less crap. It was one instance of them deserving a treat.

I guess he would have been less exhausted too, having only participated in half of the show.

Suspension Bridge seems to be a mishmash of Duel and Collision. I much prefer Unleash and Destruction when it comes to the new games as they at least do something a bit different to the others.