Britain’s Got Talent has found itself in a fix row after semi-finalist Mickey Callisto dropped a subtle swipe at the ITV shows after coming under fire from the judges.

The Sunderland singer sang Queen’s Somebody To Love for his performance at London’s Apollo, but was left unimpressed by the judges’ criticism.

Bruno, while praising Mickey, said he ‘didn’t hit all the notes,’ before Alesha Dixon told him she preferred his first audition, though Amanda Holden described his song as ‘fantastic’.

Not wholly convinced by the act, Simon Cowell remarked: ‘You are a really, really good Freddie Mercury tribute act and, for that, it was really, really good.’

Defending his song choice, Mickey threw some shade at the show by revealing he wanted ‘to sing his own song’ – inferring he was told he was not allowed to.

After he failed to secure a place in the final, viewers were left enraged and claimed ITV bosses ‘stitched him up’.

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Britain’s Got Talent has found itself in a fix row after semi-finalist Mickey Callisto dropped a subtle swipe at the ITV shows after coming under fire from the judges

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The Sunderland singer, who sang Queen’s Somebody To Love for his final performance at London’s Apollo, was left unimpressed with the judges’ criticism (pictured: Simon Cowell)

Comments included: ‘I see they are stitching up Mickey mCallisto on #BGT right now – what were those judges listening too!?’

‘Mickey was fantastic. Was robbed of a golden buzzer in his audition, and was robbed again tonight.’

‘Yet again #BGT is fixing shows by not allowing Mickey Callisto to sing what he wanted and he was asked to sing Somebody to love… To be told he’s a good tribute act….’

‘Would’ve preferred to have heard Mickey sing his own song, he’s more like a Freddie mercury tribute act, need to see if he would be versatile as a singer, but other than that, he didn’t seem to happy with the comments either!’

‘Mickey got abused by the judges when he can actually sing..’

‘They should have allowed Mickey to sing his own song. I think he smashed it anyway! Amazing voice!’

Mickey found himself forced to defend himself after he came under fire from the judges for picking a Queen song as they said he was a good ‘tribute act’ but weren’t totally convinced by the semi-final performance.

But he took a swipe at bosses as he quipped: ‘I think first of all what I would say is, I sing with passion and that is all that matters and I made a lot of people happy tonight.

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He defended his talented vocals and person by revealing he wanted ‘to sing his own song’ – inferring he was told he was not allowed to

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But it appears ITV viewers at home were in agreement with Mickey as they took to X to share their thoughts on the performance

‘And the other thing is, yes, it was like a tribute to Freddie, but I sing my own songs and I wanted to sing my own song.

‘But anyway it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter whether I sing my own songs or Queen.’

To which Simon backed the show and added: ‘I think you did the right thing.’