Alesha Dixon’s emotional response to Diversity routine
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breakingnews.ieBritain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon says she became emotional watching Diversity’s performance on the show. The dance troupe’s Black Lives Matter-inspired routine has prompted more than 23,000 complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
Dixon told the Daily Mirror: “On the day of the performance, the camera didn’t actually pan to the judges and I was sitting there in floods of tears. “I had this overwhelming feeling of, ‘Wow I can’t believe I am watching this on BGT’.
It felt really important.” Diversity’s routine saw a man in a police uniform kneel on star Ashley Banjo, echoing the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, while other dancers performed with police riot shields.
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