Furore over stunt double dog in talent show final

ITV boss Peter Fincham has called the presentation of Jules O’Dwyer’s dog act a “judgement call” — as complaints poured in about the Britain’s Got Talent stunt.

The revelation a lookalike dog was used to walk parallel ropes in the final sparked around 500 complaints by yesterday afternoon, with 365 to communications watchdog Ofcom and 130 to ITV.

Show boss Simon Cowell and his fellow judges, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, and Amanda Holden, have stayed silent over the furore.