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Fuming Britain’s Got Talent fans accuse singer of ‘miming’ after wowing judges with rendition of Freddie Mercury hit

Published on March 22, 2025 at 07:57 PM

Fuming Britain’s Got Talent fans accuse singer of ‘miming’ after wowing judges with rendition of Freddie Mercury hit

BRITAIN'S Got Talent fans have been left fuming after they accused one act of “miming” his way through a performance of a Freddie Mercury hit.

Singer Mickey Callisto took to the stage hoping to wow the judges on the BGT panel.

Screenshot of a young man singing into a microphone on a stage with a blue background.
Mickey Castillo has been accused of miming by some BGT fans
Screenshot of a young man singing into a microphone on a stage.
He performed a Queen hit on the ITV show

For his act, he sang the iconic Queen hit Somebody to Love and he instantly had the audience on his feet with his near-perfect vocals.

His likeness to Freddie Mercury was unmistakable as he gave his best performance tribute to the iconic singer.

But despite being a hit with most on the ITV talent contest, some fans were left furious as they accused him of “miming”.

They were left unable to accept that Mickey was delivering live vocals as they hit out online.

One wrote on X – formerly Twitter: “This guy looks like he’s miming!”

Another then tweeted about Mickey as if they were the show's producer, writing: “‘We'll record you singing, then you come on and mime to the recording'.”

Before another question the authenticity, stating: “Is he trying to sound like Freddy Mercury, or is that his own voice.”

However, others were more blown away by his vocals and talent as they said: “Wow! Mickey is sensational! What a voice and great stage presence too. Are there no gold buzzers left.

“He deserves one. He could be in a musical or movie about Freddy.”

As someone else echoed: “Jaw dropped at Mickey.

“Where’s he been hiding? How is talent like this untapped for so long.”

The crowd were also left chanting “push the gold”, however he failed to secure the top reward from the panel.

Britain's Got Talent's biggest 'fix' rows

Fuming Britain’s Got Talent fans accuse singer of ‘miming’ after wowing judges with rendition of Freddie Mercury hit 4

Britain's Got Talent has been plagued with 'fix' rows over the years. How many of these do you remember?

Jasmine Elcock – 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher's Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London's West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: “I’ve performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous.”

IrShad Shaikh – 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. He got four red buzzers from the judges, which would usually mean an instant dismissal. Yet in a strange turn of events, they let him continue with his act…and put him through to the next round.

Colin Thackery – 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but there was an outcry over the final. He warbled his place to win with a version of We'll Meet Again but fans were furious that escapologist Jonathan Goodwin didn't even rank in the top three. Viewers felt Jonathan – who almost suffocated while being buried alive in a gravel pit – should have won.

Axel Blake – 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Axel already had a show on worldwide streaming platform Amazon Prime. Despite this, Axel still went on to win the series.

Loren Allred – 2022: The 2022 series of BGT was hit with another controversy when singer Loren Allred also received a Golden Buzzer. She performed Never Enough from the smash hit musical movie The Greatest Showman and got a standing ovation. It later transpired Loren was actually the original voice behind the track.

Taryn Charles – 2024: Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year's hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman byAretha Franklin, but it has now come to light that she is no stranger to TV. Viewers recognised Taryn from an episode of ITV1's Starstruck, where she impersonated Whitney Houston for judges Olly Murs,Sheridan Smith,Adam LambertandBeverley Knight.

Freddie Mercury of Queen performing on stage.
He sang just like Freddie on the show
Screenshot of a young man singing into a microphone.
He had an incredible vocal delivery
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