Britain's Got Talent loses 2million viewers in just one week as fans complain that the show seems 'scripted'

Britain's Got Talent lost more than two million viewers in its second week as fans complained the show seemed ‘scripted’ and ‘predictable’.

Now in its eighth series, the ITV programme got off to a strong start this month when its first episode attracted a record audience of 10.5million viewers.

The figure – which climbed to more than 11million when viewers of the ITV+1 service were counted – was the highest ever for an opening show and the biggest rating of any TV show this year.