Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden’s revealing outfit has received more complaints than any other television moment so far this year, according to Ofcom.
The June 1 episode – in which the 46-year-old ITV star wore a daring dress, slashed to the navel – attracted some 663 complaints, the watchdog said.
Holden wore the controversial £11,250 dress by Julien Macdonald, after admitting days earlier that she was seeking complaints once again this year, as she joked: ‘Will people be complaining to Ofcom? I hope so, I really do.’
Revealing: The June 1 episode – in which the 46-year-old ITV star wore a daring dress, slashed to the navel – attracted some 663 complaints, the watchdog said
Last year’s the Britain’s Got Talent final saw 90 complaints regarding Alesha Dixon and Holden’s dress choices sent to Ofcom – and 200 sent to ITV, although the regulator deemed them both ‘suitable’ for the show that year.
Holden’s latest wardrobe malfunction received almost twice as many complaints as Comic Relief, in second place.
The fundraising show, broadcast on BBC1 on March 24, attracted 340 complaints for ‘crude language’ and ‘sexual references’.
Viewers branded Comic Relief ‘cringeworthy’ and ‘an utter shambles’ after a series of technical glitches, X-rated gaffes and ‘unfunny’ sketches.
Controversial: Holden’s latest wardrobe malfunction received almost twice as many complaints as Comic Relief, in second place
Several moments on the show – including when Vic Reeves flashing a fake penis at Susanna Reid before the 9pm watershed and host Russell Brand shouting ‘f***ing hell’ live on air – sparked controversy.
The complaints come in the same year that Comic Relief launched a Swear Jar app – so people can donate money to Comic Relief every time that they use bad language.
Fans slammed Russell Brand for yelling ‘F***** hell’ after the broadcast cut off due to a technical fault and cringed at comedian Vic Reeves.
Meanwhile Graham Norton ‘awkwardly’ pressed a red-faced Cara Delevingne to explain how she had sex on a plane – despite her father sitting in the audience.
Fans slammed Russell Brand for yelling ‘F***** hell’ after the broadcast cut off due to a technical fault and cringed at comedian Vic Reeves
Several moments on the show – including when Vic Reeves flashing a fake penis at Susanna Reid before the 9pm watershed sparked controversy
Emmerdale’s March 6 episode was in third place, with 275 complaints for violence and a storyline involving intimidation towards character Aaron Dingle in prison.
The controversial episode showed Aaron being taunted by fellow inmates about the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father, Gordon, as a child.
Meanwhile, Good Morning Britain’s interview with ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, broadcast on June 20, attracted 181 complaints.
The far-right activist prompted fury after accusing the Finsbury Park Mosque of ‘creating terrorists’ just an hour after people were mown down nearby as they left evening prayers.
Emmerdale’s March 6 episode was in third place, with 275 complaints for violence and a storyline involving intimidation towards character Aaron Dingle in prison
Benidorm also came under fire this year after receiving 137 for its May 3 episode due to ‘perceived derogatory reference to a person with a cleft lip’.
The ITV series aired a joke on its series nine finale episode on May 9 which saw actress Sherrie Hewson’s character refer to a man with a cleft lip and palate as having ‘a voice like a thirteen-year-old girl and a face like a dropped pie.’
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) has since published an open letter branding the comment ‘highly offensive’ and ‘ignorant’.
Good Morning Britain’s interview with ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, broadcast on June 20, attracted 181 complaints
The far-right activist prompted fury after accusing the Finsbury Park Mosque of ‘creating terrorists’ just an hour after people were mown down nearby as they left evening prayers
The figures, up to and including August 10, were released under Freedom of Information laws.
The watchdog routinely publishes details of its complaints.