of each participant's overall performance in this series: | | | Judges' Wildcard Finalist Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series. Due to the nature of Aquabatique's performance, their live round performances had to be performed outside of the studio, with the judges and studio audience watching via screens. The latter value pertains to the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner. Semi-finals summary Buzzed out | Judges' vote | | | Semi-final 1 (6 May) Guest Performer, Results Show: Tulisa The Mend were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard. Semi-final 2 (7 May) Guest Performers, Result Show: The Wanted Semi-final 3 (8 May) Guest Performers, Results Show: LMFAO Semi-final 4 (9 May) Guest Performers, Results Show: Labrinth Semi-final 5 (10 May) Guest Performer, Results Show: Rebecca Ferguson Final (12 May) Guest Performers, Results Show: Susan Boyle, Diversity & Paul Gbegbaje, and The Show Bears (featuring David Walliams) | Ratings Criticism, controversies & incidents Beatrix Von Bourbon audition On 23 April 2012, Ofcom launched an investigation into the programme after receiving complaints from viewers regarding the audition of burlesque performer Beatrix Von Bourbon. The complaints focused on the nature of her performance - which her stripping down until she wore only nipple tassels and a corset - and thus its suitability for a family audience and being aired before the 9pm watershed. The investigation lasted two months, and concluded on 23 July with the regulator ruling that ITV had not breached its broadcasting codes on protecting children from unsuitable material, stating that the broadcaster's measures to censor the footage of the audition had been within acceptable parameters. Ryan O'Shaughnessy audition Researchers for Britain's Got Talent were forced to inform production staff that the participation of Ryan O'Shaughnessy, who auditioned for the sixth series, was heavily controversial due to his failure to disclose information in his application form for the show. Per the programme's terms and conditions, O'Shaughnessy had not disclosed that his involvement would be ineligible, due to him signing a contract with Universal Music and securing a place on the first series of The Voice of Ireland that same year. Although the singer was confronted with this information and stated in his defence that he wished to express his own music, Simon Cowell had to make clear that his involvement on the programme was a direct conflict