ITV Britain's Got Talent fans 'howling' over bloody act that fooled Simon Cowell with their lie

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Singing act The Dots left Simon Cowell baffled as they performed in a bid to win a place on stage at the Royal Variety Performance.

The trio took to the stage to explain that they'd had to replace one of their members at the last-minute over 'creative differences.' They told judges Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams that one of the original dots walked out. "They were a bit difficult shall we say," they explained when pressed on the fall-out.

And as the act got underway on the ITV talent show Simon sat open-mouthed and tried to work out what was going on as the boogie woogie-style close-harmony singers performed out of time with each other, forgot their steps and squabbled.

But then he admitted 'the penny has dropped' as things became even more chaotic. READ MORE: Catherine Tyldesley shares gorgeous photos from family outing with newborn baby girl "It's like light-bulb moment," fellow judge Amanda Holden teased Simon as it became clear that The Dots were a slapstick comedy ensemble.