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Not the best show of talent

- ANNIE BROWN

LIKE a chipolata bursting from its skin, Amanda Holden tottered on to the BgT stage, held together by boob tape and questionab­le taste.

Amanda has been honest in her naked ambition to get tongues hanging out and wagging with her outfits on Britain’s got Talent.

And this week in a plunging dress, slashed to the navel, Amanda achieved her aim to “spark complaints” to Ofcom about her revealing ensembles.

The outraged Twitterati condemned her for dressing like a “stripper”, which is unfair to women who strip for reasons of being skint, rather than attention seeking.

Dolly parton once said: “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap” – and it’s fair to say Amanda’s £11,250 Julien McDonald dress won’t be appearing in any strip joints soon.

Amanda, 46, would look good in a bin bag, just preferably one not ripped open by a hungry cat.

One viewer tweeted: “So Amanda is effectivel­y topless on BgT.”

But another wrote: “It’s a bit of cleavage, grow up. Is her body. Not yours.” Which is a fair point.

Amanda can, like every woman, wear what she wants but when feminists burned their bras, the right to wear saucy statement dresses wasn’t their priority.

As an accomplish­ed actress, nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award, she has greater talents to inspire young fans, than any she shows off in a dress.

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