Complaints over Holden’s BGT outfits are dismissed

AMANDA HOLDEN’S skimpy

outfits “would not have exceeded most viewers’ expectations”, the TV watchdog has said, after deciding not to investigate.

Ofcom received 683 complaints – mostly about Holden’s wardrobe, although there were some about fellow judge Alesha Dixon’s – over the course of three programmes.

Eyebrow-raising outfits worn by Holden, 46, included a dramatically low-cut gown slashed to the navel, with a cut-out panel that reached down to the small of her back.

Viewers’ complaints on Twitter included “So Amanda is effectively topless on Britain’s Got Talent” .... “What the hell is Amanda wearing on BGT, totally NOT suitable” and “Half term hols with kids watching – sort yourself out Amanda Holden – not good!”

Ofcom said that the outfits had the “potential” to cause offence on a family show but that the ITV programme was “appropriately scheduled”.

“We carefully assessed complaints that dresses worn by judges were inappropriate for a pre-watershed audience,” a spokesman for the regulator said. “We recognise that the dresses had potential to offend some viewers during what is a family show. However, while some outfits were revealing, we considered it was appropriately scheduled and would not have exceeded most viewers’ expectations.”

Ofcom also dismissed 27 complaints over judge David Walliams, 45, dropping his trousers.