A female dance troupe have hit out at Simon Cowell and ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.

The troupe attended the shows Blackpool auditions but were told by Mr Cowell that their costumes were “tacky”.

They returned to the London auditions after spending £5000 on new costumes only to be rejected without being given the chance to perform again.

Manager Kim Murray told the Daily Star Sunday: “Simon and the judges came on the balcony and said, ‘We’ve run out of time but we’ve made our decision… you are all going home’. They had waited seven hours for nothing. It was heartbreaking.”

A spokeswoman for the show insisted that the girls had never been told that they could perform again. “They just needed to turn up to hear the judges’ verdict,” she said.

However, Kim hit back: “We were never told we weren’t going to perform again.”

A group of pensioners also hit out at the show recently as they complained of poor organisation, long queues, and no refreshments.