Originally Posted by Ed Sizzers:
“But they haven't been dishonest.
As a statement in direction relation to the show, saying "Britain's Got Talent" is true. The show's title isn't defined by who wins it, it's a sweeping statement. The fact that a non-British act won doesn't negate the (perceived) talent of the British acts who came second or third or wherever.”
Just suppose for a minute that either you, or me, with our "talent" fly the Atlantic to appear on America's Got Talent, and we win the show, and fly home. Wouldn't you feel rather odd going about Britain as a British citizen saying you were the winner of America's Got Talent? I would, regardless of whether I had the rights to live and work in the States and therefore the right to enter. It feels wrong, and perceptions are everything, regardless of the exact letter of the law.