Britain’s Got Talent judges were left in awe as a choir revealed that they formed out of a bond of trauma caused by the Post Office scandal. 

During tonight’s episode, judges Bruno Tonioli, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Alesha Dixon, saw Hear Our Voice for the first time. 

When gracing the stage in Blackpool, the choir lead, Tim, revealed to Simon that they were all directly impacted by the controversy surrounding the national organisation.

Tim said: ‘We only meet up when we were going through terrible times, and we wanted to put something together that gave us some joy.’

Commenting on the scandal, Simon Cowell said: ‘What happened I think was just shocking and I really hope that you win this battle because it was disgusting how you were all treated, I mean seriously, disgusting.’

Fellow choir member Jess said: ‘We’re just a very big family that have got together to let our voices out and let the world know that we’re all going to get through this fight.’

Britain’s Got Talent judges are left in awe as a choir revealed that they formed out of a bond of trauma caused by the Post Office scandal

During tonight’s episode, judges Bruno Tonioli , Simon Cowell , Amanda Holden , and Alesha Dixon , saw Hear Our Voice for the first time

‘And win,’ finished Simon.

The Post Office scandal, A.K.A the Horizon scandal, is widely considered one of the biggest miscarriages of justice.

More than 700 subpostmasters were wrongly convicted when dodgy Fujitsu software showed shortfalls incorrectly reported on their accounts.

In total, 236 postmaster and postmistresses were sent to prison, leading to bankruptcies and at least four suicides.

Between 1999 and 2015, many were wrongly accused of fraud, theft, and false accounting due to faults in the Horizon IT system. 

The system, developed by Fujitsu, incorrectly showed financial shortfalls, leading to prosecutions, job losses, and even imprisonments. 

Some victims lost their homes, livelihoods, and reputations, with a few taking their own lives. 

Despite years of campaigning, it was only in 2021 that the Court of Appeal overturned dozens of wrongful convictions. 

When gracing the stage in Blackpool, the choir lead, Tim, reveals to Simon that they were all directly impacted by the controversy surrounding the national organisation

The Post Office scandal, A.K.A the Horizon scandal, is widely considered one of the biggest miscarriages of justice. More than 700 subpostmasters were wrongly convicted when dodgy Fujitsu software showed shortfalls incorrectly reported on their accounts

The government has since announced compensation schemes and a public inquiry to investigate the scandal. 

The scandal has led to calls for accountability, particularly for Post Office executives and Fujitsu. 

It remains a major controversy in British legal and corporate history.      

Britain’s Got Talent continues tonight at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX.