BBC labels its own shown Let It Shine “s**t” in embarrassing now-deleted retweet

BBC bosses were left red-faced on Saturday night after accidentally branding Gary Barlow's show Let It Shine "s**t".

The BBC One talent show is in a prime time slot on the channel, and the Corporation's social media accounts were busy promoting it while it aired.

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But an overzealous social media staff member from BBC Radio 2 missed a crucial hashtag in one person's tweet before retweeting it to their 6001K followers.

It read: "Opted not to subject myself to #LetItS**t and tuned into the delightful Liza Tarbuck @BBCRadio2 instead".

Earlier in the evening, judge Gary Barlow admitted he had made a mistake with the score he had given one of the show's auditionees.

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During the second episode of the BBC talent show, which seeks to find five boys to form a boyband for a Take That musical, 22-year-old Curtis T Johns performed Put Your Records On.

He secured 19 out of a total of 20 stars from Gary and his fellow judges Dannii Minogue, Amber Riley and Martin Kemp, with the Take That frontman being the only one to give him a 4 to stop him getting a perfect score.

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But it seems after watching the show, Gary had a change of heart about Curtis' performance.

The auditionees fans can breath a sigh of relief though, as the 45-year-old admitted he should have given him five stars as well.

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Taking to Twitter, he wrote: "Great talent so far ! Curtis, I got that one wrong [five stars] from my sofa #letitshine".

The star had been bombarded with tweets from viewers who felt he had been too harsh with his four on the show.

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One wrote: "@GaryBarlow Curtis is amazing should have got your 5 for a full house. Loving this show #letitshine" while another added: "Gary Barlow running scared... Why didn't he give Curtis 5 stars!!!!".

A fellow viewer agreed, writing: "cmon @GaryBarlow #Curtis deserved 5 [stars] he was outstanding @CurtisTJohns Good luck xx".