The viola player who egged Simon Cowell during the Britain’s Got Talent final at the weekend has explained her actions.

Natalie Holt, who was part of the backing group for Richard and Adam’s performance, said that she ran to the front of the stage and started throwing eggs at the panel because she didn’t like the fact that the support performers had to mime.

The brothers were performing when Natalie ran to the front of the stage. 

She told The Sun newspaper: “I took a stand against people miming on television and against Simon and his dreadful influence on the music industry.”

The 30-year-old musician, who auditioned but failed to make it to the final stages of last year’s series, also apologised to Welsh duo Richard and Adam in a statement after the incident.

Simon's jacket was covered in egg.

“I want to apologise to Richard and Adam for overshadowing their performance. I’ve never done anything like this before and in hindsight I have realised it was a silly thing to do,” she said.

And while Natalie might have stolen the headlines at the weekend, it was Hungarian shadow dance group Attraction that walked away as winners of this year’s competition.