Amanda's Got Talent...for shameless attention-seeking as she tries to fight off young rivals at 44: TV-star is famed for her 'look-at-me' moment

• Amanda Holden spends her time praising contestants on Britain's Got Talent but covets a little for herself too
• She's been accused of staging a stunt on Monday as she poured water over Stephen Mulhern to grab headlines
• TV star may be 44 but she's giving younger rivals a run for their money with her sumptuous and revealing outfits
• Over the last year she's grabbed her breasts, lifted her dress and even got her bottom out for a bit of attention 

Amanda Holden was said to be livid, while presenter Stephen Mulhern apparently feared for his safety as security guards were called in to restore order after she furiously threw glasses of water over him.

Or so insiders on Britain’s Got Talent’s ITV2 spin-off show claimed on Monday, after Holden was compared with U.S. socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, dubbed ‘the Bride of Wildenstein’ because of her extensive plastic surgery.

Plainly, it was all a stunt that Amanda was in on — but doesn’t that make it all the more pitiful? She may insist she hasn’t had surgery and no longer has Botox, but with a complexion as tight as hers not everyone believes her.

Monday: As the BGT semi-final acts hope to make it to the final, Amanda just wants to make it to the end of the show without falling out of her dress. Later on Britain’s Got More Talent, she soaks host Stephen Mulhern after he ungallantly compares her with the Bride of Wildenstein

Monday: Amanda's motto is simple: If the split in your dress isn't revealing your legs to millions of viewers on TV, simply pull it apart

Now, perhaps, she’s decided that ridiculing her looks on TV is easier than dealing with the doubters who think she’s had the odd nip and tuck.

There’s no denying Amanda is one of our more accomplished female TV presenters. She doesn’t set viewers’ teeth on edge in the way Tess Daly appears to on Strictly; neither does she come across as a bloke’s woman with no time for her own sex as Ulrika Jonsson can.

With Amanda, it’s more a case of putting your head in your hands and wondering what on earth possesses a 44-year-old mother-of-two to behave like she’s the star of her own Carry On movie.

Wednesday: The dress that led to all those complaints: plunging, see through and what appears to be a climbing plant creeping over her right breast. Picture by Dymond / Syco / Thames / Corbis

At her age, she will be aware women are often ruthlessly dropped by TV bosses as they nudge towards 50, especially when younger rivals such as The Voice’s Rita Ora and The X Factor’s Cheryl Fernandez-Versini are snapping at her heels. But is her increasingly desperate behaviour really the answer?

Earlier this month, she was a guest on The Graham Norton Show alongside actress Carey Mulligan, who discussed the challenges of performing Chekhov, while fellow actress Noomi Rapace talked about speaking three languages.

And Amanda? Well, she talked about her permanently erect nipples and how they always guide her home like an in-built satellite system. Then she lifted her gown to reveal a fake tattoo of Simon Cowell at the top of her thigh.

She’s also filling in for Holly Willoughby on ITV’s This Morning, where she’s an engaging host. But, my word, the antics, the innuendo: she’s pinned tassels to her chest and twirled them around and pretended to undress during a cookery segment.

And it’s not just her behaviour: Amanda’s clothes leave little to the imagination. Justifiably proud of her yoga-honed body, there’s no part of it she doesn’t want to put on display, even if it results in complaints to Ofcom — as her revealing BGT dressses have done this week.

We’ll have to wait and see what Amanda has planned for tomorrow’s final because with ten million viewers, she won’t be able to resist the chance to show off. Here, in all her attention-seeking glory, are Amanda’s latest look-at-me moments . . .

April 13: 'How can I accessorise this lady-like polka-dot dress?' wondered Amanda on ITV's This Morning. 'I know, with a pair of Union Jack nipple tassels.'

January 21: Just like an ordinary person, Amanda likes to use public transport. Unlike ordinary people, she does it in evening dress while posing for a photo

January 6: Amanda Hold-em: ‘Do you think these are a lovely bunch of coconuts?’ asked Amanda when she posted a suggestive snap on Instagram from her holiday

 

November 24, 2014: A man in a kilt? It was never going to end well. Sure enough, Amanda can't resist having a cheeky grope of actor James Murray at a charity function

October 31: What do you do when you're on the red carpet and there's no wind to blow your dress up? Why you just hoik it up yourself, of course, and flash your pants for the people

 

 

October 20, 2014:Unable to resist the latest craze of taking a ‘belfie’ (bottom selfie) Amanda flashes her backside behind the scenes at the This Morning studio. It’s hard to imagine Judy Finnigan doing that