APPEARING on Britain's Got Talent is supposed to be the start of a glittering career. Not to mention a chance to perform in front of the royal family at the Royal Variety Show - and the ultimate prize of £250,000. 14 The judges are often blown away by the acts they see on the stage Credit: Eroteme 14 Olivia was just 14 years old when she appeared on the show Credit: Rex But for a few, it also means the nation is watching when they drop to their lowest point and get carted off to jail.
From £3m fraud schemes to drug scandals and faking cancer, the life of some of the stars, after the applause of the BGT audience has faded, has taken a turn for the worse. Others, however, have seen it as a fresh start - giving them a platform to show how they have turned their life around after a stint inside. As this year's crop of wannabes prepare to battle it out in Sunday's grand final, we have a look at the contestants who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Drugs injected in sweets Singer Olivia Archbold , now 27, was tipped to become the next Charlotte Church after appearing on BGT in 2010, aged just 14. But seven years later she was up in court alongside her then boyfriend, Alex Nash, for helping him run a dark web drugs racket which saw them mail cannabis-laced sweets across the UK. Nash would order the cannabis online from America and Holland using Bitcoin before Olivia would break it in to batches.
The pair would inject cannabis concentrate into chocolate bars and s.
