Britain’s Got Talent’s rookie judges David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre have plunged the show into controversy – by saying Scotland’s got NO talent.

After visiting Glasgow for auditions for this year’s series, The Hoff moaned the acts were so bad he couldn’t understand what they were doing on stage.

Hoff, 58, said: “I didn’t have a clue what they were trying to do. I didn’t understand a word they said.”

And stand-up comic Michael, 35, added: “The acts weren’t great. The audience were restless and chanted ‘cheerio, cheerio’ when they didn’t like an act – that was chanted a lot.

“Susan Boyle blew everyone away when she auditioned in Glasgow but that won’t happen this year.”

Even Amanda Holden, 40, admitted that this year’s winner is unlikely to come from North of the Border: “We had great fun up there… in the hotel in the evening,” she joked.

The comments will hurt Scots especially as the show’s greatest success story is Susan Boyle. After coming second in 2009, she sold nine million copies of her debut album and the 50-year-old from Blackburn, West Lothian, is now thought to be worth over £11million.

Even before the Scotland gaffe, The Hoff, who has taken over from Simon Cowell on a £500,000 per year deal, raised eyebrows by saying: “My act would be a dancing willy! No, no, no running in slow motion” when asked to describe what he would do if he had to audition for BGT.

But aside from Glasgow and genitals, former Baywatch star Hoff said at yesterday’s official BGT launch that overall the talent was as good as in the States, where he worked on America’s Got Talent.

“Each city has its own atmosphere. It’s more fun here than the States,” he said.

“Most of the talent was young and heartwarming. We are excited for the final because we have such a diverse show.”

But despite this Hoff, who is dating Welsh model Hayley Roberts, 31, hinted that Simon Cowell may not like what he sees in the final.