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The ‘don’t do this at residence’ warning has by no means been extra actual than on Britain’s Acquired Expertise this weekend.
In completely terrifying and horrific scenes, sword swallower Andrew Stanton carried out what Simon Cowell described as ‘probably the most disgusting factor’ he’d ever seen within the present’s historical past.
Issues had been eerie from the off, because the stunt performer (properly, he’s a therapeutic massage therapist by day), refused to talk when he walked onto the stage, leaving everybody questioning what he was going to do.
He proceeded to swallow one sword proper in entrance of the judges’ desk, which the likes of Amanda Holden, Bruno Tonioli, and Alesha Dixon struggled to look at.
However Andrew didn’t cease there, as he then pulled out three swords and yep, you guessed it, caught them down his throat.
The viewers continued to gasp and scream because the auditionee made it seem like gentle work.
And simply to verify they had been, yanno, totally in there, his assistant then whacked the swords in utilizing… a frying pan.
Actually, we really feel queasy simply imagining it once more.
For his finale, Andrew did one thing that’s by no means been seen on BGT earlier than.
Calling a nervous Amanda, 52, to the stage, he instructed her to lie down beneath him with a belt round her waist.
As soon as she was in place, Andrew swallowed a last sword and hooked up himself to Amanda, clipping chains to her waist and his precise eye sockets.
As the gang roared and the remaining judges lept out of their seats in shock, Andrew lifted Amanda clear off the bottom.
It was a very petrifying second, with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly additionally unable to look at as they requested: ‘What's flawed with him?’
Sharing their horror on-line, Twitter customers admitted they had been ‘traumatised’ by the entire thing.
‘That was probably the most uncomfortable factor I’ve ever seen’, one particular person wrote.
One other wrote: ‘That was surprising to look at however I LOVED IT’.
‘It’s a no from me! I couldn’t watch any of it’, one other wrote.
Andrew acquired 4 yeses from the judges, though we are able to’t say we’re excited to see what he does subsequent…
Britain’s Acquired Expertise returns subsequent Saturday on ITV1 and ITVX.
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