{"id":585662,"date":"2026-04-04T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585662\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:26:13","slug":"britains-got-talent-viewers-slam-audition-as-they-work-out-magic-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585662\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent viewers slam audition as they ‘work out’ magic trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left fuming after a magic act on the ITV show, with fans calling the performance ‘boring’ just minutes into the audition<\/p>\n

19:50, 04 Apr 2026Updated 19:52, 04 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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The internet star was left speechless (Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Britain’s Got Talent<\/a> audiences found themselves expressing identical sentiments within moments of tonight’s programme beginning.<\/p>\n

The royal variety show returned this evening with Simon Cowell<\/a>, Amanda Holden<\/a>, KSI, and Alesha Dixon<\/a> searching for the nation’s greatest talent.<\/p>\n

As the audition rounds progressed, numerous acts aspired to emulate the success of Paul Potts and Susan Boyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aiming to achieve similar acclaim to last year’s champion, magician Harry Moulding, a collective of magicians demonstrated their abilities on stage.<\/p>\n

The threesome, known as the Maverick Magicians, were determined to “put as many smiles on as many faces as we can” and showcase their craft globally, reports the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The judges were left stunned(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, audiences weren’t particularly impressed by their performance, which entailed escorting Simon Cowell outside the venue to purchase a watermelon, before disclosing that the identical watermelon contained a concealed message linked to KSI, following his writing of a school<\/a> companion’s name on paper.<\/p>\n

Viewers were left frustrated that the performance was “boring”, as one commented: “I’m bored with magic now.”<\/p>\n

Another stated, “Boring and it would take too long at Royal Variety.”<\/p>\n

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The magicians auditioned on Britain’s Got Talent in tonight’s show(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Yet another remarked: “Well, that was a rubbish act! Also longer than 2 minutes,” while someone else declared: “What a load of fake, fixed c***.”<\/p>\n

“Just get on with it,” one audience member said, while someone else contributed: “Bit long winded.”<\/p>\n

“Yawn,” several echoed, with yet another viewer commenting: “Sorry, but I’m over magicians.”<\/p>\n

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The magicians divided viewers(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Another stated, “Maverick Magicians – I bet if you were there, it was great, but sat at home, I was bored.”<\/p>\n

Some viewers, however, insisted they had figured out the secret behind the illusion, with one suggesting: “The piece of paper was obviously already on the floor under the guy’s foot,” while another stated: “I bet the note was in the Hammer, definitely staged.”<\/p>\n

Others took issue with the negative feedback, as one remarked: “Maverick Magicians, that was good!”<\/p>\n

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KSI was involved in the magic trick(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Someone else posted: “That was ok though!” as another observed: “Holy s**t. They’re awesome and pretty hot too.”<\/p>\n

Despite audience reactions, the judges were thoroughly impressed by Maverick Magicians, with KSI astonished to find his friend’s name on the piece of paper.<\/p>\n

KSI confessed he was “lost for words,” declaring: “That was incredible. A huge yes from me.”<\/p>\n

“That’s unbelievable,” Simon contributed, saying he was “blown away”, while Amanda described it as “exciting”.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Got Talent returns next Saturday at 6.45pm on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent viewers were left fuming after a magic act on the ITV show, with fans calling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,58346,134,6207,427],"class_list":["post-585662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-britains-got-talent","tag-entertainment","tag-itv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}