{"id":492264,"date":"2026-02-22T15:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492264\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:37:07","slug":"local-hypnotist-stuns-simon-cowell-on-britains-got-talent-after-he-reads-his-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492264\/","title":{"rendered":"Local hypnotist stuns Simon Cowell on Britain\u2019s Got Talent after he reads his mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A hypnotist from East Kilbride made his first appearance on Britain\u2019s Got Talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fraser Penman, from East Kilbride, impressed judges with his \u201cMaster of Imagination\u201d routine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The act focused on judge Simon Cowell as part of the performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He read Simon&#8217;s mind (Image: STV Player)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ NEXT:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 30-year-old said his albinism gives him a &#8220;special ability to connect with people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He mentioned how his mum had always been supportive of him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fraser said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve lived in a body that made the world stop and stare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the performance, he invited judge Simon Cowell to think about a childhood memory and managed to figure out specific details of these by asking the judge to imagine sending the information to his mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A key part of the act involved a childhood dictionary, which Fraser said he once used as a shield when asked about features of his albinism such as why he was so pale or why his eyes looked different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He ended his performance with an encouraging statement for anyone struggling with confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said: &#8220;No matter what barriers you have in life, if you can see it in your imagination you can be anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is from East Kilbride (Image: STV Player)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ NEXT:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following enthusiastic praise from the judges, he spoke of how he had spent his whole life trying to look different and about how he has now changed his entire mindset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All four judges voted \u201cyes,\u201d sending him through to the next round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The judges&#8217; comments mean Fraser will return for the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hypnotist from East Kilbride made his first appearance on Britain\u2019s Got Talent. Fraser Penman, from East Kilbride,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[197239,49,48,197627,75,197625,61134,197626,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-492264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-britains-got-talent","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-east-kilbride","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fraser-penman","14":"tag-simon-cowell","15":"tag-stv-player","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}