A cheeky member of the audition audience of Britain’s Got Talent tried to disgrace Simon Cowell on Saturday night’s episode.
The music mogul, 63, returned to television screens this weekend as the head judge of the ITV talent show for the third installment of this year’s series.
But one person sitting behind Simon in the crowd at the London Palladium when the auditions started tried to make him red-faced as they harassed him.
The first act of the episode was Accordion Ryan, a US native who told Simon and fellow judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli that he was living in Vienna, Austria at the time of the auditions, where he was working as an English teacher. assistant.
Ryan had come to the UK from Europe to try for the £250,000 prize and the chance to appear at this year’s Royal Variety Performance, prompting Simon to ask: ‘So how did you get from there to there to here ?’
Red face? A daring member of the Britain’s Got Talent audition audience tried to disgrace Simon Cowell, 63, on Saturday night’s episode
Hopeful: The first act of the episode was accordion Ryan, a US native who told Simon he lived in Vienna, Austria at the time of the auditions
But Simon’s innocent question stunned one of the audience, causing them to shout, “Airplane!”
The seemingly obvious answer prompted Amanda to cackle beside him as the rest of the audience chuckled.
Simon shook off the momentary chaos and hit back, “I know with the plane!”
It comes after word got out that a Britain’s Got Talent star is about to make a welcome return to the ITV show.
Ashley Banjo has revealed that he and Diversity, who won the talent show in 2009, will be performing on one of the series’ live shows.
The dance troupe has made a number of appearances on the show over the years, including that controversial BLM-inspired routine in 2020, with member Perri Kiely noting that they have no plans to “break tradition.”
Their comeback comes amid reports that judge Amanda Holden is reportedly considering leaving the UK and moving to the US after visiting the set of America’s Got Talent.
The TV star is said to be considering a move to Hollywood after a two-week meeting with producers in Los Angeles.
Small talk: Simon asked accordion Ryan, “So how did you get from there to there to here?”
Confused? But Simon’s innocent question stunned one of the audience, causing them to shout, “Airplane!”
And while her future on the show may be up in the air, Ashley shared that he and his group look forward to getting back on the BGT stage.
He told MailOnline: ‘I’m sure we’ll be back this year – we’ve performed more on Britain’s Got Talent and Any Got Talent than any other act in the world. So we’re considering going back.’
While Perri added, “Right now it would be weird to break from tradition and not go back, so I feel like it would be nice to get back to the stage where it all started.”
And despite consistently delivering flawless performances throughout their nearly 15-year career, Perri admitted that they still get nervous when it comes to performing on the live stage.
He shared, “I’m nervous every time, it’s probably one of the most nerve-wracking gigs we do. Every time I get nervous before every performance, but when you’re back on BGT you almost have a point to prove.
He added that it’s “crazy” that they’ve kept coming back almost 15 years after winning the show, adding that each time they want to prove they “deserved” to be there.
Back again: Ashley Banjo has revealed that he and Diversity, who won the talent show in 2009, will perform at one of the series’ live shows (pictured with Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely in 2022)
Stalwarts: The dance troupe has made a number of appearances on the show over the years, including that controversial BLM-inspired routine in 2020, with member Perri Kiely noting that they have no plans to “break tradition.”
The dancer went on to say he’s “gassed” to take to the BGT stage again, confirming that fans will see them “someday this series.”
Meanwhile, while Diversity’s comeback is confirmed, what they’ll actually perform isn’t quite set in stone yet.
Perri joked that he “wished” they were prepared, but at the time, the routine was still in choreographer “Ashley’s” head, noting that the group will likely perfect their performance just a week before the show.
Britain’s Got Talent continues on ITV1 this Saturday at 8pm.
Tradition: Perri said, “Right now it would be weird to break from tradition and not go back, so I feel like it would be nice to get back to the stage where it all started”