Britain’s Got Talent Series 18 returned over the weekend for another round of auditions, as the judges decided who should move on in the competition. The episode featured a strange moment, as judge Simon Cowell ended up earning the Golden Buzzer.
This week’s new episode of BGT included an audition from a performer called The Hacker, who started his performance by calling Simon Cowell’s phone. He informed the judge that they would be trading places for the audition.
So Cowell stepped onto the stage, while The Hacker sat in his chair, wearing a red outfit and a mask. While playing the role of judge, The Hacker’s voice was disguised as more high-pitched. When asked what he’d do with the prize money, Cowell said he’d “just keep it to myself.”
The Hacker helped Cowell with his audition, bringing out various props and instructing him on what to do with them. Cowell successfully wrote down a word The Hacker was thinking of, and then he correctly predicted an object that everyone in the auditorium was thinking of.
The judges gave their critiques, and then The Hacker chose to hit the Golden Buzzer for Cowell. After the confetti rained down, the judge joked that they should “double the prize money.” Unfortunately, this probably doesn’t count as an official Golden Buzzer, but it made for a funny moment.
