Britain’s Got Talent fans spot ‘proof’ escapologist stunt ‘was staged’ – did you see it?
BRITAIN’S Got Talent fans have spotted “proof” that the tense stunt by escapologist Andrew Basso was “staged”.
They took to Twitter in their droves to speculate that it had already been planned for things to go wrong during his death-defying stunt.
World champion escapologist and magician Andrew took to the stage to perform Harry Houdini’s Chinese Water Torture Cell stunt.
The Italian star was placed upside-down in a glass box full of water, as he battled to uncuff himself and take a breath.
He made it very clear after taking to the stage that more than two minutes in the water is extremely dangerous and could cause injuries.
Nonetheless, the act saw Andrew holding his breath for more than two minutes and 30 seconds as he battled to escape.
He had the judges – and hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – on the edges of their seats as he looked to have messed up the act.
The tense background music playing during his performance stopped before he managed to free himself fully.
However, the magician eventually freed himself from the box, after taking his time to uncuff his hands and feet and undo a padlock.
Now, viewers of the show think they have found “proof” that the entire act was staged, and not as dangerous as fans think.
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“You really think they would air a pre-recorded program of someone drowning? Jesus Christ,” one pointed out.
A second chimed in to agree: “We already know it will go wrong but he will get out just overtime.”
While a third said: “If that wasn’t staged, the crew would have rushed on to get him out… it’s embarrassing how fake this show is.”
“He was faking struggling for the wow factor,” a fourth concluded. “Being pre-recorded, you know that nothing goes wrong.”
A Britain’s Got Talent spokesperson hit back that claims the act was staged was “damaging and unnecessary” when contacted by The Sun.
“Andrew’s act was designed to excite and entertain audiences based on escapology practices that have been around for over 100 years,” they said.
“To claim his act is fake is damaging and unnecessary. It’s not true to say BGT is set up and we’ve constantly repeated that the show is not fixed.
The ITV show, which returned to our screens earlier this month, has already been hit by lots of fix rows.
It comes as BGT fans have spotted another clue that proves the show is ‘fixed‘ as all the acts have been doing “the same thing”.
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Fans are saying that some of the performances are “set up” and “fixed” because acts always ask judge Amanda Holden up on stage.
Last week it was Phantom, and over the weekend it was escapologist Andrew Basso who asked the 51-year-old to help him at the start of his performance.