STRONGMAN JD Anderson had already performed on two Simon Cowell TV shows before his jaw-dropping Britain's Got Talent audition.
The burly American, whose nickname is The Iceman, stunned viewers on Saturday night when he snapped baseball bats on his body, bent a hammer with his bare hands and propelled his body through thick ice.
His bravery left him with a bleeding head and four yeses from the mesmerised judging panel. However, the bearded bruiser's brute strength is unlikely to have come as a surprise to Simon.
JD reached the quarterfinals of America's Got Talent in 2014 when Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum made up the judging panel.
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