Simon Cowell's life 'saved' by crew on Britain's Got Talent after shocking moment

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During the filming of the latest Britain's Got Talent series, Simon Cowell had his heart in his mouth when he found himself in a precarious position next to a blindfolded man swinging a mallet at a watermelon.

The harrowing incident is just a glimpse into the wild variety of acts competing in the show's 18th run, which is set to include BGT's most repulsive contestant to date, Auzzy Blood.This American performer incited gasps of revulsion as he passed an enormous screw and then a tube through his nose and mouth, and even convinced Simon to sip wine from the tube that had been inside him.The upcoming series will transport ITV audiences to Blackpool, a seaside locale where head judge Simon feared for his life onstage, surrounded by smashed watermelon and amidst the screams of fellow judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.

It was only when a member of the production team intervened that a stunned Simon recovered enough to exclaim: "Are you f***ing crazy? " Recounting that unnerving experience later to the Mirror, Simon reflected, "It's that feeling when you kind of think somebody doesn't want you on the show any more.

It was that. It was the closest, genuinely, where I'm thinking 'they actually want to kill me'. And I swear to God, that's how I felt because this guy got really nervous and he'd slipped and was shaking as he was smashing these watermelons."Simon, aged 65, expressed his relief after a particularly dangerous act on set, recounting how the laughing producers urged him to 'carry on', but he was thankful when the ordeal ended.