Simon Cowell ‘set on fire in terrifying Britain’s Got Talent audition leaving audience in shock’
thesun.co.ukSIMON Cowell was set alight by a masked performer at today's Britain's Got Talent auditions, according to reports. The music and TV mogul, who voluntarily took part in the act, had no idea his head was going to be engulfed in flames, nor did the audience who screamed in terror.
One member told the Mirror: "The audience screamed, judges were out of their seats screaming, everyone was totally stunned. The flames were put out and Simon got up looking a bit shell-shocked while the rest of the judges breathed a sigh of relief as he returned to the panel." The 63-year-old's head was covered with a black hood onstage and a magician place it inside a box before dousing him with lighter fluid.
The performer then dropped a lit match into the box and the hood went up in flames. Simon casually played it down after the lucky escape.
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