has confessed he feared for his life during a nail-biting act on , where he lay motionless as a blindfolded man with a mallet smashed watermelons beside his head.
The upcoming 18th series of BGT is set to showcase a plethora of bizarre and astonishing acts, including the most grotesque performer yet, Auzzy Blood. The American performer shocked the audience by inserting a large screw and then a tube through his nose and mouth, even convincing Simon to sip wine from the tube.
BGT 2025 promises an extraordinary experience for viewers, this time broadcasting from . Head judge Simon recounts a harrowing moment when he genuinely believed his life was in danger.
As the new series kicks off, viewers will witness a tense scene with Simon sprawled on stage, surrounded by flying mallets and watermelon chunks, while fellow judges and look on in terror.
However, the act is halted by a crew member as a bewildered Simon sits up, exclaiming: “Are you f****** crazy?”
Simon was forced to be rescued by a crew member (Image: ITV)
Reflecting on the incident, Simon told : “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, 65, expressed his relief to have escaped danger during a performance, recounting that the laughing producers had urged him to ‘carry on’ while he faced peril. “The health and safety guys, normally quite annoying, actually stopped him.
“Thank God, they saved my life. When you’re up there you’re immersed in it and then you go home and think ‘that sh** is dark, I nearly got killed 12 times’.”
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His co-judge, Amanda, described the ordeal as “horrific” noting that despite being instructed to remain completely motionless, Simon couldn’t help but move, feeling the “wind of the hammer” whisk past his ear.
“Even with St. John’s Ambulance – I don’t know what they would’ve done – but in the wings it was so precarious because it was melon they were smashing, so the water was everywhere,” she said.
“Any kind of safety that there must have been was out the window. It was very hard to watch.”
Alesha echoed: “We were genuinely worried. I realised how much I cared about you, Simon! Please don’t do that again. It is funny though, the hardest acts to watch end up being the most entertaining to watch back.”