Britians Got Talent

[amy56]

Originally Posted by neilhd

Am I the only one that was turned off by the magician? The whole thing was designed to just tug on the heart strings and to be honest it put me off him as this was the most blatant attempt at a sympathy vote I've ever seen.

The trick wasn't amazing. I'm no magician but there's many ways that could have been done.

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I didn’t know whether it was because I only watched it last night, after having seen several Facebook posts raving about it and how emotional it was - but I too thought it was too contrived and it didn’t feel as magical as other tricks they’ve had on there in the past - but as I say, that might of been because I had been expecting so much having read all of the reviews?

I did shed a slight tear, but not about the act - just about Ant crying and hitting the golden buzzer - I always like the golden buzzer bit! Lol!

[macdonald]

i had a young teenage daughter with cancer but i also found it distasteful,im unsure why but i did!...

[Loulou127]

I also didn’t like it, thought the part where his daughter called out seemed overdubbed? I was shouting for them not to hit the golden buzzer ☹️

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by WhereIBelong

Is that the multi-millionaire Amanda Holden? Her talents may not be on the creative side, but financially she seems a fair bit more talented than me... about £6million more...

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says all you we need to know about 'celebrities' these days

minted with no actual talent other then being 'famous'

read recently joey essex has amassed a similar sum, all for appearing to be unfeasibley thick on tv.. & im sure its all an act ...

[juless77]

cant possibly think how hw did it

[DonnaD]

Originally Posted by juless77

cant possibly think how hw did it

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I saw an explanation on Facebook. It is far easier than it seemed. After reading that I am with those who feel it was too manipulative and wonder how he can create the same impact next time.

[Moleymole]

Yep I agree, the magician’s trick could have been done a number of ways and it did seem in bad taste.

[neilhd]

Originally Posted by macdonald

i had a young teenage daughter with cancer but i also found it distasteful,im unsure why but i did!...

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Basically, because he's using their suffering to advance his career, and all over national TV.

I suppose there's nothing against making a few quid after the suffering - they probably deserve some good fortune - but cashing in on it just seems a little off to me.

[neilhd]

Originally Posted by juless77

cant possibly think how hw did it

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The one thing that struck me was the pen and the book. We didn't see the book up close, and there are certainly "trick" books out there that aren't real books, and only have a small number of possibilities.

We didn't see that the pen was a real, working pen. The chances of Simon actually encircling an entire word, and a small word at that, seem quite remote. So the "hat" could be pre-circled on every page.

I didn't pay close enough attention but I presume if he's good enough with cards he could have placed the penguin on top without us noticing.

The Rubik's cube is a bit trickier to explain. The video could have had multiple versions of that shot and the correct one picked by someone off-stage before it started to play.

These are just my thoughts - I have no clue what I'm talking about! I'd be interested if anyone has a link to the actual answer. I find magic fascinating.

[Cabbie]

Originally Posted by neilhd

The Rubik's cube is a bit trickier to explain. The video could have had multiple versions of that shot and the correct one picked by someone off-stage before it started to play.

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The clue is that he had to put it back in it's box

-Steve