Britain’s Got Talent fans believe they have sussed out the identity of The Witches after this week's tense semi-finals.
The BGT hopeful scared the life out of judge Amanda Holden so much so that she fled her seat during their latest performance, writes The Mirror.
Tension was all around as the creepy contestants placed a box on the judge's desk and Amanda asked: “Is there a rat in there?”
The 51-year-old screamed as she put her hand inside the box and The Witch held up the rodent and proceeded to chase her round the studio with it.
“What’s the matter Amanda? Rat got your tongue?” The Witch was heard saying in a seemingly Scouse accent.
But although he’s not from Liverpool, Britain’s Got Talent fans are now convinced The Witch is TV host Stephen Mulhern.
Taking to Twitter on Monday night, fans shared they think The Witch is Stephen – but suggested hosts Ant and Dec could also be in on the act.
One fan wrote: “The Witch is going to be Stephen Mulhern. No official Twitter page. So has to be a magician connected to the show. That hasn’t done that for years. And there was only one in the audition #BGT.”
Another said: “Pretty sure the Witches are Ant, Dec and the one performing tonight was Stephen Mulhern! I’ll be raging if I’m wrong.”
“Actually, The Witch DOES sound a bit like Stephen Mulhern #BGT,” a third tweeted.
Giving more insight into why The Witch could be Stephen a fourth claimed it was to get “revenge” on Amanda.
“So #TheWitch on #BGT is @stephenmulhern getting revenge on Amanda for something that happened on the after show one year. "I forget what but anyway he’s a bloody good magician.”
It comes after Stephen himself appeared to hint he could be The Witch after sharing a photo getting his make-up done by Ant’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong on Instagram.
He captioned the post: “Everyone keeps asking if I’m The Witch from @bgt! Well you might want to ask @lisaarmstrongmakeup what I look like before she put makeup on me!”
Commenting underneath one of his 614,000 followers wrote: “You always look great! So was it you?”
“Too ugly for you x,” another said, while a third posted: “Ooh you aren’t denying it.”
Sadly The Witch was sent home on Monday night without making it through to the Britain’s Got Talent final.
So far singer Maxwell Thorpe and ventriloquist Jamie Leahey are through to the final show which will air on ITV on Sunday, June 5.
The other finalists will be decided this week, as the show airs every night.
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