Britain's Got Talent viewers said their pulses were left "racing" during a "creepy" act which saw Simon Cowell's head seemingly set on fire. Mysterious entertainer Miki Dark, 57, appeared silently on stage on Sunday's episode dressed in a black hooded jacket, his face covered in white, black and red paint.
Alesha immediately recognised him from sister show America's Got Talent and an audience member could be heard commenting that the "whole atmosphere has changed". Without a word, Miki started off by pointing at each judge invidually, before he pulled out a piece of paper, which had the words "blah blah blah" written on it. He then took out a lighter and burnt the paper, before walking off stage to approach the disturbed judges.
Eyeing up each one in turn, he appeared to consider them individually before settling on Simon to include in his dangerous act. Simon sat in a chair, and mouthed 'What's happening?' to his fellow judges, before the performer put a hood over his head.
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Miki then took out a container of what appeared to be lighter fluid, which he squirted over Simon's hood. At this point there were gasps from the judges and the audience, and the camera panned to a paramedic on standby backstage.
The judges could barely barely look as Miki placed a box over Simon's head. He opened the top of it, and threw two lit matches inside. The judges and audience were left screaming and reeling on shock as the entire box - and Simon's head - appeared to be engulfed in flames.
All the while Simon sat motionlessly, apparently unaware of what had happened to him. Miki closed the panels of the box to kill the flames and lifted it, and Simon's hood, away to reveal he was unscathed by the horrifying act.
Simon asked, 'What happened?' as he returned to his seat, adding that it "didn't feel good". Amanda Holden said the stunt was "massively entertaining and horrific all at once", while Alesha Dixon said: "You are a very brave man to do that...very good, very good." Bruno Tonioli added that he was "captivated" by the act, and Miki received four 'yeses'.
Viewers at home were equally disturbed by what they had witnessed. One tweeted: "Great but creepy act from Miki Dark. Omg that just got my pulse racing a bit. Simon was on fire!!" Another said: "Omg what a creepy guy". A third wrote: "That was my kind of act on #BGT. Was absolutely enthralled all the way through. Simon will be literally fearing for his safety when he watches that back."
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