Britain's Got Talent fans ‘work out' how semi-final magician did his trick – did you spot it?
BRITAIN's Got Talent fans have delivered brutal feedback to semi-final magician Harry Moulding - insisting they worked out his trick.
He pulled off an elaborate wedding proposal on Saturday night, resulting in a Golden Buzzer from KSI.
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Magician Harry Moulding was chosen as KSI's Golden Buzzer act
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Although the judges were on their feet, some viewers were not impressed
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He filmed a pre-recorded VT in Paris where he met a lad also called Harry
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The magician orchestrated a proposal between Harry and his girlfriend but fans said it was planned way in advance
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The live studio audience erupted into cheers and Harry got a standing ovation.
But those at home were harder to please, and took to Reddit to moan about the performance.
Harry proved himself to be quite the matchmaker and psychic - having appeared in a pre-recorded VT filmed in Paris predicting a proposal.
He met a lad also called Harry in the VT, and his girlfriend Jess was sat in the BGT audience. She was then 'randomly' chosen to get up on stage and play the pre-recorded video.
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Her partner Harry then appeared on the stage in the Hammersmith auditorium and chose to get down on one knee.
Jess was left in tears as she said 'yes', leaving the judges and the presenters on their feet.
But people at home were very suspicous over the "trick", with one sharing a theory on how it played out.
They said: "It was very obvious that the fiancee was in on the trick. He did not bring in an engagement ring randomly. So this seat number was forced.
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"Was Jessie also in on it? I'd like to believe she was set up for a romantic surprise, but she specified Paris, so I think she was a plant. The other seat numbers appear to also be plants."
One wrote: "There were no tricks in that performance, every single aspect was clearly staged, no talent or skill involved in any of it.
Max Fox golden buzzer moment
"It was a complete set up by the show pretending to be an original act from a magician.
"I know the show takes the p*** a lot but come on, that was complete b******s."
Another said: "His only trick was ensuring the judges read the desired card information. Everything else followed that."
A third said: "I mean. That literally is the act. All those types of magic acts are done that way.
"It wasn't a very good example of that type of act. Very obviously fake, especially the 'proposal'"
One more raged: "Yeah I was routing for Harry for lots of reasons but that was horrendous. He made a massive mistake and thought a woman was called concert."
It comes as another act says they
Max Fox has taken to Instagram to hint he was given advice on what to sing, after losing out on a place in the final.
In a text post, he wrote: "I took the advice ... but haven't shown you the best of me yet.
"After 19 years of trying I finally had my moment. I got the Golden Buzzer, the public rallied behind me, and I had stepped into the semi final ready to show something new.
"And of course, I took their expert advice.
"After all, they've shaped careers and know what works on a stage like that. But deep down I knew I had much more to give. I still do."
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Britain's Got Talent's biggest 'fix' rows
Britain's Got Talent has been plagued with 'fix' rows over the years. How many of these do you remember?
Jasmine Elcock - 2016:
Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher's Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London's West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: "I've performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous."
IrShad Shaikh - 2017:
BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned.
Colin Thackery - 2019:
Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but
Axel Blake - 2022:
Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered
Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year's hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by
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