Yahoo News Simon Cowell almost ruins DNA's BGT mind-reading act
After DNA managed to fluff a card trick live on Good Morning Britain today (May 29), they had a big job to do for Britain's Got Talent's first live semi-final.
Thankfully, there were no blips – they just left everyone unable to explain how they performed another incredible stunt. Although Simon Cowell did do his best to derail it...
Kicking the act off, we saw a standard card trick involving some of the judges picking cards, but things quickly got very clever indeed.
There was a bit of cheeky 'top, middle or bottom' innuendo that got everyone giggling at this point, as the judges chose their cards.
Bottom jokes lol ... David Walliams is giggling..... Top act.. Well done @_dna_official #bgt
- george (@Geo77ge) May 29, 2017
Would you like Simon to be top, middle or bottom? Omg 😂😂😂🙊 #cheeky #BGT
- Rory Braceland (@RoryBraceland) May 29, 2017
Top, middle, bottom 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 #BGT #BritainsGotTalent pic.twitter.com/epQoUSVcyq
- Jozef (@jozefd14) May 29, 2017
"Would you like top, middle or bottom?" 😂😂😂 Cheeky DNA #BGT @davidwalliams liked that! 😉😂
- ♥Ant&Dec's🍀Ginger♥ (@KelliAnn_A) May 29, 2017
amanda top and alesha bottom i'm HOWLING 😂😂😂😂 #bgt
- ash (@robronxsuggle) May 29, 2017
Once they'd picked, a second deck of cards showed the judges' cards with their names on saying they were "meant" to pick those cards. Impressive enough.
For the second part of the act, David Walliams picked a random word, wrote it down and put it in his pocket – again a very standard magic trick – that was until it got VERY clever.
DNA asked Simon Cowell to turn to a page in a dictionary they'd provided – page 1,414 if you're interested – to find the word, but he had a bit of an issue.
Simon wasn't wearing his glasses and couldn't find the page, so Amanda Holden had to help him out, which was quite entertaining as a separate performance.
Can't believe Simon struggled to find page 1,414 in a dictionary during DNA's act. 😯 #BGT
- Tony (@iMagicTony) May 29, 2017
Still waiting for Simon Cowell to find that dictionary page.. #lostthewill #DNA #bgt 😏😂 pic.twitter.com/wHZeeqoLld
- Billy Lewis (@billy_lewis_) May 29, 2017
Love DNA but simon almost cocked it up for them, he was going to read the 10th word not the 11th #BGT
- Danielle (@dan_charlton87) May 29, 2017
#BGT #DNA if Simon doesn't find the page soon, we'll only get 3 adverts!
- Marie Holt (@MarieHolt50) May 29, 2017
@jackcollison @_dna_official Watching Simon flick through the dictionary was as tense as it gets. No idea how they do it! #BGT
- Britain's Got Talent (@BGT) May 29, 2017
Still, the word – "probably" – was indeed on the page and it was safe to say the act went down a treat with the judges, with Ant making fun of Simon's issue with the dictionary.
"Without glasses Ant, these are the smallest numbers I've ever in my life," he explained, before turning to the DNA chaps, gobsmacked.
"How the bloody hell did you do THAT? No seriously, I have no idea what just happened there, but that was honestly incredible."
David cheekily added: "What was truly magical, was that you got Simon Cowell to read a book for the first time in his life. That was incredible. I mean he didn't find it easy."
DNA battled it out in the first semi-final of the week alongside St Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh, PC Dan, Niels Harder, Kyle Tomlinson, Empire Dance Crew, Tyrone & Mina and Miss Treat Vibe.
Britain's Got Talent airs the show's live semi-finals all week on ITV.
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