Britain’s Got Talent viewers horrified as Simon Cowell ‘nearly killed’ by sledgehammer

Britain’s Got Talent viewers have been left horrified after Simon Cowell was ‘nearly killed’ by a man with a sledgehammer.

The auditions stage continued to air on ITV this week, with one act in particular leaving fellow judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli gobsmacked – and not in a good way.

Kranthi Drillman travelled from India to try out for the variety show, declaring how pleased he was to be able to perform in front of Simon.

He was initially called a ‘nice man’ from the media mogul, 65, before the yoga instructor’s act left everyone terrified.

Kranthi began by smashing into coconuts with his bare hands and teeth before taking things to a whole new level.

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‘I’m not enjoying this,’ the judges were heard commenting, while hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly warned: ‘Don’t try this at home.’

Simon Cowell was ‘nearly killed’ during a horror Britain’s Got Talent audition (Picture: ITV)

When viewers thought things couldn’t get any more dangerous, Simon was brought onto the stage and ordered to ‘stay completely still’ by a crew member.

We could all feel his heartrate increase when the performer put a blindfold on and began smashing watermelons around Simon’s head, as he lay on the stage.

When it all got a little too much, Bruno, Amanda and Alesha all buzzed ‘no’, with Simon urging the act to stop and needing help from the crew.

Kranthi Drillman travelled from India to try out for the variety show (Picture: ITV)

‘That’s it, that’s it,’ he shouted out to the production team, as they rushed onto the stage and told Kranthi to stop his act.

‘I didn’t know he was going to do that!’ Simon then told Ant as he was helped up, with watermelon debris brushed off him.

Viewers were equally as horrified, taking to X to share their panic.