A comedian had fans of Britain's Got Talent divided as he caught them off guard by appearing to pose naked. Tonikaku Akarui Yasumara auditioned to win a place on stage at the Royal Variety Performance on Saturday night (April 22) with an eye-catching performance.
The funnyman walked on stage and had the judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Simon Cowell worried when he started to undo his robe on the ITV talent show. But he made sure he let everyone know he was ‘wearing pants’ as he pointed out that he had on a pair of peachy-coloured briefs.
"But I can pose naked," he added. "No don't," Alesha warned him. But as the music played and the audience clapped along, he struck a pose as a 'naked footballer' in which he appeared to be totally stakers as he kicked out an imaginary ball.
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He followed this by posing the illusion of a horse rider in the buff and rounded off his act as the Spice Girls. Each time he declared 'don't worry I'm wearing ...", leaving the judges and audience to shout "pants!"
By the end he had totally won the judges over, received a standing ovation and sailed through to the next round. Alesha decided that he was her 'favourite contestant of the whole series so far' and Simon agreed that he was the 'funniest contestant we've had on all year.'
@CaptainEddKirk tweeted: "Honestly, Tony had me in stitches!" @owenkenn laughed: "Don’t worry, I’m wearing pants! brilliant." @TwellyWatcher praised: "That was entertaining he did good in the end 'don’t worry I’m wearing' #BGT that’s HIS catchphrase now! Print the t-shirts hahaha." @gailmarie1958 agreed: "#ImWearing New #BGT catchphrase." And @emilyroseon said: "Tony with the Naked Pants don’t worry I’m wearing pants has me howling."
But @blue_laur11 exclaimed: "Thank god he’s wearing pants!! Tonikaku is one of those acts where your like what did I just witness." @gelfred12 asked: "Seriously, standing ovation for that. How do people watch this show?"
@NorthEastLass1 asked: "Can someone explain why they're giving man in a pair of pants a standing ovation? I'm not getting it." And @garyhayles85 joked: "That WAS pants!"
@MufcLucas asked: "Wtf has just happened on #BGT." @Charlie__Tweets said: "Not quite sure what I just watched." @Catfinkle tweeted: "Just turned on #BGT - what on gods Green Earth is this."
DaveSwateridge asked: "WTF did I just watch?!?" And @EmmaLouisePlays said: "Oh I love Britain. Half the people watching are whining. The rest are p***ing themselves laughing."
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