An escapologist act on Britain's Got Talent left some viewers of the ITV show unimpressed and a little suspicious.
He was part of the second round of auditions including dance groups, singers and an impressionist aiming to display their talent to the judges. However the most dramatic was saved until last, reports the Mirror.
When Italian Andrew Basso took to the stage with a huge glass box was seen behind him, he referenced the legendary Hungarian-American escape artist Harry Houdini.
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He explained the history of the the Chinese Water Torture Cell stunt, before inviting judge Amanda Holden up on stage to cuff him.
Andrew stressed that as he would be holding his breath under water, the stunt would become very dangerous after the two minute mark.
As the clock ticked away past the two minute mark and Andrew was still inside the cell, even hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly began to look nervous.
"I don't like it," Dec remarked, before adding: "He's run out of music!"
The judges looked just as panicked as Alesha Dixon asked: "Is this part of the act?" and David Walliams replied: "I don't know..."
As the clock went past the three minute mark, Andrew emerged from the water as he gasped for breath and everyone sighed with relief.
However, viewers were not convinced that the stunt had been as dangerous as BGT made out and took to Twitter to comment.
One person posted: "If that wasn’t staged, the crew would have rushed on to get him out… it’s embarrassing how fake this show is #bgt #BritainsGotTalent."
Another tweeted: "How many times have these acts been done seriously?. It’s so predictable like this wouldn’t be shown if he ends up dying trapped in a water tank! #BGT."
Someone else said: "I don’t believe for one second that these escapologists are ever in any danger so it really doesn’t do it for me #bgt."
And a fourth person added: "He knows quite well how long he can hold is breath for as something like that takes a lot of practice. The music stopping was just for dramatics #bgt #brotherincest."
A different person fumed: "Nearly as much of a fix as last week. Surely this will be the last year we put up with this crap. #BGT."
Someone else posted a close-up screenshot of the box as Andrew emerged from it and pointed out: "But the padlocks were not opened!!! #BGT."
Britain's Got Talent continues next Saturday at 8pm on ITV and ITV Hub
