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Manchester Evening News
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Katie Fitzpatrick

ITV Britain's Got Talent act leaves viewers terrified as he fails to beat clock in 'water torture'

A Britain's Got Talent act left the audience and judges terrified as he ran out of time in a 'water torture' challenge. Italian escapologist Andrew Basso had viewers on the edge of their seats with a close call during his death defying act.

He was suspended upside down under water in a tank and had to escape with a paperclip. Not only did he have to free himself Andrew had to turn his body the correct round to escape.

"This is the act that Harry Houdini said was the most dangerous and difficult," he introduced. "Being upside down throws the senses and the blood rushes to the head."

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