This Morning fans have pointed out an issue with impressionist Ben Nickless as he chatted on the show about sailing through to the Britain's Got Talent final. He made it through to the last round alongside duo Flintz & T4ylor during the ITV talent show's second semi-final on Tuesday night (May 31).
Ben took to the stage in front of Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams and performed a song - to the tune of The Greatest Showman's 'This Is Me' - packed full of witty lines matched to the celebrities he was imitating.
Amanda dubbed him a 'genius' while David said: "I feel we need the golden buzzer still to be here, because that's like a complete golden buzzer moment now. The Royal Variety performance is made for talent like yours."
READ MORE: ITV Britain's Got Talent viewers furious with Simon Cowell and say they're 'done' with show
The 40-year-old was just so happening to be celebrating his birthday as he made his bid to impress fans with the self-penned skit. Luckily for him, there was more to celebrate as he was announced as the highest-voted performer, which meant he was straight through to the grand final, which takes place on Sunday (June 5).
After the result was announced, Ben grabbed host Declan Donnelly's mic and said: "Thank you so much to everyone that's voted and the crowd tonight have been amazing, and all the comments! I can't believe it, it's the best birthday ever!"
Speaking to Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary on Wednesday's This Morning, Ben said getting through to the semi-final was 'massive' and that he couldn't believe he was now in the final. Alison asked if he managed to get any sleep to which he admitted he actually slept better last night then he did the night before his big performance.
But This Morning viewers were soon taking to social media to point out the issue they had with his routine. @Bob71136804 said: "Will you also tell us who you’re impersonating with a picture on a screen? Half the fun is trying to guess. #ThisMorning."
@MadameMinge commented: "Ask him why they have to put up the pic of the person he’s supposedly impersonating… #thismorning." @PhatGrrl then replied: "Thought the same. If he’s that good why bother with the pics. He wasn’t brilliant. It’s just too contrived BGT. Just like SC other shows."
Ben, from Lancashire, is no stranger to the stage having performed all across the country in various pantomime productions. In 2014, he starred opposite the one and only David Hasselhoff in a production of Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham.
