If revenge really is a dish best served cold, then pop star Mika must have liquid nitrogen running through his veins.
Twenty years after Simon Cowell gave his demo tapes the old “It’s a no from me” treatment, the 39-year-old has – with the help of Channel 4 – slammed a musical torpedo into the next series of Britain’s Got Talent.
In just two episodes, Mika’s one-trick talent show The Piano has unearthed enough diamonds to fill a BGT semi.