BGT star pays tribute to genuine Bruno Tonioli

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Magical Bones, whose real name is Richard Essien, reached the Britain’s Got Talent final in 2020.

The performer was also one of ten magicians to perform in BGT’s The Ultimate Magician, where he came in second place.

Since appearing on the ITV series, Magical Bones’ career has flourished and he has taken his magic up and down the country.

However, in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, the magician opened up about what life has been like since appearing on BGT.

He also shared his views on the latest series, which saw Bruno Tonioli replacing David Walliams on the judging panel.

Paying a sweet tribute to the former Strictly Come Dancing judge, Magical Bones began: “I think he’s hilarious.

“I really like him and he’s got a very likable personality on telly. He seems very genuine and very honest with his decisions.

“I like the fact that he pressed his Golden Buzzer halfway through the middle of an act which has never been done before.

“He’s just an honest, genuine guy. He’s really funny as well.”

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During the latest series of BGT, Bruno accidentally broke the rules when he pressed his Golden Buzzer mid-way through a dance act.

The judge was so blown away by Ghetto Kids, he could barely contain his excitement.

It was only after their performance that Simon Cowell told him, that had “never been done before”.

Turning his attention to what life has been like since the show, Magical Bones admitted “it’s been a whirlwind”.

He added: “My Britain’s Got Talent performance was during the pandemic. So when I did the performance I had a lot of exposure.

“It was the exposure I needed in terms of getting to that next level, in terms of publicity and stuff, however, because of the pandemic, I wasn’t able to really activate on that because we were all in lockdowns.

“So a lot of the performances I did were Zoom shows. Since that has been released, there’s been a nice little explosion of performances and people coming to see shows now and it’s just been a sense of relief.

“I feel like my career was almost on hold until the pandemic was over.”

Britain’s Got Talent returns on Saturday at 8pm on ITV.

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