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Much like its Transatlantic Equivalent, there are a lot of moments that will make you laugh.

  • Mr. Methane: Whose act is him farting the song, Blue Danube.
  • Glenn Carpenter: A middle-aged ex-army driver whose act is a strip act with a chicken codpiece on. Unsurprisingly, he was buzzed off in short order.
    Simon: Glenn, what does the winner of this competition get?
  • Nigel Grimm: His 2008 audition was him singing a George Michaels song while wearing a freak mask. But in 2010, he returns featuring another failed auditionee, David J. Watson dressed as the hulk with a tutu bursting out of a box and parading around waving on the stage. Particularly, Amanda's response:
    Amanda: I'm sorry, what was that? (the audience laughs)
    David: The problem?
    Amanda: Well it was bloody awful.
    • And later on:
    Amanda: Do people know you've come out to do this today?
    David: Well, um...he's actually made up the script up but-
    Amanda: What script?!
    (the audience laughs)
    David: Listen but, I've actually put ideas to all this.
    Amanda and Piers: What ideas?!
  • Martyn Crofts walks out on stage carrying a saucepan and after bantering with the judges, puts it on his head, very much confusing the judges. And then he starts singing like a Dalek and all the judges burst out laughing. Simon votes no ("Exterminate!"), but his laughter combined with a Facepalm echoes Alesha's sentiments that they don't want to laugh but still are.
  • Tracy Lee Collins: His first audition left the judges on both sides, but was still fun in its own right. Simon jokingly said he would fit better in a dress. He got his wish in the second audition. Simon looked utterly horrified and hit the buzzer as soon as he started singing.
  • In 2008, David J. Watson tried his hand at doing impressions of British politicians, and was mind-blowingly awful. He then took a fake beard over his face and impersonated David Blunket, as Amanda cracked up.
    • And in 2011, he tried doing magic which was just a science demonstration of beer being more dense than water; during then he told the audience that the trick IS safe to try at home.
  • The 2013 semifinals had ventriloquist Steve Hewlett use a puppet version of Simon Cowell. This would happen again in the finals, where he even brought up a puppet version of Sinitta.
  • Vladimir Georgievsky in 2015. A Slapstick cartoon character who somehow entered Real Life.
  • Ant vs. a small dog. Winner: small dog.
  • One of the auditionees in the 2016 season is the "Boogie Storm", a group of dancers dressed as storm troopers. When they refuse to respond to any of the judges' questions, Amanda Holden asks them, "Do you work for this dark lord?" while pointing at Simon, causing the audience to crack. Made doubly funny when the "dark lord" himself finally uses his Golden Buzzer on their act.
    • Even better, watch Simon during the clip; he seems to genuinely like the act.
    • Even BETTER, they ended up performing at the wrap party for The Last Jedi.
  • Aaron Marshall singing "Let It Go" from Frozen—in death metal style. Amanda was not pleased.
  • 2018 contestant Micky P Kerr performed a comedy song about a bag for life. When Simon didn't get the joke, Amanda explained to him what a bag for life was.
  • Siobhan Phillip's mum song.
  • The first live semi-final of series 12 was briefly taken off air due to technical difficulties. When the show was back on air again, the first thing Simon said was, "Ant, you are coming back next year. You don't have to do that."

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