Austin Blackburn is a variety act & musician who auditioned for Series 2 of Britain's Got Talent. He was aged twenty two and was a music student at the time of his audition. When asked why he had made the decision to audition for the show, he responded that he did so in order to promote the saw as a musical instrument.
In his audition, Blackburn played a saw as if it were a musical instrument, to 'My Heart Will Go On' by James Horner from Titanic. His performance was buzzed by Simon. Piers described Blackburn as 'Some sort of weird musical genius', however Simon however disagreed as he believed that Blackburn's saw playing sounded like 'A cat being stamped on'. He advanced onto the following round, however he failed to reach the Semi-Finals.