Harry Moulding is a magician who won Series 18 of Britain's Got Talent. He was aged 24 and the time of his audition and had been performing magic since the age of 10. He hailed from Blackpool and worked as a magician at the time of his audition. When asked what he'd do if he won the show, he responded 'As well as performing as part of the Royal Variety Performance which would be a dream come true, if I was going to use the money it would have to be Vegas, I would use the money, try and create a show as big as I can [and] take it to the big stage'.
In his audition, Moulding gave Bruno five choices to pick (He chose #1 - Pleasure Beach Resort: Riding The Big One), before giving KSI a choice of a food (Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream), Amanda (Number 3) a choice of a number and Alesha (10:23AM) to pick a time by each choosing one of twenty flash cards and remembering one thing listed on their card. He then played a VT where he rode The Big One the previous day and predicted each of the judges choices before seemingly tossing a pack of cards from his past self in the VT to his present day self. He culminated his performance by giving KSI the ability to stop on a random card (The 2 of Hearts) and not to look at it, before heading to the Blackpool Tower and revealing that it had KSI's chosen card and suit of card upon it. Alesha remarked 'Your personality was shining and the payoff was absolutely sensational', with Amanda adding 'Honestly Harry you're a proper wizard'.
In the Semi-Finals, Moulding had Bruno, Alesha and Amanda mix a bunch of several flash cards with a range of different things written upon each of them, before providing KSI with an envelope to guard. Moulding then chose three random audience members to join him on stage based off of their seat numbers based off of Bruno, Alesha and Amanda’s lists. Moulding then had KSI pass the envelope onto Simon for him to open with it containing a sheet of paper predicting Bruno, Alesha and Amanda’s choices alongside the names or initials of everyone sat within the chosen seats. Moulding then had the first person select a celebrity, the second select a three digit number and the third select a random destination located anywhere worldwide. Moulding then invited the third person on stage before playing a VT where he predicted everything two days beforehand and met the partner of the last person who had planned his wedding based off of the predictions before proposing live in the studio. He advanced directly onto the Final after acquiring KSI’s Golden Buzzer. Bruno remarked ‘The match-making magician was absolute brilliance’, with KSI adding ‘This is the second time you’ve blown my mind’.
In the Final, Moulding had Simon choose one of fifty different pieces of paper containing words describing his BGT journey. Moulding then demonstrated a card trick by having Bruno, Alesha and Amanda each take cards to memorise before he turned the first card he was holding into Bruno and Alesha’s cards before seemingly swallowing the deck and spitting them all but one out as he spat out Amanda’s card separately. Moulding then played a VT where he guessed the card choices as he performed a skydive from within a plane from 12,000 feet in the air and landed on Amanda’s card choice. Moulding then recapped his BGT journey before guessing the word that Simon chose by having it appear upon the stage. Alesha remarked ‘You might not be Tom Cruise, but you’re definitely the Tom Cruise of magic’, with Simon adding ‘There’s something about you I think everyone at home is gonna just love because you are so good, yet so humble’.
Trivia[]
- Harry is the third act who did not acquire a Golden Buzzer in the auditions to acquire a Live Show Golden Buzzer. He was preceded by both Jasmine Rice and Joseph Charm.
- Harry is the highest placing act to have acquired a Live Show Golden Buzzer.
- Harry is the first magician to win the show since Richard Jones won in Series 10.
- Harry is the first non music act or comedian to win the show since Richard Jones won in Series 10.
- Harry is the fourth winner not to win the public vote in the Semi-Finals. He was preceded by Diversity, Jon Courtenay and Twist and Pulse.