Michael Machell is a musician who reached the Semi-Finals of Series 2 of Britain's Got Talent.
In his audition, he played a re-arrangement of the Star Wars theme. Simon did not like the piece, his peformance was buzzed off. yet Simon pressed Amanda and Pier's buzzers on their behalf, stating afterwards that 'If [he] was [the] Prime Minister, [he] would ban those things', and later went on to justify this by criticising his peformance describing the piece as 'The worst music [he] had ever heard’. The audience agreed, attempting to boo him off of the stage.
In the Semi-Finals, he performed the same piece, however this time in a makeshift spaceship. Again, the audience chanted 'off', and Simon pressed his buzzer, with the audience attempting to boo him off of the stage. Piers remarked 'I [think] you've reached new heights tonight', with Amanda adding 'I thought it was slightly off key and I thought your timing was off'.
Controversy[]
Machell conned learning drivers after falsely claiming he was a qualified driving instructor.[1]