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The Witches are a magician and horror act who reached the Semi-Finals of Series 15 of Britain's Got Talent.
Before their performance a spooky atmosphere was shown, as initial The Witch's face kept popping up at the front of the screen, before doing the same on the screen at the back of the stage. To begin their audition the initial Witch stated 'Between the light and the dark, between the good and the evil, which will you choose'.
In their audition, they presented a bag of apples to the Judges. David and Alesha were asked to take an apple and bite into it; both were good apples. Amanda was then given two apples, with Simon choosing which one she should eat. The Witch then rhetorically questioned 'Do you know why they say beauty is only skin deep?', before going on to state 'because we're all rotten to the core' before going on to crush the apple that Amanda did not eat, revealing it to be filled with maggots. The Witch then left the bag of apples on the Judges Desk before walking back onto the stage and seemingly disappearing. Alesha commented 'I thought the act was actually brilliant', with David going on to describe the act as 'stunning'. Following the performance, The Witch's face began to briefly flicker on Simon's buzzer above the stage.
In the Semi-Finals, The Witch had another member of their Coven appear and perform upon their behalf. This secondary Witch began their performance by remarking 'In this whole wide world, the only thing you need to be afraid of is me. Because I have the power to conjure your deepest darkest fears you see'. This secondary Witch tasked Amanda with removing a premonition from within a box which stated it would provide a 'look into the future of choices made, but which will you choose'. The secondary Witch then tasked every judge with removing a fear from a bag, with David's fear being Tape Worm, Alesha's fear being Earwig, Simon's fear being Maggots and Amanda's fear being Rodents. This secondary Witch then tasked Amanda with once again reaching into the box, which now contained a Rat. This prompted both Amanda & Alesha to temporarily leave the Judges Desk as this secondary Witch questioned 'What's the matter Amanda, rat got your tongue?', before this secondary Witch was lowered down beneath the stage and seemingly disappeared.
After BGT[]
They were one of ten magicians to perform on The Ultimate Magician. To begin their performance they asked Penn to pick a word and not reveal this word to anyone and instead simply nod. They then asked David, Penn and Alesha to choose a colour that represented a number (David chose Red which represented #3, Penn chose Purple which represented #1, and Alesha chose Yellow which represented #4). They then had Alesha read a storybook wherein each judge was given an object with David’s being a bowl of rotten fruit, Alesha’s being a jack in the box, Amanda’s being a teddy bear and Penn’s being a snow globe. They then asked Penn what his word was before he revealed it was ‘chaos’ which saw a live snake released from within the teddy bear and a woman in a red jacket on stage revealed to have become another member of the witches’ coven. Alesha remarked ‘It always puts on an amazing show [and] we get sucked in’, with Penn adding 'There's something just wonderful about all of the creativity behind this [act]'. They ultimately placed 3rd overall in the studio audience vote.
In July 2023, the actor behind one of the two Witches came forward and revealed themselves as Martin Portlock, with Portlock stating that he performed in the Semi-Finals and The Ultimate Magician, however another actor who wished to remain anonymous played the first witch from same coven who performed during the audition.[1]
Controversy[]
Due to the spooky nature of the act, some parents stated that the act was unsuitable for younger viewers and as such should have been aired after the 9pm watershed. This was because their young children had been having nightmares which surrounded the nature of the character's performance and the character itself since The Witch's audition had aired.[2]