No One Can Explain This Trick... Even on Replay | BGT 2026

We spend our lives believing that being different is not unique. That being different, our dreams will disappear. But I don't think that's true. Judges, I want to try something with all of you. Not as judges, but just as people. One at a time, Simon, Amanda and Alicia. I want you to think of a random three digit number. And KSI, could I ask you to take out your phone please? Open up your calculator and add up some random numbers for me. Everyone here in tonight's live audience and watching at home, take out your phones, open up your calculators and follow along. Simon, look at me. What was your three digit number, please? Number one, number four and number seven. One, four, seven, yes. Okay, enter one, four, seven into the calculator. And press the plus key. Amanda, your thoughts from your mind. What was your three digit number, please? Four, seven, six. Four, seven, six, yes? Yes. Four, seven, six. Okay, enter four, seven, six into the calculator. And again, press the plus key. Alicia, look right into my eyes. What was your three digit number, please? One, three, seven. One, three, seven, yes? One, three, seven. Okay, enter one, three, seven into your calculators. And again, press the plus key. Let's change things up tonight. Ant, Dec, what do you think of any random number? Ant, coming to you first. But before you do, stare straight into KSI's soul. Ant, what is your random number? 112. One, one, two, yes? Yeah, we'll take that. One, one, two. And Dec, the same with you. Now, you don't have to use a three digit number, Dec. Your thoughts, your mind. Any random number, please? I'll go with my age, 38. 38. We love it. Three, eight, yes? Thirty, eight. Okay, enter one, one, two, three, eight into your calculators. But this time, hit the equals button. KSI, could you give me the total, please? 11,998. Did I get that right? Now, that number shouldn't mean anything. However, KSI, could you open up Google, please? Type in the search bar, what was the date 11,998 days ago? How do you do that? What was the date 11,998 days ago? Days ago, okay. I'm a bit slow with the typing, sorry. Okay, and press enter? And press enter. What was the date 11,998 days ago? Wait, Saturday, 19th of June, 1993. That's my birthday. Out of random choices, we arrived at the exact moment a life began. Yours, KSI. You see, days mark when we enter the world, but it's people who shape who we become. And for me, this all began with my mother. Now, Simon, last time we met, we went back into your past. And tonight, I'd like to try the same thing again, but with someone else, and in a little more detail. Could you hold this small ball of paper in that outstretched palm for me? I need to find someone who's willing to trust this moment. Amanda, I want you to think of someone from when you were a child. Someone that truly mattered to you. Someone that made you feel safe, or seen, or loved when you needed it most. Now, don't tell me their name. Just hold on to them for a moment. But could you say out loud just one word that describes how this person made you feel? Confident. Hold on to that inside your imagination. Amanda, I want you to think of this person's first name and write it down just above the line so we can verify things at the end. Don't let me see, but once you're done, I'll take back the pen. And once you've done that, you can fold up the piece of paper and keep it somewhere safe. I'll take the pen once you're finished. Thank you so much. Now, Amanda, don't tell us this person's name. But could you describe in detail a memory in which you associate with this person? Oh gosh, I mean, there's a lot. I shouldn't tell you too many, really. Just one memory. You want me to tell you in detail a memory with this person? Yes, please. It was 1976, and it was the Queen's Jubilee. And there was a massive street party in our road. A massive street party? Massive street party. Can you remember what type of year it was? Was it in the summer? It was in the summer. It was celebrating the Queen being on the throne, I don't know, from 52 to 76. I can't remember which Jubilee that was. That's okay. Amanda, you've had amazing memories throughout your life. But tonight you chose to focus on one specific memory. Close your eyes. I want our imaginations to connect. I want you to think inside your mind, but not out loud, why this memory was special. Amanda, open your eyes. I feel we're connected. Now, Simon, before tonight's show, I wrote down something on that small ball of paper. Yep. Before tonight's show, oh, you still got it? Open up your palm. I've got it, yep. Yep. Before tonight's show, I had a feeling. Amanda, can I give that to you, please? Yes. A strange sense that something would happen tonight I didn't quite understand. So I wrote down a list of words on that small ball of paper. Could you open up that ball of paper and read out those words, Amanda? Read each word slowly. Masterful, yearning, magnetic, uplifting, marvellous, majestic. Does that say yappy? Amanda. Yappy, creative, unwavering, delightful. Amanda, those words feel familiar, don't they? Some of them, yes. That's because the people who shape us, they leave fingerprints on who we become. Amanda, for the first time, what was the first name of the person you were thinking of? Judith. Amanda, I think that somehow this moment was always waiting for you. We're told that time only moves in one direction. But maybe that's not true. Maybe the people who loved us never actually disappeared. Amanda, look back at that ball of paper for me one more time. But don't read the words, just focus on the first letter of each word. And now, slowly, from top to bottom, read the first letter of each word out loud. Oh my god. M-Y-M-U-M-M-Y. Inside your mind, those thoughts, yes? You see, Amanda, tonight I did write something down before tonight's show and it's been sitting here the entire time. Could you stand up, please? Earlier on, I asked you to think of one word that reminded you of how you felt with Judith. You said... Confident. Amanda, walk over to the easel for me. Take off the pad, turn it around, hold it high for everybody to see what I seen and wrote before tonight's show in my imagination. Moments that matter most is if you can see it in your imagination, anything is possible. My name's Fraser Penman. Thank you so much. Good night!