Fraser Penman Turns His Rare Condition Into A Magical Lesson! | Auditions | BGT 2026

What's your name, sorry? Fraser Penman. I'm from Glasgow. Is this the biggest audience you've ever performed in front of? This is absolutely the biggest audience I've ever performed in front of. Okay, well we are all behind you. Good luck. Thank you so much. The Odds of Being Born with Albinism is one in 20,000 people. I am one of those one in 20,000 people and I believe this gives me a special ability to connect with people. You see, I've lived in a body that made the world stop and stare and the world didn't quite know what to make of me. But there was one person who never saw me that way. My mother. Tonight, I'd like to share one of her lessons with one very special person. But first, I have to find them. Could everybody place your hand up like this? You can join in at home. Follow along with me. Thumbs up. Thumbs down. Open palm. Okay, sign. Place it here on your chin. Your chin is here. Simon, you got it right. You'll be perfect. Now, we all have a childhood memory of someone that had a profound impact on us when we were kids. Tonight, Simon, I'd like you to go back to when you were a young boy and think of a memory that had a profound impact on your life. I want you to think of a name that you associate with this memory. Think of someone nobody could know. Hang on. Okay, got it. Excellent. Simon, lock eyes with me. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. And right now, I'm seeing into your soul. Just close those eyes. I want you now to imagine, Simon, that we're connecting through the power of our imaginations. Imagine sending that name from your mind to mine. Okay, stop. Open those eyes. In a nice clear voice, what was the first letter of the name you were thinking of? W. How about we take this to the next level? Simon, don't say anything out loud, but I want you to think of an object that you associate with this memory. One word. A word that I couldn't possibly know. Now, just so we can confirm this at the end, could you write that down on the piece of paper in front of you and fold it up and keep it in your hand? Yeah. Now, there's no possible way I could know what this word is. This hasn't been set up beforehand, and Simon and I haven't met before tonight. That's true. We're good. Look at me. Close your eyes. Open your eyes. Simon, do these numbers mean anything to you? No. Well, they do to me. Amanda, in front of you is my old school bag. Could you reach in please and take out the objects from inside? Amongst all of my stuff is a small pocket dictionary. Dictionary? You see, when I was around eight years old, I used to carry it everywhere I went. Not because I loved homework or to impress anyone. It was my shield. You see, when the other kids would ask why my skin was so pale or why my eyes looked strange in the light, I didn't always have the words. So I'd search for them, hidden amongst those tiny pages. Simon, close your eyes for me and think of that one word you wrote down earlier over and over again inside your mind. Amanda, could I ask you to pick up the dictionary please? Yes. And turn to page 55. Yes. The next number, Amanda, is one. Could you place your finger on the first column of that page? Yes. And the last number is seven. Can you count down seven bold words and place your finger just below the seventh bold word from the top? Now Simon's holding on to something inside his mind. Don't say that word yet. Could I ask who was W? Mr Wilson. But what was this memory you were thinking of? When I was at my first school, we were told by my headmaster about riding a bike down a hill. What was the word you were thinking of? Bicycle. If this lesson is this, no matter what barriers you face in life, if you can see it in your imagination, you can be anything. Thank you so much. That's spooky. That is unbelievable. I don't think we've ever been all surprised like that because who knows what goes on in that mind? I remember being at school and the headmaster was called Mr Wilson and he told us, you've got to hang on to the handlebars on your bike. I swear on my life, that's it. Yeah, your whole presentation was so lovely. That was brilliant. That's going to bother us for ages now, isn't it? Trying to work out how you did it. What can I say? It's impressive. You have superpowers, bro. I actually think you look like a movie star. You look amazing. I spent 10 years dyeing my hair blue in Cape Town because I was uncomfortable in the skin I was. To change my mindset, to stand in front of the world, so if I can do that, anything in your imagination can happen. I would love an act like this to be on the Royal Variety Performance. So it's a yes from me. I'm saying yes. Yes. I have no idea what just happened. That was incredible. You're incredible. Four yeses.