Simon Cowell no pussycat over Telford man's dolls BGT stage act
Music mogul Simon Cowell is not easily embarrassed – but he was left glowing red when Jason Watkins brought his unique act to the Britain's Got Talent stage.
The Telford performer had the audience howling with laughter when he burst on to the BGT stage with four blow-up dolls dressed as the four competition judges.
David Walliams got into the spirit of things and was soon dancing along.
But multi-millionaire Cowell was not quite so impressed and buried his head in his hands.
Alesha Dixon saw the funny side of things and quickly took a picture of one of Jason's dolls next to Cowell, which was viewed by millions of people on Twitter.
Jason, of Stirchley, auditioned for Britain's Got Talent in Birmingham in February.
The show returns to our screens this evening.
Jason has not been told whether he will feature on the new series – but his photo has been featured in several television magazines.
That has led him to believe that his moment of fame is just around the corner – possibly even tonight.
Jason, 41, normally performs a Boy George cabaret act in sunnier climes.
But he decided to go for something different to impress the Britain's Got Talent judges.
He created a new character, Little Butch, and appeared on stage dressed as a "camp Native American" riding a pretend donkey.
He then produced four blow-up dolls, each wearing a mask of one of the judges and then he sang a song about the judges he had penned specially for his moment at centre stage.
Jason said: "I'm so excited to watch the show and see if I'm on.
"They don't tell you if and when you are going to feature, but I've been in some of the telly mags so I'm really hopeful.
"I thought I'd try something new.
"I came on to the stage riding a donkey and then I sang a song about the judges.
"I thought it would be a good idea to have the judges on stage with me so I took four blow-up dolls with masks on.
"The girls (Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon) were a little upset that I'd put their faces on these dolls.
"They were giving me the evils straight away.
"Simon wasn't impressed either because he doesn't like novelty acts.
"But David Walliams was absolutely loving it.
"He was clapping and singing along, and the audience was joining in too."
Jason added: "Afterwards David grabbed the doll and started playing around with it on stage."
Jason first auditioned in Manchester in October in front of producers.
He was given the nod and went on to perform his unique act in front of a live audience in Birmingham.
Sadly for Jason, he did not make it through to the next round of the contest.
He said: "I didn't make it through, but I was half expecting that.
"I was taking the Mickey out of the judges, so that never goes down well."
Jason is a professional performer and takes his Boy George act overseas throughout the year.
He spends part of the year in Cyprus and the rest in Tenerife.
He hopes that appearing on the show will boost his career.
Jason said: "I'll have to keep it going alongside the Boy George act as people are going to want to see it.
"It's all very exciting."
