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Britain’s Got Talent’s The Witch’s real identity finally revealed over a year after terrifying Amanda Holden on the show
THE real identity of the witch from Britain's Got Talent has finally been revealed.
It has been 15 months since the act first terrified the likes of Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden at the their audition for the long-running talent show.
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The act's real identity and age was a closely-guarded secret as he burst onto the Britain's Got Talent stage last year, stomping down the steps to each of the judges in turn.
The creepy crone has been dubbed the series' scariest act ever after stalking the panel handing out apples - one of which exploded in a shower of cockroaches and mealworms.
When it came to judge Amanda, the witch held her wrist in one hand and a gnarled stick in the other.
They cackled: "Do you know why they say beauty's only skin deep? Because we're all rotten to the core."
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The act later made a comeback for the one-off special Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician.
Previously, many speculated the witch was magician and show co-host, Stephen Mulhern.
Other theories also included former Coronation Street star Ian Bartholomew, Mark Gatiss, Keith Lemon and even Ant or Dec.
But now, Marc Spelmann - took to his official YouTube account to reveal the identity of the Witch in Britain's Got Talent.
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The master illusionist previously made two appearances on Britain's Got Talent - once as himself and another as the mysterious masked character X back in 2019.
And after he was first speculated to be the infamous act himself, he finally took to the video sharing platform to explain who the act is.
He explained: "It is an incredible actor called Martin Portlock.
"He was sworn to secrecy too, he couldn't tell anybody that he was the witch."
The actor himself then appeared on camera to deliver a message for his magician colleague.
Martin exclaimed: "Hi Mark, how you doing Spellman? Although the Witch was a bit of an unusual character, no one really knew who it was."
"I hear that everyone thought it was you! I hope you and the family are well on that side and the beautiful heat, it's a bit too hot for my liking."
Marc, 50, explained his reasoning, because whilst he 'basked in the glory' after he was revealed to be Magician X, he wanted his actor friend to get the recognition for his spellbinding performance.
"I really think Martin deserves huge credit and recognition for being such an iconic character as the witch on Britain's Got Talent", he explained.
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"A character that we will never forget and I don't think Amanda will ever forget either."
He jokingly added: "Apparently she's still in therapy."
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