Here is a clip of just one of the crazy acts you can expect to see showcased on this week’s Britain’s Got Talent launch.

After hearing Persephone perform with a teapot, a hose and a penguin handpuppet, Simon Cowell asks:

‘What the bloody hell was that? Where were you when you invented that instrument?’

Persephone replies: ‘I can’t remember now!’

Simon laughs and exclaims ‘I can’t do this anymore! I am 50 years old and this is what I have to sit through!!’