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Amanda Holden was moved to tears on Sunday night’s Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician as she was reunited with the midwife who saved her life.
The actress, 51, who appeared as a judge on the one-off special of the ITV talent show, died for 40 seconds and slipped into a four-day coma in 2012 during the birth of her daughter Hollie, 10.
And the Heart FM radio host broke down into tears when trickster Richard Jones, who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2016, produced the name of healthcare professional Pippa Nightingale on a card before bringing her on stage.
Emotional: Amanda Holden, 51, was moved to tears on Sunday night’s Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician as she was reunited with the midwife who saved her life
Richard told Amanda to think of someone in her life who was ‘very special’ and who had gone ‘above and beyond… when you needed it most’.
Visibly emotional, Amanda uttered Pippa’s name who she credited with saving her life when she delivered Hollie when she was a baby.
Soldier Richard then turned over a card to reveal Pippa’s name, before opening a box on stage from which she stepped out.
Shocking: The actress, who appeared as a judge on the show, died for 40 seconds and slipped into a four-day coma in 2012 during the birth of her daughter Hollie, 10
Amanda and Pippa shared an embrace on stage before Pippa went and took a seat in the audience.
Television personality Amanda – who has blasted usual Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell amid his absence on The Ultimate Magician panel – took to her Instagram page earlier this week to give fans a glimpse at the moment before it aired.
She wrote along with her post: ‘This Sunday night is an emotional one for me on @bgt -in fact I was totally floored .. magic isn’t always known for being emotional but there were tears ! Lots of them.
Looking back: Magician Richard Jones told Amanda to think of someone in her life who was ‘very special’ and who had gone ‘above and beyond… when you needed it most’
Special: Heart FM radio host Amanda broke down when trickster Richard, who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2016, produced the name of healthcare professional Pippa Nightingale on a card
‘It made me reflect back on just how many of the ups & downs of my life bgt has has got me thru. It’s never been just a talent show for me.’
Speaking on her Heart Breakfast radio show in 2020, she said: ‘When I gave birth to Holly, my eight-year-old daughter who I know is listening, she was an emergency and I haemorrhaged basically.
Moving: Visibly emotional, Amanda uttered Pippa’s name who she credited with saving her life when she delivered Hollie when she was a baby
Reunited: Amanda and Pippa shared an embrace on stage before Pippa went and took a seat in the audience
‘I actually did pass away for 40 seconds and then I went into a coma but the NHS were there holding my hand and my husband’s hand who – I feel sorry for him to be honest, he went through it watching it all!’
She previously said on Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast: ‘What they hadn’t detected was that my placenta was attached to my main artery behind my bladder and I basically haemorrhaged and no amount of blood that I had on standby was going to do it.
‘I was even on the recycling thing where you can recycle your own blood… Well, it was all over the floor and yes and then what followed after that was horrendous for [husband] Chris. I knew nothing about it, I was out cold for four days.
‘Chris was told he might have to prepare Lexi for mummy not coming home so Chris has been through hell and back.’
Family: Amanda is mother to Hollie, 10 (left), and Alexa, 16 (right), who she shares with husband Chris (pictured on Christmas day last year)
Eric Chien was announced as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician, with the trickster taking home a £50,000 prize.
The talent show star, who resides in Houston, Texas, competed on season 14 of America’s Got Talent in 2019 when he was eliminated in the semi-finals before he returned to the television stage to perform for the first time after the pandemic on the British version of the show this weekend.
Beating out fellow illusionists Magical Bones and The Witch in the studio audience vote, Eric was revealed as the champion by show host Stephen Mulhern.
Champion: Eric Chien was announced as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician, with the trickster taking home a £50,000 prize
Success: Beating out fellow illusionists Magical Bones and The Witch in the studio audience vote, Eric was revealed as the champion by show host Stephen Mulhern
Eric said after the announcement: ‘I am so shaking, it’s incredible. I’m just so glad to come out and perform again because it’s been too long for me stuck in the same place and finally I can perform.’
He lated added: ‘I still can’t believe I won. I think when they said my name, my hands were shaking. It was crazy, I couldn’t stop it.
‘They gave be the announcement card as a souvenir. So, I’m keeping this forever.
Delighted: Eric said after the announcement: ‘I am so shaking, it’s incredible. I’m just so glad to come out and perform again because it’s been too long’ (Eric, left, pictured with host Stephen Mulhern, centre, and fellow contestant Magical Bones, right)
‘I am so happy that I came and it’s so nice to be able to perform again, and I can’t wait to come back to the UK. Thank you!’
Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician was filmed in October, with Stephen Mulhern replacing regular hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly at the helm after the duo were struck down with Covid at the time.
The magicians competing in the special episode included former franchise contestants Richard Jones, Tony, Marc Spelman, Kevin James and Magical Bones.
Meanwhile, The Clairvoyants, Colin Cloud, Mandy Muden, The Witch and winner Eric also appeared, with the theatre audience choosing the winner.
Born to perform: Eric impressed the judges and the audience with his card tricks, with the crowd at the theatre voting him the winner
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