Just two weeks in to Britain’s Got Talent and Simon Cowell has bashed the golden buzzer already – and for a stand-up comedian (traditionally one of his least favourite types of act).
Comic Kojo Amin, 42, is now automatically through to the live semi-finals.
This has caused quite a debate among viewers, however, with as many non-plussed by his golden buzzer achievement as those who felt it was totally deserved.
First the supporters…
Well done Kojo I love you to bits very VERY funny! 🤣🤣🤣 so well deserved 🌟🌟🌟 #BGT
— Clare Hughes (@cj_clare) 13 April 2019
How bloody amazing was that??? #BGT KOJO was brilliant. Worthy golden buzzer winner #GoldenBuzzer
— Sara Criddle (@CriddleSara) 13 April 2019
Really loved #Kojo on #BGT Golden buzzer well deserved. Anyone who makes me laugh is a winner for me. Speaking of which…can’t get enough of @StephenMulhern today. #InForAPenny was hilarious. Now #BGMT 💖 x
— Jane Hodges (@ddiva5263) 13 April 2019
And now for those dumbfounded by Kojo being awarded the accolade…
I’m sure #kojo is a nice man , but fuc’ me , he just robbed some poor sod LOL #BGT
— @baylissdave (@baylissdave1) 13 April 2019
I didn’t find Kojo that funny I don’t feel he deserved the golden buzzer anyone agree? #BGT
— Paige (@miss_p_oneill) 13 April 2019
#BGT sorry, I didnt even smile at Kojo.. i was baffled at them laughing. Good delivery, awful awful material
— Peter Pandemic (@adastra1) 13 April 2019
Like many talent show contestants, Kojo has an interesting back story to share.
Kojo was put into foster care when he was just five years old.
However, the father-of-one didn’t need to use this for sympathy from the judges or the audience – he insists the experience was a positive one.
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Ghana-born Kojo was only supposed to stay at his foster home for three months, but he got on so well with his foster mum – known fondly to him as Aunt Sandra – that he ended up residing there until he was 16.
He told the Mirror: “I don’t look at being in foster care as a bad thing. I look at it as a blessing.
“I was happy with my foster mum – so much so that when the time came to go and see my [real] mum, it was a struggle for me. Not because I didn’t like her, but because Aunt Sandra was everything I needed in a mother.”
Kojo – who now has a son of his own, eight-month-old Roman-Kingsley, with his fiancee Tiffany – refuses to subscribe to the idea that foster children are at a disadvantage.
He added: “Although you might not have your own parents, sometimes they might not be the best thing for you anyway.”
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Indeed, he’s already enjoyed a pretty successful career.
Having set up his own comedy night in a wine bar, he helped introduce US comics Kevin Hart and Dave Chapelle to audiences in the UK.
As a mark of appreciation, Hart allowed Kojo to open for him when he played a gig in front of 12,000 people at Wembley in 2014.
Kojo will now be hoping he can follow in the footsteps of Lost Voice Guy – aka Lee Ridley – who won Britain’s Got Talent last year with his stand-up routine.
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