A WESTBROOK schoolboy enjoyed a moment of TV history on Sunday night.
David Walliams delivered the first "golden moment" of the new series of Britains Got Talent, a new segment where each judge surprises an unsuspecting act, nominated without their knowledge, and invites them to audition at the London Palladium.
Aneeshwar Kunchala, seven, was the first contestant to be surprised as Walliams turned up dressed as a panda at St Philip Westbrook CE Primary School to ask him on to the show.
The young boy, who won a Warrington Guardian education award last month, impressed the judges by reciting his own poem about his passion for wildlife conservation and saving the planet, as his friends joined him on the stage dressed in animal and nature costumes.
And he got a standing ovation from the audience.
"We need to stop getting it wrong" - Wise words from 7-year-old Aneeshwar! 💚 🌍
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Dogs and their human companions also featured as doctor Louise Geller attempted to sing opera with her dog Jasper, but he refused to get involved, causing them to be axed.
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Amber and her canine sidekick Nymeria, aged two, from the Netherlands, performed an agile routine of tricks which wowed the audience and judges.
Cowell, a self-confessed fan of dog acts, described their audition as in a "different league" and that it was the best one since Ashleigh and Pudsey, who won the talent show in 2012.
Saturday's launch episode saw 32-year-old Loren Allred, the original singer of the track Never Enough from the 2018 musical film The Greatest Showman, was also awarded Amanda Holden's golden buzzer after performing the song.
The ITV talent show returned to screens on Saturday for the first time after it was cancelled in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain's Got Talent continues on ITV.
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