Pistorius judge to offer Ant & Dec lessons in building suspense
Britainâs Got Talent presenters Ant & Dec are to receive coaching in the art of building tension from the judge in Oscar Pistoriusâ trial, according to sources this morning. Show runner Simon Cowell was said to be intriguedÂ with how JudgeÂ Thokozile Masipa managed to keep everyone enthralled for hours on end without actually revealing the result to anyone. After finally delivering a guilty verdict in the case some twenty-fourÂ hours after beginning her address, Cowell has ordered his executives to find out âher secretâ, and bring it back to his shows in the UK. As one ITV executive explained, âThis is Simonâs top priority now. His focus has been finding talent in front of the camera, but the judge seems like she could revolutionise the approach behind it.â âLike Simon told me, imagine those skills taken from the courtroom and put into to prime time television? Imagine the advertisers we could attract if no-one dared to switch off.â âI donât mean to deride Ant & Dec, theyâve become very good at saying things like âand the winner isâ¦.coming up after this short breakâ, but that only gives them a few minutes grace.â âImagine that suspense running into hours, or even days â thatâs what the Judge Masipa has done here, and we love it.â âShe is a true master in the art of suspense, and Simon is absolutely determined to get her on board and to get the boys learning from her.â When told of the approach, Ant or Dec said, âFair enough, but Iâm not wearing a wig.â