Richard Jones reminded everyone why he won Britain’s Got Talent with a magical guest appearance

There have been a lot of magicians on Britain’s Got Talent this year – from Issy Simpson to Josephine Lee to Matt Edwards.

Perhaps that’s why Lance Corporal Richard Jones decided to return to BGT for Thursday’s semi-final to show them how it’s done.

As last year’s winner, Richard was invited back to perform and he turned up in style with his whole army band.

And what a performance that was from @richjonesmagic. Always a pleasure to see you, Richard. Thank you! #BGT pic.twitter.com/uVTZNdoNbX

— BGT (@BGT) June 1, 2017

The performer made the judges’ jaw drop with a brand-new, very inventive act. To recap: he got Alesha Dixon to pick a number (333), then asked David Walliams to throw a brick into the audience (don’t worry, it was only made of sponge).

The sponge brick hit Marion from Bracknell, who- of course – was 333rd into the room. But that’s not all! In super-dramatic fashion, Richard then managed to impale Marion’s card with his Household Cavalry sword as it fell from a box.

Can anyone work out the secret behind this trick? Answers on a postcard (suspended from the ceiling, of course).

Britain’s Got Talent continues tomorrow at 7.30pm on ITV