Romania's Got Talent won by Cristian Gog who stopped his own heart

Romania's Got Talent won by Cristian Gog who stopped his own heart

Cristian Gog, who calls himself a 'magic mentalist', was hooked up to a heart monitor and assisted by two qualified medics to perform his death-defying stunt.

The 31-year-old arrived on stage saying: “This evening I will risk everything. I will risk my life. For the act, I need the help of a doctor. I will defy death live on air.”

He was then tested and at a given point was shown to have a total lack of cardiac activity.

Not content with that, Cristian then opened a locked suitcase and took out sheets of paper with the comments the judges had just made written on them.

After scooping the £100,000 prize, he said: "When I did the act I was left without heart beats and now I’m left without words."

Second and third places were taken by Mihai Petraiche with a robot dance and Cristian Leana, who solved a Rubik’s cube blindfolded and with only one hand.

Romania's Got Talent attracted a peak audience of almost five million viewers.