Okay. They don’t come much stranger than this guy. A long-haired, bandana-wearing rocker with a suspicious English accent, Magic Cyclops claims to have 11,000 air guitars and to have left Iowa because of gambling debts he ran up on the riverboats.

And all of this was revealed before ‘Cyclops’ had even sung a note.

When he does deign to sing his audition song, he chooses Cracklin’ Rose by Neil Diamond and sings it in an almost comical rock voice while continuously holding the traditional rock-stance. It’s poor Randy Jackson we feel sorry for – he’s got no idea what’s going on, and Cyclops is sorely testing his patience. When he finishes one song, Jennifer Lopez urges him to sing another. He launches straight into Margeritaville, much to Randy’s disgust.

Randy eventually cracks and ‘excuses’ himself to go to the bathroom. Cyclops sees this as an opportunity to release a glitter cannon he’s been hiding behind his back, which leads to the other judges – who we assume as slightly terrified as we are by this stage – to give him three “no” votes and send him on his way.

We’ve put together some of the best conspiracy theories about Magic Cyclops for your reading pleasure. Tell us which one you think is most plausible:

1. Magic Cyclops is actually Ryan Seacrest’s alter ego. Normally we see Seacrest interview the auditionees before they go into the room, but this time Idol skipped that part. Hmmm (strokes chin enigmatically).
2. Hold on! English accent? Penchant for exaggeration (did you read that part about 11,000 air guitars)? Could it be that Simon Cowell got so lonely and disappointed by the poor viewing figures for X Factor that he threw on a disguise just to be in the same room with his buddy Randy again?
3. Or, slightly less exciting, was this a hired actor playing out a little comedy sketch for our entertainment?

Watch the footage and tell us what you think!

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