Griff wrote:
The ‘magician’ uses the birth and recovery of his child to gain a mawkish sympathy from the sentimental audience, and thereby cynically reduces his family to a mere prop for his trick.
Despicable.
As despicable as using ones persona as a Chelsea Pensioner to win the competition, rather than relying on the quality of ones voice . . .
You summed it up well.
It’s just a trick, but the emotional built around it is despicable.