Natalie Holt became one of Britain’s Got Talent’s most memorable contestants after throwing an egg at Simon Cowell in 2013, but few fans know what she got up to after her stint on the show ended
Britain’s Got Talent fans are just learning what happened to the woman who egged Simon Cowell live on ITV. Natalie Holt made headlines when she broke from the rest of her choir mid-performance to hurl eggs at celebrity judge. While Holt’s dramatic protest took place back in 2013, fans still remember the infamous moment all these years later.
However, even die-hard fans of the talent contest may have missed what happened to Holt after her stint on the show came to an end. The singer went on to enjoy a successful career, working with some big names in the showbiz industry along the way.
Taking to the r/BritishTV Reddit page, fans queried what happened to the former BGT star after her ITV appearance.
Turns out, while she may be best-known for giving Cowell a good egging, she also found work as a composer for Disney. Her most recent composition was the score to Disney’s Marvel series, Loki.
A post to the r/BritishTV page reads: “During the 2013 Britain’s Got Talent final, a woman named Natalie Holt disrupted an opera performance to pelt eggs at Simon Cowell. Holt ended up the composer for Disney+’s Loki.”
The original poster suggested it was due to not being voted through that the egging happened, but this was debunked. Theories have since spread over the reason Holt egged Cowell.
One user suggested: “I thought she was protesting the fact that they’d been booked to mime (lip sync? but with instruments?) She was angry that the show had hired real expert musicians to sit there and pretend to play.
“So she exposed they were faking by stopping to pelt eggs and letting the music continue.” Another guessed: “Wasn’t the egg thing her being mad about the power Cowell had over the music industry especially with X Factor getting the Christmas number 1 every year.”
Whatever the eggy protest was carried out for, Holt has gone on to enjoy some huge credits in some of the most popular pieces of film and television.
Holt went on to work with the legendary producer John Williams on Obi-Wan Kenobi and was a staple of the second season of Knightfall.
Her work with Williams on the Star Wars spin-off was preceded by a 12 episode stint on the Loki team, which also had her feature as an accordion player.
In film, Holt has composed with Hildur Guðnadóttir on Journey’s End and was the music production assistant on the Matthew Vaughn-directed fantasy film, Stardust.
Also her work was set to feature on the 2022 adaptation of Batgirl, though the film was shelved. Despite involvement from Oscar winners J.K. Simmons and Brendan Fraser, the film has yet to release, and it does not seem like it will.
