Britain's Got Talent judge and creator Simon Cowell hopped over to the Italian version of the show last night to announce this year's winner. But, well, he got it just a tad wrong, naming the Italia's Got Talent winner as the winner of The X Factor.

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*facepalm*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIULuwwD2hg

Oh dear. And he'd thought not being able to speak Italian was going to be the problem...

https://twitter.com/SimonCowell/status/598901789874872321

Luckily he maintained a sense of humour.

https://twitter.com/SimonCowell/status/598981828368818177

And his fans did point out that he at least got the winner's name right:

https://twitter.com/itsmeshelbs13/status/598982207294840832

But Cowell says from now on, he'll be sticking to the day job...

https://twitter.com/SimonCowell/status/598982037484232704

Probably for the best.

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Britain's Got Talent continues this Saturday at 8:00pm on ITV

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