WATCH: TV knife stunt backfires on camera when assistant is hit in Head And Hand

Talent show fail goes viral as pony-tailed assistant with nerves of steel is hit TWICE by bungling blade-thrower on prime-time watch

This is the watch-through-your-fingers moment when a knife-thrower gets it badly wrong on live TV.
Heart-stopping television footage shows the blade-wielding performer confidently stride up to fling the sharp at his suited partner.

But the shocked studio audience are soon gasping in astonishment as the thrower first cuts his assistant's left hand, narrowly avoids cutting his right and then hits the terrified No.2 in the HEAD.

The error-ridden performance was broadcast on Lithuania's Got Talent and has made an internet star out of the assistant, who hilariously tries to gloss over the blunder-packed routine with a confident salute at the conclusion.

Video of the audition from hell has gone viral online with thousands sharing footage of the bungling blade-thrower.

One concerned judge is seen holding his hands to his mouth after the dangerous display's finale while the cock-eyed flinger is caught wiping blood dripping from his assistant's hand off the stage with his boot.