The daring Houdini-inspired performer was put in handcuffs and placed upside down in a glass tank filled with water.
Escapologist Matt Johnson had the crowd, the judges and the viewers on the edge of their seats during his live semi-final performance last night.
Those in the know will tell you that octopuses are highly intelligent creatures, although Inky really managed to pull one over on his captors.
Ascape artist Anthony Martin was handcuffed, locked inside a coffin-like plywood box, and then pushed out of an airplane flying 4,460 metres above the ground. Martin said: