Viewers were left stunned by an amazing comeback by the Cornwall youngster in the spelling round.
People rallied behind Ben McGuire, now 13 but 12 at the time of filming, after he was able to spell lekythos among other mind-bending words, and make it into tonight's final.
At the start of the spelling round Ben found himself in the lowly position of seventh out of eight participants.
Ben came from behind to spell six difficult words flawlessly despite being second last place
A tense-looking Ben as he battles to try and come from behind and make it into tonight's final
He had five points compared with the two leaders Ishal and William who had 18 and was two behind Sam directly above him.
Going into the spelling round, Ben said: 'My gut is telling me that I wont be here for the final, but I like to hope that I will.'
His father David McGuire a marketing writer and director, even said 'looking at the leaderboard - it's not likely', before adding: 'In my heart of hearts, yeah, I think he can do it.'
The leaderboard before going into the final and Sam after being dumped out by Ben last night
Ben's amazing comeback drew praise from the presenter Richard Osman and people online
In order to take Sam's place in the final, Ben needed to spell six consecutive words without getting a single letter wrong - a feat never achieved in Child Genius history.
Despite looking nervy from the outset, the young man was able to spell coronach, phalanger and tessellated before drawing a sharp breath and praise from the show's presenter, Richard Osman, for pronouncing the second 'L' in the geometric word.
Included in the other words he successfully spelled was sceuophylacium - an early church room in the Eastern Orthodox Church, despite several people online believing it not to be a word at all.
Richard Osman said: I'm living every letter with you, Ben' as he nervously crawled through the spellings.
At this point Ben equalled the round's highest score but needed another correct spelling to force a tie break with a nervous-looking Sam.
Symaptric, a biological term, pulled Ben level with Sam and the word lekythos secured his place in tonight's final.
His mother said afterwards: 'I think my pulse rate is only just coming down now, I actually did feel my pulse at one point because I was a bit worried!'
She added that her son 'blew me away with his composure'.
His father David said last night after the semi-final aired: 'God, I lived all those emotions with Ben all over again. It wasn't any easier watching back on TV. Still amazed by his composure under pressure.'
Richard Osman called Ben's exploits 'terrific work' and Twitter agreed.
One user summed it up, saying: 'Wow, Ben fought back like a champ!'
Holly Michael said: 'Thoroughly impressed with Ben’s performance there. Feel like he deserves to win on that alone! Feeling #TeamBen now!!'
'Had me on the edge of my seat there Ben!!! Absolutely amazing stuff!!' added Carina Ratcliffe.
Ryan Hurst likened Ben's comeback to that of Liverpool's famous Champions League final win in Istanbul in 2005 where they came from three goals down to beat AC Milan.
People rallied behind Ben McGuire after he was able to spell lekythos among other mind-bending words
He tweeted: 'Istanben! #Incrediblescenes'
'Look, quite a lot of us have been on the 'dislike-Ben' train ...but blimey does he put the work in!' added another user.
David Mackay said: 'That was incredible from Ben, 12 in a row! Held my breath the entire time!'
Child Genius: The Final airs tonight at 7pm on Channel 4.
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Main photo article Viewers were left stunned by an amazing comeback by the Cornwall youngster in the spelling round.
People rallied behind Ben McGuire, now 13 but 12 at the time of filming, after he was able to spell lekythos among other mind-bending words, and make it into tonight’s final.
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