Britain's Got Talent star dumps her husband for £65 million illusionist

A glamorous Britain's Got Talent star has dumped her conjurer husband and disappeared... with his biggest rival.

Chloe Crawford’s three-year marriage to illusionist Murray Sawchuck, 41, broke down shortly after she put Simon Cowell under her spell on Britain’s Got Talent in May.

Now the former Playboy model, 27, has begun a new relationship with Criss Angel, 47, said to be the world’s best-paid magician with a £65million stage show in Las Vegas and a ­palatial 20-room mansion.A source said: “It’s early days, but Chloe and Criss are very happy. They hit it off from day one. Although Murray is putting on a brave face he’s absolutely devastated. It’s a real slap in the face because Criss is his biggest rival.“He is more famous, his show is ­bigger, he takes more money and now he has Chloe as well. Their relationship is the talk of the town in Las Vegas.”Chloe, originally from Portsmouth, reached the BGT semi-finals with a magic routine on a ­motorbike.

Hailed as the show’s sexiest-ever contestant, she flirted constantly with show boss Simon Cowell, 55.

She has posed topless for Playboy and appeared in X-rated TV scenes, but last month quit the topless Vegas show Fantasy and is believed to be planning to work with new boyfriend Angel.His 2005 show Mindfreak made him a huge star and was shown on Channel 4 in the UK. Now he performs his Cirque du Soleil show, Believe, at the Luxor Hotel in Vegas 10 times a week.

His own marriage ended in 2006 and former dates include Playboy bunny Holly Madison, ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner.Chloe filed divorce papers against Sawchuck last month and is said to want custody of their three chihuahaus – appar­­ently devastated that he still has them.

Meanwhile, her rejected ex said: “A few years down the road I think we’ll look back and be the best of friends. I love her to death and I wish her the best.”