Nigel St. Nigel is a celebrity and judge on the television show American Duos who hires Shawn and Gus to protect him and figure out who's trying to kill him. Shawn saves his life twice, first by stopping him before he stepped in an electrified puddle outside his dressing room and then by stopping him from eating a poisoned sandwich. All the while Shawn and Gus are undercover contestants on the show and St. Nigel has to do his best to keep them in the competition. It is discovered that the sandwich was poisoned with prescription drugs belonging to Emelina, one of St. Nigel's co-judges, but there are still more attempts on his life even after she's been arrested.
St. Nigel stays at Henry's house for a while, but Henry finds him insufferable, as he does things like wear Henry's bathrobe without asking, and so he kicks him out. Shawn and Gus reveal that the killer was repeat contestant Bevin Rennie Llywellen, who has an amazing voice but always blows his chance on purpose, so he can have another audition in the next city in case his plan didn't work. He was hired by St. Nigel's other co-judge Zapato, who felt overshadowed by St. Nigel even though Zapato was the first judge to sign onto the show. St. Nigel taunts Zapato as Zapato is being taken away, calling him the "worst murderer ever" for being unable to kill someone only several feet away from him over many work days. Shawn and Gus then perform Shout, dressed as Roland Orzabal and Michael Jackson, but since St. Nigel no longer needs their protection, he harshly critiques them and eliminates them from the competition.
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- In his willingness to be 'the bad guy' and determination to remain the focus of the show, he bears a remarkable resemblance to real-life American Idol judge Simon Cowell, who is also the driving force behind Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor.