Britain’s Got Talent Series 4
Semi – Finalists
Kevin Cruise
NAME: Martin Cobble
AGE: 33
FROM: London
TALENT: Camp variety entertainer and chief host on the Fishy Rose, a 5,000
passenger, 2,000 crew floating Entertainment luxury liner
BACKGROUND:
Martin has always wanted to be a performer .When he was 22 he moved to
London to pursue a career as an actor, he took a musical theatre course and
started auditioning for the West End. He was getting rejection after rejection
so decided to start working on cruise ships. He performed as a singer on the
cruise ships for 2 years. He then decided he wanted to give stand-up a go so
took a 3 month stand-up course last year and started performing at open mic
nights. At first Martin didn’t enjoy performing stand-up as himself so decided
to create a character who he named ‘Kevin Cruise.’ Kevin is based on a
typical camp cruise ship host and Martin has built his act around things he
experienced whilst working on the cruise ships.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – NO. This is why I would never go on one of those boats.
Amanda – YES. Kevin, I think if you got through to the final, I don’t know if
we’d need any more acts, loved you.
Piers - YES. I would go cruising with you anytime, you are providing variety
and that’s why this audience loved you.
Tobias Mead
AGE: 22
FROM: London/ Wiltshire
TALENT: Dancer
BACKGROUND:
Tobias has been dancing for the past 5 years. Growing up he was a strong
footballer and it wasn’t until he auditioned for the school production of ‘West
Side Story’ for a joke at 16 that he ever had a brush with performing. Tobias is
now a full time dancer, trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern and acrobatics at
the Stella Mann College.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – YES. Every so often, someone comes along who is just brilliant and
I think we’ll remember you, you’re super, super talented.
Amanda – YES. I was blown away by that, one of the best dance acts we’ve
ever had, brilliant.
Piers – YES. Very clever, I have seen stuff like it before though. I like it but
you need to cover more ground on stage.
Maxxie Oliver
AGE: 21
FROM: London
JOB: Sales Assistant, fashion
TALENT: Lady Gaga Impersonator
BACKGROUND:
Maxxie is a Lady Gaga impersonator, he sings and dances and when Maxxie
dresses up as Lady Gaga he feels beautiful, just like the pop and fashion
princess herself.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – NO. Maybe when you first appeared on stage there could have been
a little bit of confusion between you and Lady Gaga. And then you started
singing. The singing just got worse as it went along. It was just awful, awful,
awful. Furthermore, if we’ve already got Lady Gaga why do we need you?
Amanda – YES. I thought that was hilarious for all the right reasons.
Piers – YES. The audience I’m afraid, Simon, were with Lady Gaga right
here.
Michael Fayombo Junior and Senior
AGE: 14 and 38
FROM: Feltham, Hounslow
TALENT: Dance Duo/ Impersonators
BACKGROUND:
Michael Senior first started performing 18 years ago because of his love of
Michael Jackson, he then in turn got his son Michael Junior involved. They
have been performing together since Michael Junior was 5 years of age at
weddings and parties.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – I thought it was going to be shambles and it shouldn’t of worked but it
did work, watching you (Michael Jnr) in the early part was like watching
Michael Jackson, incredible, I’m glad you’re together
Amanda – You both blew me away then, brilliant
Piers – Best Michael Jackson impersonation
Phillip Grimmer
AGE: 56
FROM: Ilford, London
TALENT: Female Impersonator
BACKGROUND:
Phillip started doing female impersonations in 2004 when his wife (Silvia)
wanted him to be able to dance. As he “has two left feet” he started to watch
Kylie videos and copied her moves in order to impress his wife.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers- You’ve definitely improved. Last time was terrible but this was actually
very entertaining.
Simon – The problem was the dancing. The dancing was horrific. I don’t
really see the point of this act.
Twist & Pulse
NAMES: (L-R) Glen Murphy (Pulse) & Ashley Glazebrooke (Twist)
AGE: 19 (Glen) & 18 (Ashley)
FROM: Catford (Glen) & Belvedere (Ashley) in London
TALENT: Dance Duo
BACKGROUND:
Ashley and Glen are best mates and have known each other for 2 years.
Ashley started dancing 6 years ago and Glen started 5 years ago.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – I thought that was terrific. That is one of the most exciting, original
routines we’ve seen.
Amanda – I don’t know what that kind of style is but you danced to every
section of the music and you told a story. What is it?
Ashley – We call it ‘streetomedy’. It’s street and comedy together.
Amanda – I think you just showed us a glimpse of the future.
Simon – For me the only thing that works is whether it becomes entertaining
for the person watching it. I think there’s still a lot of room for improvement.’
Team Shaolin
MEMBERS: X 10 Matthew Metin Ahmet (21), Glenn Lillie (17), Jacob Davis
(15), Sohail Badat (30), Iyanu Ogjunobi (12), Oni Ogjunobi (9), Jake Chisnell
(9), Wiktor Glowacz (8), Adrian Glowacz (16), Lucas Crystal Campos (11)
FROM: London
TALENT: Martial Arts Group
BACKGROUND:
Team Shaolin are a 10 strong team who perform the martial art form ‘Shaolin’,
which is an ancient 1500yr old form of Kung-fu involving channelled Buddhism
(Zen). Buddhist monks practise it and are the ultimate masters of this form of
Kung-fu. All members have shaved heads which represent the philosophy of
the art form; the hair is seen as a cover which stops energy being let out.
Moves in their routine consist of breaking iron bars (achieved through
breathing and meditation), 2 finger handstands and many more.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – That was so exciting, I cannot tell you.
Simon – I think for this to work you really need to theme it. It’s got to be more
like a movie.
Dance Flavourz
MEMBERS: Francis Alejandro Cardoso (37), Yvonne Cardoso (37), Chevone
Jones (24), Gemima Bloom (24), Rosa Perez (27), Gladis Cardoso (37), Eva
Controle (22), French Bianca Olin (24), Catherine Peter (26), Sindy Belluccy
French (22), Julia Bysse (29) and Stephanie S (25)
FROM: They come from all over the world – Spain, Brazil, Portugal, France
and Britain but are based in London
TALENT: Brazilian Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Dance Flavourz consists of 12 Brazilian Samba dancers, 11 females and 1
male. Francis the male dancer and spokesperson for the group trained as a
dancer in Portugal when he was 14.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – That was really, really special and you are utterly compelling to watch.
Amanda – I couldn’t keep my eyes off all the bits and bobs wiggling about.
Perfect.
Simon – If I’m being honest this is total, utter madness. I don’t know what to
do with you.
Alesia Vazmitsel
AGE: 30
FROM: Orginally from Belarus but now lives in London
TALENT: Pole Dancing
BACKGROUND:
Alesia has been performing for 10 years and started as a theatre dancer. She
started pole dancing 3 years ago when it became fashionable and wanted to
do more than just spin around a pole, so she incorporated spins and splits to
show off her athleticism and she is also a gymnast.
Josh Berry
AGE: 16
FROM: London
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Josh has been singing and dancing since he was 7. He used to perform in
local shows and started having singing lessons when he was 10. Josh’s
singing teacher got him to audition for The West End’s Lion King when he was
12. He didn’t get selected at first but got a call back for 2 more auditions and
eventually got chosen to play the part of young Simba and played the part for
over a year.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – You were confident, you were a showman and you delivered. I
think you’ve got the potential to be a great pop star.
Piers – You’ve got the looks, you’ve got the charm, you’ve got the stage
presence, you’ve got the girls going crazy. I think that was a brilliant
performance.
Simon – You’ve got a lot of things going your way – you’re a good looking
guy, you’ve got charisma, and people like you. If I met you under normal
circumstances I would say to you ‘Josh you should be in a band’.
Threebee
MEMBERS: Rakesh Asiyani (30), Manpreet Bassi (30), Saajan Raja (18),
Deip Patel (28), Sunny Sharma (26), Shabeer Booly (27), Emiko Ishii (24),
Krupa Chavda (21), Ameela Patel (26), Roshni Divani (25), Meena Seda (24),
Hinal Shah (27), Sonal Chakravarti (23), Mala Pinduria (27), Shilpa Rajani
(29), Gabriela Radeva (21)
FROM: London
TALENT: Dance
BACKGROUND:
Threebee are a Bollywood dance company from London that were set up
almost 6 years ago by director & choreographer Shweta Aggarwal. Shweta is
a self taught dancer who was born in India, raised in Japan and moved to
London in 2000 when she got married.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers - Great energy and brilliant performance
Amanda – You all looked fabulous
Simon – I’d like to see something with two or three different types of music
working together
Taboo
MEMBERS: Lauren Vine (10)
Caitlin South (9), Janahi Anderson (11), Mallacai Anderson (13), Eleanor
Waters (7), Maisie Waters (10), Ellie Cruse (10), Chloe Cruse (8), Elise
Walker (8), Bryony French (10), Jordan Marshall (10), Katie Ewen (14), Amy
Watson (15), Melissa Wood (13), Leah Bauckham (13), Rosie Bolton (14), Alli
Tulppo (14), Siani Finan (12), Ashleigh Walllis (15), Maisie Lukes (14), Abbie
Boyd (13), Sophie James (11), Alex Herridge (16), Kelly Warner (16), Georgia
Green (16), Victoria DeWaal (16), Hannah Barker (21), Kirsty Samwell (22),
Nikita Mahon (17), Samantha Kirchin (23), Samantha Robinson (23), Hayley
Morris (17), Amelia Gooch (18), Natalie James (18)
FROM: London
TALENT: Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Taboo are made up of 3 groups from the Grove School of Dance in Kent. The
groups involved are: Damage (the U12s), Remix (11-15) and Taboo (16+).
The team is coached by Kirsten Wheel who is an ex-professional dancer and
now full time teacher & choreographer.
Myztikal
NAMES: Marcus Donaldson 30, Jamelle Maynard 26, Shona Louise Bagnall
16, Rachel Maame Efua Gorton 19, Bahar Ali 22, Terrell Works 28, Lolade
Babatola 17, Emmanuel Bamigbola 17, Joshua Bamigbola 10, Jeffrey Okyere
18, Tashana Williams 17, Stephan Benson 17
FROM: London
TALENT: Singing Dance Troupe
BACKGROUND: Myztikal are a group of 12 aged between 10 and 30. Marcus
first formed the group 7 years ago and the line up has changed over the years
but the groups love and passion for dance has remained.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – It was absolutely brilliant until the Oasis song, this puts me in difficult
position as it was one of the best acts we’ve seen, the twist was great and
then it all went horribly wrong and that may have damaged your chances
Amanda – It started off good but if you wish to continue you must sort out who
can sing and who can’t
Simon – I agree with what the guys are saying, we’re going to vote
Piers – NO, reality is second half ruined the first half
Amanda – YES, I am going to give you a second chance
Simon – Piers does have a point, but having said that I’m going to agree with
Amanda – YES
Peridot
NAEMS: Eugene Drummond 27, Dwain Allain 23, Benji Shogbolu 21, Anton
Streeks - Henry 23, Simon Lee 23, Nicholas Stephen 23, Daniel Brown 25,
Harryson Parkes 23, Daryll Robinson 23
FROM: London
TALENT: Street Dance Troupe
BACKGROUND: Peridot are a street dance troupe of 9 boys. The troupe has
been together for the last 4 years and was initially set up by Eugene who
wanted to start up his own dance troupe.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – For sheer energy, imagination, I love the look, I like the smiles. You
are having fun, we had fun, great, great performance.
Amanda – Who does the choreography? It’s genius, absolutely. Well
executed, great story, clean, you were all together…great energy.
Simon – I love your enthusiasm and I can tell you’ve obviously spent a heck of
a long time putting this routine together, but there are a lot of very, very strong
dance acts this year. Right now, I’ve seen one or two I think are stronger, so
if you make it through you’re going to have to work twice as hard.
Chloe Hickinbottom
AGES: 10
FROM: Birmingham
BACKGROUND:
Chloe has been singing since she was a little girl. Chloe used to sing in the
bedroom and Andrew (her dad) thought it was the TV, and that’s one of the
early times they discovered Chloe’s secret voice.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – YES. I don’t know what I was expecting but I wasn’t expecting
that.
Louis – YES. You have been the biggest surprise of the day, you were born
to sing.
Piers– YES. I’ve never heard anything like that, you were perfectly in tune
Jimmy Ford
Age: 75
FROM: Birmingham
TALENT: Leprecorn
BACKGROUND:
Jimmy started Irish dancing when he was 55, he says he is obsessed with
Irish music and can’t stop jigging to it. He has never had a lesson in his life
and decided to teach himself Irish dancing in his old age to keep him fit.
Jimmy practises his Irish dancing every night in his flat and says he never
gets fed up of it - he is a true Irish man through and through.
Tina & Chandi
AGE: Chandi (the dog) is 12 and Tina is 37
FROM: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
TALENT: Tina and her dancing dog, Chandi
BACKGROUND:
Tina always wanted a Blue Merle Border Collie and just over 11 years ago
she met Chandi who was dumped at Telford dog pound aged 4 months. As
soon as Tina got Chandi home she started teaching her tricks, and when she
was 9 months they entered their first competition together. Currently Chandi is
Crufts champion for freestyle, international freestyle and heel work to music .
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – YES. It’s so lovely to see your relationship.
Piers – YES. I wish Simon was here today because he would have
absolutely loved that, you are the most talented dog I have ever seen on this
show. I will vote twice, once on my behalf and once on Simon’s.
Louis – YES. The best dog act I’ve ever seen, Chandi is a star and she has
great likeability.
Kieran Gaffney
AGE: 13
FROM: Kent
TALENT: Drummer
BACKGROUND:
Kieran performed on the show last year, narrowly missing out on a semi-final
place. Kieran started playing the drums 18 months ago when his dad bought
him an electrical drum kit.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – YES. I thought you were good last year, if I’m honest with you, this
year I thought…..you were fantastic.
Amanda – YES. Oh Kieran, I’m so proud of you and you played for your life, I
know it matters to you, I can see that on your little face.
Piers – YES. Last year we thought we made a mistake afterwards with you
and you’ve just come back and proved we did make a mistake, you’ve made
drumming entertaining on its own which is hard to do.
Stevie Starr – The Regurgitator
AGE: 47
FROM: Glasgow
TALENT: Regurgitating
BACKGROUND:
Stevie realised that he had a unique talent when he was put in an orphanage
at the age of 4. He would swallow his money but realised that he could bring
the coins back up. It was then that he started to swallow various items to see
if he could regurgitate them. He won his first talent show in 1982 and was
noticed by the manager of Scottish band Marmalade. He then started working
as the opening act for the band. In 1986 he decided to move down to London
to get more gigs. It was then that Stevie realised that he needed to develop
his act and add more comedy to his routine.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – YES. So this is not a trick? I mean it’s not magic? You really are
swallowing all that?
Amanda – YES. To be honest I didn’t think I was going to like it, but I did find
it fascinating, I couldn’t take my eyes off you.
Piers – YES. It was pretty compelling to watch, pretty weird, and it made me
gag a few times.
Janey Cutler
AGE: 81
FROM: Wishaw,Scotland
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Janey started singing when she was 6 in the Salvation Army. However, since
then she did not sing again until she was 50 when a friend made her get up in
a local pub and sing. Janey hasn’t stopped singing since and has been
singing in local pubs, clubs and village halls for the past 30 years
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – Where have you been?!
Janey – Just the wee pubs and clubs
Piers – Amazing
Amanda – I didn’t know what to expect when Ant bought you on, I didn’t
expect a set of lungs like that! That voice came from nowhere, such a
massive voice, spectacular
Simon – How many years have you waited to do that?
Janey – I’m just thankful I’m here tonight
Piers – Absolutely massive YES
Amanda – The Royal family would love you - YES
Simon – 3,003 YES’s
Tyler Patterson
AGE: 9
FROM: Glasgow
TALENT: Street Dancer
BACKGROUND:
Tyler Patterson is a 9 year old freestyle dancer who was born is Glasgow. He
has been dancing for a year and a half taught himself different moves which
he learnt from MTV videos. He does lots of performances and really loves
being centre of attention.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – I think you’re a little fire cracker
Simon – You’re very very talented
The Fusion
MEMBERS: Pierce Meehan (21), Jodie Halford (17), Amy Mcinally (17),
Rebecca Donnelly (17), April Stewart-Mccrae (16), Leanne Appleby (17),
Lorna Munn (22), Stacey Haswell (19), Stacey Ingram (30), Mhairi Young
(18), Dannika Channer (15), Jaimie Mccrae (16), Rachel Donnelly (16),
Kenneth Martin (15), Ross Mathers (22)
FROM: Glasgow
TALENT: Dancers
BACKGROUND:
The Fusion dance group is made up of 15 members and all the members are
from Dancepoint Dance School which was set up by Robert Hamilton 8 years
ago. Robert began the dance school after he played the role of Mr
Mistoffelees in Cats in the West End and wanted to give children the
opportunity to learn how to dance and perform musical theatre. Fusion have
only been dancing together as a group for 6 months after Robert put them
together especially for Britain’s Got Talent.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – The costumes were very inventive, the choreography was fantastic. It
was really quite sinister, you are a scary bunch.
Amanda – You were a treat.
The Arrangement
MEMBERS (x 8, all 18 yrs old): Jono (singer), Tom (keyboard), Nathan (bass
guitar), Joe (drums), Ellie (cello), Hannah, Amy and Lara (all play violin)
FROM: Cambridge
TALENT: Musicians - classical take on modern music.
BACKGROUND:
The group all met at 6th form college last year and have only been a group
since September 2009. It all started in a music lesson when Tom played
Dizzee Rascal on the piano and Jono joined in with his operatic take on
‘Dance Wiv Me’.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon– YES. It was like you were performing at the school ball but somebody
has spiked your drinks.
Amanda – YES. I have to say, I didn’t know what to think of it when it started
but then it was just…genius!”
Piers – YES. It was a brilliant idea, it was brilliantly executed and these things
are always down to how the audience react, and they went with you. They
absolutely loved it!
Spelbound
MEMBERS: 13 members, Adam McAssey 20, Adam Buckingham 21, Alex
Uttley 24, Jonathan Stranks 15, Douglas Fordyce 19, Edward Upcott 18,
Nicholas Illingworth 24, Katie Axten 17, Leighanne Cowler 18, Lauren Kemp
17, Hollianne Wood 13, Abigail Ralph 15, Amy Mackenzie 12
FROM: Ashford, Middlesex
TALENT: Acrobatic gymnastics
BACKGROUND:
Spelbound are a mixed group of acrobatic gymnastics and most of the
members have been training since the age of 4.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon– YES. I have never seen anything like that in my life. I thought that
once again we were going to get some really boring gymnastics display but
that was very clever, really, really smart.
Amanda – YES. It was absolutely faultless. Some of the stuff that was going
on I didn’t think was humanly possible. Outstanding. Absolutely incredible,
incredible.
Piers – YES. You had the whole theatre going crazy.
Christopher Stone
AGE: 28
FROM: North Rigton, Yorkshire
JOB: Accountant
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
When he was 15 he sang a solo for a Les Miserables medley in his school
choir, when someone said he had a good voice so he started having lessons.
He went to Cheetams Music School when he was 16 and his singing took off.
His dream never happened and he’s career went down a different route and
he became an accountant.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – YES. Christopher, I think you have a really, really good voice, but
do we have a star?
Amanda – YES It was brilliant and I loved your voice.
Piers – YES. As you got into it, I could see that you were like ‘this is my
moment and I’m having an amazing time’ and I enjoyed it with you.
Ice
MEMBERS: X 14
Paige Goddard (14), Shannen Windle (14), Alisha Humpries (13), Hannah
Durham (14), Faye McDool (16), Emily Taylor (16), Molly Davidson (12),
Katrina Barnes (18), Kirk Alexander (18), Jemma Hopson (14), Laura Powney
(16), Ellie Cliff (12), Robyn Stainrod (14), Keith Marshall (16)
FROM: Rotherham, South Yorkshire
TALENT: Street Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Ice are a 14 strong street dance group from Rotherham in South Yorkshire
and they have been together for 2 years.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – I thought it was very, very original. I loved all the stuff with the canes.
I thought the choreography was very imaginative, lots of energy. When the
audience get up and start dancing with you, you know you’re doing something
right.
Amanda – I loved that you did everything together. It looks so uniform and
slick when it’s together. Fantastic choreography, great job, well done.
Simon – I thought overall it was well done. I have a slight problem…you are
being choreographed from other people which always for me makes it slightly
less real. It’s got a dance school element to it.
Connected
MEMBERS: Conor 13 and Miles 13 (twins), Harry 13 and Max 15 (brothers)
and Matt 12
FROM: Manchester
TALENT: Boyband
BACKGROUND:
Connected are a boy band and the group have been together for the last 5
months, and all met at Max and Harry’s mum’s performance school. All the
boys started singing from a very early age and say it’s their passion and
desire to sing. Miles came up with the name connection after he thought it
was the best way to describe the group’s dynamics.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – You’re all very cute and look good together but here is the bad
news, this is 15 years out of date… maybe you did need a little bit of help, so
I’m going to say……YES
Amanda – YES. I got goosebumps the minute you all started singing, and I
think you have a big future ahead of you.
Piers – YES. I was the official biographer for Take That so I’m an expert in
first stages of boyband and I think we’ve got something quiet good here
Liam McNally
AGE: 14
FROM: New Moston, Manchester
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Liam started singing when he was 10 after he auditioned for a school play and
was encouraged by his music teacher (Lindsey) to take up singing lessons.
Lindsey saw his potential to be a great classical singer and Liam now has
weekly singing lessons with Lindsey.
JUDEGES COMMENTS:
Simon – I wouldn’t call you a good singer, I would call you a fantastic singer,
what you’ve got is that you have fire and emotion in your eyes. I see a lot of
kids up there that have practiced and practiced and are robotic. You have
real warmth and it’s believable, the problem you have though Liam is you
properly have what you have max for 6-9 months and it’s gonna go and that’s
the problem. So you have to enjoy this and remember this moment”
Amanda – Piers, what did you think?
Piers – You’ve had no real training?
Liam – Nope
Piers – Properly too early to say this but you are a real contender to win BGT
Amanda – WOW, your Mum and Dad must be so proud of you
Olivia Archbold
AGE: 14
FROM: Newton-le-willows, St Helens
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Olivia has been singing since she was 7 years old. She started singing when
a teacher at her dance school got everyone to sing and dance, it was then
that she and everyone else discovered she has a good voice. After school
Olivia wants to go down the musical route, she would love to attend a
performing arts school and be a solo musician/singer.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – YES. You’re so nervous, I can see you’re shaking, we’ve had many
kids coming out taking on songs that are way way too big for them and you’ve
just changed everything. You sang that so well and made it your version of
the song, I’m so so impressed with you Olivia, I can’t begin to tell you.
Amanda – YES. That was utterly spellbinding.
Piers – YES. What I really like about you is that I don’t think you know how
good you really are, you were very shy and humble and you sang utterly
beautifully.
Emile Harris
AGE: 17
FROM: Chepstow, Wales
TALENT: Singer and guitar player
BACKGROUND:
Emile has been playing the guitar since he was 12 and was taught by his
father who was a musician. He is a music college student and really wants to
get out there and show people what he is made of. He has been performing
locally for the last year and also writes his own songs.
Starburst
AGE: 8 – 13 years (24 members)
FROM: Barry, Wales
TALENT: Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Starburst are a dance group and the group consists of 24 girls. They have
been together for 6 months although the girls have all been dancing for
various lengths of time.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda – It was fun, cute, brilliant
Piers – If you were to win, how would you split the money
Simon - I think you’re great, you’re like dancing Quality Street, your
choreography is a little old fashioned though
Sean Sheehan
AGE: 66
FROM: Anglesey, Wales
TALENT: Impersonator/ Wood chopper
BACKGROUND:
Over the years Sean has played extra roles and 8 years ago set-up a
workshop to teach inspiring actors the skills needed to be a good extra. In
2006 Sean signed up with a lookalike agency in London as an impersonator
for Sean Connery. Sean decided to incorporate impersonating, singing and
kindling into his act.
A3
NAMES: Arnold (19), Anthony (15) and Amukhelani Matsena (13)
FROM: Swansea, Wales
TALENT: Dance trio
BACKGROUND:
Arnold, Anthony and Amukhelani are brothers and have been dancing
together for the last 2 years. Arnold started dancing when he was 2, Anthony
has been dancing seriously for 3 years and Amukhelani has been dancing
seriously for the last 6 months. When they were younger Arnold used to teach
his younger brothers all of his moves which has meant they have picked up
dancing very quickly.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – It started really, really well. The first minute or so was fantastic…
then it ran out of steam. For an act like this to work it has to have a
beginning, a middle and an end. So you’ve got natural talent, but what I don’t
think you did is work out a proper routine for an audition. That’s the
downside, the upside is you’re exceptionally talented, love your commitment,
love your passion and I love the fact that you’re brothers as well. It makes a
difference.
Piers – With the right routine, you’ve got a real chance.
Amanda – I just think you need a little bit more help and I think this show can
give it to you.
Paul Burling
AGE: 41
FROM: Bristol
TALENT: Impersonator
BACKGROUND:
Paul started to do impressions when he was at primary school and it has now
become his professional career. From a young age he often made characters
up and always copied voices perfectly.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – I normally cannot bear these type of acts. When I heard the story
about you being thrown off the club in Kent, I was thinking you’ve got 3000
people here and I had a feeling if this went bad this could bury you.
Amanda – I just think after schlepping it around holiday camps for the past 25
years, you haven’t been found and we’ve been able to find you.
Piers – You are the best impressionist we’ve ever seen on Britain’s Got
Talent.
Kev Orkian
AGE: 36
FROM: Essex
TALENT: Singer/Pianist
BACKGROUND:
Kev first started playing the piano at the age of 4 and by 15 he had reached
grade 8 piano. He is now a full time comedy pianist and performs all over the
world with his act in galas, corporate functions as well as platinum cruises.
Kev is of Armenian decent and he uses this as inspiration for his comedy.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – That was one of the smartest things I’ve seen in a long time.
Father & Son
NAMES: Graham (dad) & James (son)
AGE: 53 & 26
FROM: Bolton
TALENT: Singers
BACKGROUND:
Graham learnt to sing at the Royal Northern College of Music and James
studied performing Arts at Manchester Met. Graham and James have never
really performed together before - only at family parties. They enjoy writing
and performing comedy sketches and singing musical numbers
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – Watching you there was like you’d waited 25 years for this moment.
Simon – I’m not going to lie and say you’re the best two singers I’ve ever
heard. You need an awful lot of practice.
Mark James
AGE: 30
FROM: Barnoldswick, Lancashire
TALENT: Operatic duet with himself
BACKGROUND:
Mark sings a romantic duet with himself. Half of him is the male character and
the other half is the female character of the song.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Simon – Arguably one of the worst acts we’ve seen this year. I hated the
original, I hated the song, hated the act and the fact that you’re both of them…
Mark, here’s my issue, where would you go [with this]?
Mark – I’m not a one trick pony. I’ve got a lot more up my sleeve.
Amanda – Could you do Sonny and Cher?
Mark – Sonny and Cher, Ant and Dec…
Simon – That’s genuinely made up my mind for me, trust me. I’m going to say
no to both of you.
Piers – I think the show needs people like you. I think you are an entertainer.
Two yeses from Piers and Amanda mean both sides of Mark sail through to
the next round.
Neil Fullard
AGE: 43
FROM: Wednesbury, West Midlands
JOB: Doorman
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Neil has always sung in the house, shower and whilst driving but is now ready
to perform to a much bigger crowd and impress his fellow Doormen at the
same time.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Piers – Presentation 0/10, self confidence about 3 and actual singing voice
one of the best I’ve heard
Louis – I didn’t expect you to be this good, I want to see you in a tux
Amanda – I wasn’t expecting that, you’re sexy and charming, you’re a
Doorman right? Well your names down and your definitely coming in
The Ruby Girls
NAMES: Rai Quartley 22, Kerri De Aguiar 24, Bethany Harrison 19, Tara
Young 21, Bayley Darling 23, Louise Davies 24, Vicky Tansey 22
FROM: South East London
TALENT: Dance Group
BACKGROUND: The Ruby Girls are a collection of trained dancers from
London. They have been together for 2 and a half years and they decided that
they would put the group together because they are all passionate about
dancing. The group developed through word of mouth and soon the girls
started to get a select group of dancers who were really dedicated to
performing.
The Chippendoubles
NAMES: David Beckham (Andy 30), Mr T (John 29), Daniel Craig (Steve 41),
Simon Cowell (Andy Monk 50), Will Smith (Shad 32), Ricky Gervais (Tim 43),
Gordon Ramsey (Martin 38)
FROM: Various locations
TALENT: Celeb lookalike troupe
BACKGROUND: The Chippendoubles are a lookalike group formed
especially for Britain’s Got Talent. It was Andy Harmer (David Beckham), that
decided to put the group together and he approached the others.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Amanda (laughing) – What did you think of that Simon?
Simon – I don’t know who the last one was as he doesn’t look like anyone.
This was in a way one of my favourite acts, here’s the issue, the fun was now
you’ve all been revealed, what do you do in the next round?
Chippendoubles – We have a few surprises up our sleeves
Piers – For surprise value and entertainment value, that was genius
Amanda – It was very funny, some of you are spot on
Piers – The middle one especially (pointing to Simon