Archive for May 2008

 

George Sampson wins Britain’s Got Talent 2008

by Gerard McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

They’re calling it a big fix over on our forum, but dancer George Sampson has won Britain’s Got Talent 2008. The final line-up was:

George Sampson
Signature
Andrew Johnston

George won after performing a pumped-up version of Singing In The Rain which finished with him getting drenched on stage. It was all very visually [...]

 
 

Britain’s Got Talent: Dog Under Guard!

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

Britain’s Got Finalist, Gin the dog, is under close guard today, as fears rise that she could fall foul of dogknappers, wanting to make a few pounds by ransoming the owners of the newly famous pooch.
Gin’s owner Kate is said to behind all the security.
“She and her family are going to extraordinary lengths to keep [...]

 
 

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is reported to have had a furious row with Cameron Mackintosh last week, after he got rid of Rachel Tucker from BBC One’s ‘I’d Do Anything.’
Sir Andrew was faced with the choice after Rachel ended up in the bottom two along with fellow hot favourite, Samantha. Mackintosh, who is producing the [...]

 
 

Britains Got Talent: Simon Cowell Understands ‘Fix’ Claims

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

Simon Cowell has revealed that he can understand why fans of the show are accusing the producers of manipulating the public vote, by placing their favourite act last each night.
The winning act from every semi final this week was the last act to perform on the show and receive the judges comments.
“It does look strange. [...]

 
 

Britains Got Talent: Simon Cowell’s Five Favourites

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

Simon Cowell has revealed his top five acts in this years Britains Got Talent final.

Out of the final ten acts, Simon’s favourites to win are Faryl Smith, Andrew Johnston, George Sampson, Signature and the dog act Kate and Gin.
Cowell told The Mirror: He said: “I think it is going to be unbelievably close between them [...]

 
 

Gone With The Wind: Darius Danesh Cut Short

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

A West End production of Gone With The Wind starring Darius Danesh will end its run early.
The show has suffered from poor ticket sales and a bad response from the critics and will now finish on the 15th of June.
“From the beginning of our journey we have all worked hard to achieve the realisation of [...]

 
 

Britains Got Talent: Andrew Muir Will Ditch The Yellow Trainers

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

Britains Got Talent finalist, Andrew Muir, has promised that he will ditch the yellow shoes and yellow watch for his performance tonihgt.
Andrew wore the yellow accessories for his semi final performance on Thursday night, but the judges all hated them, and Amanda told him to sack his stylist.
“I liked the trainers because they stood out [...]

 
 

Britains Got Talent: Escala and Nemesis Through To Final!!

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 31st 2008

Before I start talking about who got through tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent semi finals, can I please mention how cheesy and ridiculous it was of the BGT producers to plaster a huge picture of Madonna’s children across the screen as she was singing The Greatest Love Of All.
I know that the British public are easy [...]

 
 

I’d Do Anything judge John Barrowman tells Jonathan Ross tonight that he has a favourite Nancy – just a day before the grand final of the contest to find the West End’s newest star.
John and Andrew Lloyd Webber pop in for a chat on this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One and [...]

 
 

Britain’s Got Talent Bosses Deny Manipulation

by Lisa McGarry on Friday, May 30th 2008

I think everyone will have noticed that there is a definite pattern in this years Britain’s Got Talent competition. As we mentioned in a previous post, for the last four nights running the last act of the night tends to be the judges favourite and each time has been the first act through to the [...]