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 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 stunning, but you can’t help wondering what set George apart from all the other dance acts who participated.
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 Gin safe,” a source told the Daily Star. “Kate cannot bear the thought of anything happening to Gin – she’s her best friend and soulmate. She can’t bear the thought of someone harming Gin or stealing her. Read more & comment »
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 Oliver West End show is said to have wanted Rachel for the role.
A source told The Sun: “It was a terrible row. They were screaming at each other.”
Andrew confirmed: “The fact is Cameron wanted Rachel to stay. He wanted Rachel and Samantha in the final from the beginning of the series. Rachel did a fantastic performance but I had to face up to the fact that she wouldn’t have gone any further. Read more & comment »
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. But, to be honest, I think this is more down to the editorial content of the show,” Cowell told the Daily Star. “It is not a fix. Read more & comment »
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 and they are the five we like the best too.
“I think George has got as much of a shot as any singer and I wouldn’t write off Signature yet. Read more & comment »
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 putting Margaret Mitchell’s classic novel, Gone with the Wind, on stage at the New London Theatre,” producer Aldo Scrofani explained in a statement. “Despite the critical response the Company have enjoyed much praise from audience members during our run and for that we are grateful, nevertheless we have made the difficult decision to close the production. Read more & comment »
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 and were a wee bit different but the judges do know their stuff so I will take all the advice they give me,” Andrew told the Daily Record. Read more & comment »
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 to manipulate, but this really was one step too far. The woman is not a great singer. She is a good singer who only ended up in the final because of her sob story. It is a sad story, there is no doubting that, and I would love for Madonna to earn enough money to bring her children to live with her in the UK. But this show is called Britain’s Got Talent, not Britain’s Got A HEART! I refuse to vote for someone just because some telly bigwig thinks he can make me cry by putting pictures of cute kids on a huge screen! Read more & comment »
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 discuss which of the three finalists should land the lead role in Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Oliver!
“Andrew has a specific favourite, we all do,” admits John. “The three girls all have a great amount of talent, how I look at this now is, this is going to be life-changing, who can handle it?” Read more & comment »
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 final.
Many people have claimed that producers are doing this on purpose to manipulate the public into voting for the acts that they want to see in the final. Certainly, when the voting lines open, not only is the last act fresh in your mind, but they are still having praise heaped on them by the panel of judges. Take into consideration that the lines are only open for ten minutes, and it’s not surprising that the final act wins each night. Read more & comment »
In an interview with the BBC, Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed the name of his new Phantom Of The Opera sequel, and also revealed that he may not do any more reality TV shows with the channel.
Andrew revealed: “I have got my own new show coming on next year, which is my sequel to the Phantom of the Opera, which I think is going to be called Phantom: Once Upon Another Time.
“But that will come on in November next year, probably, if everything goes well.”
He added that they couldn’t do a reality TV show without a musical at the end for the winner to star in. Read more & comment »
Jodie Prenger may have already lost a whopping 11 stone, as part of Living reality TV show, ‘The Biggest Loser’, but it seems as though that might not be enough for Cameron Mackintosh.
Jodie is up against Jessie and Samantha in this weeks I’d Do Anything final, however Oliver producer Cameron Mackintosh is said to favour the slimmer girls for the roile of Nancy.
‘Cameron thinks she is a bit too big and has more or less said so,’ said Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber to the Daily Mirror.
But Sir Andrew disagreed with Mackintosh and said: Read more & comment »
Once again on Britain’s Got Talent, the last one in was the first one through to Saturdays final. Faryl Smith was the last performer to appear on the show last night and only moments later won a place in the final. The judges also chose Andrew Muir to go through.
Each night this week the pattern has remained the same, with Signature, George Sampson and Andrew Johnston all performing at the end and all getting through first. Read more & comment »
ITV today announced that Piers Morgan will join the channel in an exclusive two year deal.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, presenter and former editor of the Daily Mirror has emerged as one of the UK’s most popular personalities with an already impressive list of experience presenting shows across the major UK broadcasters.
With a number of projects already lined up, ITV can today confirm that Piers will return to judge a third season of the hugely popular Britain’s Got Talent. Read more & comment »
The Daily Star has reported that Big Brother bosses are planning one of their cruelest tasks yet for this years BB housemates.
One housemate will be chosen by their comrades to go without food, and yet sit infront of a load of tasty treats without eating anything. Anything they do eat will be taken out of the housemates shopping the following week.
A source apparently told the newspaper Read more & comment »
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