Britain's Got Talent Archives

Piers Morgan To Get £2 Million For Chat Show

The Sun has reported today that Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan, is about to sign a £2 million contract with ITV and will host his own chat show on the channel.

Last night an ITV source told the newspaper: “Piers is like Marmite — you either love him or hate him.

“He’s doing a lot for ITV and it makes sense to get him on an exclusive deal. We have the biggest names on TV with ITV Continue reading ‘Piers Morgan To Get £2 Million For Chat Show‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent: Faryl Smith Will Not Turn Into Charlotte Church

Faryl Smith may have been compared to Charlotte Church since her amazing Britain’s Got Talent performance on Saturday night, but the twelve year old insists that she will never move onto pop music as Charlotte has.

Faryl told The Sun: “I am similar to Charlotte Church but I don’t think I want to do pop. I wouldn’t change from singing classical.”

She revealed that since meeting her idol Katherine Jenkins, she aspires to be more like her.

She said: “Katherine’s PR heard me and couldn’t believe my voice so he arranged for me to meet her. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent: Faryl Smith Will Not Turn Into Charlotte Church‘ »

Simon Cowell Arranges Voice Coaching For Faryl Smith

Simon Cowell is reported to have arranged voice lessons for Faryl Smith, the 12 year old girl all three judges backed in Britain’s Got Talent.

Faryl first appeared on our screens last night when she blew the judges away with her rendition of ‘Ave Maria’.

A source told the Sunday Mirror: “Simon was blown away by Faryl. He is keen to see her do well and although she’s got buckets of natural talent, he knows that can always be improved with hard work.”

Faryl’s father Tony Smith revealed that his daughter has had multiple offers from record companies in the past, Continue reading ‘Simon Cowell Arranges Voice Coaching For Faryl Smith‘ »

Austin Blackburn Plays The Saw On Britain’s Got Talent

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On tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent show, Austin Blackburn tries to win a place in the live shows by playing the musical saw.

“I’m hoping to bring a new sound to the world of music,” Austin explains before going on stage. “People will be amazed - hopefully. I would like to be a professional saw player, a sawist? Whatever you call people that play the saw.”

Blackburn informs the judges that he will be playing ‘You Raise Me Up’, explaining: “I would like to promote the saw as a proper musical instrument.”

Once he is finished, Amanda, Piers and the audience seem impressed - but Simon just isn’t convinced. Continue reading ‘Austin Blackburn Plays The Saw On Britain’s Got Talent‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent 2008: Simon Cowell Thinks He Is The Queen!

Whilst touring the UK for the recent Britain’s Got Talent audition, Simon Cowell was allowed to park wherever he wanted, a priveledge usually reserved for the Queen.

Simon insisted that he was able to park his car outside every theatre they visited, and wanted his bodyguard, Tony, to remain in the car for the whole day.

A show insider told The Sun: “Simon likes to get his own way and was adamant that Tony should be able to park the Roller right outside every theatre.

“He hates walking anywhere and the idea of being mobbed fills him with fear.

“So we contacted all the relevant councils and asked them if they could make a special dispensation.

“The producers sorted it out verbally on the phone. Simon doesn’t have a special sticker or anything. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent 2008: Simon Cowell Thinks He Is The Queen!‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent: Sophie The Belly Dancer!

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In tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent we will be treated to a belly dancing display! Having only ever performed in restaurants, 19 yr old Sophie would love to shimmy her way to the Royal Variety.

As Sophie explains to a very thrilled looking Ant & Dec, “I’m going to be belly dancing. I’ve always loved dancing but I’ve never been that comfortable with it, and then I saw some belly dancers and I found out my curves could be useful for once”.

As Sophie walks out on stage she certainly has pricked Simon’s attention with Amanda asking, “Is it a yes or no Simon”, before she’s even performed. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent: Sophie The Belly Dancer!‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent: Dean Wilson Does Miss Saigon!

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In Britain’s Got Talent tomorrow night, 18 year old Dean Wilson from Middlesborogh is going to be performing an extract from Miss Saigon for the Judges today. Dean lives with his single Mum Sharon and he has a real passion for musical theatre, but growing up in Middlesborogh he’s grown up in a world where he’s not able to show off his talent as Dean explains, “I didn’t want to tell the people at school about my singing and dancing as I thought they’d probably think I was a bit girly and say I should be doing boxing and football, but that’s not for me, I just want to perform on a stage. Dancing and Singing has been my only love, this competition means the world to me I want to fulfil my dream where I can perform in front of millions”.

Walking out on stage to lots of wolf whistles from the girls, Dean starts his performance, singing and acting Why God Why? from Miss Saigon, but just as Dean is getting into his stride Simon stops his performance because, “I hate that song”. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent: Dean Wilson Does Miss Saigon!‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent: Charlie and Krista Are Cheeky Monkeys

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Hoping to be the ray of sunshine the Britain’s Got Talent Judges are looking for in Manchester are the Cheeky Monkeys, Charlie and Krista both 8 from Burnley in Lancashire who have been dancing together for over a year.

Dressed to impress in their sequined outfits the two win over the Judges and the audience with their very energetic disco dance routine, “It’s like they are dancing on fast forward” comments Ant from side of stage, even Simon looks won over by their cuteness. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent: Charlie and Krista Are Cheeky Monkeys‘ »

Britain’s Got Talent: Jeremy Lynch Shows His Football Skills!

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On tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent, hoping to hit the big time with his football skills is 20 year old Jeremy Lynch. Jeremy’s big dream is to become a professional footballer, and that dream almost came true when at 15 he was taken on by Arsenal, but unfortunately it didn’t work out and they let him go.

He thought his dreams had ended there but his passion for the game has never faltered and he’s hoping to give it one more shot though and his sights are set on the ultimate stage, the Royal Variety. On stage, armed with his football Amanda asks, “How can you make this entertaining and not just sport?”, “you just watch me!” says Jeremy. Continue reading ‘Britain’s Got Talent: Jeremy Lynch Shows His Football Skills!‘ »

Piers Morgan & Alan Sugar Fight By Text!!

Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan has admitted that he and Apprentice boss, Alan Sugar have been trading insults by texts. How very modern!

“Britain’s Got Talent has been hitting about 11.5 million while The Apprentice has about 8.5 million viewers,” Morgan told the Daily Star Sunday. “I loved it the other day when Sir Alan sent me a text comparing himself to a maggot because he says his show is going to slowly catch up and overtake us in the ratings war.

“I decided to look the definition of maggot up in the dictionary and I have to say I agree with his description of himself. A maggot is described as like ‘a larva often found in decaying, dying matter’. In American dictionaries they call a maggot a ‘revolting human being’. I would probably agree with that also.”

Sugar recently claimed that Piers is nothing more than Simon Cowell’s “monkey” on Britain’s Got Talent. Continue reading ‘Piers Morgan & Alan Sugar Fight By Text!!‘ »