Britain’s Got Talent finalists Signature have revealed that they received a phone call from The Jackon family before the grand final, wishing them luck.

In an interview with Ben Shepherd on this morning’s GMTV show Suleman Mirza revealed:

“I couldn’t believe it, it happened about an hour or two before the show, I got a call from the security manager saying, ‘Hi, I’m here with the Jackson family – Michael’s mother and the two brothers are here – I think it’s Jackie and Tito, they’re sitting down, they wish you all the best and they’ll be voting for you.’ Read more & comment »

Sexy string quartet Escala are all set to land a £1 million deal with record company Sony BMG.

Simon Cowell is said to be keen to sign up the girls and try to break them in America.

A source told the News Of The World: “After seeing Escala’s performance on Friday night, Simon decided that win or lose, he was going to turn the girls into his next mega-money makers.

“They’ve got it all - the looks, intelligence and right attitude to make it big, and their music has wide appeal. Read more & comment »

George Sampson may have won Britain’s Got Talent last Saturday night, but it has emerged that doctors have told him that he needs to stop dancing or he may end up crippled with pain.

George was diagnosed with a serious spine condition Scheuermann’s disease which has already caused him to go temporarily blind in one eye.

‘The doctors have said it’s not great for him to be breakdancing, especially landing so hard on his back,’ said George’s mum Lesley. Read more & comment »

Twelve year old singer, Faryl Smith is reported to have almost pulled out of the Britain’s Got Talent competition after she feared that she was too young for fame.

Faryl and her parents decided after her first appearance that the attention may be too much for Faryl at such a young age, however judge Simon Cowell rang the family three times and guaranteed them that he would look after the girl personally.

A source told the Daily Star Sunday: “The reaction Faryl got from that first audition was incredible. But her parents felt completely overwhelmed by it all. They weren’t sure that at just 12 Faryl was ready for the attention. Read more & comment »

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 »

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 »

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 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 »