May 10th, 2012 by Gerard McGarry.
Well, it was a hit and miss night of entertainment tonight on Britain’s Got Talent. We cringed at Martyn Crofts’ dragging a once-funny Dalek impersonation out for another night, but we were pleasantly surprised by Essex girl Hope Murphy and her Bob Dylan cover.
In the end though, the judges – and particularly Simon Cowell – laid it on pretty thick in favour of controversial contract-flaunting Celtic contestant Ryan O’Shaughnessy. Probably had nothing whatsoever to do with any rivalry Simon feels toward The Voice. Anyway, the positive comments probably helped, although Ryan’s latest romantic composition and exquisite falsetto probably didn’t hurt his chances either.
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May 10th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Billy George was only briefly featured in a montage section of an early audition show in this year’s Britain’s Got Talent series, so we could barely remember who he was, when he took to the stage on tonight’s last semi final.
The 21 year old performs with the Cyr Wheel, which is basically a large metal hoop and is used with the acrobat rolling the wheel around the stage from the inside.
Simon Cowell loved the ‘unique’ act back at the tryouts and told the Circus Space school graduate that he had exactly the sort of talent needed for the ITV show.
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May 10th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Britain’s Got Talent will broadcast it’s final semi final on Thursday night, giving us one evening off on Friday and then returning on Saturday for the grand finale.
So far eight spaces have been filled on the final show and in the fourth installment, two more of the nine acts performing will win a spot, along with one wild card performer from any show during this week.
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May 10th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Brought up in Batley, Yorkshire Billy has lived in London for the last three years to study circus skills at college. He is one of only a few people in the country that perform using the Cyr Wheel and Billy has endured a few injuries from learning to use it –from the 18 kilos of steel wheel falling onto his leg to bashing his eye and tearing ligaments in his thumb in training. He wants to know what the public think of his act and can’t wait for the live shows.
INTERVIEW:
What made you audition for Britain’s Got Talent this year?
As I am one of only a few UK based artists doing wheel I think it’s something people won’t have seen before.
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May 5th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
The Britain’s Got Talent audition shows ended tonight and on Sunday, the series moves into it’s live stages for the first time this year.
The live semi finals will run every night this week and this evening, the final acts who will be competing for a prize of £500,000 and a spot on the Royal Variety Show were revealed.
We have the full list below and will soon be releasing details of which acts will go first, on tomorrow’s semi.
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