Poor little Perri Luc Kiely. His dance group, Diversity, were invited to perform for Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday and in the midst of their performance he backflipped, then fell.
Mr Brown looked on in disbelief as the 13 year old collapsed in fits of tears, probably more embarrassed than hurt, and had to be comforted by his team mates.
A spokesman for the group said Perri was “absolutely fine, just a bit shocked”.
It’s been revealed today that Michael Jackson had signed Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity as a support act for his London shows just days before he died.
According to The Sun newspaper, the dance act would’ve received £10,000 per night and if they’d performed at each of his 50 shows, that would’ve netted them half a million pounds. Read more & comment »
Diversity choreographer Ashley Banjo has admitted that the whole group is still in shock at winning this years Britain’s Got Talent.
The group leader told the BBC that life has been “mad” since they stole the crown from BGT.
Banjo said: “I’m probably not quite as shocked as I was when I first won, I think I couldn’t even talk when the judges came to me, but it still hasn’t settled in 100% for me.
Piers Morgan has said that Diversity were “very lucky” to win Britain’s Got Talent. Piers made no secret on the show that he preferred rival dance troupe Flawless and he added that they may have won had they taken to the stage first.
Pop star Kylie Minogue, has revealed that she would be interested in having Diversity perform on her next tour.
Kylie admitted that she loved the group on Saturday night’s Britain’s Got Talent final.
“Of course, I watched the final of Britain’s Got Talent. I thought Diversity were amazing,” she said.
“While I was watching them, I was straight on the phone to my choreographer saying, ‘Turn on your TV and watch these dancers, they are fantastic’. They would be great on a tour.”
Diversity have revealed that their first Britain’s Got Talent routine was inspired by cancer victim Sylvia Lewis.
At the winners press conference on Sunday Ashley from the group said:
“We did a show for a close friend whom we lost through cancer. Her name was Sylvia Lewis and that show at the end of 2006 was the first big thing we did.
“The dance we did for our first Britain’s Got Talent audition had parts of that and was inspired by her. When she passed away – that was how all this started.”
Diversity leader Ashley Banjo has revealed that he plans to continue with his studies and finish his degree despite having just won Britain’s Got Talent.
Diversity will be performing on the BGT UK tour and may follow up with a tour of their own but Ashley wants to make sure he has his education to fall back on in case dancing gigs dry up at a later date.
‘My education matters to me,’ he reveals. ‘I want to get my degree under my belt. It’s vital to have something to fall back on because nobody knows what the future holds.
It was almost a foregone conclusion and when Diversity ended up in the top two on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent with Susan Boyle I was sure she would win. We have been behind Diversity and Stavros Flatley all night but it seemed unlikely that they could overcome the Boyle juggernaut.
However the dance troupe triumphed and will go on to perform on this years Royal Variety Show, no one deserves it more.
Dance troupe Diversity wowed the judges and the public on last night’s Britain’s Got Talent and managed to secure themselves a place in Saturday night’s final.
Group choreographer Ashley Banjo has revealed that he thinks it was fate which made them enter the show this year.
Speaking to Unreality TV earlier today Ashley said:
“We thought about entering the show in previous years but this year seemed like the right time to do it. It was almost like our last chance as some of the guys are 25 and may not want to dance with us forever. It seemed like it was fate that we entered and everything just seemed to fall into place when we did. It was like someone upstairs was trying to tell us something.”
Susan Boyle may have sailed through last night’s Britain’s Got Talent semi-final and on into Saturday’s grand final but there are those amongst us that were distinctly underwhelmed by her performance.
We asked Diversity’s Ashley Banjo what he would say to those people who didn’t love Susan’s performance last night and were wondering what all the fuss was about. He told Unreality TV:
Britains Got Talent has two big dance troupes in it’s semi-finals this year and many people have been finding it hard to distinguish between the two.
Diversity and Flawless are both male, street dancing troupes but Ashely from Diversity says that the two groups are actually very different indeed.
In a chat with Unreality TV earlier today group choreographer Ashley Banjo said:
After dance troupe Diversity appeared on last night Britain’s Got talent there was quite furore over the groups front man Ashley Banjo.
Girls all over the country went week at the knees at the sound of his voice and even Angelica Bell on Britain’s Got More Talent told of how he made her quiver when he comes on stage.
Ashley is Diversity’s choreographer and has been dancing since the age of two. When Unreality TV asked him how he was coping with all the female attention since appearing on the show he laughed and revealed that he is in fact the only member of the dance troupe who has a girlfriend.
Tonight saw the first sem-final of Britain’s Got Talent 2009. The acts went from the brilliant (Diversity) to the really atrocious (Darth Jackson) but all in all it was a pretty amazing piece of television.
Susan Boyle sailed through to Saturday night’s final (though I’m not sure that she deserved it) leaving Diversity and Natalie Okri fighting it out for the judges vote. Piers chose Diversity, Amanda chose Natalie but Simon saw sense and went with the real talent, also choosing Diversity.
Whilst it was definitely the right choice to make, how bad did you all feel when little Natalie broke down into tears on the stage. It makes me wonder if that sort of pressure is good for a child so young?
Diversity kicked off the show tonight with a really clever and entertaining routine where they even managed to work in a ‘vote Diversity’ move. They have to be the best dance act we have seen on BGT so far, they beat George Sampson hands down!
Judges Comments:
Piers: They don’t come more diverse than you guys. You lot were fantastic tonight!
Amanda: You want it for you, I want it for you. It was intelligent, innovative and so funny. Utterly utterly fantastic.
Simon: It was absolutely fantastic. It was sensational, congratulations.
Next up was Sue Son the violinist who ditched her best friend for the chance to play in front of Simon. Sue had a complete makeover with seriously long hair extensions. If she was going for the Vanessa Mae look then she surpassed herself. There is no denying that Sue is talented but after being wowed by Escala on last years series I was left strangely unmoved by Sue tonight.
Judges Comments:
Piers: You have taken lots of stick for getting rid of your friend but after that performance you were vindicated, we were vindicated. Well done
Amanda: You have really grown since we last saw you. What kind of best friend was she that she would deny you this chance?
Simon: I would always sacrifice friendship for success because she was terrible and I think you are really really good. However your personality didn’t come across well in that performance. You are talented but not that likeable.
Darth Jackson came to the stage next and I was cringing before her even started his routine. The heavy breathing Michael Jackson dance-alike appeared on stage with his crew of storm troopers and kind of shimmied around between them. It is such a shame that the judges put such an untalented and boring act through to the semi finals when so many truly gifted people were turned away.
Judges Comments:
Piers: Is Michael Jackson really in there?
Simon: You are insane! When did you dream up this monstrosity of a routine? You really are barking aren’t you?
Natalie Okri appeared mid-show and hopes were high for the pretty young ten year old. Whilst I loved the routine it wasn’t a patch on her first audition performance. The girl was cute and talented all by herself. She didn’t need a loud backing track drowning her out, in the end the effect was that it was hard to tell what was Natalie and what was the background music and singing.
Piers: You are incredible, I couldn’t do it and I am 4 times your age.
Amanda: You are beautiful, you are really confident, you look like you enjoyed every second. Well done!
Simon: I still totally adore you and you are one of the cutest kids I have ever met. I wouldn’t have chosen that song though. It was more cutesy than I would have preferred.
Julia Naidenko belly danced her way onto the stage next and Simon Cowell’s eyes almost left their sockets. It was hard to tell what she was doing most of the time as the camera angles were so bad and so widely sweeping, but as Amanda buzzed quite early in the routine I am assuming that it wasn’t all good.
Judges Comments:
Piers: I am sorry that Amanda buzzed you but jealousy is a terrible thing! I thought ot was stunning performance and thanks for bringing all your friends. We can’t have you in the final as Simon Cowells heart can’t put up with all this.
Amanda: I’m not worried about Simon’s heart! I buzzed as I think the Queen would be upset at how distracted Prince Philip and the boys would be during your routine.
Simon: I also apologise for Amanda’s bitchy comments as I think the royal family would love you.
I had the sick bag ready for Nick Hell’s performance tonight as watching swing bins from his ear lobes last night left me in a bad way. Ant warned me not to try this at home, for flip sake I can hardly watch this at home! So he starts off by drilling his nose, that’s one cure for sinus trouble. Then he pickaxed a plate from his nether regions and started to take a chainsaw to a cucumber, I was relieved when Piers put him out of his misery.
Judges Comments:
Piers: You are disgusting, your ears are repulsive and the whole thing makes me physically sick.
Amanda: I don’t think Piers should get personal and I hate myself for wanting to see what happened with the chainsaw.
Simon: The idea that we would put you in front of the royal family when you are doing things with a cucumber and you have a chainsaw is ridiculous.
Faces Of Disco had an easy act to follow but things looked bad when they got an early buzz from Simon. Even wearing masks of Mr Cowell himself couldn’t save them and Piers was the next to buzz them out. I found the act kind of witty but not really very astounding or hilarious.
Judges Comments:
Piers: It was brilliant until the final ten seconds and then I thought I’d died, gone to heel and seen twelve Simon Cowells following me.
Amanda: You have a huge amount of talent and I don’t think its a one trick pony.
Simon: I probably did buzz a little early as the end was sensational. Why did you bother with the other faces?
Susan Boyle came out on stage to a thunderous applause and messed up her first few notes of Memories from Cats. She was certainly a bit more preened than on her first appearance all those weeks ago, but she was still the same old Susan. By the end of the song I found myself wondering what all the fuss had been about. Susan can definitely sing, but she is by no means exceptional. It is all about the story for sure.
Judges Comments:
Piers: Susan you look absolutely beautiful tonight and you sang beautifully too. When the world was going through a tough time along came Susan Boyle.
Amanda: Susan you’re turning into Eva Peron! I’m just so relieved that it went so well for you. I am so proud of you and proud that you represented Britain so brilliantly.
Simon: You are one special lady and I want to apologise for the way we treated you before you sang the first time. You made us look very stupid.
UPDATE: FLAWLESS MADE IT THROUGH THE SEMI-FINAL STAGE TO THE FINAL OF THE 2009 SERIES.
MEMBERS AND AGES: x 10 in total:
Ashley Banjo 20, Jordan Banjo 16, Ian McNaughton 25, Jamie McNaughton 23, Matthew McNaughton 16, Mitchell Craske 12, Sam Craske 19, Warren Russell 18, Terry Smith 24, Perri Luc Kiely 13.
FROM: Essex
TALENT: Street Dancing
Diversity are 10 lads from the ages of 12 – 25. Most of the group are brothers and have grown up together. The group are one big happy family, so their chemistry on stage is real. They only formed Diversity in 2007 when the younger dancers combined with the older ones. In the 2007 they won the UK dance championships. Ashley who is the group’s choreographer tries to create a dance style that is eye catching and entertaining using films such as Transformers for inspiration.
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