Jamie Pugh has landed his first record deal.
The former pizza delivery driver won the respect of many viewers, when he appeared on the 2009 series of Britain’s Got Talent and refused to use the story of his wife’s tragic death to win sympathy on the TV show.
Jamie’s wife Tracey died from a brain tumour ten years before, leaving Jamie to raise his three year old son Callum alone.
AGE: 37
FROM: Blackwood, Gwent
JOB: Pizza delivery driver and warehouse worker
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Jamie always knew that he had a voice but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to develop it. He has been dealing with nerves his whole life and when he started singing he would only sing warm up notes to his music teacher.
So rumours are abounding that we have been played yet again by a person on a reality TV show.
Jamie Pugh appeared on last week’s Britain’s Got Talent and claimed to have never sang in front of an audience before. He also claimed to be suffering from severe stage fright.
However The Sun reports today that Jamie has performed in London’s Wet End before and made a very good job of it.
Britain’s Got Talent singer Jamie Pugh has revealed that he nearly left his judges audition due to severe stage fright.
Pugh wowed the judges with his performance of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables. He got three Yes’s from them and has even won the support of Hollywood A Lister Demi Moore.
Pugh told The Mirror: “I wanted to go home. I didn’t sleep for three days before and I’m now on 40 fags a day.
Britain’s Got Talent singer Jamie Pugh has won the respect of many viewers, after refusing to use the story of his wife’s tragic death to win sympathy on the TV show.
Jamie’s wife Tracey died from a brain tumour ten years ago leaving Jamie to raise his three year old son Callum alone. Jamie told The Sun:
“It was a wicked thing to happen, it was unbearable.
Demi Moore has to be Britain’s Got Talent’s biggest celebrity fan, that or she’s just trying to get some free publicity off the back of the show.
The Hollywood star, 46, posted Jamie’s Pugh’s performance on Twitter, with the message: “So moving.
Teary again, wow!” In another message she called him “amazing”.
So would agree with Demi on Jamie’s performance or are you more of a SuBo fan?
Britain’s Got Talent bosses are said to be tipping pizza delivery driver Jamie Pugh as Susan Boyle’s major competition.
Jamie wowed on tonight’s show with his version of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables, winning praise from all three judges on the panel.
An insider told the Daily Star: “People have dismissed this as a one-horse race but Jamie proves this isn’t the case.
The auditions move to Cardiff on tomorrow night’s Britain’s Got Talent, and one man waiting backstage is more nervous than most of the acts. Jamie Pugh, a 37 year old Warehouse worker and pizza delivery driver from Gwent, hasn’t slept in three nights and he’s worried his nerves might just prove too much. As he explains, “I suffer from severe stage fright, it has totally crippled me, and I’ve come today to see if I can get through 3 minutes.”
