I hope you’re ready for A LOT of Britain’s Got Talent, as this year the semi’s are running every night this week!
As always I’ll be here to blog the lot and give you my views, so be sure to join me here as the show airs and let me know what you think of each performance…
Semi Final on air times:
Monday – 19.30-21.00 and 21.30-22.00
Tuesday – 19.30-21.00 and 21.30-22.00
Wednesday – 19.30-21.00 and 21.30-22.00
Thursday – 19.30-21.00 and 21.30-22.00
Friday – 19.30-21.00 and 21.30-22.00
Saturday Grand Final – 19.30 – 22.00
So who will we get to see?
Here’s your semi-finalists in all their glory…
Kevin Cruise
NAME: Martin Cobble
AGE: 33
FROM: London
TALENT: Camp variety entertainer and chief host on the Fishy Rose, a 5,000 passenger, 2,000 crew floating Entertainment luxury liner
BACKGROUND:
Martin has always wanted to be a performer .When he was 22 he moved to London to pursue a career as an actor, he took a musical theatre course and started auditioning for the West End. He was getting rejection after rejection so decided to start working on cruise ships. He performed as a singer on the cruise ships for 2 years. He then decided he wanted to give stand-up a go so took a 3 month stand-up course last year and started performing at open mic nights. At first Martin didn’t enjoy performing stand-up as himself so decided to create a character who he named ‘Kevin Cruise.’ Kevin is based on a typical camp cruise ship host and Martin has built his act around things he experienced whilst working on the cruise ships.
Tobias Mead
AGE: 22
FROM: London/ Wiltshire
TALENT: Dancer
BACKGROUND:
Tobias has been dancing for the past 5 years. Growing up he was a strong footballer and it wasn’t until he auditioned for the school production of ‘West Side Story’ for a joke at 16 that he ever had a brush with performing. Tobias is now a full time dancer, trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern and acrobatics at the Stella Mann College.
Maxxie Oliver
AGE: 21
FROM: London
JOB: Sales Assistant, fashion
TALENT: Lady Gaga Impersonator
BACKGROUND:
Maxxie is a Lady Gaga impersonator, he sings and dances and when Maxxie dresses up as Lady Gaga he feels beautiful, just like the pop and fashion princess herself.
Michael Fayombo Junior and Senior
AGE: 14 and 38
FROM: Feltham, Hounslow
TALENT: Dance Duo/ Impersonators
BACKGROUND:
Michael Senior first started performing 18 years ago because of his love of Michael Jackson, he then in turn got his son Michael Junior involved. They have been performing together since Michael Junior was 5 years of age at weddings and parties.
Phillip Grimmer
AGE: 56
FROM: Ilford, London
TALENT: Female Impersonator
BACKGROUND:
Phillip started doing female impersonations in 2004 when his wife (Silvia) wanted him to be able to dance. As he “has two left feet” he started to watch Kylie videos and copied her moves in order to impress his wife.
NAMES:
(L-R) Glen Murphy (Pulse) & Ashley Glazebrooke (Twist)AGE: 19 (Glen) & 18 (Ashley)
FROM: Catford (Glen) & Belvedere (Ashley) in London
TALENT: Dance Duo
BACKGROUND:
Ashley and Glen are best mates and have known each other for 2 years. Ashley started dancing 6 years ago and Glen started 5 years ago.
Team Shaolin
MEMBERS: X 10 Matthew Metin Ahmet (21), Glenn Lillie (17), Jacob Davis (15), Sohail Badat (30), Iyanu Ogjunobi (12), Oni Ogjunobi (9), Jake Chisnell (9), Wiktor Glowacz (8), Adrian Glowacz (16), Lucas Crystal Campos (11)
FROM: London
TALENT: Martial Arts Group
BACKGROUND:
Team Shaolin are a 10 strong team who perform the martial art form ‘Shaolin’, which is an ancient 1500yr old form of Kung-fu involving channelled Buddhism (Zen). Buddhist monks practise it and are the ultimate masters of this form of Kung-fu. All members have shaved heads which represent the philosophy of the art form; the hair is seen as a cover which stops energy being let out. Moves in their routine consist of breaking iron bars (achieved through breathing and meditation), 2 finger handstands and many more.
Dance Flavourz
MEMBERS: Francis Alejandro Cardoso (37), Yvonne Cardoso (37), Chevone Jones (24), Gemima Bloom (24), Rosa Perez (27), Gladis Cardoso (37), Eva Controle (22), French Bianca Olin (24), Catherine Peter (26), Sindy Belluccy French (22), Julia Bysse (29) and Stephanie S (25)
FROM: They come from all over the world – Spain, Brazil, Portugal, France and Britain but are based in London
TALENT: Brazilian Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Dance Flavourz consists of 12 Brazilian Samba dancers, 11 females and 1 male. Francis the male dancer and spokesperson for the group trained as a dancer in Portugal when he was 14.
Alesia Vazmitsel
AGE: 30
FROM: Orginally from Belarus but now lives in London
TALENT: Pole Dancing
BACKGROUND:
Alesia has been performing for 10 years and started as a theatre dancer. She started pole dancing 3 years ago when it became fashionable and wanted to do more than just spin around a pole, so she incorporated spins and splits to show off her athleticism and she is also a gymnast.
Josh Berry
AGE: 16
FROM: London
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
Josh has been singing and dancing since he was 7. He used to perform in local shows and started having singing lessons when he was 10. Josh’s singing teacher got him to audition for The West End’s Lion King when he was 12. He didn’t get selected at first but got a call back for 2 more auditions and eventually got chosen to play the part of young Simba and played the part for over a year.
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Threebee
MEMBERS: Rakesh Asiyani (30), Manpreet Bassi (30), Saajan Raja (18),
Deip Patel (28), Sunny Sharma (26), Shabeer Booly (27), Emiko Ishii (24),
Krupa Chavda (21), Ameela Patel (26), Roshni Divani (25), Meena Seda (24), Hinal Shah (27), Sonal Chakravarti (23), Mala Pinduria (27), Shilpa Rajani (29), Gabriela Radeva (21)
FROM: London
TALENT: Dance
BACKGROUND:
Threebee are a Bollywood dance company from London that were set up almost 6 years ago by director & choreographer Shweta Aggarwal. Shweta is a self taught dancer who was born in India, raised in Japan and moved to London in 2000 when she got married.
Taboo
MEMBERS: Lauren Vine (10)
Caitlin South (9), Janahi Anderson (11), Mallacai Anderson (13), Eleanor Waters (7), Maisie Waters (10), Ellie Cruse (10), Chloe Cruse (8), Elise Walker (8), Bryony French (10), Jordan Marshall (10), Katie Ewen (14), Amy Watson (15), Melissa Wood (13), Leah Bauckham (13), Rosie Bolton (14), Alli Tulppo (14), Siani Finan (12), Ashleigh Walllis (15), Maisie Lukes (14), Abbie Boyd (13), Sophie James (11), Alex Herridge (16), Kelly Warner (16), Georgia Green (16), Victoria DeWaal (16), Hannah Barker (21), Kirsty Samwell (22), Nikita Mahon (17), Samantha Kirchin (23), Samantha Robinson (23), Hayley Morris (17), Amelia Gooch (18), Natalie James (18)
FROM: London
TALENT: Dancers
BACKGROUND:
Taboo are made up of 3 groups from the Grove School of Dance in Kent. The groups involved are: Damage (the U12s), Remix (11-15) and Taboo (16+). The team is coached by Kirsten Wheel who is an ex-professional dancer and now full time teacher & choreographer.
Myztikal
NAMES: Marcus Donaldson 30, Jamelle Maynard 26, Shona Louise Bagnall 16, Rachel Maame Efua Gorton 19, Bahar Ali 22, Terrell Works 28, Lolade Babatola 17, Emmanuel Bamigbola 17, Joshua Bamigbola 10, Jeffrey Okyere 18, Tashana Williams 17, Stephan Benson 17
FROM: London
TALENT: Singing Dance Troupe
BACKGROUND: Myztikal are a group of 12 aged between 10 and 30. Marcus first formed the group 7 years ago and the line up has changed over the years but the groups love and passion for dance has remained.
Peridot
NAEMS: Eugene Drummond 27, Dwain Allain 23, Benji Shogbolu 21, Anton Streeks – Henry 23, Simon Lee 23, Nicholas Stephen 23, Daniel Brown 25, Harryson Parkes 23, Daryll Robinson 23
FROM: London
TALENT: Street Dance Troupe
BACKGROUND: Peridot are a street dance troupe of 9 boys. The troupe has been together for the last 4 years and was initially set up by Eugene who wanted to start up his own dance troupe.
Chloe Hickinbottom
AGES: 10
FROM: Birmingham
BACKGROUND:
Chloe has been singing since she was a little girl. Chloe used to sing in the bedroom and Andrew (her dad) thought it was the TV, and that’s one of the early times they discovered Chloe’s secret voice.
Jimmy Ford
Age: 75
FROM: Birmingham
TALENT: Leprecorn
BACKGROUND:
Jimmy started Irish dancing when he was 55, he says he is obsessed with Irish music and can’t stop jigging to it. He has never had a lesson in his life and decided to teach himself Irish dancing in his old age to keep him fit. Jimmy practises his Irish dancing every night in his flat and says he never gets fed up of it – he is a true Irish man through and through.
Tina & Chandi
AGE: Chandi (the dog) is 12 and Tina is 37
FROM: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
TALENT: Tina and her dancing dog, Chandi
BACKGROUND:
Tina always wanted a Blue Merle Border Collie and just over 11 years ago she met Chandi who was dumped at Telford dog pound aged 4 months. As soon as Tina got Chandi home she started teaching her tricks, and when she was 9 months they entered their first competition together. Currently Chandi is Crufts champion for freestyle, international freestyle and heel work to music.
Kieran Gaffney
AGE: 13
FROM: Kent
TALENT: Drummer
BACKGROUND:
Kieran performed on the show last year, narrowly missing out on a semi-final place. Kieran started playing the drums 18 months ago when his dad bought him an electrical drum kit.
Stevie Starr – The Regurgitator
AGE: 47
FROM: Glasgow
TALENT: Regurgitating
BACKGROUND:
Stevie realised that he had a unique talent when he was put in an orphanage at the age of 4. He would swallow his money but realised that he could bring the coins back up. It was then that he started to swallow various items to see if he could regurgitate them. He won his first talent show in 1982 and was noticed by the manager of Scottish band Marmalade. He then started working as the opening act for the band. In 1986 he decided to move down to London to get more gigs. It was then that Stevie realised that he needed to develop his act and add more comedy to his routine.
Janey Cutler
AGE: 81
FROM: Wishaw,Scotland
TALENT: Singer
BACKGROUND:
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Janey started singing when she was 6 in the Salvation Army. However, since then she did not sing again until she was 50 when a friend made her get up in a local pub and sing. Janey hasn’t stopped singing since and has been singing in local pubs, clubs and village halls for the past 30 years
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