It's the first LIVE semi-final of Britain's Got Talent and I can finally talk about each act we see! This year it's nine acts each evening so plenty more talent to see! With a brand new studio design and layout, a cheesy intro from Ant and Dec and the judges all in place, we are ready to begin the show!
Act number one is Zipparah Tafari, who impressed the judges in the auditions with his own song about loosing his keys and his mobile phone. Sadly Zipparah sang pretty much the same song he did in his audition but with some new and some altered lyrics. It did however get everyone in the audience jumping with David Walliams even saying that he believes it will be a number one track! What's even better, Simon Cowell also surprisingly enjoyed the song!
Next up it was The Jive Aces. A jazz swing band who all dressed in bright yellow past their first audition with their own rendition of 'I wanna Be Like You' from Disney's 'The Jungle Book'. Their attempt to wow the judges was the same song from their audition. Aptly named ''Bananas In Pyjamas'' by Amanda Holden, she didn't believe they would win the show and I agree with her. Alesha Dixon seemingly liked the performance but Cowell, Walliams and Holden did not. As Cowell and Walliams said, there was not enough variety in the act and the performance was not something outstanding that could be potentially world class. I think it's safe to say that they have no hope in getting to the final.
The third act this evening was twelve year old school girl Lauren Thalia. Lauren got through the first auditions with an acoustic performance of Keri Hilson's 'Turn My Swag On'. For her semi-final performance she did another acoustic performance of Labrinth's 'Earthquake' with some new lyrics added to the song. Possibly the best act of the night SO FAR, baring in my mind at the time of writing we are only half hour into the show, it even received a standing ovation from the audience. Cowell, clearly eyeing Thalia as a potential star to sign to Syco Music, gave a big appraisal of the performance. Not one single bad response from the judges, could she be one of tonight's acts that goes through to the final?
Act four it's United We Stand. A dance group who got thought with a... err... dance act! With nothing really new to billions of dance acts we have seen on BGT, Simon was quick to buzz in with Amanda following soon after. Sadly it's much harder for dance acts on Britains Got Talent to create something new and original that will capture the eyes of everyone. As Holden said, we are bored of seeing street dance acts that lack imagination and that are boring. However Walliams and Dixon both enjoyed the act and were quick to defend the group from Simon and Amanda's laughing at them both. The only way this group will proceed in the competition is if the British public have no sense and vote them through.
Act number five was Analiza Ching. Who for her audition played the violin and is now back with another song which was unrecognisable for most of the verses, the chorus however gave it away as being 'The Pretender' by The Foo Fighters. Analisa manged to get a standing ovation from Amanda and a great response from the all four judges. I believe Ching was trying to make violin playing look 'sexy'. Needless to say, she didn't pull it off to well but the audience seemed to like her so maybe the public will.
The next act was The Mend, who come from Manchester but actually auditioned in Birmingham (yes, I was there in the audience, yay me!). For tonight's semi-final act they sang a medley of 'I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight' and 'Written In The Stars'. Obviously a big hit with the ladies with a definite large chance of getting to the finals. Dixon, who seems to have taken some sort of 'happy pill' that has made her over excited this evening, loved the act and loved everything the other judges said. Apparently they have put "cool back on the map" according to Amanda and Simon again can see potential in this act whether they win or not.
The seventh act of the evening was soul singing Mum, Rachael Knowland. Rachael seemed a little off key as she started the song and didn't seem to get much better throughout the song. With the song choice being The Ronnettes' 'Be My Baby', was a little bit risky with it being an old hit. Cowell claiming that this was one of his favourite songs but Rachael didn't put her own stamp on the song and he said he will forget it within ten minutes. I one hundred percent agree with Simon and I have high doubts that she will get through.
Next act, the penultimate act, was Ashley and Pudsey. They performed a dance to the theme tune from 'The Flintstones' and it wowed all the judges, especially Simon who is desperate for a dog act to win! Their song choice this evening was a jazz number and they showed off even more impressive dance skills. A standing ovation from all four judges and the audience! This could be Britain's Got Talent's first ever dog act to win the show! Simon said it was what he has been waiting for all of his life and all three of the other judges were all agreeing with him.
The final act of the evening was the all male voice choir Only Boys Aloud. A massive choir (for which I can't be bothered to count how many) of boys - believe it or not - singing a welsh hymn. Although it sounded amazing, I can't help feel that a twist of them singing a current chart song in their act would of made them more enjoyable. Needless to say all four judges thoroughly enjoyed the act, as well as the audience who gave a standing ovation.
And that's it, all of tonight's nine acts have performed! But who will make it through to the to the finals?
Below are the two acts that went through.
Ashley and Pudsey
Only Boys Aloud - (With two votes from the judges for each act it went to the phone vote)
The Mend - Sadly went out due to the above reasoning.
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