Britain's Got Talent 2012 - Week 7

Well it’s the last auditions show today and we are starting in Wales! The first act was a group of synchronised swimmers named Aquabatique. Sadly it didn’t appeal to me as I do not class synchronised swimming as a sport (sorry to those who do this). However, they thrilled the judges and the audience and swam through to the next stage!

Our next act was Honey Shazad, who by her dress sense looked as though there was not an ounce of talent... Until she sang! Although we only saw her briefly, she showed that looks are not everything (I’m sure there is a show on BBC1 who are trying to get that message across...).  We then saw Martyn Crofts who baffled us all when putting a pan on his head. He then gave the funniest rendition of ‘King of the Road’ in which he sung like a Dalek as well as altering the lyrics accordingly. Three yeses and he were through! But with auditions coming to an end, was there anything left that could surprise the judges? Well, there was a contortionist singer, a dance and strobe light spectacular,  a cool and crazy bongo player and a laser harp player... a what?

Now it’s Simon’s dreaded acts, the magicians. Each year we see plenty of magicians who try to be funny or try to be good but as Simon requests, there is not enough danger. We want to see someone nearly die or someone injured, not pulling flowers out of their sleeves! But then, we see two magicians who one violently duct tapes his friends face and then does a take on predicting a card. It just so happens to be in the mouth of the guy who has his face blocked up with duct tape! Could this be one of BGT’s most successful magic acts? We will find out very soon. Next is a mother daughter act with seemingly a 14 year old girl who can’t talk for herself until she is on the stage and a mother who enjoys bragging about the 40,000 gigs she has done live. Put it this way, as soon as the mother started singing you could tell it wasn’t going to work. As soon as she ditched the mother the act improved but it wasn’t good enough for her to get through. 

We were then subjected to the unfunny comedians and impressionists who really do not deserve to get past the production auditions. But then, last years BGMT viewers may remember Gattis from last year who was rapping, this year he is trying his hand at stand up comedy... he left us plenty of ‘tumbleweed’ moments. As Simon billed him, he was the ‘funniest unfunny comedian’ and believe it or not, he got through! So that’s it, the 2012 auditions are over!

 

It’s now the make or break day where our judges decide who is to go through to semi final week and who does not. With the judges arguing over who is to go through all the acts can do is sit nervously and await their fate. The judges have made their final decisions and it’s now time to find out who is through and who is not.

A full list of the acts who got through can be found here.

I'll be back tomorrow for the first semi final live show!