It's the live semi-final's of Britain's Got Talent 2013! For what has felt like a long time, we've finally got to the live stages of the competition. We've had another year of cracking auditions and this week 45 of those auditions are battling it out for the grand prize of a place on the Royal Variety Show 2013. This year it's the return of the wildcard act, where the judges can choose an act that does not get through to the final to get a place in the final and compete to win the show.
So kicking off the show is a 57 year old man dressed as a vicar dancing with a fake nun... Yes, it's Mark Healey who created his dance partner with a broom, after his wife did not want to dance with him. For me, it was just an irritating man doing 'Dad dancing' with a broom dressed as a nun. Starting with music from The Sound of Music, he then moved onto disco songs which still did not really help him. I'm not quite sure what this man is expecting, but I honestly hope it's not a place in the final as it's just a man with a dummy. He was also a massive prick. Seeking every bit of attention he can whilst he was on stage, trying to be funny with his unfunny jokes. Thank God we won't have to see him again!
Next up was the Band Of Voices, who due to 'personal reasons' have lost a member of the group, but have replaced her. So they started with a deep voiced man attempting to sing Britney Spears', Baby One More Time. Then the rest of them kicked in and it sounded awful. Thankfully a beat kicked in and saved them for dying flat on their asses. Plus, the new addition to the group seemed to do a better job of singing than the rest of them did. A very risky song choice this evening but was the risk worth taking? The judges seemed to think so. Personally, I doubt they will win the competition and I can't see them progressing to the final due to the acts performing tonight. But, I'm sure they will have an album out by the end of the year and by next year you'll be able to pick it up in Poundland.
The third act is a dance group, Youth Creation, from Essex who have over 30 people in their act with ages ranging from 8-14. Now I'm going to be a pessimist as I am sick of dance acts and I got tired of this act very easily. Their timing was out at points and it was nothing new. It was just a bunch of kids prouncing about and I could literally do what they did, I'd just need another 30 odd kids around me doing what I'm doing and it'd be the same. The only difference about their act is that they had recorded vocals of themselves talking to the judges but it wasn't very exciting. Naturally, the judges responded well to the act as not to look like heartless bastard. Simon classed it as the "best act of the night so far", but it's true. They were the best of the night so far, but the bar hadn't really been set that high. A lot of effort must have gone into the dance so I commend them on that.
Next up was twin brothers from London who describe their act as a mix of hip hop, RnB and Grime. They go by the name of J Unity and they rapped to the verses of Olly Murs' Troublemaker. Another one of my dislikes. Rap music. However, this evening they proved that it can sound good. They were very unique and it was quite relaxing to watch them. It's another act I doubt will get through to the final, but I have the feeling they could become the wildcard act. David started off by saying they had chemistry, to which Simon responded they were twins. This seemed to be a running gag as each judge got Simon's witty, 'they're twins' remark. When it got to Simon, he asked with a straight face if they were related. Hilarious..!
Act number four was Brenda (Mark) and Bernie (Stuart), the Bosom Buddies. During the day, Stuart work on a builder's yard, but by night he's working as a Drag Queen, radical! Another act I despise. I hate opera singing and I hate drag acts. They both did a good job of singing like women, but it wasn't for me. The first buzz of the evening came from Simon who at the end of the act had a bucket of petals thrown over him by David. Thankfully, I had the same thinking as Simon and couldn't take it seriously. They sung Time To Say Goodbye, and I definitely think it is time to say goodbye to them. Who's next?
Next was impressionist Phillip Green who made the judges laugh even before his act started with his irritating faces and camp manor. He seems to do a lot of look to the camera in his VT tape which gets me thinking he's just acting up to the cameras. However, his act is actually quite funny. The act started with him in a video on the Daybreak sofa impersonating Lorraine Kelly. He then moved on to Natalie Cassidy, Stacey Solomon, Alesha Dixon and Louie Spence - in which he did a little dance on the stage. Simon's face didn't seem quite so keen when he started to bust a few moves. As much as the act was great, his wide eyes and irritating reactions to the camera and judges really grates on me. It's as though he's trying to impersonate Stacey Solomon when he's not doing his act. I'm sure the public will have enjoyed it and we will see him go through to the final. If not, we'll definitely see him on ITV2 in an impressions show. Perhaps it could be called 'The Irritating Twat's Impression Show'... perhaps not..?
After that piece of shit, it was 11 year old Arixsandra Libantino, who caused controversy during her audition for singing a song about a one night stand. To be fair, she doesn't sound like a young girl singing, she sounds older. Unless her voice was suddenly breaking this evening - that's puberty for you!! Probably the best act so far this evening, she received a standing ovation from the crowd and an awkward one from David Walliams who was on his own at the table standing. As I keep saying, not as good as 2011's runner up Ronan Parke. However, I do need to stop referring to him, but I can't as he was the best young act the show has ever seen. With all four judges giving positive feedback and the first standing ovation of the night, will Arixsandra be the first act to go through to the final this evening? It's very much possible.
The penultimate act of the evening is Aaron Crow, the creepy guy that poured wax in his eyes and sliced a pineapple on top of Ant McPartlin's head! With the help of Amanda's ring (keep it clean please), which he placed inside an apple, he placed Declan Donnelly on a chair and popped the apple on a plate, on top of his head. Dec, visibly scared, sat helplessly on the chair and winced at the sight of a bow and arrow. Aaron stood on a rotating plate and aimed the arrow at Dec. He made it look like he slipped, but sliced the apple that was above him and also managed to hit a target across the stage. In another twist, he managed to get the ring on the arrow and hand it back to Amanda after. A great act which made everyone jump when it looked like it had gone wrong. However, he definitely needs something a lot more impressive, bigger and more dangerous to win the show.
The final act of the evening is Richard and Adam. As I've previously said, I do not like opera so this act had absolutely no appeal to me. But, they got the second standing ovation of the evening and all of the judges, except Simon, gave them one too. Plus, we got to see their Nan screaming her head off after they performed which added a bit of entertainment to their act, I guess. Could they make it through to the final?
Sadly, it's too hard to guess who will go through to the final tonight. Personally I think Phillip Green will get a place but I'm not entirely sure who will go through with him. In all honesty, I haven't really enjoyed any of the acts tonight apart from Aaron Crow and I think it has been the weakest start to the semi-finals in the show's history. But, later on this evening we will get to know who it is that goes through so that is something to look forward too. I'll be back with an update during the results show later on this evening, see you then!
UPDATE: So the results show saw Ellie Goulding perform a medley of her music, but this wasn't needed as I only want to know who is through. Anyhow, the acts going through are listed below.
1. Richard and Adam (Phone vote)
2. Arisxandra Libantino (Saved by David and Amanda - plus a tie meant she was chosen thanks to the phone results.)
(Alesha used her vote for Youth Creation. Simon also did as he could not decide, so wanted it to go to the phone vote results)
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