It's the penultimate live semi-final this evening and with one semi-final left to go, we're down to 18 acts left competing for a place in the final. 9 of those we will be seeing tonight and hopefully we're going to see an improvement in acts from what we've seen already!
First up was the Clubtown Freaks and freaks is the best way to describe them. God knows what possesses people to dress like this, but we it has to be accepted that everyone is unique and all that. But fantastically, there was a technical hitch where they were stuck in the thing they were meant to be revolving out of. I hope that was not their gimmick that was going to make them look good... To be fair, it probably was though. If I am being honest, it was awful. The singing was very bad and it all looked a bit shambolic. Simon didn't think they would get to the final and neither do I. However, kudos to them for dealing with the technical hitch and not letting it put them off.
The second act of the night was twenty year old singing student from Chester, Alex Keirl. A beautiful performance that could not be faulted. Once again he is someone who has battled criticisms in the past and all that crap they spout out during their VT, in the hops of being voted for. If he sings like that in the future, he could definitely be earning himself a lot of money. Interestingly, Leona Lewis and Matt Cardle have both covered that song. Maybe it must be one of Simon's favourites or maybe he gets royalties every time it's sung!
Third up was dance act The Shockarellas. Essentially, it was just a bunch of hipster girls dancing to a mix of songs, but they had actually made it visually better than their audition was, in my opinion. Their was moments where the stage overcrowded them, but the majority of it was really good. All positive reactions from the judges with Simon even trying to get down with the kids saying 'init' and saying it was "wikeeed". Obviously, Alesha loved it. She is the only one who knows about contemporary dance so the girls were pleased with her positive feedback.
Poppin' Ron was the name of act number four. His VT was pretty emotional with him mentioning his family troubles and deaths he had and I was hoping his poppin' moves would live up to his personality but sadly it didn't. He seemingly was just running around the stage as though he had lost his child and was frantically searching for them. I could not understand what was going on. Eventually he started to pop his body but it didn't come across as interesting as his audition piece was. It was all like a weird piece of interpretive dance. He received the first buzz of the night and it was from Simon, who wasn't connecting with the piece and preferred the original audition. His 'pick up the phone' poppin' moves were better than his actual act was!
Fifth this evening was my personal favourite act, magician, James More. James astounded us with his first audition piece by impaling himself on a sword and it was pretty heart stopping. Tonight he has promised something bigger, better and potentially life threatening. Could this be the first ever death we see live on Britain's Got Talent? Sadly not! It would have made good television! James was tied up under blades of fire that dropped and made some of the audience scream. Better than that, he appeared suddenly behind the judges. He has managed to make magic look cool! This is the first year that a magician has had such a great response from the judges and he could definitely make his way through to the final. I hope he does as there has never been a reaction like there was to a magician on the show before, like James got.
Next up was musical theatre troupe Chasing The Dream. Hurrah! I hate musicals! I'm not sure why you would sing songs from a musical that nobody has heard of without showing us any storyline or backing information that relates to the song. Alesha buzzed the act with Simon swiftly following. Perhaps the judges are realising that it was an incredibly bad idea to put them through and that someone else could have had a deserved place in the semi-finals. Alesha was right in saying it was incredibly cheesy, which it was. Amanda was spouting her crap about how much she liked it, mainly because she has been in musical theatre herself, but was she really telling the truth? She didn't convince me. Simon also said it was very corny with David saying it was like turning up to the cinema late and not having a clue what was going on, but it was 'great'. I can be 100% sure that this act will not make its way into the final.
Francine Lewis was the seventh act this evening and she is my other personal favourite in the competition. If she does not get to the final, I will loose a small amount of faith in the human race. Starting with Dot Branning from Eastenders which was spot on and poked a bit of fun at Walliams swimming in the Thames. She also did a very convincing Sharon Rickman. Moving on to another perfect impression of Amy Childs, is there any person this woman can not impersonate?! No! Sharon Osbourne was the next celebrity to take victim with Cheryl Cole also making a return and an appearance from her ex-bandmate Nadine Coyle. The final impression was her best one of them all, Katie Price! Francine got the first standing ovation of the evening from the judges and the audience and it was most definitely deserved. It was a treat to watch and she hit them all on the nail. One of the BEST female impressionists we have in the country.
The penultimate act of the evening is Asanda Jezile, who caused controversy by singing a Rihanna song that was not age appropriate for her. Acting like she is some sort of sassy Queen in her VT, I genuinely hope she does not get through. This sort of thing angers me about kids of her age. They act like they are all it and give out their 'attitude' thinking they are all big, when in fact they are not. I know that seems very critical of a child but they seem to be acting a lot older than they are nowadays yet their maturity levels are all low. Anyway, rant over. She's not a bad singer for a child, but as stated nearly every day, not as good as 2011's runner up Ronan Parke. Simon liked the act and I'm pretty sure I saw pound signs flashing in his eyes! Will she get through to the final? I can't see it after the great performances Francine Lewis and James More gave this evening.
The final act for tonight was AJ and Chloe who have been dancing with each other from a very young age and are not in a relationship... Which they have already stated... And we still don't care. I'm not quite sure what is going on with me this evening, but I actually thought this was a nice way to end the show. It looked effortless and very professional and even made Amanda want to get up there and join in. It could possibly be an act that goes through to the final and possibly could knock someone out who doesn't deserve to go home. But I agree with what Simon said, in saying that there are at least 5 acts that could go through to the final.
Well that is all the acts done for the evening and only two of them can go through to the final next week. It'll be a hard decision for sure when it comes to the judges' votes and I think they will take it to a deadlock vote going back to the phone lines.
UPDATE: Tonight's singer was Olly Murs and he wasn't too bad. To be fair though, he was an X Factor contestant so it's understandable that he can actually sing without the use of autotune. She also had the balls to make a nice little swipe at Cowell, but he took it graciously and laughed. But that's not what you want to know, who went through? Listed below are the two acts that beat the other seven to get a place in the final.
1. Francine Lewis (Phone Vote)
2. Asanda Jezile (Saved by David, Alesha and Simon)
The final act for tonight was AJ and Chloe who have been dancing with each other from a very young age and are not in a relationship... Which they have already stated... And we still don't care. I'm not quite sure what is going on with me this evening, but I actually thought this was a nice way to end the show. It looked effortless and very professional and even made Amanda want to get up there and join in. It could possibly be an act that goes through to the final and possibly could knock someone out who doesn't deserve to go home. But I agree with what Simon said, in saying that there are at least 5 acts that could go through to the final.
Well that is all the acts done for the evening and only two of them can go through to the final next week. It'll be a hard decision for sure when it comes to the judges' votes and I think they will take it to a deadlock vote going back to the phone lines.
UPDATE: Tonight's singer was Olly Murs and he wasn't too bad. To be fair though, he was an X Factor contestant so it's understandable that he can actually sing without the use of autotune. She also had the balls to make a nice little swipe at Cowell, but he took it graciously and laughed. But that's not what you want to know, who went through? Listed below are the two acts that beat the other seven to get a place in the final.
1. Francine Lewis (Phone Vote)
2. Asanda Jezile (Saved by David, Alesha and Simon)
(Amanda voted for Alex Keirl)
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