Britain's Got Talent 2013 - Live Semi-Final 4

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)

(Amanda voted for Alex Keirl)

Britain's Got Talent 2012 - Live Semi-Final 4

It's the penultimate semi-final of 2012! Yes that's right, just one more show left until Saturday's final and seemingly all the judges except for Amanda chose wisely on their outfits. But it's on with the show and time to find out who is first.

Act number one was hairdresser by day and singer by night, Chica Latina. For her audition she sang 'River Deep Mountain High', to which Simon was impressed by her "naughty face"... So it's on with her song and tonight she sang 'On The Floor' by Jenifer Lopez. To what only David could describe as looking like a ''brazillian carnival'', it was a nice opening for the show, very funny to watch this women who can't sing, can barely speak English, but has the sex appeal that makes Simon incredibly happy!

Act two is Brynolf and Ljung, a magic act who got through their first audition with a card trick. Armed with a bag of DVDs, they wowed the judges with another mind reading trick that confused us all. Alesha was gobsmacked and could hardly string a sentence together and even Simon didn't really know what to say. Could this be Britain's Got Talent's first ever magic act to get into the final?

The next act was young Malakai Paul. His audition saw him having to stop his song due to crying his eyes out which left the producers a perfect opportunity to leave us on a cliffhanger. But tonight he didn't cry during the song and sang a beautiful cover of Alicia Keys' 'No One'. A big favourite with all the judges whose heart were all melted by this young boy.  There was a lot of passion in his singing and it certainly came through with Alesha picking up on it, sadly Amanda decided to pick up on the pitching issues... It's a definite sure he will be in the top three tonight.

Act number four was Gattis Kandis. Britain's Got More Talent viewers may remember him last year when he attempted to rap for the judges, but this year he was back with some awful jokes!  Tonight he didn't let us down, he is the worst comedian but this makes him so funny! David said he is the funniest Latvian comedian in the world and Alesha referred to Simon's audition comment of him being the funniest unfunny comedian. During his performance, Simon was seen choking on his water and laughing hysterically at Gattis. A man who says the complete wrong things at the wrong time, but this is why he is so funny! I truly hope he gets through to the final, or if he doesn't I hope he is the wild card.

Act five was The Sugar Dandies. Husband and husband dance act who stunned the judges, audience and viewers with their dance skills. Tonight's act was incredibly camp and as it got camper, Simon was ready to buzz in, to which Amanda hit him for. As someone who doesn't enjoy this type of dance, it was nice to see but I don't think they will win the competition. Amanda and David both said it was their favourite act of the nice with Amanda adding that she is a ''gay man trapped inside a straight woman's body.'' Of course Simon didn't have anything very nice to say, perhaps their campness was hitting one of his nerves!

The next act of the evening was dance crew Nu Sxool from Port Talbot. In all honesty their performance tonight was awful. I didn't see anything new or fresh in their act and it all seemed a bit slow to me, rather than the high octane acts we have seen in the past. However, all four judges seem to have disagreed with what I said. Simon said it was the best act of the night so far, whilst the other three judges all believe that they deserve to get through due to acts like the Twist and Pulse Dance Company not going through. Am I the only one who is sick of seeing dance acts?!

Our seventh act of the evening was Beatrix Von Bourbon, a burlesque dancer whose audition got a lot of men hot under the collar. Of course Simon's eyes were fixated on the act, but I think she wasn't risky enough. We wanted to see more! Thousands of men across the country were hoping for that little bit of nudity that receives thousands of complaints to Ofcom from all the disgraced women. However, Amanda loved her 'purple muff' - cue laughter from Simon! It's fair to say that she won't make it to the final at all but it did show that burlesque isn't all about nudity but that it can be seen as an art form.

Tonight's penultimate act was nineteen year old student Sam Kelly. A definite favourite with the teenage girls, Sam has a great voice. Even if he doesn't win the competition, he will definitely be given a record contract. He has the appeal that women and girls like and he will be able to use this to sell enough records. Backing my point up is David who said he has a record contract voice. Positive comments from all the judges, will he make it through to the final?

And the final act of the night was girl group Be Minor. For their audition they sang with a backing track (viewers didn't get to see this) but were then asked to sing A Capella and that is what helped them to secure a place in the semi-finals. Quite honestly my favourite act of the night. David absolutely loved it! Simon said he could see great potential in the four of them. However Alesha and Amanda didn't like the choice of song with Amanda even saying that Paige was the best and that the other girls need to catch up - which is definitely not true as they are all talented! I hope they make it into the final.

Now that all nine of tonight's acts have performed, it's time to find out who has made it through to the final!

Below are the two acts that went through.

Sam Kelly

Nu Sxool

Malakai Paul - Sadly went out due to only one vote from David.