Britain’s Got Talent, Day 3
Day three of Simon Cowell’s search for an act to please the Queen at the Roya Variety Performance.
Jack was a 79 widower who wanted to do his tap routine. Piers Morgan tried to usurp Simon Cowell as Britain’s Rudest Man by voting Jack off, saying this was a serious talent show. The other judges disagreed and sent him through to the next round.
Next up was a team of freerunners. Freerunning is the English name for “parkour”. They dived around the stage in a series of impressive jumps and then in what amounted to a health and safety nightmare, one of them jumped from the balcony to the floor of the theatre.
The star of the show was Connie, a 6 year old girl who brilliantly performed “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” and became an immediate favourite to win the competition.
Other acts to progress included the Kit Kat Dolls - I’ve have given them two fingers - and Scott, a high energy break dancer.
I also caught another TV talent show today - “Let Me Entertain You” with Brian Connolly who is a great light entertainment presenter. This has been going for a while but was recently moved to a later time slot. The premise isn’t much different from Britain’t Got Talent. The live audience are all armed with buzzers and when 50% of them vote an act of, their time on stage is over. I had to laugh at the particularly cruel members of the audience who voted to end a 10 year old soprano’s act before he’d even uttered a word!
Have you seen both these variety shows? Which do you prefer? Use the comments to let me know.