Posts Tagged ‘finals’

TV Review and gallery: Britain’s Got Talent first semi final

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

It was a night of pyrotechnics and performances, as well as egos as the first semi final of Britain’s Got Talent took place last night.
Amanda, Michael and David were joined by king Simon Cowell who walked on to Superman music to cast his beady eye on the first contestants.
Although he liked fire entertainment group Girls Roc, the public didn’t agree and the girls were sent home, not before securing a place to perform at Simon’s birthday and without a few bitter words of “the girls never do well.”

If anyone should have been bitter however it should have been Joe, who cycled his way into the top three, only to lose a place in the final to pianist Paul after the four judges took the vore to deadlock – a first in BGT apparently.

Joining him in the final was the 12-year-old Justin Bieber lookalike who received rave reviews from the judges for his performance of Adele’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ on the ITV1 show.

Others booted off the show was Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator Stuart Arnold and grandaughter and grandad singing duo Ted and Grace, frankly we don’t think Grace will be going round to see her grandad for tea anymore after she failed to use him to get her fame. In fact her plan may have backfired completely with all the judges saying they’d like to see more of the 93 year old, rather than what we think was a bad Gwen Stefani wannabe.

Meanwhile, hosts Ant and Dec took the opportunity to poke fun at Simon, who reportedly axed Cheryl Cole from the US version of ‘The X Factor’ because of her strong Geordie accent.

They joked: “Before we start Simon, can you understand our accents OK?”

The red-faced TV boss brushed off the comment, saying: “Why, has something happened? Sorry I’ve been away.”

Just another BGT night.

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Dancing on Ice: Johnson Beharry gets the boot

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Johnson Beharry became the latest star to be eliminated from ‘Dancing On Ice’ last night

The war hero – who was partnered alongside Jodeyne Higgins – narrowly missed out on a place in next week’s final of the ITV1 show after losing out in the skate-off to former favourite Chloe Madeley.

On hearing the judging panel – Emma Bunton, Robin Cousins and Jason Gardiner – had chosen to put Chloe through to the final, Johnson said: “There is no need to be sad. I had loads of fun – the time of my life.”

Meanwhile skating champ Jodeyne admitted the time she had spent with the Victoria Cross hero had been “truly inspirational”.

Fighting back tears, she said: “Every moment I have been out on the ice with this man has been truly inspirational.”

Despite making it through to the final of the competition, Chloe’s performance was not without fault.

While the TV personality – who was cheered on from the audience by presenter parents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan – completed a daring Roman Candle lift, which saw her place her skates on Michael’s chest, she was sent crashing to the ice when the pair stumbled during a crossover.

Following the fall, Michael said: “It was my fault because I stepped too wide and my foot got stuck. The fear tonight was to do this big lift and I’m really proud of her.”

Meanwhile, children’s TV presenter Laura Hamilton and former ‘EastEnders’ star Sam Attwater both mastered the tricky Headbanger move, while all four contestants took to the ice on their own for the first time in the competition.

Chloe, Laura and Sam will now battle it out in next week’s show in the hope of being crowned winner of ‘Dancing On Ice’

X Factor 2010: Mary Byrne gets the boot – Cher Lloyd stays

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Mary Byrne knew her cards were marked as soon as she found out that she was in the bottom two with Cher Lloyd last night. In fact she could have been Whitney Houston and the judges still would have favoured Cheryl Cole’s mini-me.

That said she still went out fighting, belting out her chosen song bravely and without emotion. Unfortunately the same could not have been said about Cher who broke down during a Britney tune – what happened to “I want to be different” Cher? And the tears continued throughout the decision process, despite it being clear she was going to stay in.

Roll on next week when she’s bound to have a little tantrum when she doesn’t win.

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