Richard and Adam
Who are they?
Sandwich making brothers who can do opera.
Semi final result: Won the public vote on semi final 1
Bookie Watch: 10/1
Predicted finish: 4th
Arixsandra Libantino
Who is she?
11 year old R&B singer who performed the controversial song One Night Only at her theatre audition.
Semi final result: Won the judges vote after gaining most the most votes via deadlock on semi final 1.
Bookie Watch: 100/1
Predicted finish: 10th
Jack Carroll
Who is he?
14 year old sit down comedian who suffers from cerebral palsy,
Semi final result: Won the public vote on semi final 2
Bookie Watch: 7/2
Predicted finish: 2nd
Gabz Gardiner
Who is she?
14 year old piano player and rapper who wrote a song about playing with lighters.
Semi final result: Won the judges vote on semi final 2
Bookie Watch: 80/1
Predicted finish: 3rd
Luminites
Who are they?
Four member pop band.
Semi final result: Won the public vote on semi final 3
Bookie Watch: 16/1
Predicted finish: 5th
Pre Skool
Who are they?
Young dance troupe. Got their inspiration from last year's Nu Skool.
Semi final result: Won the judges vote after gaining most the most votes via deadlock on semi final 3.
Bookie Watch: 100/1
Predicted finish: 8th
Francine Lewis
Who is she?
Impersonator who appeared on Channel 4's Very Important People.
Semi final result: Won the public vote on semi final 4
Bookie Watch: 40/1
Predicted finish: 6th
Asanda Jezile
Who is she?
11 year old R&B singer who performed the controversial song Diamonds at her theatre audition. Very similar to Arixsandra Libantino
Semi final result: Won the judges vote on semi final 4
Bookie Watch: 100/1
Predicted finish: 9th
Attraction
Who are they?
Shadow theatre group from Hungary.
Semi final result: Won the public vote on semi final 5
Bookie Watch: 1/3
Predicted finish: 1st
Jordan O'Keefe
Who is he?
Guitar player and singer.
Semi final result: Won the judges vote after gaining most the most votes via deadlock on semi final 5.
Bookie Watch: 66/1
Predicted finish: 7th
As for the wildcard. It is yet to be confirmed until next Saturday. There are three acts who are up for contention.
Alice Fredenham
Who is she?
Singer who is very similar to Amy Winehouse. Appeared on The Voice UK earlier this year but didn't get picked. Quoted by The Dark Lord "your voice is like liquid gold/platinum".
If Cowell has his way then he will certainly choose her for the eleventh act. The problem I see behind this is the number of singing acts in the final. There are already six and the public certainly don't want a seventh. Another problem that was featured in her semi final performance. She tends to let herself down saying her performance isn't brilliant. Lack of confidence there.
Joseph Hall
Who is he?
Solo dancer who won BBC One's Strictly Dance Fever in 2005. Lost out to the public vote when it went to deadlock on semi final 3.
The whole point with the grand final is having a good set of variety acts. With an act like this would suit as we haven't got a solo dancer in the final. Also he surprised everyone with his third place finish. Proving the bookies wrong.
Steve Hewlett
Who is he?
Ventriloquist, who has a puppet called Arthur Lager. Was robbed by The Dark Lord's inflated ego to sign up singers on semi final 5.
Cowell pissed off most of the British public last night. The judges face off was between Hewlett and guitar player Jordan O'Keefe. With Hewlett leading the vote 2-1, Cowell went on to say "I would like the act that I want in the final and that is Jordan". By taking the vote to deadlock, it would be near impossible for Hewlett to win. Cowell seems to know the public vote in advance as Piers Morgan pointed this out in his book, God Bless America: Misadventures of a Big Mouth Brit. In the first series, Cowell knew Paul Potts won the final but fooled him by saying it was Connie Talbot. Also Cowell confessed last night he isn't a fan of ventriloquist acts. His inflated ego tends to choose singers as they can make money from his record label compared to a guy with a puppet. Given what happened last night. Unless his ego takes over the other judges and picks Alice Fredenham. Steve Hewlett has a good chance of winning the wildcard slot.
Bookie Watch: 40/1 wildcard winner
Apart from the wildcard, there are six singing acts competing in the grand final next Saturday. I said on last week's blog post."This could lead to a dangerous thing. we could have an all singing final on 8th June." Out of ten acts available, we got six singing acts and if Alice Fredenham wins the wildcard that would be make it seven out of eleven. If you look at grand finals from previous years.
2007 - Three out of six acts were singers
2008 - Four out of ten acts were singers
2009 - Five out of ten acts were singers
2010 - Four out of ten acts were singers
2011 - Four out of ten acts were singers
2012 - Seven out of eleven acts were singers
There is a possibility next Saturday could duplicate last year's final and if that does happen then a singer might not win it by cancelling them out. Those who remember, dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey beat opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte to the £500,000 prize. It does amaze me on last night's semi final David Walliams said "we're starting to get tired of seeing guitar/singing acts." Then why did you and the other judges pick five guitar/singing acts for the semi finals?
Since it's debut in 2007, we have had a different style of act winning it each year. Unlike the Americans who tend to choose singers on America's Got Talent. They even picked a guitarist/singer for two consecutive seasons! It would be nice to have another different style of act to go along the list of previous winners.
2007 - Opera singer (Paul Potts)
2008 - Solo street dancer (George Sampson)
2009 - Dance troupe (Diversity)
2010 - Gymnastic troupe (Spellbound)
2011 - Classical singer (Jai McDowell)
2012 - Dog act (Ashleigh and Pudsey)
Going back to last week, I said either Attraction or a singer will win it. Unless there is an amazing performance by someone else then Attraction will win the £250,000 prize. I will say comedian Jack Carroll is the dark horse.
There has been a lot of talk about child acts on the show. I will confess it doesn't bother me. As long they can cope the pressure of the studio light and cameras they can have a fun time. That said, I don't think the child acts are the problem. It's the pushy parents who want to reap the rewards with their child stars. Thank goodness I didn't have pushy parents.
The Britain's Got Talent Grand Final airs next Saturday, 8th June at 7.30pm on ITV and ITVHD. The grand final will be one whole show running for 2 & 1/2 hours.
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