Sunday
Britain's Got Talent Live 2008 Tour: It's Georgemania!
 The Britain's Got Talent Live 2008 tour has now kicked off. For little girls seeing George Sampson perform it's like Beatlemania has been resurrected. They screamed at the very mention of his name.Whatever your opinion of the main 12 acts they have caught the publics' imagination, so much so that they are willing to spend £32.50 to be in on the excitement. The talent on display do pretty much what most people have already seen on television. The novelty of seeing, say, Kate and Gin, for example, no matter how brilliant, will eventually wear off. There are, however, a few twists. Andrew Johnston and Faryl Smith do a duet of Walking In The Air and Nemesis together with Signature do a sort of dance-off. The final act is winner George Sampson doing his Singin' In The Rain  routine and sound levels zoom up sufficiently to damage the eardrums. Yes it's Georgemania - coming to a town near you!Extra dates have now been added! Friday 6June... London Hammersmith Apollo Saturday 7 June... Bournemouth BIC Sunday 8 June... Liverpool Echo Arena Monday 9 June... Brighton Centre Friday 13 June... Manchester Apollo Saturday 14 June... Sheffield Arena Sunday 15 June... Nottingham Trent FM Arena Monday 16 June... Birmingham NIA Tuesday 17 June... Cardiff International Arena Thursday 19 June... Glasgow Clyde Auditorium Friday 20 June... Newcastle City Hall Saturday 21 June... Aberdeen E&CC Sunday 22 June... Edinburgh Playhouse Monday 23 June... Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 7.30pm Tuesday 24 June... Manchester Apollo 7.30pm Friday 27 June... Birmingham NIA 7.30pm Saturday 28 June... London O2 Arena 7.30pm Book by phone: 0870 011 26 26. Labels: Andrew Johnston, Britains Got Talent Tour, Faryl Smith, George Sampson, Kate and Gin, Nemesis, Signature |
Saturday
Faryl Smith, Escala, Kate & Gin: Who Will Win Tonight?
 Tonight is the Britain's Got Talent final with 12 year old Faryl Smith easily the favourite to win, that's her photo on the left. She has a remarkable voice and no matter if she wins or loses is destined to become a big star.It's interesting to see that Simon Cowell is so impressed with her that he has arranged private singing lessons for her with Yvie Burnett who helped Paul Potts. So who else is in the running? Their are eight in the final and these are the best odds available on the web at the time of writing. Faryl Smith - evens Escala - 7/4 George Sampson - 6/1 Signature - 9/1 Andrew Muir - 12/1 Andrew Johnston - 18/1 Strike - 25/1 Kate and Gin - 40/1 Nemesis - 45/1 Cheeky Monkeys - 50/1  I guess if I was a betting man my own top three would be Faryl Smith, Escala and Kate & Gin but phone votes can do the unexpected. You never know what's going on behind the scenes to influence the public.Escala were originally known as Scala but had to change because of copyright reasons. There has also been a little controversy as to how they got on the show. It is alleged that they were 'invited' to the auditions by Simon Cowell and were already known to ITV1 staff. They have been working professionally for quite a while and have performed alongside McFly and were chosen to perform at the X Factor wrap party. ITV, however, said, "Scala went through the same application and audition process as everyone else." But things are not always exactly as they are seen in life. Let's see what happens to the voting tonight. Labels: Britain's Got Talent, Escala, Faryl Smith, Kate and Gin, Simon Cowell |