Britains Got Talent 2010

Britains Got Talent 2010 Semi Final 2

Britain’s Got Talent 2010 Semi Final 2 aired on Tuesday the first of June and I have to say the line up wasn’t as great as last night. I had a pretty good idea who was going to get through from the start. I’m not sure how the divide up the acts but it seemed like last night had a much stronger line up. On to the show! Amanda Holden was wearing a gold sparkly halter neck dress tonight with large gold hooped earrings to match!

Taboo were first  up, all 34 of them! They did their routine with a candy shop theme, all dressed up in red and white like candy canes with big lollipops behind them. The music started off with 50 Cents Candy Shop (appropriate for the 8 year old members?) and moved on to the Oompa Loompa song from Willy Wonka and Candy Man by Christina Aguilera. All round they did a good job but there was just so many of them on stage! Simon started off by criticising them and Amanda compared him to the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Neil Fullard the singing doorman was up next. He made an effort with his clothes this time coming out in suit and a loose bow tie to sing That’s Life by Frank Sinatra. Neil did a great job, got a wonderful reception from the crowd and the judges. Apparently he had said in one of the newspapers this week that if Simon said anything bad about him his mates were going to choke him. Luckily he didn’t give Simon any reason to criticise and he got great comments from the judges.

I can’t even remember The Ruby Girls auditioning? Were they on Britain’s Got More Talent? I’ve never really watched that. Anyway, we were given a ‘we’re such best friends’ montage at the start with the usual blurb about how they never fight and all that stuff. They started off their dance routine with Lady Ga Ga’s Disco Stick then on to No Doubt’s Hella Good. They had on black military jackets with Top Gun style shades. Underneath they had what looked like lace leotards on with gold high heel boots. From there we went into Beyonce’s Videophone and that Kei$ha song Tip Top. They weren’t too great and they were out of sync with each other most of the time. Piers and Amanda were fairly complimentary but Simon said it was cabaret. He had a little argument with Amanda and ended up saying her era was in 1952. In their defense, The Ruby Girls actually said, I’m not sure I can bring myself to type this… Girl Power.

Connected, one of the favourites to win the whole competition followed that debacle and they look like they’ve had a makeover already! Has Simon signed them up before they’ve won the competition? They sang an Adam Lambert song called No Boundaries while wearing their funny little outfits bought from Baby Gap or somewhere. I didn’t think they were as good as the first audition, the harmonies were a bit ropey but they definitely have a lot of potential. I was looking forward to seeing them but I found it a bit disappointing.

I loved Kev Orkian’s first audition and so did many people with the bookies making him one of the favourites to win the show. I’m sorry to say Kev didn’t do as well as his first audition. I still found it entertaining but perhaps he made the wrong move by revealing his alter ego in his first performance. It might have been better to keep it going Borat style. Once the mask comes off the illusion is broken and that’s how it turned out tonight. Simon and Piers both buzzed before he’d finished his Armenian love song for Amanda in the style of Enrique Iglesias. He told a joke at the start about Ant and Dec giving him Louis Walsh’s passport so he can stay in the country and that was also the punchline to his song for Amanda. This was topped off by him missing his piano stool and hitting the floor with a bump. All the judges talked of their disappointment with Simon adding that it was corny. Shame!

Another pointless act was Michael Fayombo Snr and Jnr doing some dancing like MJ. So what? Jnr was great at it, Snr looked a bit tired and slugging and struggling to keep up. But again, so what? Do we really need Michael Jackson impersonators? Jnr took the mic off Dec at the end to thank everyone which was my favourite part of the performance. The judges struggled to get through this one without causing real offence to Snr. Piers suggested he thought it was a joke act and Amanda went on about how tired he looked. Michael Fayombo Snr didn’t look too pleased!

Tina and Chandi bounced on to save the day with an excellent performance. Great reaction from the audience and the judges with Simon saying he loved it. Piers made some silly World Cup reference saying Chandi was like Wayne Rooney. I won’t go into detail about the performance the video is below. Just watch it.

To finish off the show was unfortunately another completely useless act. Maxxie Oliver came on with his Lady Ga Ga impression coming to the stage in yellow telephone singing…Telephone of course. What a waste of time. He was wearing a red corset and stockings. Simon buzzed him out when he started playing the telephone piano really badly. Some of the audience were actually booing by the time he finished. Simon made a joke about the fried eggs on his chest (which were actually little telephones) and then Amanda made a joke about it looking like her which I didn’t get?

Semi Final 2 Results

Special guest appearance by the always excellent Alicia Keys singing her new song Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart. She had a funny interview at the end with Ant and Dec where I guess she’s been touring so much she couldn’t remember which country she had been in last. Then she had a little banter with Ant and Dec about USA vs England in the World Cup. I reckon she could take the two of them in a fight.

Public Vote Winners : Tina and Chandi -- No surprised they were the best on the night by far!

2nd Place -- Connected -- They beat out Neil Fullard with the judges vote. Amanda voted for Neil with Simon and Piers going for the kids. No complaints about tonight’s results. It was a shame for for Neil Fullard though and a disappointing night for Kev Orkian.

Lookout for Britain’s Got Talent 2010 Semi Final 3 tomorrow!