Britains Got Talent 2010

Steven Reid, Pip and Puppy, Razy Gogonea Star In Liverpool and Glasgow Auditions

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Britain’s Got Talent 2011 Episode 2 aired on the 23rd of April 2011 and unfortunately the talent doesn’t seem to have gotten any better compared to last week! This episode focused mainly on the Manchester auditions with about 5 minutes set in Glasgow. I guess Glasgow doesn’t have much talent. First up was Micky Gooch who’s talent was to do one fingered press ups on a nail. This proved as hard as it sounds as he fell over after a few press ups with a sore finger. It was at this point that I wondered how many Amanda Holden could do with her big rubbery collagen infested lips. He didn’t get through. His surname also made me laugh but that’s probably because I’ve watched too much Jackass.

Then we had Ted and Grace, 91 and 21 respectively. Ted was Grace’s grandfather and from the conversation he had with Amanda Holden pretty much deaf. Amanda showed her general lack of a common touch by making fun of him for it before he warbled into “If I were a Rich Man”. It sounded like he was dying on stage. Then Grace burst into song and she showed us how sassy and young she was compared to her grandpa. The performance didn’t end there though. We were treated to some crazy dance moves from Ted before they both received a standing ovation. Grace has inherited Ted’s nose but thankfully not his voice as she didn’t sound too bad. They both got through.

Les Gibson gave us one of the first sob stories of the season going on about how hard it is to be an impressionist these days and make a living from it. To be honest the only place I would expect to see something like this is in Blackpool as the whole medium died out in the nineties. No one really wants to see this now do they? We have Avatar in 3D for God’s sake! Anyway, he did an average Ant and Dec, Ross Kemp and Kevin Webster from Coronation Street. As you can imagine, the Hoff had no idea who any of them were. The other judges voted Les Gibson through though. We were then taken into a Hoff misunderstanding montage where he struggled with the UK accents.

Linda and Fen the dog didn’t get through with the Shirley Bassey impression. I’m not sure what the dog was for. The Hoff thought the dogs name was Ned.

Margaret Austin had dentists everywhere hiding behind their sofa’s or perhaps rubbing their hands in glee. The other judges had to explain to David Hasselhoff what a lolipop lady was. She didn’t get through either.

James Kingg from Glasgow/Wemyss Bay played the keyboard really badly and didn’t get through.

The talent on this episode was so lacking that we were given a food montage with people backstage complaining about being hungry.

Elaine Williams was the next contestant up and she had a vacant look about it like she’s had a hard life. She started off on stage ranting about soup and how you should never eat it out of a can as its full of salt and sugar. Thanks Elaine. She learned this on her cookery course. Elaine claimed to be a stand up comedienne but each joke was worse than the next. She talked about Peter Kay then said “Garllic Bread!”. I think that was the punchline. I did feel bad for her at the end when she lost it, told the crowd to f**k off then gave them the finger.

Another dog act followed that but not one we’ve seen before. Pippa Langhorne (real name) and Buddy the dog go by the stage name of Pip and Puppy and I did enjoy the act. Pippa has a great operatic voice and Buddy howls along to her tones. Pretty funny. They both got through.

Razy Gogonea came on dressed like Neo from The Matrix but thankfully he had some talent and it wasn’t a public crucifixion. He did some crazy body popping moves the music from the matrix and wowed the crowd and brought his girlfriend to tears at the same time. He got through.

Finally, we were whisked off to Glasgow where the Hoff wore a kilt and signed autographs for the crowd. Edward Reid was the only contestant we saw but he was worth it. The camp drama teacher came on stage in his loafers (minus socks) and when the music for Snow Patrol’s Run started I thought great here we go again. Surprisingly Steven started singing various children’s songs such as Old MacDonald Had a Farm to the music. The crowd and the judges both loved it and he got through. I’m not sure what he’ll do next though!

 

 

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