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May 2009

Liveblogging: Britain’s Got Talent 2009-Semi Final 3

by Sujoy on May 26, 2009

in TV

**STAVROS FLATLEY and SHAHEEN JAFARGHOLI**

~~~Through to the Finale of Britain’s Got Talent 2009.

** Finalists Review and Predictions of the Winner of BGT Finale. Click here **

**For Britain’s Got Talent Semi Final 5: Liveblogging…  Click this Link**

It is the third night tonight. So far, 4 have made it to the finals; Susan Boyle, Diversity, Shaun Smith and Flawless – two dance acts and two singers. Tonight’s third Semi-Final of Britain’s Got Talent Season 3-2009 is going to bring us some more brilliant performances and some absolutely stunning, off-the-hook and shocking ones. The list of the eight Semi Finalists performing tonight are given below.

8 PERFORMERS FOR SEMI-FINAL 3:

The Barrow Boys (Farmers dancing with Wheelbarrows)
Ben & Becky (Ballroom dancers)
Floral High Notes (A combination of opera with flower arrangement)
Harmony (Musical Theatre performers)
Kayode Oresanya (Human Saxophonist…how did he get through?)
MD Show Group (Street Dancers)
Shaheen Jafargholi (The sweet lad from Swansea who sang “Who’s loving you?” by MJ in the auditions and wowed us all . This is the kid to look out for.)
Stavros Flatley (The Greek father and son dance duo; hilarious and entertaining)

PREDICTIONS:
My favorite act of the night [and also to win]: Shaheen Jafargholi
Most undeserving act: Floral Highnotes and Kayode Oresanya
Likely to win the audience vote: Shaheen Jafargholi
Most likely to be buzzed off: Floral Highnotes
Judges choice: Stavros Flatley

The Third Semi-Final is on tonight :8.30 pm, London Time, on ITV1. We’ll be there to cover it live.

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The Liveblogging of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 – Semi Final 3. [ As and when it happens]

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Liveblogging: Britain’s Got Talent 2009-Semi Final 2

by Sujoy on May 25, 2009

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*** SHAUN SMITH and FLAWLESS ***

~~Through to the Finale of Britain’s Got Talent 2009

** Finalists Review and Predictions of the Winner of BGT Finale. Click here **

**For Britain’s Got Talent Semi Final 5: Liveblogging…  Click this Link**

Britain's Got Talent 2009 Semi Final

After last night’s brilliant showdown where Susan Boyle and Diversity progressed (as expected) to the Grand Finale, we have eight more acts trying their luck to impress the viewers at home and the studio, and the judges as well. As expected, the eight semi-finalists are a mixed bag of the good, the bad, the ugly and the utterly weird.

The acts that are ‘On Tonight’ in Semi-Final 2 of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 are:

DJ Talent (Some guy who happens to be a DJ. Just a waste of a slot)
Flawless (The other awesome streetdance group)
Gareth Ol(Funny ventriloquist with an Asian twist)
Hot Honeyz (Girls Dance Act)
Jamie Pugh ( Sang ‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Miserables and enchanted everyone. Not as big a favourite like Susan Boyle, but you never know.)
Merlin Cadogan (He aspires to be the next Houdini; Escape artist)
Peter Coghlan( Yes, the weirdo in the bunch; aka Mamma Trish; You decide for yourself)
Shaun Smith(17 year old singer, who sang ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ at the auditions; could be a teenage sweetheart)

The Second Semi-Final kicks off at 9:00 pm, London Time on ITV1  and we shall be covering it live, as it happens. Be here to see who makes it to the Finale.
My favorite act: FLAWLESS.
Most undeserving act: DJ Talent.
Likely to be win the audience vote: Jamie Pugh.
Most likely to be buzzed off: DJ Talent

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The Liveblogging of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 – Semi Final 2 .

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Liveblogging: Britain’s Got Talent 2009-Semi Final 1

by Sujoy on May 24, 2009

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** SUSAN BOYLE and DIVERSITY **

~~ Through to the Finale of Britain’s Got Talent 2009.

** Finalists Review and Predictions of the Winner of BGT Finale. Click here **

**For Britain’s Got Talent Semi Final 5: Liveblogging…  Click this Link**

Britain's Got Talen 2009

The excitement is nervewrecking, isn’t it? Of course, all eyes are on one Scottish lady tonight. Yes, Susan Boyle. Susan Boyle is performing Live tonight, after her 2 minutes of global internet acclaim [thanks to YouTube]. It is indeed time to see if she can outperform herself and make a place at the Finals. The long, exciting, tedious, disgusting and yet entertaining auditions have resulted in more than 200 acts to be selected, which have now been shortlisted by the panel of judges – Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan to a mere 40; 8 each for the 5 semi finals. The Grand Finale of Britain’s Got Talent is to be held on next Saturday, the 30th of May. Until then, it is going to be a whole week of Live Semi Finals. 2 from the 8 semi-finalists will be proceeding to the final- one selected through audience vote, and the other by the judges verdict.

The acts that are ‘On Tonight’ in the first Semi Final are:

Darth Jackson ( A weird act, someone dressed as Darth Vader, dancing to Billie Jean)

Diversity (Dance Act from London)

Faces Of Disco ( John Travolta pants meet masks of Simon Cowell)

Julia Naidenko (Belly Dancer)

Natalie Okri ( A little girl who sang Alicia Keys)

Nick Hell (A guy who hangs weights from his ears, nose and lets his fiance drop a bowling bowl on his belly)

Sue Son (Solo violinist)

Susan Boyle (Need I write, Les Miserable – I dreamed a dream, Most watched lady on YouTube)

The First Semi-Final kicks off at 8:30 pm, London Time on ITV1  and we shall be covering it live, as it happens. Be here to see, if Susan Boyle stays on in the competition. My favorite act: Diversity. Most undeserving act: Darth Jackson.

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The Liveblogging of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 – Semi Final 1 .
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Idol Finale- Adam vs. Kris – Who will win it?

by Sujoy on May 20, 2009

in Music,TV

American Idol Season 8 Finale

It is one of those things which cannot escape you. [ Sort of that song by Kylie Minogue -Can't get you outta my head..for sure] You try and try, not to watch Idol every year, after the gimmicky horrendous weirdos at display year after year after year. But at last, somehow you just tend to give in. This year, I hardly followed Idol. The entire season8 of Idol was almost neglected by me like the children of slums in that Millionaire movie. But I could not help taking notice of some performances -worthy to mention are viz. Adam Lambert’s Crying (Aerosmith), Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin), Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf) and Black or White (MJ). Yes, this season has been all about Adam Lambert. His vocals are flying all over the place. Not only is he flamboyant, stylish and has that extra edge of an image to carry the weight of a showbiz icon, he can sing his lungs out. His vocals remind me of Rob Halford (Judas Priest) I swear. And peeps might comment that he overdoes that. Well, lemme just say that you need to sell what you do best, innit! There were other horrors this season like Danny Gokey’s butchering of Dream On (Aerosmith) which might even make Cacophonix deaf. And then there was the Indian connection . But coming back to the final 2- Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, how did they perform at the first part of the Season 8 finale. Here we go:

It is indeed a shame how this entire season (after all the great performances that I recently caught up through the power of the Internet) has to be sucked into an awful finale night of awful songs written by the most awful judge in the American Idol History (including guest judges)-yeah, that Kara lady. Anyway, getting back to the performances; the two contestants were to perform three songs each; 1-Encore from a previously performed song on Idol; 2- Song chosen by Idol honcho Simon Fuller; 3-Winner’s single-Written by Kara.

Adam Lambert - American Idol Season 8 finale - Mad World

Adam Lambert goes first with -Mad World (Tears for Fears)

Judges verdict:
Randy: Loved the fog and the long coat
Kara: You are an incredible artist
Paula: You gave us a theatrical taste
Simon: It was a bit over theatrical — it reminded me of Phantom of the Opera

My call: It was a bit OTT theatrical, something on the lines of Dracula meets the musical. Did no justice for Adam’s vocal range and definitely not for his finale showcase. The staging overshadowed the vocals and the performance, and the arrangement wasn’t exciting enough. Too many complaints from this performance but we love Adam anyway!!

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