Week 4 was definitely a show full of variety, kicking off with the brilliant Chippendoubles, the collection of celebrity lookalikes who performed a routine ending, quite aptly, with Simon Cowell, face to face with himself in his boxer shorts. It had the whole of Hammersmith Apollo on their feet and even made Simon himself laugh. But hang on, two Cowells in a room - both hell bent on being the centre of attention, that’s got to end in tears! Their act did make us think, “Are there any Ant & Dec lookalikes?” We’re not aware of any but sometimes people come up to us saying “My friend’s sister’s boyfriend looks like you” so if you have any pictures of Ant and/or Dec lookalikes send them to officialantanddec@iviva.com and we’ll have a laugh at them and maybe a prize for the best. Or maybe not.
Hayashi the samurai warrior had hearts in mouths as he cut up cucumbers with his samurai sword whilst blindfolded. We’ve never seen anything quite as dangerous on the BGT auditions and never seen anyone as scared as Ben, his assistant, the lucky fella who was chosen to hold a cucumber in his mouth, one strapped to his head and one in each hand. He was still shaking when he came off stage after getting a yes from all three judges. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to having decapitation live on stage!
Myzitikal tried to follow in the successful footsteps of last year’s winners Diversity by trying to take the ‘street dance troupe’ idea a step further and incorporating vocals. A great idea but probably fair to say the execution wasn’t quite there. They got through nonetheless but will probably have to polish up their act a little if they want to get any further. So too will Craig and Deborah Stevens aka Othelio, the husband and wife singing act. They sent a demo tape through to Simon hundreds of years ago when he was an A & R guy working in the music biz, and Simon said they had more chance of winning the Grand National than getting a record deal, so they came back to prove him wrong. Turns out he was right. They have never released an album, but on the bright side they did come 4th in the 1989 Grand National. Only joking, (they didn’t finish, Deborah fell at Beechers Brook.) Incredibly, they managed two yes’s, kind of proving him wrong in a small way but they’ve got some way to go to truly convince him.
Now, hands up who wasn’t pleased to see the return of an old friend, a familiar face who we’ve had fun with in the past, James Boyd aka the Ferrero Rocher man? No hands gone up? Thought so! He turned up to attempt another World Record, the ‘After Eight No Hands Challenge’. Unfortunately he failed again; dismally. And yet again Ant triumphed over him - not only beating his paltry five but equalling the world record of eight (held by some bloke in America, fact fans). Ant would like to particularly thank everyone who sent in the chocolate challenges as this is probably where he got in all the essential practice in to do so well at the side of the stage. Thanks to all the Chocolate Challenges Ant is now a Record Breaker - well, ok, a Record ‘Equaller’ (not quite a breaker…yet).
Finishing off this week was a rousing rendition of No Regrets from 80-year-old Janey Cutler, and what a finish it was! There’s obviously something in the water up there in Glasgow as we keep finding all these singers. Last year there was SuBo, and this week JaCu had everyone on their feet, how do you follow that? We’ll tell you. You don’t. The perfect way to end the show!
See you next week
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Hope your looking forward to Saturday!
she looks really pretty i love her hair 
