We’re just two weeks in to the third series of Britain’s Got Talent and we didn’t think it was possible for the show to get even more thrilling and exciting - but it definitely has! Saturday’s show saw more ridiculous, tear-jerking and mind-boggling acts and of course some priceless comments from the judges .

The “ahhhh” factor this week came from 12-year old Shaheen Jarfargholi who belted out a version of his granddad’s favourite song Valerie but was promptly cut short by Simon, who said it was a “total disaster” and requested he sing another song - luckily Shaheen had one ready and his version of Michael Jackson’s Who’s Loving You gave judge Amanda goose bumps. She remarked that she felt the same way when she first heard past winners Paul Potts and George Sampson perform, so maybe that means good things ahead for the courageous young singer?

The “yuck” factor was provided by Peter Coghlan AKA Mamma Trish, whose unusual belly dancing technique left the audience and judges alike pretty revolted. If you fancy checking out what he did, head over to the official Britain’s Got Talent site now, but be warned it may put you off your lunch. Louise Moores and her African grey parrot Harry failed to bring their unique brand of animal magic to the stage. Harry was supposed to copy owner Louise’s singing but instead the stunned bird kept his beak firmly shut, so it was bye bye birdie.

Simon said Singing Souls were “one of the worst groups he’d heard in his life” (and don’t forget he’s heard a few bad ones in his time) but the feisty girls weren’t going out without a battle. Fiery Hannah seemed prepared for a fight with Simon and declared she thought the girls could be bigger than the Spice Girls and invited Simon to come up on stage and sing after the girls were given three big buzzes off.  ”You sing and I judge - that’s the way it goes”, replied Simon. Touché, Mr. Cowell!

Music teacher Julian Smith got a standing ovation for his jazz soprano saxophone performance and nearly made Amanda cry (again), proving that the range of talent in this year’s competition is varied, unusual and completely unexpected at times! We can’t wait to see what week three will bring! Let us know who your faves from this week were.

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So, we’re sure you’ve heard, the first episode of Britain’s Got Talent went out last Saturday and now the whole country is talking about Fabia and her strategically placed Union Jacks, Stavros Flatley, Flawless and of course the new singing sensation that is Susan Boyle! Watch a video of our thoughts on the singer everyone’s talking about HERE.

Thanks for watching, it was absolutely massive and if you want to see more then check out our weekly behind-the-scenes videos, or  ‘Webisodes’ (we think we may have just made up that word, we really like it!) HERE . Tomorrow we’re off to do voiceovers for this week’s show. We’ve also been busy putting the finishing touches to our book after having had a little bit of a holiday following Saturday Night Takeaway. But now we’re back and raring to get back to work.

We’re really enjoying getting people’s reactions to the audition shows, it was so long ago that we recorded them (before Takeaway!) so we’d almost forgotten how many good acts and performers we saw for this year’s series. You got a taste of it last Saturday and there’s plenty more to come believe us, we said at the very beginning that this was going to be the weirdest and most wonderful series so far and after show one, we think we’re right! 

Enjoy the Webisodes (such a brilliant word) and we’ll catch you very soon!

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This time last week none of us had heard of Susan Boyle, a church worker from West Lothian in Scotland, but that has all changed thanks to Britain’s Got Talent.

After just one week of the show Susan has become a world-wide phenomenon despite the fact that Britain’s Got Talent isn’t even shown outside of the UK! In fact, Susan has become such a big star that a video of her startling performance on Saturday’s show has now had over 11 MILLION views on YouTube! Not bad for the woman everyone doubted when she declared she wanted to be a singer up there with the likes of West End veteran Elaine Paige - proving you really can’t judge a book by its cover.

Susan’s star is rising so quickly that not only is she grabbing headlines this side of the pond, but she’s creating a massive buzz in America too. She was featured on America’s NBC Today Show , moving the host  to tears and the Washington Post published a long article on her yesterday. Even Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and wife Demi Moore have been touched by the ‘Boyle Effect’, posting links on their Twitter pages to the video of Susan singing.

See Ant & Dec’s view on this week’s crazy events in our exclusive video HERE.

There you have it! We’ll keep you posted as the story develops, but in the meantime visit the official Britain’s Got Talent site HERE to watch Susan’s amazing, tear-jerking performance once more.

So, this weekend saw the return of Britain’s Got Talent, and what a phenomenal first show it was! If you were one of the millions who tuned in, what did you think of some of the first few acts to hit our screens?

Father and son Greek dancing duo Stavros Flatley had us and we’re guessing the whole country in stitches with their hilarious take on Riverdance - we certainly weren’t expecting their comedy routine and it definitely had the desired effect on the judges who put them through to the next round. We can’t wait to see what they’ll do next!

Other highlights for us included Flawless whose dancing skills were just that, and Susan Boyle who literally blew EVERYONE away with her beautiful singing voice, and even nearly reduced Amanda to tears! And then there were the not so good acts… the Ferraro Rocher man only managed a paltry four chocolates but our very own Ant scoffed five! How many do you reckon you could put away in a minute?

Leave us a comment and let us know who your faves are now!

Hands up who’s missed Ant & Dec on the telly every week? OK, so it’s not been that  long since the end of Saturday Night Takeaway,  but after a well earned break they’re back on our screens for the start of the third series of Britain’s Got Talent.

They return with the fantastic and truly unique talent show that gave the world Paul Potts and George Sampson and showcases the best, and worst, talent our great nation has to offer. Gulp. The only rule is… there are no rules!  The show is open to performers of any age, from any background, with any talent.  All they need is a skill that they think will impress not only the judges, but ultimately HRH The Queen  as the winner gets to perform at this year’s Royal Variety Performance, as well as walking away with a life changing £100,000. That may sound simple but faced with TV’s original Mr. Nasty Simon Cowell, straight-talking Piers Morgan and the lovely Amanda Holden as judges, the contestants have to be poised to receive some pretty harsh criticism!

Ant and Dec have been waiting in the wings of the auditions, which have stretched the length and breadth of the UK to either congratulate the successful or console those who fail to impress, armed with their handy cameras to capture all the action for you here at officialantanddec.com, so keep checking back every week for new backstage videos and all your BGT news.

This Saturday all the hilarious action kicks off at 7.45pm on ITV but don’t forget to switch over to ITV2 for Britain’s Got More Talent  with Stephen Mulhern on ITV2 at 9.15pm.

Enjoy your Easter Saturday night in!