Britain's Got Talent / Mike Norman / 29 May 2009 /

It's the last of the semi-finals tonight, and our Britain's Got Talent fan "Mystical" Mike Norman expects an intriguing battle between some weird and wonderful acts - something for everyone as they say...

You know, sometimes you just have to admit when you were wrong... and yesterday I was wrong... quite spectacularly in fact.

Having tipped up Callum Francis to win last night's heat of Britain's Got Talent I was quite delighted to see him perform brilliantly, and subsequently receive great comments from the three judges. What I hadn't counted on was saxophonist Julian Smith and family duo 2 Grand putting in faultless, and in the latter's case, sincere and tear-jerking performances.

Whilst I expected Smith to do well and qualify with ease, it was the impact that 2 Grand left on me that has prompted me into making a groveling apology.

A few weeks back I made reference to 2 Grand, saying that John (that's the elderly half of the act) would be watching the final from his living room whilst chomping through a few ounces of liquorice allsorts.

Even yesterday I said that any votes this grandfather/granddaughter singing act polled would surely be emotional or sentimental ones. How wrong could I have been? I was totally dismissive of their talent, and yes, whilst there is an element of emotion and sentiment to what they do, at the end of the day they do it fantastically well and entertain immensely. They deserved to go through last night, because for me, they were the stars of the show. I for one never thought I'd be saying that!

In the Britain's Got Talent winner Market, Susan Boyle is on the slide amidst reports that this church-going super talent is buckling under the pressure of fame. She can now be backed at [2.36] to win Saturday's final, ahead of Aidan Davis ([8.8]), Shaheen Jafargholi ([9.2]), Stavros Flatly ([10.0]), Flawless ([13.5]), Julian Smith ([16.5]), and Diversity ([18.0]). A full preview (with a bit of humour) of tomorrow's final will be on site first thing in the morning.

Tonight's concluding semi-final promises to be an intriguing one, with at least four acts capable of reaching the final itself.

The Public Vote Winner Market has cool break-dancer Aidan Davis as the hot [1.35] favourite, and I agree that he is the most likely winner. However, there are at least three other decent performers tonight in the shape of 10-year-old singer/dancer Hollie Steel ([6.6]), the uniquely sounding Greg Pritchard ([9.0]), and the all-singing family Good Evans ([19.5]).

Pritchard could easily be the surprise of the evening. His audition had even Simon Cowell dumfounded when he sang Nessum Dorma in a high soprano singing voice - great if he were female, but Pritchard is male and his act is completely unique, and mesmerising

Greg Pritchard is available to back at [3.55] in the To Qualify market, and I personally hope he makes it ahead of Hollie Steel ([1.8]) and Good Evans ([4.0]).

Perhaps the most amusing act of tonight's show will be The Dream Bears. This trio of... how can I put this... 'dancers who have certainly performed in front of a few queens before' were incredibly fun to watch during their audition. I have a feeling they will up their game tonight and provide a bit of a shock factor as well as being hugely entertaining. I can't see them getting through to the final, but at [60.0] just To Qualify, you will do a lot worse.

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