Britain's Got Talent Betting: Sampson clone to give Boyle backers a fright?

Britain's Got Talent / Mike Norman / 17 May 2009 / Leave a Comment

As the auditions draw to a close, Britain's Got Talent junkie "Mystical" Mike Norman offers a dim view of the oldies but predicts a bright future for the latest 'super' kids to hit our screens....

You've got to take your hat off to the oldies... at least they try. But just like a kebab kept until the morning after the night before, they can be a bit off and very unappealing.

Take 75-year-old Brenda Isaacs for example. Embarrassed and bewildered last year when her partner Roy mixed up the tracks on her audition tape, she returned this year with no excuses other than she was tone deaf, untalented and extremely tedious. However, one plus point was that, after she had been given a full compliment of rejections from the judges, she promised to come back next year and try.... wait for it.... pole dancing!

Then there was 61-year-old Irish dancer Neil Horan, whose traditional soft jig reminded me of how your dad would dance after a few too many sherbets at a family wedding.

Arguably the star of last night's auditions - and I'm talking just in the Zimmer frame category here - was 76-year-old John, singing with his 12-year-old Granddaughter Sallie. Performing the Disney classic A Whole New World they had the audience in raptures and received a standing ovation. I get the feeling the acknowledgement was as much out of sentiment as it was for their talent however, and that golden oldie John will be watching the live shows from his living room whilst snacking on a few liquorice allsorts.

So thank god for the kids then. At one point last night I was beginning to think that my decision to miss the Eurovision Song Contest in favour of BGT was about as clever as invoicing Betfair for electricity used in my second, third and fourth homes.

Previously we've seen six-year-old singer Connie Talbot finisher runner-up to 2007 winner Paul Potts, and last year we saw two teenagers, George Sampson and Andrew Johnston, finish first and third respectively. Already this year we've seen Hollie Steel, 10, and Shaheen Jafargholi, 12, make big impressions, whilst last night it was the turn of 10-year-old singer Natalie Okri, and at just one year older, dancer Aidan Davis.

Okri is the cutest little girl you've ever seen and was likened to a diva by Ant & Dec prior to her audition. She sang a very difficult Alicia Keys song (No One) but had tremendous control over her voice as she jigged her way through the song. The audience and judges loved her, and her performance culminated with a much deserved standing ovation.

But stealing the show by an absolute mile last night was Aidan Davis, the coolest looking 11-year-old you're every likely to come across.

Just like body-popping sensation George Sampson last year, Davis performed some incredible dance moves that had the hard-to-please Simon Cowell admitting that he was better than any dancer he'd ever seen on the show, and that he was super super super talented. You can judge for yourself by watching Aidan's audition here, but considering he is rated by some to be better than last year's winner Sampson, then backers of the immensely popular Susan Boyle must be slightly worried as the live shows draw ever nearer.

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