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Wales Online
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
What Welsh Britain's Got Talent star who made Simon Cowell apologise is doing now
What Welsh Britain's Got Talent star who made Simon Cowell apologise is doing now How did a girl from Penarth manage to get an apology from Simon Cowell, and what is she doing now? Jodi Bird during the auditions of ITV1 talent show, Britain's Got Talent (Image: ITV/PA Wire ) In 2014, 16-year-old Jodi Bird from Penarth took to the stage of Britain's Got Talent and left her mark on the competition show. The singer even managed to get an apology from the notoriously strict judge Simon Cowell after he halted her singing. In her audition, Jodi sang 'Don't Rain On My Parade' by Barbra Streisand, but Simon stopped her performance, saying he couldn't listen to the song . This lead to the audience and judges saying that it was "a real shame" that she wasn't allowed to finish the song. Jodi however fought back and continued her performance nodding to "Mr Cowell" in the song. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . She re-sang the song and blew away the judges, leading Simon to say "I'm not crazy about those songs, and I cut you off too short and I apologise." Although he admitted he was glad he stopped the performance as she then was able to prove a point. Article continues below The singer then moved on to the semi finals, where she sang Let it Go from Disney's Frozen. After making through to the judges' vote unfortunately she lost out to the dance group Addict Initiative, which marked the end of her BGT journey Jodi is still very much performing and in fact took to a different TV talent show this year. The singer appeared on the Welsh equivalent of ITV's The Voice, which is translated in to Welsh as Y Llais on S4C. In her audition, she performed a Welsh version of Jessie J's Mama Knows Best, which saw all four judges chairs turn around. Ultimately she decided to join Bronwen Lewis' team, although unfortunately she didn't make it through to the semi finals of the competition. Content cannot be displayed without consent People commented on her performance on social media saying she was "The best in the business," and that her performance was "incredible and flawless". One person even joked: "Simon Cowell been awful quiet since this came out." Since initially starring on BGT 11 years ago, she has just released her debut EP 'Greener on The Other Side', has starred in a variety of musicals and now is currently writing a musical herself In July 2019, Jodi who was 21 at the time, was named Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod's International Voice of Musical Theatre for 2019. Winning the competition meant that she received an international Medal, £1,500 prize money and the opportunity to perform at the Musicale Concert Gold Coast Eisteddfod in Australia. Now, she balances her life performing in both Wales and London. Article continues below
Boston Globe
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Cynthia Erivo opens the Spring Pops season in style
Without explicitly stating it, Erivo's set affirmed a Great American Songbook centered specifically around Black artists. With the lone exception of her leadoff number — a 'Don't Rain On My Parade' that could stand up proudly next to Streisand — every song on her set list was either written by a Black songwriter or strongly associated with a Black singer who delivered a definitive version. That meant room for Nina and Aretha, Prince and Peebles, even Screamin' Jay Hawkins, all treated as the standards they surely are. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up With a stage presence steeped in control and deliberateness whether singing or simply speaking to the audience, Erivo delivered strange bedfellows 'Ain't No Way' and 'I Put A Spell On You' as torch songs, and both 'At Last' and 'Stormy Weather' were lush and sweeping, with the singer slightly behind the beat on the latter and playing it for laid-back languidness. But her reserve occasionally made numbers like 'I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)' and 'I (Who Have Nothing)' a touch too genteel to burn. Advertisement It also gave unexpected moments added electricity. Erivo called for a redo at the start of 'I Can't Stand The Rain,' cuing the xylophone player to the proper tempo with her shoulders, maybe the only time she got the music physically into her body. And a cry of 'Yes!' from the audience immediately before the arrival of the title of 'Feeling Good' made her laugh at length and re-collect herself before diving in and dancing around the melody and rhythm with her voice. But Erivo was capable of electricity even when all went according to plan. 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' was light and majestic even before Scott Johnson's delicately-plucked folk guitar and the string and horn swells, with Erivo singing the first verse a cappella with a gentle, masterful touch. And as she did, Lockhart slowly turned toward the audience with a knowing smile, as if making sure everyone understood what they were hearing. THE BOSTON POPS WITH CYNTHIA ERIVO At: Symphony Hall, Thursday Marc Hirsh can be reached at officialmarc@ or on Bluesky @ Advertisement
BBC News
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Who won Dancing on Ice 2025?
The latest season of Dancing on Ice has come to an exciting end, and we have a new weeks of skating, Coronation Street actor Sam Aston and his partner Molly Lanaghan were crowned as the Strachan, the BBC Springwatch presenter, and her skating partner Mark Hanretty were the footballer Anton Ferdinand and his partner Annette Dytrt came third and were the first to be eliminated in the final after a public vote. In the final show, all the contestants performed dazzling routines. Anton and Annette skated to Let's Go Crazy by famous musician Prince, earning a perfect score of 40 from the judges. Speaking to his skating partner, Anton told Annette that he'd "enjoyed this journey" with and Mark skated to Don't Rain On My Parade, with judge Oti Mabuse saying their performance had "really touched' her and was "absolutely beautiful."And Sam and Molly performed to the Pink Panther theme, as Christopher Dean, one of the judges, told Sam, "I'm really proud of you." After Anton lost the public vote, Sam and Michaela skated to the Bolero, a routine which was made famous by skating judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Jane was clearly impressed with Sam's performance, saying it was "brilliant!""I mean tonight, everything came together," Christopher said. "Your skating skills are always on show, but you had to have timing and acting,"The Coronation Street star said his time on the competition had been "such a journey".
