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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Britain's Got Talent winners 'revealed' just hours ahead of final as one act soars ahead in bookies' odds
The Britain's Got Talent final will get underway in a matter of hours on Saturday night, and bookies' odds have revealed who could take home the crown. LED dancers The Blackouts, inspirational choir Hear Our Voice, magician Harry Moulding, guitarist Olly Pearson and singer Stacey Leadbeatter are among those battling it out in the final. Comedian Joseph Charm, Ping Pong Pang, drag queen and operatic tenor Jasmine Rice, eight-year-old dancer Binitra Chetry and singer Vinnie McKee are also making up the finalists. Now, Ladbrokes have revealed Hear Our Voice are leading the charge to be crowned the 2025 winners with favourable odds cut from 2/7 to just 5/4. The choir is made up of victims of the Post Office scandal - said to be Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice - and they have been fan favourites since their audition. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. They are followed closely behind The Blackouts at 5/2 odds while magician Harry is sitting at 5/1, according to the bookmakers. Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: 'A flurry of bets on Hear Our Voice have forced our traders to once again slash their odds of going all the way tonight - it's looking like it'll take something pretty special to stop them from winning this series.' Eleven-year-old guitarist Olly is coming in closely behind the leading trio at 6/1 odds, while Stacey is at 11/1 and Ping Pony Pang are sitting at 12/1. At the other end, drag queen Jasmine is at a lower 66/1 of taking home the crown, just beaten by Vinnie at 33/1, Joseph at 25/1 and Binitra at 20/1. The Hear Our Voice choir is made up of 39 people who were directly affected by the Post Office scandal and the group have captured the hearts of the nation. The Post Office scandal, A.K.A the Horizon scandal, is widely considered one of the biggest miscarriages of justice. More than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted when dodgy Fujitsu software showed shortfalls incorrectly reported on their accounts. In total, 236 postmaster and postmistresses were sent to prison, leading to bankruptcies and at least four suicides. Eleven-year-old guitarist Olly Pearson (pictured at the semi-finals) is coming in closely behind the leading trio at 6/1 odds Between 1999 and 2015, many were wrongly accused of fraud, theft, and false accounting due to faults in the Horizon IT system. The system, developed by Fujitsu, incorrectly showed financial shortfalls, leading to prosecutions, job losses, and even imprisonments. Some victims lost their homes, livelihoods, and reputations, with a few taking their own lives. Despite years of campaigning, it was only in 2021 that the Court of Appeal overturned dozens of wrongful convictions.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
'I faced Britain's Got Talent fix allegations but they're a big compliment'
BGT finalist Harry Moulding has hit back at claims his magic act is a fix after his act ended with an engagement. Jess joined the magician on stage for the final moment of his act and her boyfriend, also called Harry, then popped the question, "Will you marry me?" Moulding talks to Yahoo UK about how his upcoming show-stopping act that will upstage the engagement in the BGT final on Saturday, 31 May. About the 'fixed' allegations — if you want to call it that — first and foremost: thank you so much to everyone for giving their opinions. Just the simple fact that people have their own opinions of magic is great in itself. Ultimately, with magic, almost the biggest compliment to a magician is where someone doesn't know how they don't know how it's done! So often the only explanation for the method they can think of is, "Oh, well, it must be a fix, because if not, I just can't fathom how that would have happened." So just the fact that what's happening is amazing in itself. I was hoping to leave a bit of a talking point for people. Watch Harry Moulding pull off his magic act that ends in a wedding proposal Obviously, it wasn't a fix. Britain's Got Talent is one of the biggest shows in TV and it was absolutely genuine that Jess had no clue what was going to happen that night. No one was in on it. There was no actors. Jess wasn't in on it. The judges weren't in on it. It was real. The fact that people are talking about it. Always with good news, there's always bad but to me, it's not even bad news, it's more just the simple fact that it's got people thinking it's great. For me, the most important thing is entertainment. I just want people to have a good time when they watch me perform or watch any of the magic that I create. It's all about creating an experience with people. Whether it's to make them laugh, whether it's to make them feel moved, to feel amazed, that's what it's about. And if it fools them as well, that's a bonus. Saturday night was the biggest moment of my life and now hopefully for Jess and Harry, it'll be — fingers crossed — one of the biggest moments for them too as well. So to be able to make that happen in such a memorable way was just the biggest honour in the world. With it being live TV and with it being magic, there's so many things that can go wrong. If one element of that act didn't work, the whole payoff would have been ruined. It would have literally been game over. Thankfully, everything just fell into place perfectly. All came together and made the most impossible magical result at the very, very end and I couldn't be happier. But the nerves leading up to it, in all honesty, that just helps build into the excitement and the buzz and it's just such a mix of emotions. It's the best feeling in the world. It doesn't feel real yet that I'm in the final. Last week has just been the most amazing whirlwind ever and the second I managed to find out I got through on Saturday. I was just straight into now trying to make the most of this week and prepare to make this Saturday the biggest performance of my life, so it's not all really sunk in just yet. I still can't believe it. I've been watching BGT since I was seven years old, right since the first series, Year after year, I've always dreamt of being able to get to where I am now, and now that it's actually happening, I can't quite believe it. That definitely overrides any sort of nerves, and it all just channels into such an energy of excitement that I've never been able to before. This is the best thing I've ever done in my life. This act, Saturday night, is genuinely going to be the biggest performance of my entire life. I'm putting everything into it. Hopefully, if everything goes to plan that I'm working on, if it all falls into place on the night, it's going to be the biggest thing that I've ever done before in my life. I'm literally going to be taking magic to the highest point that you could imagine. Wait and see. I can't wait to show you what I've got in store and I hope you enjoy it. Harry Moulding told his story to Lily Waddell. The Britain's Got Talent final airs from 7pm on Saturday on ITV1.
The Sun
4 days ago
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- The Sun
Britain's Got Talent TikTok stars who got engaged during live semifinals hit back at ‘fix' rumours
TIKTOK stars who got engaged during Britain's Got Talent's live semifinals have hit back at 'fix' rumours. It came as the last remaining semi-finalists performed for a place in next week's final. 4 4 4 Viewers called out a "fix" as Harry Moulding pulled off an elaborate wedding proposal - resulting in a Golden Buzzer from KSI. Not all viewers were convinced of the moment's authenticity - and shared their thoughts online. Jess, who was proposed to, is a TikTok star with more than 80,000 followers on the platform. A fan wrote under one of her recent posts: "Hope you're ok after the backlash. "Hope you both know the general public just hate on everything." To which Jess replied: "Some comments have really made me laugh. I was in on my own proposal apparently, madness. "I'm in a complete bubble of shock and happiness and nothing can bring me down from cloud 9." A pre-recorded VT in Paris saw Harry Moulding predict a proposal - and he met another lad named Harry. Jess - the other Harry's girlfriend - was sat in the BGT audience and was "randomly" chosen to get up on stage and play the pre-recorded video. Her partner then appeared on stage in the Hammersmith auditorium andgot down on one knee. Britain's Got Talent fix row erupts as magic act is called 'biggest set up ever' after live marriage proposal Jess was left in tears as she said 'yes', leaving the judges and the presenters on their feet. But people at home were very suspicious over the "trick" and branded it a "set up". One said: "It was very obvious that the fiancee was in on the trick. He did not bring in an engagement ring randomly. So this seat number was forced. "Was Jessie also in on it? I'd like to believe she was set up for a romantic surprise, but she specified Paris, so I think she was a plant. The other seat numbers appear to also be plants." Another wrote: "There were no tricks in that performance, every single aspect was clearly staged, no talent or skill involved in any of it. "It was a complete set up by the show pretending to be an original act from a magician. Britain's Got Talent's biggest 'fix' rows Britain's Got Talent has been plagued with 'fix' rows over the years. How many of these do you remember? Jasmine Elcock - 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher's Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London's West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: "I've performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous." IrShad Shaikh - 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. He got four red buzzers from the judges, which would usually mean an instant dismissal. Yet in a strange turn of events, they let him continue with his put him through to the next round. Colin Thackery - 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but there was an outcry over the final. He warbled his place to win with a version of We'll Meet Again but fans were furious that escapologist Jonathan Goodwin didn't even rank in the top three. Viewers felt Jonathan - who almost suffocated while being buried alive in a gravel pit - should have won. Axel Blake - 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Axel already had a show on worldwide streaming platform Amazon Prime. Despite this, Axel still went on to win the series. Taryn Charles - 2024: Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year's hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin, but it has now come to light that she is no stranger to TV. Viewers recognised Taryn from an episode of ITV1's Starstruck, where she impersonated Whitney Houston for judges Olly Murs, Sheridan Smith, Adam Lambert and Beverley Knight. "I know the show takes the p*** a lot but come on, that was complete b******s." It comes as another BGT star fuelled fix claims after suggesting he was told what to perform in the semi-final. Meanwhile, fans thought another act should have received KSI 's Golden Buzzer instead of Harry Moulding. Britain's Got Talent airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 4
Scottish Sun
4 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Britain's Got Talent fans ‘work out' how semi-final magician did his trick – did you spot it?
BRITAIN's Got Talent fans have delivered brutal feedback to semi-final magician Harry Moulding - insisting they worked out his trick. He pulled off an elaborate wedding proposal on Saturday night, resulting in a Golden Buzzer from KSI. 4 Magician Harry Moulding was chosen as KSI's Golden Buzzer act Credit: ITV 4 Although the judges were on their feet, some viewers were not impressed Credit: ITV 4 He filmed a pre-recorded VT in Paris where he met a lad also called Harry Credit: ITV 4 The magician orchestrated a proposal between Harry and his girlfriend but fans said it was planned way in advance Credit: ITV The live studio audience erupted into cheers and Harry got a standing ovation. But those at home were harder to please, and took to Reddit to moan about the performance. Harry proved himself to be quite the matchmaker and psychic - having appeared in a pre-recorded VT filmed in Paris predicting a proposal. He met a lad also called Harry in the VT, and his girlfriend Jess was sat in the BGT audience. She was then 'randomly' chosen to get up on stage and play the pre-recorded video. Her partner Harry then appeared on the stage in the Hammersmith auditorium and chose to get down on one knee. Jess was left in tears as she said 'yes', leaving the judges and the presenters on their feet. But people at home were very suspicous over the "trick", with one sharing a theory on how it played out. They said: "It was very obvious that the fiancee was in on the trick. He did not bring in an engagement ring randomly. So this seat number was forced. "Was Jessie also in on it? I'd like to believe she was set up for a romantic surprise, but she specified Paris, so I think she was a plant. The other seat numbers appear to also be plants." One wrote: "There were no tricks in that performance, every single aspect was clearly staged, no talent or skill involved in any of it. Max Fox golden buzzer moment "It was a complete set up by the show pretending to be an original act from a magician. "I know the show takes the p*** a lot but come on, that was complete b******s." Another said: "His only trick was ensuring the judges read the desired card information. Everything else followed that." A third said: "I mean. That literally is the act. All those types of magic acts are done that way. "It wasn't a very good example of that type of act. Very obviously fake, especially the 'proposal'" One more raged: "Yeah I was routing for Harry for lots of reasons but that was horrendous. He made a massive mistake and thought a woman was called concert." It comes as another act says they were told what to perform. Max Fox has taken to Instagram to hint he was given advice on what to sing, after losing out on a place in the final. In a text post, he wrote: "I took the advice ... but haven't shown you the best of me yet. "After 19 years of trying I finally had my moment. I got the Golden Buzzer, the public rallied behind me, and I had stepped into the semi final ready to show something new. "And of course, I took their expert advice. "After all, they've shaped careers and know what works on a stage like that. But deep down I knew I had much more to give. I still do." Britain's Got Talent continues on ITV1 and is available to watch on ITVX.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Britain's Got Talent fans ‘work out' how semi-final magician did his trick – did you spot it?
BRITAIN's Got Talent fans have delivered brutal feedback to semi-final magician Harry Moulding - insisting they worked out his trick. He pulled off an elaborate wedding proposal on Saturday night, resulting in a Golden Buzzer from KSI. 4 Magician Harry Moulding was chosen as KSI's Golden Buzzer act Credit: ITV 4 Although the judges were on their feet, some viewers were not impressed Credit: ITV 4 He filmed a pre-recorded VT in Paris where he met a lad also called Harry Credit: ITV 4 The magician orchestrated a proposal between Harry and his girlfriend but fans said it was planned way in advance Credit: ITV The live studio audience erupted into cheers and Harry got a standing ovation. But those at home were harder to please, and took to Reddit to moan about the performance. Harry proved himself to be quite the matchmaker and psychic - having appeared in a pre-recorded VT filmed in Paris predicting a proposal. He met a lad also called Harry in the VT, and his girlfriend Jess was sat in the BGT audience. She was then 'randomly' chosen to get up on stage and play the pre-recorded video. READ MORE ON BGT Her partner Harry then appeared on the stage in the Hammersmith auditorium and chose to get down on one knee. Jess was left in tears as she said 'yes', leaving the judges and the presenters on their feet. But people at home were very suspicous over the "trick", with one sharing a theory on how it played out. They said: "It was very obvious that the fiancee was in on the trick. He did not bring in an engagement ring randomly. So this seat number was forced. Most read in TV "Was Jessie also in on it? I'd like to believe she was set up for a romantic surprise, but she specified Paris, so I think she was a plant. The other seat numbers appear to also be plants." One wrote: "There were no tricks in that performance, every single aspect was clearly staged, no talent or skill involved in any of it. Max Fox golden buzzer moment "It was a complete set up by the show pretending to be an original act from a magician. "I know the show takes the p*** a lot but come on, that was complete b******s." Another said: "His only trick was ensuring the judges read the desired card information. Everything else followed that." A third said: "I mean. That literally is the act. All those types of magic acts are done that way. "It wasn't a very good example of that type of act. Very obviously fake, especially the 'proposal'" One more raged: "Yeah I was routing for Harry for lots of reasons but that was horrendous. He made a massive mistake and thought a woman was called concert." It comes as another act says they Max Fox has taken to Instagram to hint he was given advice on what to sing, after losing out on a place in the final. In a text post, he wrote: "I took the advice ... but haven't shown you the best of me yet. "After 19 years of trying I finally had my moment. I got the Golden Buzzer, the public rallied behind me, and I had stepped into the semi final ready to show something new. "And of course, I took their expert advice. "After all, they've shaped careers and know what works on a stage like that. But deep down I knew I had much more to give. I still do." Britain's Got Talent continues on ITV1 and is available to watch on ITVX . Britain's Got Talent's biggest 'fix' rows Britain's Got Talent has been plagued with 'fix' rows over the years. How many of these do you remember? Jasmine Elcock - 2016: Teenage singer Jasmine Elcock stunned the nation with her version of Cher's Believe. But it then transpired she had already performed professionally in London's West End. Jasmine, 14, admitted: "I've performed in Annie in the West End at about the age of nine or 10, but I really get nervous." IrShad Shaikh - 2017: BGT fans were left questioning the rule book when IrShad Shaikh auditioned. Colin Thackery - 2019: Elderly war veteran Colin won BGT in 2019, but Axel Blake - 2022: Comedian Axel Blake was given a Golden Buzzer in 2022 after making the judges laugh. But fans were fuming when they discovered Singer Taryn Charles is one of this year's hopefuls lucky enough to receive the Golden Buzzer. Bruno Tonilio put her straight through to the semi-finals following her performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by
