Shaun Smith Semi Finals
Not much has been happening to report but I do have the dates now. Fingers crossed for Shaun
SEMI FINAL 1 – Sunday 24th May (8.30pm – 10.00pm GMT)
SEMI FINAL 2 – Monday 25th May (9.00pm – 10.30pm GMT)
SEMI FINAL 3 – Tuesday 26th May (8.30pm – 10.00pm GMT)
Wednesday 27th May (No live show due to Chamions League Final – Manchester United vs Barcelona which is broadcast Live on ITV)
SEMI FINAL 4 – Thursday 28th May (8.30pm – 10.00pm GMT)
SEMI FINAL 5 – Friday 29th May (8.30pm – 10.00pm GMT)
LIVE FINAL – Saturday 30th May (8.45pm – 9.45pm and 10.00pm – 11.00pm GMT)
Two acts from each of the live shows will go through to perform in the Final. The act with the highest number of public votes goes through to the final automatically, with the second and third-placed performers vying for the crucial judges’ choice.
We will try to get a LIVE feed up on the site for each of the above shows, so everyone who lives outside the U.K. can watch as it is happening.
Ustream.tv and Justin.tv do services for LIVE shows but picture quality might not be 100 percent.
If anyone knows of a better service just let us know and we will do our best to embed the LIVE shows in a new blog post each night so all members can watch as it is happening.
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Shaun Smith of Britain’s Got Talent ‘not good enough’ for X Factor
Shaun Smith is second favourite to win Britain's Got Talent
The 17-year-old is second favourite to win the reality TV show after impressing the judges with his version of Bill Withers’ hit Ain’t No Sunshine.
But he said he considered entering the X Factor, but decided against it as he felt he would not have had no chance against singers like Leona Lewis.
“I’d end up being one of the average ones. There’s no way I would have beaten people like Leona Lewis or Alexandra Burke.”
Instead Mr Smith, from Lichfield, Staffs, said he chose Britain’s Got Talent as “a pop star has never won it”.
He told The Sun newspaper: “As a pop singer on Got Talent you sort of stand out a bit more than if you went on the X Factor.
“You might come on when the judges have just had to sit through a load of dancers or a magic act.
He continued: “People have always told me that I’m good but I wasn’t 100 per cent sure. To have Simon Cowell say I was great is a massive achievement.”
He also said he felt rival Susan Boyle might go on to win the contest, adding: “Susan is amazing. I met her a couple of times and she’s really sweet, and really funny.”
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Shaun Smith exams
Shaun Smith
It’s never easy being famous – especially when you’re right in the middle of your exams.
Just 48 hours after he wowed the nation, Britain’s Got Talent star Shaun Smith had to go back to his A-levels yesterday.
The 17-year-old schoolboy who stunned the judges with his version of Ain’t No Sunshine came back down to earth with a bump for a general studies test.
Shaun, from Lichfield, Staffs, hit the books just hours after his amazing performance was screened on Saturday.
The level-headed lad, who still has biology, psychology, sport and music exams to sit, said he would not be taking a singing career for granted.
He said he was keen to make sure he still got enough qualifications to become a medical officer in the RAF if he needed to.
He said: “I know it could be a really good summer with Britain’s Got Talent, but I might have to go back to my normal life.”
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Britain’s Got Talent star Shaun Smith has insisted that he will stay loyal to his girlfriend.
Shaun Smith
Britain’s Got Talent star Shaun Smith has insisted that he will stay loyal to his girlfriend.
The 17-year-old singer, who impressed the judges with his version of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ on Saturday’s show, has been dating 16-year-old Emily Abbotts for 11 months.
“She thinks I’m going to run away with some random woman but I’ll never do that,” he told The Sun.
“She means too much to me and really helps me out by telling me what to wear.”
Smith, who is the bookmakers’ second favourite to win the ITV1 show, was compared to Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall by Simon Cowell.
The rugby fan from Lichfield won a Staffordshire Pop Stars talent contest when he was 14 and has also appeared as an extra in Casualty.
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Piers Morgan – Shaun Smith could win this year’s show
Shaun Smith
Piers Morgan has predicted that new Britain’s Got Talent singer Shaun Smith could win this year’s show.
The 17-year-old from Lichfield, Staffordshire, sang a version of the Bill Withers soul classic ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, which won a standing ovation from the audience.
Judge Simon Cowell said: “You reminded me of Mick Hucknall – but good looking. And with a personality.”
Morgan wrote on his blog: “At at the end of the show came another young singer who I think has a genuinely good chance of winning this year.
“He’s got the looks, youth, and ‘cool’ factor that will get the ladies hitting their phones to vote. And as we saw with George Sampson last year, that can be a very powerful weapon.”
He added that despite Smith’s chances, ” Susan Boyle is still the one to beat, no question of that”.
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