Britain’s Got More Talent

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Stephen Mulhern will present the first clips from Britain’s Got Talent on an episode of the Alan Titchmarsh show this week.

The Britain’s Got More talent host said on Twitter that the show will feature clips of the 2012 season ahead of its premiere in March.

“Just done a pre-record for The Alan Titchmarsh Show, they played a clip of More Talent from this years auditions, I cried with laughter!” he posted.

Britain’s Got Talent will premiere on ITV1 at the end of March.

Source: unrealitytv

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 9:00PM – 10:00PM

Stephen Mulhern presents the companion series to Britain’s Got Talent. 

This weekend it is the last of the auditions, which means that the atmosphere behind the scenes is likely to be seriously tense. After the auditions are over, there will be semi-finals every weekday, and Stephen will be covering them all, heading backstage to find out the latest shenanigans and catch up on all the news, views and gossip. 

He will talk to the performers about how they feel they got on, find out all the news from main show presenters Ant and Dec, and ask judges Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre, David Hasselhoff and Simon Cowell for their opinions – which may be even more candid than they were on the main show! 

Plus expect a few surprises and some fun and games. Ant and Dec are still battling it to be crowned Ultimate Gamelord in The Retro Game Challenge. So far, they’ve competed in Pop-Up Pirate and Kerplunk, among others, but who will be the final winner? Plus there is the chance to find out what life behind the scenes is like for David Hasselhoff in the special backstage segment The Hoffice. 

Britain’s Got More Talent is a one-stop shop for everything to do with the country’s most varied talent competition. 

Continues every night this week on ITV2: Sunday 29 May to Friday 3 June.

Stephen Mulhern has been presenting Britain’s Got Talent’s spin off show, Britain’s Got More Talent for 5 years now so we have to assume he knows what he’s talking about when he says Konnie Huq didn’t work on The Xtra Factor.  Either that or he’s really good friends with Xtra’s former host Holly Willoughby… oh, wait…. he is.

Mulhern claimed that many people fail to understand the difficulties in hosting a sister reality format, “An ITV2 spinoff show is a very hard thing to do. It’s a very hard thing to get right. I don’t know whether she felt uncomfortable doing it – for whatever reason it didn’t work.”

He added, “You are working 24/7 on these shows and it’s a lot harder than what you do on ITV1. In the end it just didn’t work and it’s a real shame for her because X Factor is such a great brand to present. But I felt sorry for her a bit when it came to the criticism. As a presenter, technically, I think she’s very good, but it just didn’t work.”

He then went on to say about BGMT, “I think our secret is that we don’t ever stand still. You will never switch over from ITV1 and think, ‘I’ve seen half of this already.’  Also, we get Ant & Dec involved, we get the judges involved and we always do that in a spontaneous way and change it every year.”

Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh is the rumoured front runner to take on The Xtra Factor this year.

Tune into Britain’s Got More Talent on Saturday after the main show 9pm on ITV2.

Lady Gaga seemingly has the ability to grow horns from her face and shoulders, and style a selection of meats – but when it comes to being wackier than the contestants on Britain’s Got Talent, BGMT presenter Stephen Mulhern doesn’t think she stands a chance.

“Everyone would probably say that Lady Gaga could storm it in front of the judges. But I’m sorry, she’s just not eccentric enough.”

Stephen is adamant the 25-year-old singer is tame in comparison to some of this year’s oddball acts.

“That said, I think Lady Gaga would definitely get to the semi-finals because she’s quite different…

“She’s a good performer, but there’s no way I could see her winning it or making it to the live finals.

“We’ve got far more weird and wacky acts, so she’d have to try a bit harder I’m afraid.”

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Piers Morgan has made it official that he is leaving Britain’s Got Talent in order to take up the CNN spot in the States.

Morgan will end his run on the reality talent show which he has been a part of since its inception in 2007.

He has told The Daily mail that his role on American network CNN as a replacement for Larry King has made it impossible to continue on BGT.

Morgan said: “There’s been considerable speculation about what my new CNN job means for my role on Britain’s Got Talent.

“Well, sadly, I can now confirm that I will have to quit BGT, as I will be ensconced in New York interviewing popes, presidents, pugilists and popstars when the auditions are filmed next year.

“I’ll miss the late-night drinking sessions with Amanda [Holden], and Ant and Dec – for Geordie midgets, they can pack it away… Most of all, I’ll miss winding up my co-judges, and being wound up by them.

“Amanda, please stop crying; I’ll still find time to see you in my American trailer. And Simon, thanks – sincerely – for the ride. It’s been a blast.”

Source: Digital Spy

BGT’s Paul reunited with “long lost” son

It seems that BGT star, Paul Burling, will have an unexpected fan cheering him on in the form of his “long lost” son.

Paul hadn’t seen his son Nick for over twenty years since he split from his son’s mother Sharon.

The Sun reports that, “Father and son were reunited only after Nick tracked down Paul after learning the comic was performing in Stevenage, Herts.”

Paul told the paper, “I was doing a panto near where Nick and his mum live and he spotted me on the poster.

“He got in touch through my website and I was like, ‘Wow!’.

“It was what I’d always wanted as I’d been scared of trying to find him in case I upset his life.

“I didn’t even know that he knew who I was. But his family have always told him all about me.

“I was very young when I was with Nick’s mum and we didn’t last. “The relationship crumbled shortly after he was born.

“We were living with our parents and I tried to see him as much as I could but that arrangement eventually broke down.

“Then I got work away at Great Yarmouth and took other jobs travelling the country, so getting back home wasn’t easy.

“I wanted to keep in touch and was constantly thinking about it.

“It was my biggest regret to lose that bond. Getting back together has been amazing.”

And Nick added, “I’m happy that I’ve found my dad and found the other half of me.”

Awww bless! More BGT news soon.

Stephen Mulhern: “Holden and Morgan get on Simon’s nerves”

Britain’s Got More Talent host, Stephen Mulhern, has revealed that BGT judges Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan “get on Simon’s nerves.”

Well Stephen, they get on everybody’s nerves don’t they??

In an interview with Now! magazine, Stephen revealed how Simon Cowell’s resentment of the pair stems from their putting through “hideous” and terrible acts that Simon believes shouldn’t be sent to the next rounds.

Stephen told the magazine, “Amanda Holden and Piers are such good friends and get on so well, they’re often on the same page, which really winds Simon up.

“I reckon Piers puts a terrible act through sometimes just to get on Simon’s nerves.”

Stephen also revealed that Simon was left “worried” when he thought his flirting with Holden and the female hopefuls would annoy his fiancé, Mezhgan Hussainy.

She apparently visited the set of BGT recently, and Stephen joked that Simon tried to be on his best behaviour.

He said, “This week we met Simon’s girlfriend Mezhgan and it was funny to see how he behaved.

“He pretended he hadn’t noticed the naked woman painted gold with nipple tassles!”

Been in Holden’s dressing room again has he?

More BGT news soon

Ant & Dec row with Stephen Mulhern?

Rumour has it that BGT presenters Ant & Dec and the host of the spin-off show, Stephen Mulhern, are having a bit of a girly war…

According to The Sun, things came to a head between the trio when Dec was wearing the same shirt as Stephen…

Not the end of the world you might think but apparently, Stephen is convinced that the comedy duo are nicking “his moves”.

According to the paper, when Stephen spotted Dec’s shirt, he approached the Geordie lads and said, “Can I just clear something up lads? It’s a small issue, you know I don’t really mind, but you’re copying me.”

To which Ant reportedly replied, “Well, considering people will be watching us first on ITV1, it will always look like you’re copying us.”

And a BGT ‘source’ is quoted as saying, “Stephen has been getting riled…

“He puts on a hat, they put on a hat, he dances, they dance.

“He even started using a carrot as a microphone – and the next thing you know they’re [Ant & Dec] doing the same.”

Oh dear…

In other BGT news, hopeful Stevie ‘The Regurgitator’ Starr has revealed that he learned his act while he was living in a children’s home.

He told The Sun, “I think I was about 4 when I started swallowing my pocket money…

“And then I tried other things like going out into the garden and swallowing a bumble bee and then bringing him back and letting him fly away.”

On Saturday’s show, Starr ‘regurgitated’ coins and a billiard ball, and he can apparently Ralph up a Rubik’s Cube, live goldfish and “a bowl full of dry sugar.”

Erm, no ta… More BGT news soon.