RUGBY PLAYING WELSH SINGER HITS BGT GOLD
AWELSH singer who reminded Amanda Holden of Paul Potts, the first-ever Britain’s Got Talent winner, landed the golden buzzer on last night’s show.
Gruffydd Wyn Roberts, a 22-yearold from Amlwch on Anglesey, received a standing ovation as he performed Nessun Dorma – the song which propelled Potts to fame after his initial audition.
Roberts, a theatre assistant, who was just 10 when Potts won the show in 2006, had to fight through his performance, after initially being halted by judge Simon Cowell just a few seconds into his initial song, Un Giorno Per Noi.
The rugby player, who lives at home with his nan and only met his father when he was 16, was backed as having “something special” by a tearful Alesha Dixon.
She said: “There’s something about you that I just wanted you to win. I really did.”
Cowell said: “When you can nail that song in an environment like this, with everything that’s going through your head, you deserve what you just got.”
Holden told Dixon: “I didn’t know I was going to do that” after pressing the buzzer.
Roberts has now landed a spot in the live shows.
Hoping to join him there will be fellow opera singer Sarah Llewellyn, who wowed the judges with her ability to sing, eat cake and bend her body at the same time.
The singer, who travelled from the United States for the unique act, planted her face in a tiered cake during her rendition of O Mio Babbino Caro.
Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly assisted with the performance but were left as surprised as anyone by the turn of events.
Also given four yeses were a group of teenage tap dancers and a five-piece boy band, Made Up North.
Six-year-old dancer Oscar, from Scotland, made it through to the next round, while a Japanese magician also received four yeses.