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Impressionist Ben Nickless and Musical Duo from Croydon and Birmingham, Flintz & T4ylor progressed to Sunday's Grand Final of Britain's Got Talent from the second semi-final last night.
Ben Nickless has seen his price with betting sites slashed from 33/1 into just 9/1, while Flintz & T4ylor are now given a 14/1 chance.
In what was a strange show in comparison to Monday night's line up, 2 more names have been added to the final roster but little had changed to the acts at the head of the betting on BGT.
Ben Nickless opened with a variation of Freddie Starr's Vincent routine, this time performing it to Elvis although omitting the important tee-up of the routine by lambasting backing tracks and hailing live performers, which kind of left the fast forward, rewind and jumping soundtrack a little bemusing to anyone who isn't aware of the Freddie Starr original. He then continued with a super quick selection of maybe 20 impressions delivered to the 'This is Me' Greatest Showman track.
Flintz and T4ylor performed another original song with Flintz panting away standing on top of the art-deco surround of T4ylors piano.
Some of Monday night's eliminated acts might have felt hard done by, as there are acts out of the competition after just 2 night who would probably have sailed through this line up, including Mel Day, The London Community Choir and third place finisher Magician Junwoo.
In any case, the betting for the outright winner looks like this after the first 2 shows
| Contestant | Act | Odds | 31 May | 1 June |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Thorpe | Singer | 7/4 | 1/1 | 11/10 |
| Eva Abley | Comedy | 25/1 | 16/1 | 22/1 |
| Tom Ball | Singer | 9/2 | 10/3 | 4/1 |
| Axel Blake | Comedy | 12/1 | 22/1 | 33/1 |
| Loren Allred | Singer | 11/2 | 6/1 | 20/1 |
| Ben Nickless | Comedy Impressionist | 33/1 | 33/1 | 9/1 |
| Aneeshwar Kunchala | Environmentalist | 25/1 | 50/1 | 100/1 |
| Welsh of the West End | Vocal Group | 25/1 | 25/1 | 25/1 |
| Jamie Leahey | Ventriloquist | 20/1 | 9/1 | 20/1 |
| Flintz and Taylor | Singers | 20/1 | 12/1 | 14/1 |
| 5 Star Boys | Dancers | 25/1 | 33/1 | 40/1 |
| Keiichi Iwasaki | Magic | |||
| Junwoo | Magic | |||
| Immi Davis | Singer | 33/1 | 33/1 | 33/1 |
BGT 2022 Final Line up After 2nd Semi-Final
| Contestant | Act | From |
|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Thorpe | Opera Singer | Sheffield |
| Jamie Leahy | Ventriloquist | St Helens |
| Ben Nickless | Impressionist | Lancashire |
| Flintz & T4ylor | Vocal Duo | Croydon & Birmingham
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Who is on Wednesdays BGT Semi-Final
The Third semi-final takes place live on ITV on Wednesday 1st June at 8pm, and these are the 8 acts lining up to compete for another two places in Sunday night's Finale.
- Les Sancho - Dance
- The Freaks - Dance
- Eva Abley - Comedy
- Keiichi Iwasake - Magic
- Immi Davis - Singer
- Dane Bates Collective - Dance
- The Dots - Comedy
- Tom Ball - Singer
