Britain's Got Talent 2019: who is Golden Buzzer act Akshat Singh?
The Mumbai-born dancer earned Ant and Dec’s Golden Buzzer, seeing him sail through to the semi-finals
Britain’s Got Talent 2019 is anyone’s game, with a galaxy of stars in the making ahead of the show’s live semi-finals.
We’ve seen daring acrobatics, terrifying magic tricks – and the best Frozen tribute act the world has ever seen.
But could Akshat Singh, the philosopher-cum-dancer, pip these hopefuls to the post to scoop the £250,000 prize and a place at the coveted Royal Variety Performance?
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Ant and Dec certainly think so, after they pressed the all-important Golden Buzzer for Akshat, which saw him shoot through to the semi-finals.
Here’s everything you need to know about the teenager….
Meet BGT 2019 Golden Buzzer star Akshat Singh
https://twitter.com/akshatdhamaka/status/1120945364884963328
From Mumbai, India
Age 14
Instagram akshat8000
Twitter @akshatdhamaka
Facebook akshatsinghofficial
Has Akshat Singh performed on TV before?
Akshat is already a well-established performer, first shooting to prominence when he appeared on Bengali dance show titled Dance Bangla Dance in 2011, aged just six.
His appearance on the show came after a video if him dancing in his family home went viral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vJU_L9o2xo
Shortly after his TV breakthrough, he then took part on India’s Got Talent: his energetic dance routine proved hugely popular with the judges, who voted him through to the live semi-finals.
With his audition going viral, Akshat then made appearances internationally, with a particular interest coming from American media.
Akshat’s popularity in the States saw him invited onto The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform his routine once more.
“When I saw him dancing, I said, ‘Bring him to me!’” Ellen explained on her show. “He is really amazing.”
Back in his native India, Akshat was becoming something of a celebrity in his own right, appearing in the seventh series of the Indian equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing as well as Malayalam movie Ayal Njanalla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsdvsn4sueM&t=259s
His international television appearances also continued to rack up, including performing in Australian variety show Little Big Shots.
Speaking on the show, he said, “From the age of four, I have always wanted to dance, so my father took me to a dance class and the dance teacher said I was too fat to dance. He put me in the last row of the class.
“So at 4am, I would go to the field and dance to practise – I would practise back flips, splits, everything.”
Mot recently, he starred in 2018 Tamil-language film Lakshmi.
What did the judges say about his audition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x6UM6I5jjA
Simon Cowell told Akshat he loves what he does.
“It’s because you’re fun,” he said. “You’ve got great personality. This is your moment.”
“If I was 13, watching you on that stage, you would have made me feel like I could do absolutely anything,” David Walliams added.
“You threw some amazing shapes,” said Amanda Holden. “You were incredible.”
Britain's Got Talent continues Saturday at 8pm on ITV