Filed under: awards/ceremonies/lists, celebrity/showbiz, entertainment, film/tv, new talent, news, pop culture | Tags: 2 Grand, Aiden Davis, Amanda Holden, Britain’s Got Talent, DIVERSITY, Flawless, Her Majesty the Queen, Hollie Steele, ITV, Julian Smith, Piers Morgan, Royal Variety Performance, Shaheen Jafargholi, Shaun Smith, Simon Cowell, Sky News, Stavros Flatley, Susan Boyle, William Hill
So, after a dramatic, traumatic and overall enjoyable…matic contest, Britain’s Got Talent 2009 has come to an end…
After a week of performances, the shortlist came down to Aiden Davis, Hollie Steele, 2 Grand, Julian Smith, Stavros Flatley, Shaheen Jafargholi, Shaun Smith, Flawless, Susan Boyle and Diversity. The top three finalists were dance act DIVERSITY, singer Susan Boyle and saxophonist Julian Smith.
In a shock victory, street dancers DIVERSITY won the reality TV contest beating Scottish singer Susan Boyle. The result, will see the dance-troupe win the prize of £100,000 and perform at the Royal Variety Performance this year in front of Her Majesty the Queen.
Sky News reported that, bookmakers are said to have made a fortune because of the unexpected result.
“We are in shock and have made a six figure sum in what has been the biggest surprise in reality TV history. Susan was a certainty,” said William Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
William Hill estimate that over £3m was bet on the show in the final hour and managed to avoid a potential multi-million pound loss with their victory, as Susan Boyle had attracted the lion’s share of the bets to win.
See below for the winning performance:
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