Britain's got great young talent

Two that stood out tonight - Aiden Davis, in the George Sampson mode, only different - it was like he was on castors or a conveyour belt or something! Mesmerising.

And little Natalie Okri, so adorable - big voice, will be blistering when she's older. Probably a touch too young at the moment, but well worth her place in the next round.

An honourable mention for the girls from Kent - Sugar Free, and for Two Grand, who, whilst not being the best, albeit competent, singers - had that undefinable quality that grabbed the audience, me included; totally charming. Funny of the night was Faces of Disco - I thought 'naff' to begin with and then couldn't stop laughing!

There's a quote of the night too - from Brenda, back again from last year, who, on being told 'No', quipped to Ant and Dec: "Well, I'll have to go for pole dancing next year!"

For your listening pleasure ...

...courtesy of The Hobbit (whose taste in music has vastly improved over the last couple of years), a young UK talent, Jaysean. We've been playing his cd in the car and I have to say, he reminds me of Neyo. Which is disputed by The Hobbit, but have a listen for yourself and decide, I'm enjoying it very much - a teenage son has his good points, in that I don't have to buy the latest R&B music, I just nick them out of his room!

The things they do

Just dropped Matt off at cricket; he started off in the car with sweatshirt and rain jacket on, by the time we got there he’d managed to take the jacket off and not only that, he’d somehow managed to get the sleeve stuck inside the cricket bat handle.

Now if you’re familiar with the anatomy of a cricket bat, you’ll know that the handle shaft is covered tightly in rubber. So Matt must have rolled it down, put the sleeve in, then rolled it back up again. He looked panic stricken when I stopped and was frantically trying to pull the rubber down again to get his sleeve out. Three guesses who had to do it - and you can imagine what that looked like. I’m just glad I wasn’t parked in front of everyone outside the club house. Honestly.

Sports Night 2: End of an Era

As you know, The Hobbit had another Cup Final today - The Treasurer’s Trophy is the official title for the Under 18’s cup in the Maidstone Minor League - and we won! 4-2 and well deserved it was. A quick early goal, which they (Barming Youth) equalised, we grabbed another to be 2-1 up at half time, then it went to 3-1 before they converted a penalty. Cue lots of pacing and yelling and eventually we bagged another within the final ten minutes. You’d think I could relax, but no - we were 5-0 up in a cup game once and let them back into it (eventually winning 6-4) so none of us were taking it for granted!

It was a fitting end to a decade of success for this particular squad of Rochester BVFC, managed/coached by Hubby. There’s a few lads who have been with it since they were five years old (awwww) other players have come and gone but they’ve always delivered - pound for pound, Hubby’s won more than any Premiership Manager!

So we’re all out celebrating. ‘Cept we’re not - I’m here (obviously) and they’re all out watching Gillingham FC, hopefully winning their home tie to make it through to the Div 2 Play off at Wembley. There are rumours of a celebratory barbecue though, at the official end of the season!

Britain’s Got Talent - check me out, posting same night!

Starting with the act that any bloke can do, let’s face it - I live with three Mr. Methanes. Followed closely in awfulness by synchronised dog walking and some odd looking tai chi. The call centre worker singing ‘Hello’? We quickly said goodbye, then hurriedly called him back because anything would be better than the wannabe Nell Gwynn flouting her oranges to tuneless drivel. “People cry when they hear me sing.” She says. “I have the ability to move people.” She’s not wrong - I left the room with tears pouring down my face.Come on - she’s got to be a plant, surely? One buzz, start again. Two buzz, start again. Three buzzes. They always come along in threes don’t they, buzzes, well known fact …

Lewis Taylor, the ventriloquist with a twist - he’s not a ventriloquist. Ho hum. Merlin, the escapologist juggler. Why’d they have to hide him getting out of the chains? Was it because, perchance, a six year old could have slipped them over his shoulders? Now if he’d juggled the fire sticks actually under the water, I’d have been more impressed. Yes to dance act Freedom Movement, street performer Jon Dempsey, the band Schwing and a couple more dance acts, all of whom it would have been nice to see more of. Then we come to Greg Pritchard, a singing waiter and there’s shock at first then hesitant clapping - was that really him? A male soprano - he could dress up and be a fantastic drag act.

Little Thomas, aged 5 - he made the Crazy Frog disappear, works for me. Frankie, 49. In a coat. She’s a belly dancer, I said, any money you like. I really wish I’d been wrong. A costume would have been nice. Then we got some more urgh-no-get’em-off acts and then we got the ooh-way hay-oh, yeah-get’em off whydont'cha-Mr Officer and Gentleman act all we ladies want to see again *phwoar* Ahem. Why oh why didn’t they show more of him? C’mon Amanda - have a word!

The Dream Bears - very funny mickey-take of the can-can: “We’ve danced in front of many queens!” And finally, 17 year old Sean, rugby player, sings ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, nice voice, needs a bit of polish I think, mates going loopy. So no-one truly outstanding but some show promise.

Sports Night

All quiet on the sporting front, apart from Jenson winning again, of course. Did I say it was quiet? I’m lying - I just haven’t had the chance to catch up lately …

Here’s the extended Inside Sport interview with cycling’s current main man, Mark Cavendish ... our adaptive rowers bring home a boat full of medals and our sailors are still adding to their tallies. Judo silver for Clark and get this: World Championship Ice Hockey bronze for GB! Ice Hockey??? Not to be outdone - may I present to you our gymnasts, whilst the Scottish Curlers win the World Champs. Here's an introduction to London Marathon medallist Mara Yamauchi. Brit Speed Skier Marc Poncin, World Champ last year, has to settle for third this year.

And I’m off to the football club presentation, where I’m hoping hubby will get the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award. It feels like a lifetime he’s been involved! We've another cup final on Sunday, fingers crossed pleased. The Gills drew 0-0 last night against Rochdale, the home leg is also on Sunday. Come on you Gills! It better be worth the rush back! And I know he's not a Brit - but the adorable and cuddly Valentino Rossi won his first Moto GP race this season, last weekend!

Britain's Got Talent ...eventually

I wasn't able to see last week's show, hence the lateness of this, but thanks to the lovely people at UnrealityTV, I've had a little catch up.

On the face of it, you'd think I'd like Kenyodse Oresaya but - I close my eyes and it could be someone on tracing paper and comb instead of a saxophone, so, no, not for me, sorry. Finger knitting? NEXT! Keyboard based novelty band? Emerson, Emerson and Emerson. All a joke apparently - I've not seen enough but Simon didn't get it either. Jake Pratt, young comedian - a sex joke at that age? Eeeooww, no, not good. To sing or not to sing, I think there's potential if he had lessons. LOL "The producer told me to sing!" Really couldn't be bothered to watch all of Two Alike ... what was she wearing? Why do parents do that to kids?

But this weeks stars? Jamie Pugh - regardless whether he has/hasn't sung on stage before, the bloke can sing and moved me to tears. And Sue Son, solo and passionate.

Rant of the Day

Haven’t had one of these for a while – but really – what difference will £60 million make to abused kids if the extra social workers employed still can’t get in to see them? My sister in law tells me that the RSPCA can act on a tip off, turn up unannounced and demand entry to see an animal – until they do the same for social workers, atrocities like Baby Peter will continue to happen.

3BT: Music, Puppies, Decor

This is a wonderful variation on the Ben E. King classic - shared with us on Twitter by mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins, currently recording an album with the legendary producer David Foster, which will be "less classical and more edgy", so very much looking forward to that.

Shared by Marilyn, one of the cutest websites you're likely to come across - The Daily Puppy! Altogether now, awwwwww ...

And the decorators are gone! So now the dusting begins, boo hoo. There's still some painting to be done; The Hobbit has actually surfaced from his mound and made a start on it, plus the blinds people and the carpet people are all booked in on the calendar, woo hoo!

Buffy back for movie?

Please, please let it be true. The genius of Joss Whedon should not be confined to DVD, on which I'm still watching series seven at the moment, before nabbing a friend's Firefly collection. The original Buffy film didn’t turn out the way Joss wanted, a brand new one will be fantastic, not just from a film goers point of view but for all of us that followed the gang through those seven series and the five of Angel - we need to know what happens to them all post Sunnydale Apocalypse.