Chosen by the judges as the second act to go through to Sunday’s final, Ssaulabi Performance Troupe are a Taekwondo group from South Korea.
Before their audition, the group stated that they were competing in order to showcase the impressiveness of the martial art to the judges
In their audition, the group performed a synchronised Taekwondo routine, which involved them breaking bricks, performing a series of flying kicks into the air whilst breaking wooden boards and having two group members spar with one another.
Commenting on the group’s prowess, Alesha said: ‘I can’t even imagine how much discipline, hard work and dedication that it’s taken for you to achieve what you just did there today’.
Alesha and Bruno Tonioli both voted for them to make the final, along with Amanda Holden – meaning that Simon Cowell was not required to vote.
However, he subsequently confirmed that he would have voted for the martial arts troupe as well should he have needed to do so.
The group thanked the judges for their show of faith in them, adding that they wanted to show ‘everything they had’ in Sunday’s final.
Who are Haribow?
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Haribow are a Double Dutch group, who have only been skipping together for four years
Haribow are a Double Dutch group, who have only been skipping together for four years but still managed to achieved the audience Golden Buzzer during their first audition, meaning they were automatically sent through to the next round.
‘Going back to that audition, it was honestly one of the biggest reactions we’ve ever ever had on an audition,’ Cowell said after their energetic semi-final show.
Fans were unimpressed when dance troupe Haribow were voted through to Sunday’s final by the judges over choir Ravi’s Dream Team.
Panellists Simon, Alesha, Amanda and Bruno were unable to decide who to put through, leaving it up to the public to choose.
Bruno picked Haribow while Alesha and Amanda both decided on Ravi’s Dream Team, but Simon sent it to the public vote when he chose Haribow.
When it was announced it was Haribow who had come out on top in the eyes of the public, the studio audience broke into rapturous applause, prompting the little girl to burst into tears and be picked up by another member of the choir and whisked off stage.
The group beat choir Ravi’s Dream Team for the final spot on the bill. They were Alesha’s golden buzzer choice during the auditions.
The choir, who advocate for brain tumour charities after Ravi Adelekan was diagnosed with a benign tumour in his brain stem at the age of six, sang a rendition of Take That’s Greatest Day.
‘That’s what I call a moment,’ Simon told the group.
Ravi said after their Britain’s Got Talent audition aired on TV that celebrities had been in contact with him including Jack Grealish, Jermaine Jenas, Monica Galetti, Paloma Faith ‘and Coldplay’s drummer’.
Who is Jack Rhodes?
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British magician Jack Rhodes (pictured) and Japanese Double Dutch group Haribow have joined the Britain’s Got Talent grand final line-up – with viewers divided by the result
Jack Rhodes, 26, who was confirmed as the fourth finalist on after only leaving his job as a nuclear engineer in January this year, but has enjoyed a fairytale run on Britain’s Got Talent with his performances as a magician.
Following his success on the show, Jack already has a UK tour lined up this autumn, with a date at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire preceding perfomances in Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester and Brighton.
Speaking ahead of his upcoming tour, Jack said: ‘Performing on BGT is a brilliant opportunity for me to show the world my unique take on comedy and magic’, per the North-West Evening Mail.
‘I can’t wait to bring my live show ‘Part-Time Wizard, Full-Time Moron’ to theatres across the country. I’ve spent the last few years making videos in my garage, so performing in front of real people is a real treat.’
The second live semi-final of the week saw magic man Jack receive the most votes from the public and win an automatic final place, after a performance involving card tricks, dynamite and the magician breaking out of a TV.
‘You really are one in a million, you’ve got everything,’ Simon said, while fellow judge Alesha Dixon added: ‘I love the fact that you take the mickey out of yourself, but actually you are a show-off in the best way.’
Voicing their opinion on Jack on social media, one person wrote on X, formerly, Twitter: ‘Jack Rhodes is a nice bloke. And he’s British! Yeehah!’
They added: ‘A little bit of faith has been restored in the voting public. Jack Rhodes going through is absolutely the correct choice.’
Another person wrote: ‘Congratulations to Jack Rhodes as the sole British representative in #BritainsGotTalent #BGT.’
A further six entrants will feature each night of the week before the final, with two acts from each evening making it through – one decided from a public vote and the second decided by the judges.
