With the new series of Britain’s Got Talent well underway, I’ve been challenged by Mecca Bingo to come up with my five favourite acts who I think should have won. As I’m such a sucker for talent show telly, this was a challenge I was only too pleased to accept. Talent shows bring out my inner OCD and see me religiously scoring the acts (pencil and paper style) from the comfort of my sofa. If the TalkTalk series record function has a blip Craig (“accidentally”) deletes an episode, I’m literally inconsolable. They may as well have asked Lindsay Lohan to go wine-tasting - I was just never going to say no.

Without further ado - here’s why Alesha and that Holden woman need to give up their seat to me:

Razy Gogonea

Deserves a mention for that crazy running-on-his-knees thing. And then there’s that whole body lift! Whoa this guy was absolutely captivating. It was made all the more poignant for me due to the fact he looked half-starved. Getting him to the final was almost like donating to charity - it made you feel good.

The Luminites

How on earth did the British public not vote for these guys to win? Okay, so when they first walked on the stage most of us talent show aficionados muttered ‘Here we again’ under our breath - there was a Janet Jackson lookalike, not one but two afros and they looked awkward as hell in their best ‘street’ clobber. But these guys smashed it. A bit of amateur (sadly I really do mean amateur) beatboxing but the harmonies were tighter than those normally reserved for the Cowell’s flagship show The X Factor.

Tobias Mead

Okay, I just fancied this guy. He was like a cross between Wahlberg and Ledger. He could have just stood there and I’d have let him through. In fact, when he first came on the stage I had my fingers crossed that he wouldn’t sing. If a Joe McElderry number flew out of his mouth it would have shattered the illusion entirely. But no, he could seriously dance. He was like the ‘wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men’ Al Harrington is trying to shift on Family Guy (> don’t know it? Shame on you. Get on YouTube now).

Twist N Pulse

Why not? Okay, once you’ve seen the genius of Diversity, it’s hard to take any other dance act seriously. Diversity literally have it all… the ‘aww’ factor thanks to the littler boys, the ‘phwoar’ factor thanks to Ashley Banjo and a little bit of comedy magic thrown in for good measure. But Twist N Pulse were the bigger surprise for me. I think most of us were expecting an Ant & Seb moment (again, you HAVE to get on YouTube if you haven’t seen this one. The BEST X Factor audition EVER) when we were shown their backstage intro, but they were actually quite endearing.

The Mend

LOVED these guys. There was a hint of the East 17 about them which brought me right back to my schooldays. There are so many horrendous boybands out there today, and many who have decided to ‘make a comeback’ despite the fact they’re now balding, tubby or just plain odd (think Kenzie from 5th Story… sorry girls, his head is just too small for that body) - it would have been refreshing to have had a set of guys who could just sing. Click HERE for their audition.

So what do you think? Any more worth a mention?

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