George Sampson
George Sampson (born 29 June 1993[1]) is a street dancer from Warrington, England,[2] and was the winner of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008, aged 14.[3] As a prize, he received £100,000 and the opportunity to perform at the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, staged at the London Palladium on 11 December 2008 (broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 17 December).
Contents [hide]
1 Britain's Got Talent
1.1 2007 series
1.2 2008 series
2 After Britain's Got Talent
2.1 NatWest deal
2.2 Into the Hoods
2.3 Bebo
2.4 Debut single and DVD
3 2009
4 Works
4.1 Singles
4.2 DVDs
5 Health
6 Awards and prizes
7 References
8 External links
Britain's Got Talent
2007 series
In 2007, Sampson auditioned during the first round of Britain's Got Talent after a dance teacher told him there was audition in the area that was right up his alley. He only discovered it was for Britain's Got Talent when he arrived.[4] In his audition, he danced to Drop (Timbaland feat. Magoo & Fatman Scoop), but despite Simon Cowell's enthusiasm, he was unable to convince the other two judges, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, to let Sampson proceed to the live shows. This experience made Sampson determined to enter the 2008 auditions and prove Holden and Morgan wrong. In the intervening time he continued dancing on the streets of Warrington to improve his technique, and to raise money for his family.
2008 series
Sampson got through the Britain's Got Talent auditions in 2008 by dancing to "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)". He then came top in the audience's vote in his semi-final with his arrangement of Mint Royale's big beat remix of "Singin' in the Rain", complete with an artificial rain machine onstage, a formula that had previously been produced in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf GTI.[5] He subsequently won the audience's vote in the final, beating dance group Signature (second place) and Andrew Johnston (third place). He broke into tears when his win was announced.[6] Sampson was due to perform a different routine for the final, to a track by the Bee Gees,[7] which he described as involving "a lot of movement without me actually doing anything".[8] An hour before the final started he changed his mind and, after consulting Simon Cowell, opted to perform his winning act from the semi-final again.[7]
George Sampson (born 29 June 1993[1]) is a street dancer from Warrington, England,[2] and was the winner of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008, aged 14.[3] As a prize, he received £100,000 and the opportunity to perform at the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, staged at the London Palladium on 11 December 2008 (broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 17 December).
Contents [hide]
1 Britain's Got Talent
1.1 2007 series
1.2 2008 series
2 After Britain's Got Talent
2.1 NatWest deal
2.2 Into the Hoods
2.3 Bebo
2.4 Debut single and DVD
3 2009
4 Works
4.1 Singles
4.2 DVDs
5 Health
6 Awards and prizes
7 References
8 External links
Britain's Got Talent
2007 series
In 2007, Sampson auditioned during the first round of Britain's Got Talent after a dance teacher told him there was audition in the area that was right up his alley. He only discovered it was for Britain's Got Talent when he arrived.[4] In his audition, he danced to Drop (Timbaland feat. Magoo & Fatman Scoop), but despite Simon Cowell's enthusiasm, he was unable to convince the other two judges, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, to let Sampson proceed to the live shows. This experience made Sampson determined to enter the 2008 auditions and prove Holden and Morgan wrong. In the intervening time he continued dancing on the streets of Warrington to improve his technique, and to raise money for his family.
2008 series
Sampson got through the Britain's Got Talent auditions in 2008 by dancing to "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)". He then came top in the audience's vote in his semi-final with his arrangement of Mint Royale's big beat remix of "Singin' in the Rain", complete with an artificial rain machine onstage, a formula that had previously been produced in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf GTI.[5] He subsequently won the audience's vote in the final, beating dance group Signature (second place) and Andrew Johnston (third place). He broke into tears when his win was announced.[6] Sampson was due to perform a different routine for the final, to a track by the Bee Gees,[7] which he described as involving "a lot of movement without me actually doing anything".[8] An hour before the final started he changed his mind and, after consulting Simon Cowell, opted to perform his winning act from the semi-final again.[7]
