Live blog - BGT semi-final 4

Tonight we're being treated to TWO golden-buzzer acts courtesy of Simon Cowell and Ant and Dec (ooooh!) and I have a tiny bit of gossip - Amanda's golden buzzer act, Paddy and Nico were sadly forced to withdraw from the competition due to 78-year-old Paddy sustaining a rib injury during a practice session.

Who's going to replace them, I wonder?

I'm also hoping tonight will bring some of the energy of Monday's semi-final, as I feel that the last two nights have been lacking that sparkle...

So, here's who we've got entertaining us tonight, along with my take on their performances:

Bars and Melody *MY WINNERS*

So, here they are, Simon's golden buzzer act! They were amazing in the audition and tonight they were fab again. Innocent, sweet but with an edge... These boys are adorable. Even Simon was swaying with a candle, and as Mr Cowell said they're 'real'. I want them to win!

Toju

Ant and Dec's golden buzzer! I loved him in his audition... Hilarious! Tonight, he was just as good - I was a tad disappointed that he wasn't better. I'm still rooting for Toju to get through to the final, as I just want to see him again!

Alan Turner-Ward

A typical BGT novelty act, good luck to the guy but I'm with Simon and was ready to press my buzzer after about 30 seconds. He belongs in a fun holiday camp, where we'd all have a laugh and a cheesy dance, but it's not for the Royal Variety show. But, hey, David looked like he was having fun!

Eva Iglesias

This woman can hold a note, but to be fair, she's just another in a long line of singers that come on this show, and then disappear from the limelight. She had lots of pizzazz and attitude - girl power if you like - but I disagree with the judges and doubt Eva will make the final.

Innova Irish Dance Company

Innova have bought a modern twist to Irish dancing which was refreshing to see. The girls are all in perfect sync and you can tell they've worked hard. I think there's definitely a place for them in the final and on the Royal Variety show.

Kieran and Sarah

These two sound lovely, but they'll be compared to Lucy from last night - and unfortunately for Kieran and Sarah, Lucy was better. Their performance was flawless, though, so deserve every chance to go through!

Lettice Rowbotham *MY RUNNER UP*

Lettice (I still can't believe that's her name!) and she reminds me of someone who'd fit into the Big Brother house pretty well! 

She's a very talented violin player, even though that's not really my cup of tea, I enjoyed it. And the staging was fabulous. I think she'll go through tonight.

Light Balance 

It's different, fast and fun... But I think the Innova Irish Dancing Company were better, if we're putting dancers against dancers. They could be in the final, as this kind of act usually goes down quite well with audiences. And the studio went wild for them. As did the judges!

Pyroterra 

I have respect for the fact the guys are talented in what they do... I couldn't do it. But I wanted, as Amanda said, more danger. Simon seemed happy with it but it kind of failed to keep me entertained. It didn't light my fire...

Britain's Got Talent is having a breather tomorrow night to make way for England's World Cup friendly, but it'll be back Saturday night.

As for me, I'm being a busy girl that evening, so will have to give the last semi-final a miss, but I'll catch it on catch-up on Sunday and bring my not-so-live blog from the comfort of my sofa.

Enjoy everyone!

Live blog - BGT semi-final 3

I find with the BGT semi-final's that at least one night has the weakest acts, and I hope that night was last night.

Even the judges didn't seem very enthused, either because the talent wasn't up to standard or they just couldn't wait til the end of the show to run backstage and see who pushes Tina over the edge to her grisly death in Corrie! 

Once again, I predicted the winner and runner up correctly (YAY ME!) - so here are tonight's contestants, along with my humble opinion. 

Can I make it three-lucky-guesses-in-a-row?

Brian Chan

I don't know what this is or why he's even in the semi-final. If these designs are his, then he's clearly talented. But I'm with Simon and Amanda. I'd buzz him right out... And so would the Queen. She told me ;) 

The most entertaining part was David dressing Simon in the pink head-dress. You did look silly by the way, Si. 

Cartel 

LOVED LOVED LOVED the Jamie twist. Simon was surprised indeed!

Now even after my dance group comments, I have to say I think these guys brought it back fresh to the Diversity and Flawless days. Simon was proved wrong and Cartel are in with a shot!

Crazy Rouge

Very Las Vegas! Great show opener, but as I've said before, dance acts are wearing thin on this show now, although I think if they were to win the men taking their shirts off will make the Queen blush!

Ellis Chick *MY RUNNER-UP*

Such a cute likeable little face. And sang just like a mini-Bublé... 

Now everyone who knows me knows that I like the Bublé just a little bit...but not as much as my Auntie Elaine who also adores this song, too. It's a massive thumbs up from me, and her to I reckon!

Kitty & Rosie

Bless them, they're quirky and likeable people. Simon wanted to split them up, but can he be swayed? It seems not, as such. I thought it was nice, sweet and quite cute and they loved it on that stage, but they won't be in the final...

As Simon said - winners of the top prize on a high-class karaoke comp, maybe? 

Lucy Kay *MY WINNER*

I can't help feeling that Lucy has dwelled on the sob part of her story... 

Undeniably a gorgeous voice, although I don't think she has huge stage presence, but I do think she's got a very good chance of winning a place in the final. 

REAformed

Alesha's golden buzzer - so there was a lot of living up for the girls. They looked like a proper established girl band already (so Louis Walsh says!!) Nice voices and plenty of sass. It's a thumbs up from me... But baby-Bublé nabs it, still. 

Sam Jones 

Sam and baby Leo are adorable. Some parts were hard to understand while Sam was doing the voice of Leo, but the act was entertaining and funny in parts, although a little difficult to get at times. 

Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Medhi

Haha, these guys are great and dance a hell of a lot better in the highest of heels than I ever could! Looked great, a fab novelty act and were fun to watch, but I think their first audition was better. Loved it still!

Live blog - BGT semi-final 2

So last night Collabro sailed through to the final, with Darcy the sexy magican man going through as runner-up...

Jon Clegg and Darcy split the judges, and therefore it was a very close public vote. 

I think Jon is definitely going to be the wild card, and I'm saying that before the results of the second semi-final are in! 

David Walliams is probably hoping for a drier show tonight, after his water drenching treat from Alesha last night...

So here we go, Jolly's... My take on tonight's acts:

Ed Drewett

Lovely song writer and deserves to go far in my eyes, as he seems a grounded lad, who's worked hard  to get where he is today. 

It's always brave to do an original song on a show like this and it paid off. But as Simon said, doing a second song would have been even more beneficial. 

The Addict Initiative *MY RUNNER-UP*

I hate sounding a bit of a nelly negative, but this was just another dance act to me. Clever story-telling but it mimicked the first audition. I think they might go through tonight, as they were the strongest so far. My runners-up, but only just. 

Bolddog FMX Team

Having pre-recorded their performance as it was dubbed too dangerous for live TV (don't try this at home folkes!) they were expected to give high thrills and hopefully no spills... 

What these guys do is very clever, dangerous and maybe a tad mad, but it didn't keep me entertained for long, once I saw one amazing trick, I'd seen them all. I could easily have walked away and come back. 

Sweetchix

Sweet, indeed. But was it powerful enough? I think they may be one of the best acts so far tonight, but I'm not sure the public will vote for them - although the Essex massive might pull through! Definitely look older than they are...

James Smith * MY WINNER*

I was sat there thinking 'please be good' as I still didn't have a winner. And he was more than good... Loved his take on the song as seems to be a pure talent. They saved the best til last tonight! Thank goodness for James Smith!

Jodi Bird

After her first audition I was hoping Jodi would be great. I think she started off a little weak and was squeaky in places. She definitely has talent but her first audition was lots better than this, I think. Sorry Jodi fans!

Koni Puppets

Good idea and entertaining to a point. But again, like a few acts tonight, once it's been seen, it's been seen. Four buzzers, which I can't remember ever happening, and I wanted to cringe for them. 

Mini Moves

Cute, with lots of attitude, it was a great show opener. They will go far in dance-land, and the land of Scotland will no doubt vote for them - but I doubt they'll win BGT. 

Ricky K 

I always like the under-dog types who have worked hard all their lives to make their dream come true. For such a simple act, which looks easy, I bet it's not. A buzz from Simon, I kind of understand why... Seems such a nice guy, but maybe a bit of a one trick pony... 

Live blog - BGT semi-final 1

Tonight was the first live semi-final in this years BGT and as ever, it did not disappoint.

With a very tanned Ant and a not-so tanned Dec at the helm what could possibly go wrong? Apart from an egg-throwing incident a-la last year...

Simon, David, Amanda and Alesha looked as gorgeously important as ever, sat in front of their big red buzzers - Simon using his as appropriately as ever.  

But what did we all think of the acts? Here's my take: 

Darcy Oake 

Darcy is another one whose first audition I loved. His magic mesmerised me, as did his looks (Shhh, don't tell the boyfriend!)

How DID he do it!? 

And tonight... Well, a class of his own. It was so clever and I wouldn't mind at all if he made the final.

CountryVive

As far as line dancing goes this was pretty good. It isn't really my cup of tea but I think this group bring it into the 21st century, and it was a quite modern and sexy routine. It certainly wasn't a "mess" as Simon said, although I do usually agree with him. 

Will they go through? I don't think so, but the guys and girls should be proud of themselves. 

Collabro *MY WINNER*

Beautiful first audition and beautiful performance tonight. If these boys go through as winners tonight I'd be thrilled. 

Sometimes you don't need to say much, and this group left me speechless. Standing ovation well deserved. 

Christian Spridon

Enter, Mr David Walliams' gold buzzer choice! As Dec said, he's flamboyant and OTT! He also fancies David! 

We all like a bit of fun in these shows, and he gave us that... Floating in singing it's raining men was definitely a quirk... Simon pressed his buzzer, and so did I! I enjoyed the scantily clad men lots more! Along with his judges critique, where Alesha drenched David!

But should Christian go through, anyway? In the words of Big Brother, I guess - YOU DECIDE! 

Henrietta Adewole 

Oh dear... As singers always seem to do well on BGT, I thought Henrietta would do okay. 

For me, it was pitchy in places and at times out of tune. I feel bad for her, as maybe it was a song choice thing, but fellow singer Micky pipped her to the post tonight. 

Lauren and Terrell

We always want the little'uns to do amazing and these two were good. But, for me they weren't as great as I wanted them to be. The end was really well done, but I had hoped for more, unfortunately. I'll be surprised if they go through later, and if they do, then they'll need to do better. 

Micky Dumoulin

Dont know what it is but Micky reminds me of Olly Murs a little bit. Seems Alesha thinks the same!

Great song choice - I loved it. He's got a nice voice. But just 'nice' sometimes isn't enough... Quirky performer with a hint of cheekiness.

Fab note at the end, he held it well. I hope he has a shot at final-dom. 

Jon Clegg *MY RUNNER-UP*

I loved his first audition, and I also loved tonight... I like this sort of act, anyway, but Jon seemed to have everyone entertained with some great impressions. Loved the Ant and Dec one!

No more to say, apart from that he deserves a place in the final!

Patsy May

Its a muppet. And I don't really like muppets. But her first audition was funny, I just wish it had been as funny tonight. She could definitely give Miss Piggy a run for her money, as my mum said while watching. I didn't think much. (Sorry, Muppet family!) I would have preferred more comedy. Apparently there's "only one Patsy May." Thank goodness for that! 

Ok, so after realising I sound like Simon Cowell's love child (I'm not by the way!) tonight, I'm now going to watch Corrie and wait for the results show. 

Who will go through? And who will be the Wild Card?!

Beginning of the goodbye...

Tomorrow night, Tina McIntyre will be pushed to her death in Coronation Street by either Tracy, Peter, Rob or Carla... Corrie have already given fans a preview of each of the filmed scenes before Tina goes wallop, but only one will be aired in tomorrow's episode.

Wedged for the week in between the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals, tonight is the start of the drama, and it begins with Tina's heart being broken into teeny-tiny little Peter Barlow shaped pieces. 

After being promised last week by Peter that they'd finally up sticks and move away together, Tina's world shatters around her as she finally discovers that Peter's wife Carla is pregnant. 

Yep, right in the middle of the Rovers, Carla and Peter announce their happy news...

So Tina will be hell-bent on revenge for her lover, and with Rob now in the knowledge of Tina's affair with Peter, he's bound to spill the beans to his pregnant sister, who will then want revenge on Tina. As for Tracy, she and Tina have absolutely no love lost, so could easily end up in a roof-top scuffle. 

Confused? 

Maybe... 

After watching each of the scenes, my money is on Carla at the moment...pushing Tina with anger, accidentally causing her death, with Peter, whose character is going to be saying 'tarraaaahhh' to Weatherfield at the end of the year, taking the rap and ending up banged up. 

That's my theory for now, anyway. And I wasn't wrong about EastEnders' latest shocker, was I?

I was right! Shirl' is his MUVVA!

For the last few weeks, I've noticed an underlying difference in the way Shirley and Mick Carter's relationship has played out on screen.

"Mick is Shirley's son..." I said to my family. 

Tuesday nights fab ep, when Stan mentioned Mick's 'mum' trying to drown him and Tina telling Mick that their mum wasn't actually there, made me even more sure! 

And last night, in an episode I haven't managed to watch yet in full, confirmed my suspicions. YES! I love being right, just ask my lovely boyfriend! 

The lovely Danny Dyer has confirmed that it'll be a while before his character finds out about his sister being his muvva, telling Digital Spy, "This is a massive revelation for the audience, but they've found out a long time before Mick will. I think it's a while off that Mick finds out..."

He also reveled that Linda Henry found out a long time before he did!

"I did not see it coming at all! It was a complete shock to me. Linda knew for three months before I did and she didn't tell me, because she was told not to tell anyone. 

When I found out, Linda didn't know that I'd been told, so I sent her a little text message saying, 'Hope you're having a good evening, mum!' She rang me straight away afterwards so we could talk about it!
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, the show's executive producer, had put the story to Linda first and he said, 'If you don't want it to happen then it won't happen', but she was thrilled with it.
Mine and Linda's scenes are always a joy. There's always this underlying thing there between us. I'm always on the verge of tears when I'm acting with her, because there's just something there underneath that you can't quite put your finger on. I now get why Linda had been playing our scenes in a certain way. She's known all along, so now I look back on our scenes and think, 'Oh, so that's why you played it that way!"

So, were you as shocked as Phil Mitchell?

And what do we all think will happen when Mick does find out? 

Because if Kat and Zoe Slater taught us anything, it's that secrets like that don't stay secret for long...

"You ain't my muvva!"

"YES I AM!"

One shocker and a funeral...

Soap fans will know that when EastEnders throws an hour-special in to the mix, something huge is going to go DOWN.

And tonight's Lucy Beale funeral spectacular, along with a bit of a Carter shocker, did not disappoint. 

Adam Woodyatt gave yet another heartbreaking performance. 

I would actually like to ask Adam how much of his emotion over these last few weeks on screen has been acting, and how much is real feeling, because it certainly looks from the heart to me. The man deserves every award going at the minute... But I must also mention Ben Hardy's performance as Lucy's twin Peter. It was stunning. 

As only in soaps, both weddings and funerals alike can't go ahead without a whopper of a argument. And Ian certainly gave us - and Max - that. All before the funeral even begun. 

In the words of Tamwar: "Only in Walford!" 

And as for the home truths which were revealed over with the Carter clan... Who saw that one coming? (I must admit, I possibly might have...)

After Mick almost soaked Stan rotten in the bath tub, and just before the infamous 'duff duffs', we were left with the announcement that Shirley was the one who almost drown him as a child. 

The next questions are - 

Where do they all go from here? 

Who left the 'Rot in Hell' card?

Will Christian return again?

Why does Mr Coker look so untrustworthy? 

Is Shirley really Mick's mother? 

Was it Abi who killed Lucy?

And if not...

Who the heck did?!

Coronation Street boss Stuart Blackburn yesterday said that although he hopes the Enders' murder mystery goes well, it's a "risk" to let the story go on for so long. 

I had initially maybe thought the same, but with the twists still to come, I think it'll have one of the best outcomes in the show history. 

I have nothing but praise for the brilliant Dominic Treadwell-Collins, his cast and crew. 

Together they've brought our Enders back home, where it belongs.

Trying Again...(and Again hopefully!)

I love Sky Living's 'Trying Again', starring the brilliant Chris Addison and the fabulous Jo Joyner.

To be honest, Sky Living is only usually on in my house if Four Weddings is on and I only gave Trying Again a watch as I'm always in awe of Jo and her performances. (Yes, I still miss Tanya Branning!) 

But the relationship between Matt and Meg, the trials and tribulations of them overcoming her affair with a doctor at the surgery she once worked at (and then worked at again, thanks to Job Centre Plus!) and the comedy of the barmy situations they find themselves in, is both endearing and side splitting. 

Last week showed them inviting Meg's ex-affair, Ian, and his new lady, Kate, around for dinner. Now, that's a party no one wants to go to!

Meg is still overcoming jealousy - but if Matt asks - she's not - and Matt just wants everyone to be normal. Normal, normal, normal. 

With their other friends wanting to get drunk, (and possibly then have sex with each other!) as a plan to leave, this is only going to end in one of two ways... 

I won't spoil the end of this ep for you, because I'd love for you to tune in... Grab the series on Catch Up or just give it a watch this Thursday at 9pm. 

Girls - it's definitely one for you - but the fella's might have a giggle to it too. Even my boyfriend rather likes it!

Trying Again is on Thursday's at 9pm on Sky Living. 

Let me know what you think! 

CORRIE - LEGO kills Tina?

While we all wait on the edge of our sofas until Feb 2015 (Let's hope we all have comfy seating at home!) to find out who killed Lucy Beale in EastEnders... Coronation Street are being a whole lot quicker when letting the cat out of the bag in their murder mystery. 

According to Digital Spy, fans will find out who will be responsible for Tina's grisly end on the night of the televised murder - where four endings have already been filmed. 

Peter Barlow, Carla Barlow, Tracy Barlow and Rob Donovan (well, he broke the Barlow chain...) have all been named as the possible suspects. 

Fans can watch each of the possible endings here, with only one being aired on the night (May 27th). 

My favourite part, so far, in the 'Who killed Tina' saga has to be this: 

At Manchester's Legoland Discovery Centre, visitors can see each of the suspects and the scene where Tina battles with every one of them, all made from LEGO. 

So, Jolly's, who do you think pushes Tina over the edge?

Welcome to Telly Jolly...

Hi everyone!

Just a quick Monday afternoon hello to welcome you all to Telly Jolly! 

I'll be sharing my opinions, bringing gossip where I can and generally being pretty chit chatty about all things on the Box. 

We've got lots of great shows coming up this Spring/Summer - from the BGT finals, Big Brother, the World Cup, new dramas and of course all the soaps, which I'm sure will continue to bring us more twists and turns than ever before... (who DID kill Lucy Beale?!)

My favourites include EastEnders (it's always had a place in my heart, but right now is SO back to it's best), Hollyoaks, Big Brother, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Celebrity Juice and Gogglebox.

I also love a drama (of the telly kind!) and love a bit of football in my life...

I'm a girly girl, who loves the typical girls-type-TV, but I am hoping that I'll have something for most people out there! 

So, come on and join me for a good old Telly Jolly...

Love, 

Joanna x