Revealed: Which comedians are in the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals
Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley is to appear in the first live semi-final of Britain's Got Talent tomorrow night.
The stand-up, who is unable to speak as a result of complications of cerebral palsy, uses iPad software to communicate, made a strong impression in his heat last month.
Ridley, who won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award in 2014, received a standing ovation from the audience and all four judges.
He will be facing singer Lifford Shillingford, who got through thanks to Alesha Dixon's golden buzzer, magicians Matt Johnson, Ellie and Jeki, and Maddox, wartime-themed singing group The D-Day Darlings and dancers Shameer Rayes and Cali Swing
This year's semi-finals, which will be stripped across the week, feature a sizeable contingent of comedy acts
Confirmed as going through are:
Mandy Muden
Comedy magician Muden stunned the judges by producing a watermelon from an artists' pad during her audition, then flirted with judge David Walliams saying: 'David, can you feel me stroking your aura?'
Micky P Kerr
The comedy musician baffled Simon Cowell with his song about a Bag For Life – as Amanda Holden had to explain what one of those was…
Noel James
In his pun-filled audition, the 52-year-old Welsh stand-up blindsided the audience by bringing a guitar on stage – but not playing it. Ant McPartlin exclaimed from the wings: 'He's good isn't he? We like Noel.'
Robert White
Robert White – who describes himself as 'the only gay, Aspergic, quarter-Welsh comic on the British comedy circuit' – performed a song full of insults for the judging panel in his audition. Cowell said: 'You're very unique, you're very quirky, very funny, very naughty, Robert, which we like!'
Andrew Lancaster
The 32-year-old performs impressions including Donald Trump, Brian Cox, and Russell Brand. his take on Nigel Farage eliciyed boos.
Nick Page
The stand-up – and former presenter of BBC daytime show Escape to the Countryside – said the ITV show was 'the most terrifying thing I've ever done' in his 16-year comedy career. His set on last night's show got off to a rocky start, with a heckler shouting: 'Get off the stage.' But Page turned the room around.
Marty Putz
In his audition, prop comic Marty Putz covered Cowell in toilet roll. Walliams described the act as the funniest thing he had ever seen in his life, but Dixon pressed her buzzer to try to get him off stage.
Britain's Got Talent live auditions start on Monday May 25 at 7.30pm on ITV.
Published: 27 May 2018