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FACTBOX - The 10 finalists in "Britain's Got Talent"

Sat May 30, 2009 8:22pm IST
 
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REUTERS - Global Internet star Susan Boyle sings in the final of television show "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday.

Following are the 10 acts selected for the final.

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SUSAN BOYLE - Aged 48, the Scottish spinster has become one of the biggest Internet stars of all time with her performance in April of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables". She is the bookmakers' hot favourite to win the final.

AIDAN DAVIS - An 11-year-old body-popper from Birmingham.

DIVERSITY - Ten-member dance troupe from Essex, England and east London aged between 12 and 25.

STAVROS FLATLEY - Father-and-son comedy dance duo which describes itself as "two fat versions of Michael Flatley with a Greek element."

FLAWLESS - Ten-member dance troupe from London aged between 20 and 32.

2 GRAND - A singing act comprising John Neill, 76, and his grand-daughter Sallie Lax, 12 who have been performing together for more than two years.  Continued...

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