Erm... Where were the tears... There is no way any of the others would have got through by sobbing and......... cough..*crying*..cough...

I do not kow who is coaching the singers on this show, but surely they can here that they are singing in keys that are out of the range. These are kids and even the young lad tonight Shaheen was sounding airy after he had finished when speaking to Ant & Dec and that is because his vocal chords are swollen to hell with belt singing. Surley anyone ...

I'd really like George to win, but my guess is that Faryl is going to make it.

Tonight... yes, I think so. They were simply the best act. The competition as a whole... no, not so much. Escala appear to be professional musicians who have released music and worked commercially. While they are admittedly incredibly talented - and gorgeous - and would be a wonderful act to represent the UK, BGT is supposed to be for amateur ...

I did like them best from the semifinal tonight...  And I was pretty impressed with their audition, too.  I'm not living in the UK, so I've been following the show on YouTube and, as catty2k1 pointed out, I too found a link to one very professional video from Scala (where they're playing the same piece as in the audition).  It did ...

They are a unique act in this competition.  I agree they are a little overrated, I guess it is the element of surprise.  We don't get a lot of that on TV and not everyone knows about Bond (I didn't either, I'm not really into classical music, just ocassional concerts).  They're definitely entertaining.