STAGE TUBE: Susan Boyle and Jamie Pugh Make It Thru To 'TALENT' Semi-Finals!

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has made the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent where she will battle it out with 39 other acts including a 11-year-old street dancer, a woman with her dancing dog and fellow 'Lez Miz' singing performer Jamie Pugh. The semi-finals begin tonight Sunday, May 24, 2009 on UK's ITV.

Susan Boyle gets a second chance to wow the world after her first appearance made her an Internet sensation. Boyle stunned and charmed tens of millions of viewers last month, when judges skeptical about her dowdy image were won over by her soaring voice and confident performance. Nearly six weeks after her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables," the 47-year-old is ready to appear on a live televised semifinal of the competition tonight. To watch her stunning performance, click here.

The shy pizza deliveryman Jamie Pugh, impressed the television talent show judges including Simon Cowell with his rendition of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables on Saturday, drawing comparisons with the performance of fellow amateur singer Susan Boyle. Pugh told the judges that he had never performed before a large crowd before, and appeared to tremble with nerves during the audition. Jamie Pugh is a truck delivery person by day and pizza delivery man by night, you can watch his performance by going here.

The turbulent trio of Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden once again preside over the judging panel. They may bicker, they may snigger... but their manicured hands are always wickedly poised by their buzzers to puncture long-held ambitions in a splice. Join in the fun at the audition stage, as we surf the talent spectrum all the way from the sublime to the seriously awful!

Each auditionee takes to the stage hoping that their act will be the one to delight. The judges hold precious hopes in their hands, but they gleefully shatter those dreams with just the buzz of a buzzer, as soon as the act fails to impress. If there are three dreaded buzzes the audition is over; but a few hold the panel's attention. If they last the full 3 minutes onstage, they could be in luck!

When the thousands of hopefuls have been whittled down to 40 favourites, we hit a week-long love-in of live semi-final shows. Here's where judge opinion and public vote collide in a five-day variety extravaganza, until just 10 acts, hand-picked by the public remaining for the grand finale.

There will be tears, there may be tantrums, but one thing's for certain... one talented act, who proves Britain's Got Talent, will be crowned the ultimate winner by series hosts Ant & Dec".

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