James Hobley and Les Gibson reach BGT final

James Hobley and Les Gibson reach BGT final
James Hobley and Les Gibson reach BGT final (Image credit: Ken McKay/Talkback Thames)

The latest two acts to make it through to Saturday night's live Britain's Got Talent final on Wednesday night were Les Gibson and James Hobley. They join New Bounce and Jean Martyn from Tuesday's show and Ronan Parke and Paul Gbegbaje from Monday night. Les Gibson made it through on public vote. James Hobley and Gay & Alan faced the judges to see who would win the next place in Saturday’s final, with James proceeding after getting the winning vote from David, Michael and Simon. Judge Michael McIntyre said of impressionist Les: "That was absolutely brilliant, you were really polished, your Gordon Ramsay was absolutely brilliant, your Dec is perfect, I could listen to it all night... You’re a real threat to this competition!" Simon Cowell eulogised autistic dancer James: "I really, really like you - you are totally committed, your choice of music was inspired. I told Leona you were going to be dancing to [Happy] and she was absolutely thrilled. It was absolutely fantastic, well done." Performing on the Thursday edition of Britain's Got Talent will be: Dance Angels Mexican Mayhem Jessica Hobson Out Of The Blue Nathan Wyburn Jai McDowall Steven Hall Edward Reid

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.