Saxy Julian tipped for Britain's Got Talent final

Saxy Julian tipped for Britain's Got Talent final
Saxy Julian tipped for Britain's Got Talent final (Image credit: Ken McKay)

The Britain's Got Talent semi-final stages continue on Thursday night, with sax sensation Julian Smith tipped to make it through to Saturday's final showdown. The 39-year-old from Birmingham will compete against grandfather and granddaughter singing duo Two Grand aka John Neill and Sallie Lax, aged, 76 and 12 respectively, from Doncaster, and punk pop act Brit Chix from Boston, Lincolnshire. Breakdancing OAP Fred Bowers, dancing dog act Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes, from Oxford, and dance troupe Sugarfree, from Essex, will also take part in the show. Singer Callum Francis, 12, from Hertfordshire, and burlesque act Fabia Cerra, 35, from Oxford, are also hoping to get to the final. William Hill have made Julian their 4/7 favourite to get through on the public vote on Thursday. William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: "If Julian chooses the right bit of music he will be a certainty to make the final."

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.