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'Britain's Got Talent' Show Won by... Hungarians
[An Nahar] A troupe of Hungarian shadow dancers won the television show "Britannia's Got Talent" on Saturday -- outshining a slew of homegrown performers and leaving viewers wondering if the program's name could do with a change.And a smile too broad, He announced to the hostess That she was a fraud! Mrs. Pearce No! Henry Ja wohl! Her English is too good, he said, Which clearly indicates that she is foreign. Whereas others are instructed in their native language English people aren't. The eight-member dance group, named Attraction, beat ten British acts to win the public vote on the primetime ITV show and walked away from the final with a £250,000 ($380,000, 290,000 euro) prize. They had wowed viewers with a series of dance routines performed behind a screen, twisting their bodies to form silhouettes in the shape of everything from Queen Elizabeth II to an elephant. And although she may have studied with an expert Dialectician and grammarian, I can tell that she was born Hungarian! The Budapest-based group were hot favorites to win -- an irony that was not lost on the British press, with The Sun's front-page headline on Saturday reading: "Er, Hungary's got talent". Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood, she is a princess! Simon Cowell, the music mogul who is one of four judges on the panel, said of the result: "It just shows that this country welcomes people from all over the world and they obviously loved this act." Servants Congratulations, Professor Higgins, For your glorious victory! Attraction's leader Zoltan Scuzs described the win as "amazing", adding: "Thank you to all the British public." Congratulations, Professor Higgins! The troupe paid tribute to Britannia in their final performance, using the red, white and blue flag as their backdrop and contorting themselves into the shape of the British isles, Winston Churchill and the queen. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-11 |
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