George Sampson
Personal information
Full name	George Sampson
Date of birth	(aged 14)
Place of birth	Warrington, Cheshire[1],  England

George Sampson (aged 14)^[2] is a street dancer from Warrington, England, and was the winner of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008. Warrington is a large town borough and Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Street dance, also called vernacular dance is an umbrella term used to describe Dance styles that evolved outside of Dance studios in everyday spaces Warrington is a large town borough and Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV (also on TV3 in Ireland and part of the Got Talent series Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[3][4] As the prize for the competition, he will receive £100,000 and the opportunity to perform at the 2008 Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince Charles. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, normally

Contents 1 Background 2 Britain's Got Talent 2.1 2007 series 2.2 2008 series 2.2.1 After the event 3 Health 4 References 5 External links

Background

Coming from a poor background, George had to dance on the streets in his home town in order to raise money to travel to London for the auditions. He would often be seen in Manchester City Centre, attracting large crowds, performing on Market Street. Market Street is one of the two principal retail streets in Manchester, England (the other is King Street) ^[5] After succeeding through the audition round, George then made it through to the semi-finals, which he very nearly missed by missing his train to London. He eventually reached London the morning of his semi-final. ^[6]

Britain's Got Talent

2007 series

In 2007, Sampson auditioned during the first round of Britain's Got Talent. However, despite Simon Cowell's willingness for him to be moved onto the semi-finals the other judges Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan did not think he was ready for the live stage. } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971 is an English actress. Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the Despite this, the experience made him more determined to enter the 2008 auditions by dancing on the streets of Warrington to improve his techniques, and to raise money for his family. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Warrington is a large town borough and Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England.

2008 series

Sampson got through the Britain's Got Talent auditions in 2008 by dancing to "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)". " Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now " is a song by Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman and Big He then came top in the audience's vote in his semi-final with his arrangement of Mint Royale's big beat remix of "Singin' in the Rain", complete with an artificial rain machine onstage, a formula that had previously been produced in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Mint Royale is a Big beat electronic music act from Manchester, England. Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the music of The Chemical Brothers, " Singin' in the Rain " is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen ^[7] He subsequently won the audience's vote, coming first overall. He broke into tears when the winner was announced^[8]

Sampson was due to perform a different routine for the final, to a track by the Bee Gees,^[9] which he described as involving "a lot of movement without me actually doing anything". The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. ^[5] An hour before the final started he changed his mind and, after consulting Simon Cowell, opted to perform his winning act from the semi-final again. ^[9]

After the event

In an interview the day after, Sampson told of his return to normality the Monday after the event. ^[10] He also told of his friendship with younger finalists, Andrew Johnston and Faryl Smith, saying that they weren't jealous of him winning. Andrew Johnston (born 23 September 1994 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish Boy soprano who rose to fame when he finished in third place Faryl Smith is an English Singer from Kettering who rose to fame in the second series of the television talent show on ITV, Britain's George has stated several times that he will use his money to pay off his mother's mortgage despite her refusal and possibly take his friends who also busk with him to LA as "it's always been their dream". It has been rumoured that George may be the subject of a new Billy Elliot style movie, and has also been offered to be back-up dancer for Justin Timberlake. He will next appear at the Royal Variety Performance. Although George hoped to do his 'Singin' in the Rain' routine again, apparently Simon Cowell has bigger and better ideas. } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer ^[11]

The Mint Royale version of Singin' In The Rain went to number 1 in the UK on download sales alone as a result of George's performance. Mint Royale is a Big beat electronic music act from Manchester, England. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry

Health

Sampson suffers from a rare condition called Scheuermann's disease, which affects developing bones in children and teenagers and can cause a curvature of the spine. Scheuermann’s disease is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood Bones are rigid organs that form part of the Endoskeleton of Vertebrates They function to move support and protect the various organs of the body produce The condition even caused him to go temporarily blind in one eye for two months around Christmas time, Sampson said to The Sun Newspaper. The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language "The eye was all inflamed. I'd been using Deep Heat for my sore back, so at first I just thought I'd got it in my eye. But I ended up blind," he said. "The spinal nerves were trapped and it affected my optic nerves, I lost all my coordination and it was really hard to dance, as I didn't have my balance. I kept bumping into everything. " Although his eyesight was restored, doctors have said he must immediately go to hospital at the first sign of any soreness in his right eye. Despite the scare, Sampson went ahead to compete and win the talent show, and has said nothing will prevent him from performing. "There's no way I'd ever give up dancing. Nothing would stop me," he told the paper. However, since the revelation George said "It's not that bad. " and claims that his doctor has said he's allowed to dance. ^[12]

Preceded by Paul Potts

Winner of Britain's Got Talent 2008

Succeeded by Incumbent

References

External links

Britain's Got Talent@ itv. com

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