Britain’s Got Talent 2011: The weird and wacky wannabes are back

By
Paul Revoir
Last updated at 12:10 AM on 14th April 2011

A motley collection of eccentrics and attention seekers — oh, and a few genuinely talented performers… it must be the start of the new series of Britain’s Got Talent.

Among the wacky acts are a man who wears more than 200 pairs of pants, a human hamster and, as always, performing dogs.

Architect Gary Craig, 52, who calls
himself Geordie Pantsman, reveals to judges that his world record for
wearing pants stands at 211. He needs an assistant to help him wriggle
on pair after pair of the undergarments.

Human hamster: Stuart Kettell, from the Midlands, dresses as a rodent and runs in a hamster wheel. Yes, that’s his whole act

Geordie Pantsman: Gary Craig from Northumberland puts on 211 pairs of pants in three minutes. But he does have an assistant

By Royal command: Ronnie Jotten, aka Ian Bell, sings Sex Pistols songs dressed as the Queen

Left: Dolphin boy Blair Christie in London paints his body and balances a balloon on his nose

Other highlights include a man singing
about kissing a goat, a performer who  dresses up as the Queen as he
sings Sex Pistols hit God Save The Queen and of  course, as always, the
dog acts.

In the first episode on Saturday night, look out for this year’s answer to Susan Boyle: Michael Collings, a 19-year-old IT worker who lives in a caravan in Plymouth. He has the same dowdy appearance twinned with a wonderful voice.

Judge Amanda Holden has drawn comparisons between the singer Mr Collins
and Susan  Boyle. She admitted like in the case of Miss Boyle when she
appeared on the  show judges had been guilty of judging him by his
looks.

Jump for it: The young members of the Freeman Dance group from Coventry look like extras from the film Bugsy Malone in trilbys and suits

Not such a thriller: Steve Hall in a dance act that covers Michael Jackson, YMCA – and striptease

Blow me down: Mary Sumah-Keh in Liverpool with a unique blend of harmonica playing and dancing

Animal crackers: Forget baseball caps and lots of attitude, the teenage members of Character Moves do their dance moves as Disney favourites

She said: ‘It is a typical thing, a bit like the Susan Boyle thing,
when  someone walks on stage, you completely judge them as you see them
and its  always a surprise and it is always a bad thing for us all to do
but it is human  nature.

‘You just look at somebody and think about how they are physically rather than  who they are.’
Another dog act is also in contention again this year following on from
the  success of previous acts Kate and Gin and Tina and Chandi.

But following the departure of Piers Morgan and the fact Simon Cowell will not appear until the later stages, will the judging panel of Amanda Holden, former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff and comedian Michael McIntyre be able to keep the viewing figures high?

Singing sailor pig: Strangely, Andrew Evans is the first person to combine a pig mask and a matelot uniform

Doggone it: Animal trainer Donelda Guy performs with her two dancing dogs Mega and Biba

Above: Verena Langloh from London simply wears lots of rubber rings. She says it’s art

Perhaps not in Scotland, after Hasselhoff said of auditions north of the border:‘I didn’t understand a word they said. I  thought when they
said “cheerio” they were cheering them on, I didn’t have a  clue. I was
completely lost in Scotland, but they are nice people.’

Mild-mannered comic Michael McIntyre
admitted he found it ‘very difficult’ to  be nasty to some of the
dreadful acts on this year’s Britain’s Got Talent.

Other wacky acts include The Mad Fool otherwise known as Stuart Kettell,
46,  who dresses in a hamster suit and runs on a giant wheel.

Further acts include a man dressed an Red Indian chief called Man Not
Afraid of  Judges, who whose bizarre dance act features ropes. Or a
woman support-worker  who does stand-up comedy in her pyjamas.