Flamenco dancer for Britain's Got Talent? (From Essex County Standard)
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Flamenco dancer for Britain's Got Talent?
2:57pm Tuesday 7th February 2012 in News
A FLAMENCO dancer from Colchester is battling it out to appear on Britain’s Got Talent.
Spanish born Jairo Barrull Fernandez, of Newcastle Avenue, has wowed the ITV show after he sent in a video of himself performing the elaborate dance only hours before the deadline closed for entries.
The 28-year-old was one of only 24 picked from thousands of entries.
His performance is now available to see online where viewers can vote over the next few days who goes through to the live shows.
See Wednesday's Gazette for the full story.
Boris says...
3:22pm Tue 7 Feb 12
He is brilliant, but isn't BGT meant to be for amateurs or unknown performers? Jairo has been performing for years all over the world. Anyway, good luck to him, it's great to know we have such an accomplished flamenco dancer in Colchester.