Southend student in last of Britain's Got Talent semi-finals

Jools Illand will perform in the last of the live Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals tonight with Newham-based street dance crew IMD Legion after their breath-taking audition scored four yeses from judges early in the show.

The announcement came at the end of last night’s show as the latest live semi-final came to a close.

Jools said: “I am so thrilled that we’ve been selected to go through to the BGT semi-finals and cannot wait to perform for the judges again, in front of a live audience, on live TV. 

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“It’s going to be an amazing experience and as I’m going out there to represent Southend, I really hope I’ll get the support of everyone in the area when it comes to the public vote.”

IMD Legion returned to Britain’s Got Talent this year with a 30-strong crew of dancers aged between 11 and 35, to take another shot at claiming the top prize.

The group narrowly missed out on a place in the final in 2015.

It is one of just 40 acts selected by the judges to go through to this year’s semi-finals.

The last of the live semi-finals will take place at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith tonight from 8pm, with eight acts competing for a place in the show’s final on Sunday.

Two acts from the semi-final will go through to the live final, the first chosen via public vote and the second finalist will be chosen by the judges.

IMD Legion founder and CEO, Omar Ansah-Awuah, said: “It’s been fantastic to perform again on BGT, the world’s biggest talent show, and I could not be more proud of my team and my dancers for making the semi-finals again.

“After missing out on a place in the final in 2015 by just a fraction of votes, we put everything into our audition and have been working tirelessly to bring a powerful new performance to the live semi-finals that will wow the judges, thrill the public, and get everyone’s vote.”