Sonny Green thanks Southend after Britain's Got Talent poem

City Day - Sonny Green will perform a new poem about Southend this weekend <i>(Image: Sonny Green / Newsquest)</i>
City Day - Sonny Green will perform a new poem about Southend this weekend (Image: Sonny Green / Newsquest)
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Sonny Green has issued a huge thank you to residents across Southend after his stunning Britain's Got Talent performance.

After securing a spot in the ITV show's semi final with an impressive four yesses, Southend's Sonny is now hoping to bag a place in the final - and even win the whole competition.

Ahead of today's City Day celebration, he wrote a new spoken word piece called “What Southend Means To Me” and it was played to the packed crowd with a full music track behind it.

Following the performance, the Echo caught up with Sonny and he issued a massive thank you to all those who have backed him since the performance.

He said: "I love Southend with all my heart, city day has been crazy!

"Hopefully we can go on and win Britain's Got Talent and I just want to thank all of you guys for getting behind my back.

"The Echo, Southend as a city, the whole community. Let's see what we can do. Lots of love!"

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