BGT scouts impressed with Orkney talent

A team from the TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent visited Orkney yesterday in the hopes of finding the winner of the latest series.

Two visiting casting researchers from the television programme held auditions at the Just Dance Studio at Hatston, Kirkwall, yesterday afternoon before setting up for an open microphone event in Stromness’s Ferry Inn in the evening.

Teams from the programme, now entering it’s ninth series, have been holding casting events in locations outside the country’s major cities, with casting researchers also visiting Shetland, Stornoway and various others. The overall winner of the programme goes on to perform at the Royal variety performance and receives a cash prize.

The researchers visiting Orkney, Jake Court and Sophie Brown, explained that at this stage no judgements were being given on the hopeful acts although each was being filmed so that footage could be taken and reviewed at a later stage.

Jake said: “This is the first time the show has ever done a regional casting call and the idea is to cast the net far and wide, leaving no stone unturned in the hope of finding a hidden gem.”