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DJ Talent Born 1978 (age 32–33) Origin United Kingdom Genres rap Occupations DJ, rapper Years active 2008 — present Associated acts List of Britain's Got Talent Semi-Finalists 2009 DJ Talent (real name Anthony Ghosh) (born 1978) is a part time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings (one infused with a blue stone), and a full set of gold teeth costing £7000 in total. He first drew press attention in 2006 after being a repeated victim of armed muggings.[1][2]
Prior to his appearance on Britain's Got Talent, he has appeared on TV programmes including Homemade on T4 where he appeared with celebrity blogger and TV presenter Mark Boardman, The Jeremy Kyle Show, Vanessa's Real Lives, Ann Widdecombe Versus The Diet Industry [3] and The Friday Night Project where he performed a rap for guest host Kanye West, as well as appearing on "Best Guest Week" on the Scott Mills Show for Radio 1. He is currently appearing in the marketing campaign for UK Bingo website, BOGOF Bingo.[4] He also appeared on the celebrity special of Four Weddings
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Personal life
Ghosh lives in Penge, south east London with his Indian-born father Surjit, 69, and his British mother Patricia, 59. He works for his father's engineering firm as an admin assistant.[5]
In late 2008, as a direct result of the credit crunch and its associated economic downturn, Talent attempted to raise cash by selling off his 28 gold teeth for £14,000, although ultimately this was never seen through.[6][7] His former girlfriend, Fawne Cox, took out a restraining order against him after he sent her threatening text messages and posted naked photos of her to her workplace.[8]
Britain's Got Talent
His act as part of Britain's Got Talent for the auditions stage solely consisted of a one verse rap. The lyrics are as follows:
- I say Britain
- You say Talent
- Britain's got talent!
- It's the DJ Talent!
Despite apparent criticism, and receiving four buzzes from the judging panel, albeit one operated incorrectly after Kelly Brook pressed Piers Morgan's buzzer (although she claimed that it was not DJ Talent, but Piers's dancing), Talent made it past the opening stage to the semi-finals. After performing and being put through, Talent proceeded to invite judge Kelly Brook out to dinner, which was accepted on her behalf by Simon Cowell.
During his semi-final performance, Talent created variations on his original chorus. This involved using the original chorus, but replacing "Britain" in line one, with "Simon", "Piers" and "Amanda", and replacing "talent" in line two with "Cowell", "Morgan" and "Holden" respectively. It was later alleged the rap was plagiarised from MC Sparky D.[9]
His debut single was released on 28 of September 2009.[citation needed]
He was seen in the London Auditions for Series 5 and was chosen to go through to the Live Auditions.
References
- ^ Wheeler, Virginia (27 October 2006). "Mugged 3 times for gold teeth". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article68770.ece.
- ^ "DJ's £10,000 teeth become target for gold digging robbers". The Daily Mail. 27 October 2006. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412945/DJs-10-000-teeth-target-gold-digging-robbers.html.
- ^ "Bad boy DJ hails Ann Widdecombe". South London Press. 10 October 2008. http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/News.cfm?id=20132&headline=Bad%20boy%20DJ%20hails%20Ann%20Widdecombe.
- ^ "DJ Talent at BOGOF Bingo". 3 August 2009. http://www.bogofbingo.co.uk/dj-talent.html.
- ^ Thompson, Melissa (28 April 2009). "Britain's Got Talent exclusive: DJ Talent takes The Mirror out on a date - video". http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/28/britain-s-got-talent-exclusive-dj-talent-takes-the-mirror-out-on-a-date-video-115875-21313892/.
- ^ Mullins, Scott (3 December 2008). "Credit crunch could force Beckenham DJ into gold tooth sale". This is Local London. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/southeast/bromley/3946924.Credit_crunch_could_force_Beckenham_DJ_into_gold_tooth_sale/.
- ^ "Downturn forces DJ to sell teeth". BBC News. 11 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7777532.stm.
- ^ Flynn, Brian (2009-05-02). "BGT's DJ Talent: "I'll get you shot" | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2408107/BGTs-DJ-Talent-Ill-get-you-shot.html. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ Flynn, Brian (22 May 2009). "DJ Talent ‘nicked my rap’". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2442875/Former-flatmate-DJ-Talent-nicked-my-rap.html.
External links
Britain's Got Talent Series Presenters Judges Amanda Holden • Simon Cowell • David Hasselhoff
Former: Kelly Brook • Piers Morgan • Michael McIntyre
Guest: Louis WalshWinners Notable
contestantsSeries 1Series 2Series 3Susan Boyle • Julian Smith • Aidan Davis • Hollie Steel • Shaheen Jafargholi • Callum Francis • DJ Talent • Manjit Singh • Neil Horan • Mr. Methane • Flawless • John FarnworthSeries 4Twist and Pulse • Paul Burling • ReConnected • Myles and Connor • Kev Orkian • Stevie Starr • The Cheeky Girls • Matthew AhmetSeries 5Ronan Parke • Out of the BlueCategories:- Living people
- Britain's Got Talent contestants
- 1978 births
- British people of South Asian descent
- People from Penge
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