{"id":691624,"date":"2026-05-24T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691624\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:20:09","slug":"norfolk-farmer-in-choir-in-britains-got-talent-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691624\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk farmer in choir in Britain&#8217;s Got Talent final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Ben Brooke, a four-generation farmer from the county, performed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26067283.britains-got-talent-farmers-choir-buzzing-semi-final\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hawkstone Farmers Choir on the show,<\/a> which aired on May 23.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Originally Amanda Holden&#8217;s &#8220;golden buzzer&#8221; act, the group once again stunned the judges, this time with a rendition of Bastille&#8217;s hit, Pompeii.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Ben Brooke, second from the left, is a farmer from Norfolk (Image: ITV)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They went on to win their semi-final, guaranteeing them a place in the final, which will air on ITV on May 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Simon Cowell, who missed the group&#8217;s first audition due to illness, said: &#8220;You are one of the favourites to win.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I love what you stand for &#8211; it might be quite annoying to see Jeremy Clarkson&#8217;s smug face.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>(left to right) Ant McPartlin, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell, KSI and Declan Donnelly (Image: Ian West)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Holden added: &#8220;Farming touches every single person in this country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This choir has given you solace, joy, comfort and friendship, and all of that has created the most amazing music.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This year&#8217;s new judge, KSI, described the group as one of the best choir acts he has ever heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Brooke, a four-generation farmer from the county, performed in the Hawkstone Farmers Choir on the show, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-691624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}