{"id":629638,"date":"2026-04-26T10:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629638\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:32:08","slug":"matty-juniosa-advances-to-britains-got-talent-finals-after-earning-second-golden-buzzer-philstar-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629638\/","title":{"rendered":"Matty Juniosa advances to &#8216;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217; finals after earning second golden buzzer \u2022 PhilSTAR Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino singer Matty Juniosa just keeps on shining on the stage of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent as he earned another golden buzzer for his stellar performance, allowing him to advance to the finals.<\/p>\n<p>During the semi-finals of the talent show competition, Juniosa stunned the audience once more with his soulful delivery of Aerosmith&#8217;s song Dream On.<\/p>\n<p>After he finished, the 27-year-old Pinoy earned a standing ovation from judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and KSI.<\/p>\n<p>Giving her comment, Dixon told Juniosa that she &#8220;doesn&#8217;t even know what to say&#8221; as she praised him for being &#8220;effortlessly sensational.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those high notes are just so sweet, and it&#8217;s just so lovely to sit back, relax, enjoy the show\u2014that was a stellar, masterclass performance on how to deliver a class A vocal,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Holden shared that she had asked the producers what would happen if she doesn&#8217;t press her golden buzzer, and they answered that the decision would go to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>However, Holden said that she is &#8220;not giving it to the audience&#8221; as she moved to press the buzzer herself, sealing Juniosa&#8217;s spot in the finals as golden confetti rained down on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>The singer couldn&#8217;t help but jump in joy and express his gratitude for giving him the golden buzzer for a second time after his audition.<\/p>\n<p>Cowell, who was the one who gave Juniosa his <a href=\"https:\/\/philstarlife.com\/geeky\/980010-filipino-singer-golden-buzzer-britains-got-talent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #236fa1;\">first golden buzzer<\/a>, agreed echoed Dixon&#8217;s sentiments on how the singer&#8217;s performance was masterclass.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about. Great song. Your range is incredible, and you know what? You are the sweetest person, I&#8217;m so happy for you. Two golden buzzers, that&#8217;s not bad right?&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>With this, Juniosa now has a spot in the finals, where he can potentially win the \u00a3250,000 (P20 million) prize.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the competition, Juniosa had been residing in Glasgow, United Kingdom, for the past three years as a part-time waiter.<\/p>\n<p>The nineteenth season of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent is expected to have its finals in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filipino singer Matty Juniosa just keeps on shining on the stage of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent as he earned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,3332,75,890,175637,2053,175636,175638,348],"class_list":["post-629638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-philippine-star","tag-philippines","tag-philippines-news","tag-philstar","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}