{"id":462437,"date":"2026-03-07T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:07:09","slug":"watch-york-singer-wows-on-britains-got-talent-yorkmix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462437\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: York singer wows on Britain\u2019s Got Talent | YorkMix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">A young York singer hits the stage on Britain\u2019s Got Talent tonight (Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>Finley Barrett-Carter, 20, is on the ITV1 hit performing his take on the Elvis Presley number, Burning Love.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the video, Finley, 20, gets a lot of love from hosts Ant and Dec and the audience in Blackpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Video<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ant says: \u201cThe crowd love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But will he impress the judges, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and new addition to the panel, KSI?<\/p>\n<p>His mum is seen on the video wiping away a tear, saying: \u201cYes, my boy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A clip released on social media got a rapturous reception. \u201cAnd some of us have the pleasure of knowing this lad he\u2019s a top guy,\u201d said one. \u201cObviously has the voice to match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cWhat a fantastic voice loved it!! Elvis with his own twist! Well done!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/finley-barrett-carter-britains-got-talent-2026-2.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559203\"  \/>Finely on Britain\u2019s Git Talent. Photograph: Tom Dymond \/ Freemantle \/ ITV<\/p>\n<p>Finley is well-known to YorkMix listeners, as he performed with us at an event last year.<\/p>\n<p>Finley also performed a fundraising gig for St Leonard\u2019s Hospice last year. Both the man who set him off on his singing journey Mark Payne, and his grandad Billy, were cared for at St Leonard\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Finley was on BGT competing for the \u00a3250,000 prize and a coveted place at this year\u2019s Royal Variety Performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Britain\u2019s Got Talent spokesperson said: \u201cEach week,\u00a0performers from every corner of the UK and all around the world take to the stage in the hope of not just impressing the judges, but also the voting public. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the judges and hosts holding that extra-special power of the golden buzzer, contestants will be trying their best to excel beyond expectations to get that very special ticket straight to the semi-finals!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Got Talent continues Saturday at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young York singer hits the stage on Britain\u2019s Got Talent tonight (Saturday). Finley Barrett-Carter, 20, is on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-462437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}