\n The Hawkstone Farmers Choir secured a historic Golden Buzzer during their audition for the 19th series of Britain\u2019s Got Talent (BGT) on Saturday night’s episode.\n<\/p>\n
\n The prestigious Golden Buzzer grants the choir an instant ticket straight through to the live semi-finals.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Hawkstone Farmers Choir looks to bring together people from across the UK farming community who share a connection to agriculture and a love of singing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Performing a soaring rendition of the Elbow anthem “One Day Like This” at the Birmingham Hippodrome, the choir moved a celebrity judging panel led by Amanda Holden, guest judge Stacey Solomon, Alesha Dixon, and KSI.\n<\/p>\n
\n The two local members representing Dorset include Ben Chick and Ellie Maguire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ben is a 27-year-old third-generation farmer from Manor Farm in Sixpenny Handley.\n<\/p>\n
\n He balances arable work with diversified businesses, including self-storage and a new project called Chalk & Padel, Dorset\u2019s first rural indoor padel club.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ben, who holds a Grade 8 in singing, famously recorded his audition video in an oilseed rape field accompanied by his four yellow Labradors.\n<\/p>\n
\n For Ben, the choir was a “genuine lifesaver” while dealing with chronic fatigue over the last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It really is electrifying when everyone comes together as one group,” he shared.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ben Chick with Jeremy Clarkson (Image: Hawkstone Farmers Choir)\n<\/p>\n
\n Ellie is the partner of a 35-year-old third-generation tenant farmer from Manor Farm in Sandford Orcas near Sherborne. She balances the “non-stop” chores of children, a dairy and equine operation with teaching riding and recorded her audition video in her car while on maternity leave with her young son.\n<\/p>\n
\n She described the Golden Buzzer moment as overwhelming: “I just lost it. I couldn\u2019t contain the tears\u2014it felt like we were really being seen.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ellie Maguire (Image: Hawkstone Farmers Choir)\n<\/p>\n
\n “The choir is just a breath of fresh air, the friends and memories I have made will last a lifetime. It was unbelievable that we were there and when we got the golden buzzer I just lost it. I couldn\u2019t contain the tears – it felt like we were really being seen.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The group originally formed after a social media advertisement sought singers for a project with Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s Hawkstone brand.\n<\/p>\n
\n While the BGT success has been a whirlwind, the choir says it remains focused on its core mission: raising awareness and funds for mental health and suicide prevention within the agricultural community\u2014an industry often defined by isolation.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I personally know of many who have struggled, and have had friends take their own lives,” said Ellie\u2019s colleague, Sally-Ann Spence, highlighting the sentiment shared by the group.\n<\/p>\n
\n If the choir were to win the competition, members intend to donate a significant portion of the \u00a3250,000 prize to farming-related mental health charities.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following their “electrifying” success, Ben, Ellie, and the rest of the choir are now preparing for the live semi-finals and a series of new projects in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hawkstone Farmers Choir secured a historic Golden Buzzer during their audition for the 19th series of Britain\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-490791","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\/490791","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=490791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}