{"id":525393,"date":"2026-04-11T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:43:10","slug":"britains-got-talent-teesside-teacher-bringing-lesson-in-rap-to-talent-show-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/525393\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Got Talent: Teesside teacher bringing lesson in rap to talent show judges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Ham-Ying, who teaches English at Ingleby Manor School, will appear on ITVX\u2019s Britain\u2019s Got Talent: Unseen on Saturday night\"Ben<\/p>\n

Ben Ham-Ying, also known as Jezzle, appears on Britain’s Got Talent tonight(Image: Tom Dymond)<\/p>\n

A teacher from Middlesbrough steps into the Britain’s Got Talent spotlight tonight with his bid to get top marks from the judges.<\/p>\n

Viewers will see Ben Ham-Ying, who teaches at Ingleby Manor School, perform his original rap on ITVX\u2019s Britain\u2019s Got Talent: Unseen. Using his rapper name ‘Jezzle’, Mr Ham-Ying is seen on images sent to Teesside Live performing with pupils at the audition in held at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.<\/p>\n

He shared pics of his audition on the show today on his Instagram page today saying: “That time I went to Blackpool on a school day. Buzzing I can finally post these now.” No further information has been shared about how he was scored by judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and KSI.<\/p>\n

According to his LinkedIn page, the songwriter and independent recording artist has taught English at the Ingleby Barwick<\/a> school since 2017 and is also a careers lead. He competes in the 19th series of the hit TV show for the chance to win the \u00a3250,000 prize and a coveted place at this year\u2019s Royal Variety Performance.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Got Talent airs Saturday at 6.45pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with Britain\u2019s Got Talent: Unseen following straight after on ITVX. Good luck Mr Ham-Ying!<\/p>\n

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Ben with school pupils at the auditions(Image: Tom Dymond)<\/p>\n

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Ben and pupils performing for the show which will be aired tonight(Image: Tom Dymond)<\/p>\n

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