Signature (dance group)
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| Signature | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | pop, bhangra |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Associated acts | Tigerstyle |
| Members | |
| Suleman Mirza Madhu Singh |
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Signature are an English dance group which comprises of Suleman Mirza and Madhu Singh. Their notable style of dance is British Bhangra and they frequently base their performances around Michael Jackson songs, such as "Billie Jean" and "Thriller". Both these performances were in Britain's Got Talent 2008, in which they were runners-up to street dancer George Sampson. [1]
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[edit] Biography
Suleman Mirza is a trainee solicitor[2] and the main contributor of the act. His involvement concerns the Michael Jackson tribute moves of the dance. Madhu Singh works at PC World in terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport.[3] Singh's main involvement is entering part-way through the act and performing Bhangra dance. Mirza, an English Muslim and Singh, an English Sikh met in 2000 at an audition for a talent show at Westminster University.[3]
[edit] Britain's Got Talent
[edit] Audition
On Britain's Got Talent in their audition in London, which aired on 24 April, Signature performed to "Nachna Ondei Nei" (by Tigerstyle featuring Kaka Bhainiwala) - a bhangra tune mixed to the beat of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". They combined the Michael Jackson lyrics and style of dancing with traditional bhangra style music and dancing in a comedy dance act.
Before the audition, Mirza said: "I don't think the judges will have ever seen an act like mine before...in this act there will be a lot of moon walking, but there is a twist, and if they weren't Michael Jackson fans before they may even turn into one."
Mirza is then shown moonwalking around the stage, and performing Michael Jackson style dance moves. As he dances, Madhu Singh, dressed in a white coat, walks past the show presenters Ant & Dec at the side of the stage and makes his way onto the stage with a broom. The two then start a Bhangra/Michael Jackson "dance off", bringing with it a standing ovation from the audience and one of the judges, Amanda Holden.[4] [5]
After their audition, Signature became one of the favourites to win, due to their popular crossover-style of dancing and mixing Bhangra with Michael Jackson and their ever growing "element of surprise".[citation needed]
[edit] Semi-final
In the first semi-final on 26 May they performed to "Thriller", winning the public vote and so went through to the final.[6]
[edit] Final
Before the final show, Simon Cowell said that he believed that Signature were one of five acts who could win the show.[7] In the final they again performed to "Nachna Ondei Nei" and were announced as finishing in the top three alongside street dancer, George Sampson and boy soprano, Andrew Johnston. Sampson won the show with Signature finishing as runners-up.
[edit] References
- ^ "George Sampson wins Britain's Got Talent", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ "REDBRIDGE: Britain's Got Talent dancer loses final", Redbridge Guardian, 2008-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b "Britain's Got Talent: dancing to the same beat", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-05-30. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Dancer thrills on Britain's Got Talent", news.com.au, 2008-04-28. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ "Britain's Got Talent: The escapologist who can't escape, a Bhangra Michael Jackson and, yup, more cute kids", The Daily Mail, 2008-04-25. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Hilton, Ben. "Two 'Talent' acts make it through to final", Digital Spy, 2008-05-27. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel. "Cowell reveals five 'Talent' favourites", Digital Spy, 2008-05-31. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
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