Aidan Davis
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Aidan Davis is a child
street dance
r from Birmingham
, England
who is best known for reaching the final of the third series
of the ITV
talent show
Britain's Got Talent
. He finished fifth place overall. He then toured the United Kingdom
, making live performances with the series' other finalists in the summer of 2009.
Davis has made numerous performances since Britain's Got Talent, including the 'Diversitoys' tour with Diversity, and as presenter for the first series of the Friday Download
show on CBBC
.
of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent
. In his audition he performed to Flo Rida
's "Low
". He received positive comments from all three judges, with Simon Cowell
saying "I think you're better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented". He received three yeses from Cowell, Amanda Holden
and Piers Morgan
and was put through to the next round. Despite never having had a dance lesson, at the time Davis was compared to the series 2
winner George Sampson
and was later chosen as one of the 40 semi-finalists.
He performed for a second time in the semi-final on 29 May 2009, dancing to "Rock Your Body
" by Justin Timberlake
. Again he received a standing ovation from the audience and positive comments from the judges. Amanda Holden said that Davis "blew her away" and he "went through the roof." Cowell told him, "whatever 'it' is, you've got it." He also praised Davis' confidence and charisma. Morgan compared him to a young Justin Timberlake, declaring him "a delight to watch". He was automatically put through to the final after receiving the highest public vote.
In the final, on 30 May 2009, he again performed to Flo Rida's "Low", which was his audition piece. He received a standing ovation. Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan loved the performance. Simon Cowell, however, told him his performance was not as good as his performance the previous night in the semi-final. He told him: "To be honest with you it wasn't as good. You had 24 hours and limited time to put it together. But you still have a huge future ahead of you" Davis later said that he felt "gutted" by this, but Cowell urged "Don't listen to me - no one else does. There's the public vote".
He did not rank in the top three acts in the competition, finishing overall in fifth place, receiving 6.5% of the total 4 million votes cast. After the show, Simon Cowell spoke of his regret at making Davis cry during the final.
; although they did perform together on the tour, Davis never officially became a member of Diversity.
Davis performed at a Michael Jackson
dance tribute show on 30 August 2009. He was lined up with other dance stars from Britain's Got Talent, including George Sampson
, Diversity
and Signature
at the Opera House Theatre in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Acts that also appeared were MD Productions, from the first series of Britain's Got Talent, Flava, Sugar Free and Marcquelle Ward who plays BB from television show Britannia High
.
On 24 September 2009, Davis performed at the launch night of Birmingham's Style in the City event. He showed off some of his "popping
" moves at the event, hosted by Mr Hudson. The following month, Davis filmed an advert for Cheetos Sweetos in Turkey.
Davis joined Peter Andre
, Alesha Dixon
, Alan Carr
, Lenny Henry
and the Sugababes
for the 2009 Rock with Laughter event which took place on 18 & 19 December 2009 at the LG Arena. Lenny Henry
, host of the event, spoke highly of Davis:
in Spring 2010. The tour was named "Bringing a Toy Story to Life" Plus Many Special Guest's, which specialises in 'bringing toys to life'. The tour also features Talent semi - finalists Sugar Free, rap artist Aggro Santos
, Contortionist Delia Du Sol, and Beatboxer Petebox. He performed at the Christmas lights switch on in St Helens, Merseyside
on 14 November. Davis performed at the Northfield Shopping Centre on 5 December, and on 8 December, he performed at the Pavilions Shopping Centre which was featured on Central Tonight
. On 1 August 2010, Davis performed at Nantwich live festival alongside many other acts. He also toured with Diversity
again in November/ December 2010 in the second run of their Diversitoys tour, this time titled Diversitoys; bringing a toy story to life at Christmas
TV show Friday Download
. Davis presented the 'Dance Download', where he taught the audience some of his signature dance moves. The other presenters were singer Dionne Bromfield
and actors Ceallach Spellman
, Richard Wisker
, Tyger Drew-Honey and Georgia Lock
.
In 2011, Davis began posting weekly video updates on his Facebook page every Sunday to keep his fans informed. He answers questions and talks about topics his fans want to know about during these videos, and he also gives shoutouts to fans asking.
, Birmingham and is in Year 10. He lives in Selly Oak
, Birmingham with his stay-at-home-mother, Mandy Williams and construction working father, Lee Davis.
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
street dance
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...
r from Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
who is best known for reaching the final of the third series
Britain's Got Talent (series 3)
The 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent was the third series of the programme. It began airing on ITV on 11 April. The 2009 panel of judges consisted of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan...
of the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
. He finished fifth place overall. He then toured the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, making live performances with the series' other finalists in the summer of 2009.
Davis has made numerous performances since Britain's Got Talent, including the 'Diversitoys' tour with Diversity, and as presenter for the first series of the Friday Download
Friday Download
Friday Download is a British children's television programme that airs on CBBC . The series gives the viewers a download feature on the latest trends, such as in television programmes, films, fashions, video games, dance routines and many more...
show on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
.
Britain's Got Talent: 2009
In May 2009, Davis auditioned for the third seriesBritain's Got Talent (series 3)
The 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent was the third series of the programme. It began airing on ITV on 11 April. The 2009 panel of judges consisted of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan...
of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
. In his audition he performed to Flo Rida
Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from...
's "Low
Low (Flo Rida song)
"Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida, featured on his debut album Mail On Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. The song features T-Pain and was co-written with T-Pain. There is also a remix in which the hook is sung by Flo Rida rather...
". He received positive comments from all three judges, with Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
saying "I think you're better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented". He received three yeses from Cowell, Amanda Holden
Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden is an English actress and presenter. Among her roles are Mia Bevan in Cutting It, Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart, and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award...
and Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....
and was put through to the next round. Despite never having had a dance lesson, at the time Davis was compared to the series 2
Britain's Got Talent (Series 2)
The 2008 series of Britain's Got Talent was the second series of the show. Notable differences from the 2007 series the included the fact that the auditions visited Scotland and that there were 40 in the live semi-finals...
winner George Sampson
George Sampson
George Jennifer Sampson is a street dancer and actor from Warrington, England. He won the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14.-2007 series:...
and was later chosen as one of the 40 semi-finalists.
He performed for a second time in the semi-final on 29 May 2009, dancing to "Rock Your Body
Rock Your Body
"Rock Your Body" is the third single from Justin Timberlake's solo debut album Justified. The song features Vanessa Marquez. She was at that time to Star Trak Entertainment....
" by Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
. Again he received a standing ovation from the audience and positive comments from the judges. Amanda Holden said that Davis "blew her away" and he "went through the roof." Cowell told him, "whatever 'it' is, you've got it." He also praised Davis' confidence and charisma. Morgan compared him to a young Justin Timberlake, declaring him "a delight to watch". He was automatically put through to the final after receiving the highest public vote.
In the final, on 30 May 2009, he again performed to Flo Rida's "Low", which was his audition piece. He received a standing ovation. Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan loved the performance. Simon Cowell, however, told him his performance was not as good as his performance the previous night in the semi-final. He told him: "To be honest with you it wasn't as good. You had 24 hours and limited time to put it together. But you still have a huge future ahead of you" Davis later said that he felt "gutted" by this, but Cowell urged "Don't listen to me - no one else does. There's the public vote".
He did not rank in the top three acts in the competition, finishing overall in fifth place, receiving 6.5% of the total 4 million votes cast. After the show, Simon Cowell spoke of his regret at making Davis cry during the final.
Post Britain's Got Talent
Davis performed in the Britain's Got Talent - The Live Tour 2009 in June and July 2009 at venues all over the UK along with the other finalists from the show. It was reported that Davis was going to team up with series 3 winners DiversityDiversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...
; although they did perform together on the tour, Davis never officially became a member of Diversity.
Davis performed at a Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
dance tribute show on 30 August 2009. He was lined up with other dance stars from Britain's Got Talent, including George Sampson
George Sampson
George Jennifer Sampson is a street dancer and actor from Warrington, England. He won the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14.-2007 series:...
, Diversity
Diversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...
and Signature
Signature (dance group)
Signature are an English dance group which consists of British Pakistani Suleman Mirza and British Indian 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"...
at the Opera House Theatre in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Acts that also appeared were MD Productions, from the first series of Britain's Got Talent, Flava, Sugar Free and Marcquelle Ward who plays BB from television show Britannia High
Britannia High
Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television (now part of...
.
On 24 September 2009, Davis performed at the launch night of Birmingham's Style in the City event. He showed off some of his "popping
Popping
Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit...
" moves at the event, hosted by Mr Hudson. The following month, Davis filmed an advert for Cheetos Sweetos in Turkey.
Davis joined Peter Andre
Peter André
Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
, Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records...
, Alan Carr
Alan Carr
Alan Carr is an English comedian and television personality. Born in Weymouth, he was raised in Northampton before moving to Manchester during his early 20's....
, Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...
and the Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...
for the 2009 Rock with Laughter event which took place on 18 & 19 December 2009 at the LG Arena. Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...
, host of the event, spoke highly of Davis:
2010
Davis toured with Talent winners DiversityDiversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...
in Spring 2010. The tour was named "Bringing a Toy Story to Life" Plus Many Special Guest's, which specialises in 'bringing toys to life'. The tour also features Talent semi - finalists Sugar Free, rap artist Aggro Santos
Aggro Santos
Yuri "Aggro" Santos is a Brazilian-born English rapper from Balham, London.-Background:Santos was born in Sao Paulo and raised in London. He decided to become a musician after buying the Carlos Santana album 'Supernatural' when he was eight...
, Contortionist Delia Du Sol, and Beatboxer Petebox. He performed at the Christmas lights switch on in St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...
on 14 November. Davis performed at the Northfield Shopping Centre on 5 December, and on 8 December, he performed at the Pavilions Shopping Centre which was featured on Central Tonight
Central Tonight
Central Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Central, serving the English Midlands.-History:...
. On 1 August 2010, Davis performed at Nantwich live festival alongside many other acts. He also toured with Diversity
Diversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...
again in November/ December 2010 in the second run of their Diversitoys tour, this time titled Diversitoys; bringing a toy story to life at Christmas
2011
Davis was one of the presenters for the first series of the CBBCCBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
TV show Friday Download
Friday Download
Friday Download is a British children's television programme that airs on CBBC . The series gives the viewers a download feature on the latest trends, such as in television programmes, films, fashions, video games, dance routines and many more...
. Davis presented the 'Dance Download', where he taught the audience some of his signature dance moves. The other presenters were singer Dionne Bromfield
Dionne Bromfield
Dionne Julia Bromfield is a British soul singer-songwriter. Bromfield's debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield, was released in 2009 by Amy Winehouse's Lioness Records label...
and actors Ceallach Spellman
Ceallach Spellman
Ceallach Spellman is a British actor, known for playing Malky McConnell in the BBC Two mockumentary The Cup, and Harry Fisher in the BBC One drama Waterloo Road from 2010 to 2011.Spellman attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School....
, Richard Wisker
Richard Wisker
Richard Wisker is a British actor best known for his role as Liam O'Donovan in Tracy Beaker Returns. He also is a host on Friday Download.-Career:...
, Tyger Drew-Honey and Georgia Lock
Georgia Lock
Georgia Lock is an English teen actress who lives with her family in Buckinghamshire.-Sadie J:She's notable for playing the role of Sadie Jenkins, a feisty 'teenager' in the British children's sitcom series Sadie J, alongside Ronan Carter and Priyanka Patel which initially aired on the CBBC...
.
In 2011, Davis began posting weekly video updates on his Facebook page every Sunday to keep his fans informed. He answers questions and talks about topics his fans want to know about during these videos, and he also gives shoutouts to fans asking.
Personal life
Davis currently attends St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Kings NortonKings Norton
Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also a Birmingham City Council ward within the formal district of Northfield.-History:...
, Birmingham and is in Year 10. He lives in Selly Oak
Selly Oak
Selly Oak is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The suburb is bordered by Bournbrook and Selly Park to the north-east, Edgbaston and Harborne to the north, Weoley Castle and Weoley Hill to the west, and Bournville to the south...
, Birmingham with his stay-at-home-mother, Mandy Williams and construction working father, Lee Davis.