Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Diversity Dance Group- Introducation
Diversity is a street dance group that is best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent on 30 May 2009.The group, initially known as Swift Moves, formed in 2005 and performed at JUMPOFF dance battles. In their first year together they won the Street Dance Weekend 2007 competition.
Members
The group, ranging in age from 13 to 26 during the filming of Britain's Got Talent, are: Ashley Banjo, Jordan Banjo, Sam Craske, Mitchell Craske, Ian McNaughton, Jamie McNaughton, Matthew McNaughton, Perri Luc Kiely, Warren Russell, Ike Ezekwugo and Terry Smith.The group's leader and choreographer is Ashley Banjo, a university Physics student. He said "from the age of 14 I started to teach myself routines".
Britain's Got Talent
The group won the third series of Britain's Got Talent. All the judges praised their performance with Amanda Holden saying 'this show is just so brilliant because just when I think I've seen it all and nothing could get any better you came on described Banjo's choreography as 'genius' and said they were 'right up there with the best of the dancers we've seen.Diversity competed in the first semi-final on 24 May 2009 and won the judges' vote against Natalie Okri. They won the grand final on Saturday, 30 May 2009.
2009
After winning the show, Diversity appeared on Larry King Live on 6 June to talk about their future plans. They also became Patrons of the charity Hope for Children. They performed at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London on 5 July, and appeared at T4 on the Beach on 19 July at Weston-super-Mare. They also appeared in the 3-D film StreetDance alongside fellow Britain's Got Talent dance group Flawless and previous winner George Sampson. The film is due to be released in May 2010.
On 31 August they performed at Blackpool's Winter Gardens in a Michael Jackson tribute alongside George Sampson and Aidan Davis. This performance was on the same weekend as the World Street Dancing championships.
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