Jamie Pugh – Britain’s Got Talent

Jamie Pugh performed as part of a group at the Haymarket in 2006

It has come to light that Jamie Pugh has previously performed in the West End. In 2006, he appeared in Star EFX Sunday Night Live – an event set up to showcase new talent – at Her Majesty’s theatre in Haymarket, London. The theatre is a 1,200-seat venue that is currently hosting the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom of the Opera.

He sang a medley of Rod Stewart hits with a group of six other performers,  and performed a solo of Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World.

A number of the daily newspapers are accusing Jamie Pugh of “fibbing” about not having appeared on stage in the West End before. The story probably broke in The Sun newspaper, who on their website have the video on Jamie’s 2006 West End performance (also available below).

There has been a certain degree of outraged indignation from the newspapers, because when Simon Cowell asked Jamie: “Out of interest have you ever done anything like this, where you’ve sung with an audience like this?”Jamie replied: “No!

“I suffer severe stage fright. It cripples me really. I’ve come here today to see if I can get through three minutes.

“I’m just a simple bloke from The Valleys and my dream is to sing at the Royal Variety.“

Jamie has responded to the allegations, saying: “I have previously performed as part of a group but I never sang alone. It didn’t go that well.”

My Opinion

So what if Jamie performed as part of a group in a new talent showcase – that’s what undiscovered people do to try and get noticed. He was on stage with 12 other people, not as a solo performer. It is not like he is hiding a professional past, or hiding an agent, or a previous recording contract. He truthfully answered Simon’s question under the pressure of the moment that no, he had never done anything like this before as a solo artiste (a solo part in a group doesn’t count).

Jamie was obviously really nervous before Saturday’s performance. He was not putting it on, anyone could see that. And to be honest, his nerves are apparent in the video of the start of his West End solo. He is completely off key until he calms down and gets into the song.

Jamie, don’t let it get you down! There’ll be another story to take everyone’s attention tomorrow. We still love you!

See Jamie’s previous West End performance here:

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