So happy for Richard Jones to scoop BGT 2016! I knew he would win the moment I saw his audition (like I did for Diversity in the memorable SuBo season). His personal interaction with the judges was a great presentation that you don’t see too often and worked well on TV.
This SF was a pretty good trick too though I started to wonder whether he was a pyromaniac. I’m still scratching my head as to how he used the match to write the word bottom on the page but I loved the light banter with the judges that made him come across as relateable and likeable.
This one was a little mawkish though it did tear at my heartstrings and he really didn’t do a lot of magic in this one. Nevertheless he paid tribute to the man that inspired him to do magic and that’s something you don’t see many incorporate in their performing act. Props to him for that!













