Jon Courtenay, eccentric and singing comedian, has won Britain’s Got Talent after putting up an incredible rendition of an ode to 2020 in the final.
Courtney beat runners up Sign Along With Us and Steve Royale to the win the show on Saturday.
Courtenay has been a huge favourite with judges and viewers after he got a golden buzzer from the show anchors Ant and Dec in his first audition which got the audience including the show founder, Simeon Cowell, in tears.
He is also the first golden buzzer act to win the show.
Courtenay sang about being with our friends, standing on our doorsteps “with pride in our chests” to clap for the NHS, before ending his stellar performance by singing the poignant lines: “It won’t be long before these masks are gone, we’ll be living life again to the maximum. And we’ll remember people like Sir Captain Tom.
“And in years our kids will be reminiscing, not about the big stuff that they’ve been missing but the every day they got play with dad and mum.
“And we’ll remember that we were strong when McDonald’s was closed for so very long. And Britain’s talent will be that we all carry on!”
Telling Jon he “took his moment,” Alesha Dixon praised Ant and Dec on a “genius Golden Buzzer.”
Who is Jon Courtenay?
Jon Courtenay is a 46-year-old musical comedian and father of two kids from Mosley, Manchester.
He has had a career as a bit of a showman for most of his life who describes himself as “a piano-playing funny guy who writes songs, parodies, does stand-up and loves singing songs written years before I was born.”.
Before wowing the crowds at BGT, Courtenay has been playing gigs around the country and abroad.
