{"id":5438,"date":"2012-05-09T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T19:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2012-12-04T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T18:13:00","slug":"britain%e2%80%99s-got-talent-2012-a-confident-malaki-paul-impressed-with-%e2%80%98no-one%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/5438\/britain%e2%80%99s-got-talent-2012-a-confident-malaki-paul-impressed-with-%e2%80%98no-one%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2012: A Confident Malaki Paul impressed with \u2018No One\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Malaki paul britains got talent semifinals\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/bgt2012\/malakaipaul.jpg\" alt=\"Malaki paul britains got talent semifinals\" width=\"277\" height=\"215\" \/>In his audition Malaki Paul broke down in tears during his performance of \u2018Listen\u2019 by Beyonce, but tonight it was a very different school boy who took to the stage and impressed the judges.<\/p>\n<p>Malaki said recently that he wasn\u2019t nervous about performing on the semi-finals and admitted that he has been practicing singing in public and in front of large groups of people, ever since he got four yeses at his audition.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Malakai took to the stage and gave a very confident performance of \u2018No One\u2019 by Alicia Keys. This is what the judges had to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>ALESHA DIXON:<\/em> We all fell in love with you at the first audition. You sing as if you\u2019ve lived a thousand lives. There\u2019s a lot of pain there\u2026you\u2019re a raw talent.<\/p>\n<p><em>SIMON COWELL:<\/em> I think today you went from a boy to a man . You managed to conquer your nerves\u2026if you can do what you\u2019ve done tonight, you\u2019re going to be very successful going forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>AMANDA HOLDEN:<\/em> Malaki, I thought it was a huge improvement\u2026but there were quite a few pitching issues if I\u2019m going to be honest with you.<\/p>\n<p><em>DAVID WALLIAMS:<\/em> That is the greatest comeback of all time. Two weeks ago, the nation saw you cry on TV. 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