{"id":6731,"date":"2014-02-08T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2014-02-08T21:50:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T20:50:39","slug":"homeless-singer-femi-santiago-sings-my-cherie-amour-by-stevie-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/6731\/homeless-singer-femi-santiago-sings-my-cherie-amour-by-stevie-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless singer Femi Santiago sings My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Closing the show this evening is Femi Santiago, a 27-year-old singer from London. <\/p>\n<p>At the aged of  19, Femi was homeless and contemplating suicide, saying: \u201cYou see people but people don\u2019t see you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Now living a rather normal life with an office job, wife and young son, Femi\u2019s got plenty of confidence and tells the cameras: \u201cI\u2019m not here to fail, I\u2019m here to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However his version of My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder doesn\u2019t immediately get any coaches turning around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/02\/femisantiago.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/02\/femisantiago.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"femi santiago\" width=\"570\" height=\"310\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/02\/femisantiago.png 570w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/02\/femisantiago-300x163.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/02\/femisantiago-200x110.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/6731\/homeless-singer-femi-santiago-sings-my-cherie-amour-by-stevie-wonder\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1805371;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing the show this evening is Femi Santiago, a 27-year-old singer from London. 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