{"id":7005,"date":"2014-05-10T00:58:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T23:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2014-05-10T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T19:19:57","slug":"teenage-school-boys-bars-and-melody-sings-hopeful-on-britains-got-talent-2014-auditions-and-thank-alesha-dixon-for-her-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/7005\/teenage-school-boys-bars-and-melody-sings-hopeful-on-britains-got-talent-2014-auditions-and-thank-alesha-dixon-for-her-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage boys Bars and Melody (BAM) sings Hopeful on Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2014 auditions and thank Alesha Dixon for her inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boys known as Bars and Melody impressed, the judges at their Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2014 auditions with their singing ability.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, also known as BAM \u2013 whose real names are Charlie, 15, from Cardiff and Leondre, 13, from Wales &#8211; performed a rendition of &#8216;Hopeful&#8217; by Twista and Faith Evans with original lyrics about their past experiences of bullying.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Holden told them: \u201cI\u2019m just so happy for you. (To Charlie) Your voice is beautiful. We were all in tears. So well done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Walliams added. \u201cFor two young kids like you to come out and sing about something that really affects you and do it in a style that\u2019s completely yours is a really rare thing. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alesha Dixon tells them: \u201cThe minute you started that verse it brought a tear to my eye. It was really, really moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leondre replies: \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for you I wouldn\u2019t be rapping so thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell told them: \u201cI\u2019ve heard some monstrous songs today and I was literally losing the will to live,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou know what, I listened to every word. Did this stuff happen in your life? I think that record could be a hit. 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