{"id":7103,"date":"2014-05-24T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2014-05-24T18:37:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T17:37:23","slug":"sam-jones-impresses-on-britains-got-talent-with-his-ventriloquist-act-despite-his-tourettes-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/7103\/sam-jones-impresses-on-britains-got-talent-with-his-ventriloquist-act-despite-his-tourettes-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Jones impresses on Britain\u2019s Got Talent with his Ventriloquist act despite his tourettes condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ventriloquist Sam Jones from Brighton impresses the panel on Britain\u2019s Got Talent with his act despite his tourettes condition.<\/p>\n<p>Sam revealed to his local news paper, The Argus that he didn\u2019t apply for the show,  he was nominated as part of the \u2018BGT Scouts\u2019 contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Scouts competition gives friends and family members the opportunity to put forward people they know for the show, with a \u00a310,000 cash prize for the Scout if their nominated act went on to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who nominated me,\u201d Sam said. \u201cI just got a call saying that they\u2019d seen clips of me on YouTube and would like me to audition for Britain\u2019s Got Talent, I was over the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam, who was diagnosed with Tourette\u2019s syndrome at the age of just nine, also revealed that he was nervous about performing for the panel but his nerves got WORSE when Simon Cowell did NOT appear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/05\/samjones2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/05\/samjones2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"sam jones bgt\" width=\"570\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7107\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/05\/samjones2.png 570w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/05\/samjones2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* food and drink *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3648486817\";\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\/7103\/sam-jones-impresses-on-britains-got-talent-with-his-ventriloquist-act-despite-his-tourettes-condition\/\"><\/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>Ventriloquist Sam Jones from Brighton impresses the panel on Britain\u2019s Got Talent with his act despite his tourettes condition. 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