Britain’s Got Talent child star truly unrecognisable with ripped muscles 16 years later
He was beaten by Susan Boyle in 2009.
Aidan Davis has grown up a lot since his stint on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009.
The street dancer reached the final of the third series of the ITV talent show, finishing fifth overall in the year that saw Susan Boyle’s emotional win with dance group Diversity in second place.
While Aidan competed against Diversity in the tense final in front of judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piera Morgan, he went on to tour with them after the show.
The youngster gave a plucky audition to Flo Rida’s Low, and sailed through the rounds despite having no formal dance training. He was compared to season 2’s George Sampson.
Amanda said he ‘blew her away’ with his performance, while Simon said: ‘I think you’re better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented.’
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While the Brummie shot to fame at the age of 12, he’s now a 27-year-old dad, and looks unrecognisable from his days on primetime TV.
Aidan Davis made the final on Britain’s Got Talent 16 years ago as a 12-year-old (Picture: Aidan Davis/Facebook) Now it appears Aidan is into keeping fit in the gym (Picture: Aidan Davis/Facebook)In 2023 Aidan welcomed a little girl called Poppy and it looks as though he’s keen on health and fitness, having built up a muscular physique over the years. He also appears to still be into making music.
Following his time on the hit show, Aidan released music including track I Luv U and the 2016 song Couldn’t Care Less, which pointed to a particularly difficult point in his life two years prior when both his parents almost died.
He came fifth in the 2009 season of the show, behind Diversity and Susan Boyle (Picture: Ken McKay/REX/Shutterstock) He welcomed a child in 2023 (Picture: Aidan Davis/Facebook)Within weeks his mother Mandy had three bleeds on her brain and his father Leroy suffered a heart attack, he revealed in an interview with Birmingham Live.
He recalled: ‘My mum was rushed to hospital and then my dad had the heart attack.
Simon Cowell said he was one of the best dancers the show had ever seen (Picture: Ken McKay/REX/Shutterstock)‘We nearly lost them both. It was a terrible time, we went through a lot of cr*p, and afterwards I sat down and thought “Why do we stress about the little stuff?”. I have a very carefree attitude to life now.”‘
Britain’s Got Talent is back on our screens at the moment, with the addition of judges Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli after David Walliams was dropped from his post for making comments about contestants.
Britain’s Got Talent continues at 7pm on Saturday on ITV and ITV.
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