Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden’s children have pushed the golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent as the auditions for the series come to an end.
The ITV talent show returned on Sunday, with judges Cowell, Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli, and presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – and the last few hopefuls for the semi-final week were revealed.
During the episode, Japanese skipping dancers Haribow, who somersaulted across the stage doing various tricks, left the judges almost speechless.
They received a standing ovation from the audience and numerous pleas for a golden buzzer, which would put them straight through to the semi-finals and are generally used only by the judges and hosts, from the BGT fans.
Dixon said she had “none left” regarding the buzzers along with Tonioli, while Cowell said that he “did not know what to say”.
“My son is literally going crazy right now,” Cowell added.
His son Eric, who he shares with wife Lauren Silverman, then went over and pushed the buzzer along with Holden’s daughter Hollie, who she shares with record producer husband Chris Hughes.
“They pressed it for the audience,” Holden said before calling the dancers “unbelievable”.
Congratulating the dance troupe, Donnelly told them: “That’s never happened before.”
Elsewhere, actor and comedian Dave Bibby also claimed he was trying to break a record by having custard pies thrown at him by McPartlin and Donnelly.
However, it had actually been a prank so that Cowell could throw custard pies at the Geordie presenting duo, who have previously played tricks on him.
“Dave you had us,” Donnelly said.
Also making into the next stage was an ensemble of women and a few men called Midlife Movers, who strutted their stuff to Relight My Fire, a nine-year-old magician, called Ella Rose, from Tamworth, and recorder player Richard Lindesay, 45.
Also receiving praise from the judges was Leightonjay Halliday, 23, a dancer from Scottish village Douglas, who used a small pool while expressing the vocals of Kodi Lee’s Change and ending up completely soaked.
Dixon said that “even if we took away the water” the dance would got through to the next stage, while Cowell said America’s Got Talent star Lee would be “so blown away when I call him and say ‘someone has just done the most unbelievable audition to your song’”.
American sword swallower Heather Holliday, 38, demonstrated putting a long blade into her mouth along with eight swords all at once, while turning around the stage and was given a standing ovation by some in the audiences and judges.
Cowell told Heather, wearing a gold dress, that she had a “star glow around you” and called her act “unbelievable”.
Heather and Leightonjay were both able to progress on the show.
Not making another round was the Radetzky Quartet from the Netherlands who played their instruments while engaging in slapstick comedy.
The 10 World’s Best-selling BMW models- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG or commonly known as BMW is global automotive companies headquartered in Munich, Germany. Historically, the journey of BMW started as aircraft engine manufacturer established in 1916. Furthermore, influenced by the ‘Treaty of Versailles’ related to restrictions on aircraft production, BMW officially transform its business into an automobile manufacturer in 1928 by purchasing the company known as Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. In addition, the first car produced was the BMW 3/15 (the Dixi) in 1928 and followed by BMW 303 in 1933 and BMW 328 in 1936. Along with business development, renowned for its blend of comfort, performance, and technological innovation from time time to time, as of 2023, BMW has sold its overall vehicle into 140 markets worldwide with total deliveries vehicle of BMW series in 2023 reaching 2.2 million units.
Based on diversified series of cars, BMW still produce a wide range including BMW Series 1 (Compact hatchback), 2 (Coupe, Convertible, and Gran Coupe), 3 (Compact executive car, including sedan, wagon, and the Gran Turismo), 4 (Coupe, Convertible, and Gran Coupe), 5 (Executive sedan and wagon), 6 (Gran Turismo), 7 (Series: Full-size luxury sedan), 8 (Luxury sports coupe, convertible, and Gran Coupe), X (SUVs models X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, and X7), Z4 (Roadster), i (Electric vehicles, including i3 and i8), iX (electric SUVs iX and iX3), M (M2, M3, M4, M5, M8, X3 M, X4 M, X5 M, and X6 M). But of all the models, there are 10 world’s best-selling car of BMW series/models in 2023. These models are more popular to its customers than others. Here is the rank of 10 World’s Best-selling BMW models in 2023. All the data were obtained from BMW Group Annual Report in 2023.
The Rank of the 10 World’s Best-selling BMW models
The Brief Description of the 10 World’s Best-selling BMW models
1. BMW 3 Series and BMW 4 Series
BMW 3 Series is a compact luxury car manufactured since May 1975. As of 2023, BMW 3 Series entered seventh generation unveiled at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. Some of the body style of series 3 include sedan (G20), touring/wagon (G21), and long-wheelbase version (G28).
Furthermore, the BMW 4 Series is a compact executive car manufactured since 2013. As of 2023, the BMW 4 Series entered second generation launched in June 2020. Commonly, the body style of BMW 4 series includes 2-door coupé (G22), 2-door convertible (G23), and 5-door liftback (G26). Overall, according to BMW Annual Report in 2023, BMW 3 Series and BMW 4 Series still become the world’s best-selling cars with total deliveries reaching 558,462 units.
2. BMW X3/X4
The BMW X3 and BMW X4 are a compact luxury SUV. The BMW X3 and X4 are closely related cars but they have some main differences. Historically, BMW X3 was manufactured since 2003. Meanwhile, BMW X4 was manufactured since manufactured since 2014.
Until 2023, BMW X3 has entered third generation. Some of the variants of BMW X3 in third generations includes BMW X3 sDrive30i and xDrive30i (Engine: 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 and Power of 248 horsepower), BMW X3 xDrive30e (Engine: 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 with an electric motor (plug-in hybrid) and Power of Combined output of 288 horsepower), BMW X3 M40i (Engine of 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 and Power of 382 horsepower), BMW X3 M (Engine with 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-6 and Power of 473 horsepower (standard X3 M), 503 horsepower (X3 M Competition). In the future, BMW X3 will release the fourth generation and the X3 will officially be unveiled on 19 June 2024.
Furthermore, as of 2023, BMW X4 entered second generation manufactured since 2018. There are some models of BMW X4 includes BMW X4 xDrive30i (equipped with Engine of 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 and generating Power of 248 horsepower), BMW X4 M40i (equipped with 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 and generating Power of 382 horsepower), BMW X4 M (equipped with 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-6 and power reaching 473 horsepower (standard X4 M) and 503 horsepower (X4 M Competition). Overall, according to BMW Annual Report in 2023, BMW X3 and X4 is the 2nd world’s best-selling car from BMW in 2023 with total deliveries achieving 405,562 units.
