BGT winner Jon Courtenay admits £ 250k prize will help his family ‘get out of a tough situation’

It seems that Jon Courtenay’s win on Britain’s Got Talent came at the perfect time for him, as he admits he ran into financial difficulties during 2020.

The 47-year-old comedy singer won a whopping from the show. £ 250,000 prize pool on Saturday after beating the other nine acts in the live finale.

Before COVID-19, she was a cruise ship singer, with the cruise industry at a great disadvantage due to the pandemic’s travel restrictions.

On Sunday, he told The Sun: ‘I haven’t worked since March. We have no savings. My wife has been a stay-at-home mom. This money has really got us out of a difficult situation. “

On where he will spend the money, Jon said: ‘Aside from paying our overdraft, I have friends and family that I can help. I’m also going to give a lot of money to children in need because I have children. ‘

If I hadn’t won, Jon said, “I would have had to get a normal job outside of the entertainment business as I wouldn’t have known where my next pay package would come from.”

Jon is married to his wife Emma, ​​44, and shares with their two children, Nathan, 15, and Alfie, nine.

He also said that he will buy his son Nathan the Lego Millennium Falcon Star Wars kit he has had his eye on, which retails for a whopping £ 649.99.

Following his music win on Saturday night, BGT’s voting figures have been released, revealing that Jon got 33.7 percent of the public vote.

This crushed Steve Royle and Sign Along With Us in third and second place out of the water, with Sign Along With Us receiving 15.33% of the vote and Steve Royle getting 14.1%.

The next was Nabil Abdulrashid, fourth classified. The irreverent comedian received 13.9% of the votes.

However, some viewers weren’t happy that Sign Along With Us didn’t take the win.

The chorus is led by leader Jade and her brother Christian, who has a type of brain injury called HIE, caused by being born for 24 minutes. The choir sings while using sign language.

One person took to Twitter to complain: ‘Sorry but Jon Courtenay won Sign Along With Us it’s a tragedy. That money would have gone to all those BEAUTIFUL kids and made so much more than Jon, who is destined for vacation camps. In fact, I’m really upset about this … Terrible! ‘ [sic]

‘Sign Along With Us was the most moving group on Britain’s Got Talent this year, I would have loved to see them win!’ [sic] another wrote.

A third posted: ‘I think poor man Victoria Wood was the last so that he was fresh on everyone’s mind. Signing together with us should have won. They would have made good use of the money. He will spend it on vacation! [sic]

When he was announced as the winner, Jon was speechless and finally said, ‘I’ve tried not to think about it because I’m too bad at hiding my disappointment.

‘A couple of mornings I woke up, and actually this morning, for the first time, this sounds really dramatic, but I woke up and had an idea for a song for the Royal Variety Performance. I wrote it down and tried not to think of it as a sign … ‘he said, referring to the award for performing at the prestigious event.

He continued: ‘Just amazing, I can’t believe it. Listen, thank you. You don’t know how much this means. You have changed my life, the life of my family. Mom, I can’t imagine how you handle it now. I hope you are still alive!

He added: ‘Thank you, this has changed my life, the life of my family. Mom, I can’t imagine how you handle it now, I hope you’re still alive!

Jon has not only earned a place in the coveted Royal Variety Performance, but he will also receive a whopping £ 250,000.

In fact, it was the final act to perform on the show, singing a humorous yet heartwarming song that reflects the events of the year.

This left Judge Alesha Dixon in tears, and she later commented that it was a ‘perfect’ way to sum up a year that everyone has found difficult.

BGT 2020 came to an end after having struggled for a year in which many shows, such as The X Factor and Love Island, ceased production entirely.

The series was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the spring, when it typically airs auditions and live finals before the summer. But ITV made sure to return this fall to complete the contest.

The judges (including Ashley replacing the injured Simon Cowell) have been sitting a social distance away for the finale, after contestants waited patiently all summer to complete the competition.

The audience was replaced by a virtual audience, allowing the atmosphere of the arena to be prominent in accordance with the strict COVID-19 rules that remain in effect.

Audiences were also wowed by performances by Les Misérables’ brilliant combined companies: The Staged Concert, The Phantom Of The Opera and Mary Poppins.

After seven months of total closure, 60 artists came together to evoke the dazzling lights of the West End.

The stars included Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Carrie Hope Fletcher, John Owen-Jones, Shan Ako, Killian Donnelly, Zizi Strallen, and Charlie Stemp.

This special performance coincided with Les Miserables’ 35th birthday and the Phantom of the Opera’s 34th birthday.