Simon Cowell drops Ryan O'Shaughnessy from 'Britain's Got Talent'?
Published May 5 2012, 00:01 BST | By Paul Millar
Ryan O'Shaughnessy is given bad news on Britain's Got Talent tonight (May 5) ahead of the live semi-finals.The singer-songwriter, whose song 'No Name' went viral after the auditions, is contracted to Universal Music after appearing on The Voice of Ireland, which means he cannot progress on the ITV series.
© ITV / THAMES/SYCO
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Syco boss Simon Cowell tells the 19-year-old on tonight's show: "We have a bit of a problem, and I think you know what that problem is, don't you? You're on another show which you're signed up to.
"You signed a contract with another company so why did you come and audition for this show?
"All you're doing is taking the place of somebody else, who isn't in your position on two shows. I'll be absolutely blunt with you, we were going to give you a yes, but I can't... you understand that."
Criticising The Voice, which he left after one week, O'Shaughnessy argued: "Song writing is my thing and I wasn't allowed to express my own music on the other show, but I was on this show, it was a better opportunity for me."
Stating his intention to return to the show, he added: "Right now I know exactly what I want to do, I need to get home, get that organised so I can get out of that show and come back over here and do BGT because that's what I want to do."
However, he "100%" understood why Cowell made the decision to withdraw him from the competition.
If O'Shaughnessy manages to relinquish his contract with Universal, there remains a chance for him to appear in next week's live shows.
Britain's Got Talent airs Saturday at 8.45pm on ITV1 for the show's final audition and unveiling of next week's semi-finalists.
Watch Ryan O'Shaughnessy perform 'No Name' on Britain's Got Talent below:
that **** hole cowells done him a favour say he won bgt and signed for cowells he would ov been droped within 6 month like any male winner of bgt or xfactor yr best of out ryan in my opinion.
May 6th 2012 at 5:54am
No I doubt it. If they'd known they'd never had put him through. It's like a 14 or 15-year old using a fake ID to audition for The X Factor - they try to hide that one vital detail that makes all the difference.
May 5th 2012 at 11:14pm
I guess he didn't think he had to tell them everything.
May 5th 2012 at 11:12pm
I know talent shows would "like" you to only apply for one, the same way employers would like you to only interview for one job at a time. You don't, you apply for them all because you want to up your chances. Only problem comes when you're a little too successful as this lad has been...
May 5th 2012 at 10:45pm
Very nice of Universal to release him-Don't know if Syco would do the same as I believe the contract for BGT is VERY strict.
May 5th 2012 at 10:45pm