Dudley hopefuls show off to Britain's Got Talent judges

The auditions, which took place yesterday were held at Brierley Hill Civic Hall on Bank Street, where hundreds of people flocked to show what they could do.

Not only did dancers, singers, musicians and the more unusual acts tread the boards in front of researchers for the ITV's hit show, but dozens of people spent the day watching the acts perform.

One such group that showed they had all the right moves was West Bromwich based dance troupe Remedy.

The four-piece girl group has only been together for two years, but delivered an impressive performance of street dance to a medley of hip hop and R'n'B tracks.

Speaking after their performance, Emily Welborn, aged 22, who choreographed the piece said: "We were really scared before we got on stage, but as soon as we were there, the time seemed to fly. We didn't make any mistakes. We just love dancing together." One of the judges of the regional auditions was ITV's Beth Millard, aged 24, who now lives in London, but is from Coseley. She said: "We have some some really fantastic acts here, from dancers, singers to some quite surprising acts. It's great doing these smaller regional auditions because you really get to see how talented people are and get to know them and what they're about."

Also on the line up for the auditions was 81-year-old Malcolm Palmer of Gornal. Malcolm performed a rendition of Jimmy Perry's 'Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?', the theme to Dad's Army, on his banjo ukulele.

Malcolm said: "I think I may be the oldest person here. But I really enjoy getting up on stage in front of people and playing my ukulele. This is my fourth audition for the show, so I hope I get through to the next round."

Sisters Sophie Harris, aged 17, and Daisy Harris, aged 11, of Pesnett also attended the auditions. Sophie auditioned on her own, performing her own song 'Look Up' whilst little sister Daisy performed the Christina Perri song 'Jar of Hearts' with friend Katie Withers, also 11, of Kingswinford. "The dream is to become a professional musician," Sophie said, "so maybe this will help me on the way, everyone's got to start somewhere!" The acts will find out how they got on in November.