Beau Dermott is a young British singer who blew the world away in 2016 with her amazing musical talent when she appeared in the British Got Talent. Although she did not win the competition, in the end, she was a semi-finalist and left in fifth place. Since then, a lot has happened in her personal life as well as her professional life.
Interestingly, while she gained praise on one side, there are many others who insisted that she cheated in the competition. But did she? Here are all the facts to know about her.
Everything you don’t know about Beau Dermott
Quick biography Of Beau Dermott
Beau Dermott was born on October 28, 2003, in Liverpool. She was brought up by her parents Ian Dermott and Karen Dermott, both of whom have been very supportive of their daughter.
She attended Hammond School in Chester where she was a music student. It was while she was still there that she went for the BGT contest. In 2015, Beau opened The Hammond’s Annual Carol Concert in Chester Cathedral with ‘Once in Royal David’s City’.
Her older brother’s name is Ben, but there is not so much that is known about him.
Here Are 12 Amazing Facts About Beau Dermott
1. She Went For Britains Got Talent With Her Family
Beau Dermott, the beautiful 12-year-old who was part of the contestants for the show and wowed judges and the audience with her performances took along with her, her dad, mum, and brother. The girl with the angelic voice was quite shy and most likely needed her whole family to be there with her to give the necessary support.
2. She Lost Her Father To Cancer
On the 12th of February 2018, the young talented singer lost her dad to cancer. He was diagnosed to have had the disease in 2016. According to him at the time, he knew he had the disease when Beau and her mum flew for the semi-finals of the contest but did not tell them so as not to take the attention from his daughter and the competition.
Beau would go on to organize a number of charity events in order to help her ailing father. Unfortunately, after a well-fought battle, Ian Dermott lost his life to the disease.
3. Her Cousin Is A Dancer
Talent is something that seems to run in the family of Beau Dermott. Her cousin, Jack Higgins is a talented dancer who was dubbed Billy Elliot during the show. The ballet dancer made it to the semi-finals of the competition before he losing to Boogie Storm.
After BGT, Higgins continues to dance and has won many awards in the process.
4. Beau Suffered Social Media Trolling
Beau was a victim of trolls on Twitter after wowing with her performance of “Defying Gravity” and getting the golden buzzer. With some insisting that she cheated, trolls decided to attack her on Twitter with some going as far as creating fake accounts with her name.
In order to check this, Amanda Holden took to her Twitter where she shared the real Twitter account of the young singer. This helped cut down the trolls.
5. Beau Lost Her Grandparents Before BGT
Not long before BGT, Beau lost her grandmother. According to Higgins, their grandmother was a tap dancer when she was much younger. He revealed that he was very close to her, but Beau did not reveal much about her.
6. Beau Dermott Opened For Dame Vera Lynn
The young talented singer was honored by English singer, songwriter, and actress Dame Vera Lynn who picked her to open her 100th birthday celebration concert in 2017. The BGT semi-finalist sang a rendition of Vera’s ‘Glad Rag Doll’.
7. Life After BGT
Judging by her performance of “Defying Gravity” and her other performances at the British Got Talent contest, it was obvious to many that the young singer is cut out for greatness. Since her exit from the competition, she has continued with her education while also pursuing her musical career.
8. Beau Dermott In ‘Young Voices’
She participated in the 2019 ‘Young vOices’ at Londons O2 Arena and as usual, she was a delight to watch and an awesome performer.
9. Beau Dermott Signed A Deal With Decca
On returning back to her life after the British Got Talent show, Beau did not actually go back to the life she had before the fame this show brought her. In fact, life became quite busy for her even as she signed a major deal with Decca at the age of 14. Her first debut album was Brave released in 2017 by Decca Records. It received a good reception in the UK. She caught the attention of Decca’s executives after performing an old song by Dame Vera Lynn at her 100th birthday anniversary.
Ever since her BGT days and her record deal with Decca, Beau has been making huge strides and achieving quite a lot for herself.
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10. She Loves Animals
An animal lover living with her family and having very little to tend to, Beau has two dogs which she loves dearly. in addition to this, she also owns a rabbit named Tommy. Beau is also the proud ‘mother’ of a rescue pony named Prince which she spends ample time with.
11. Beau Dermott Is A YouTube Sensation
The 21 year old is a huge sensation on youtube as her performance on Britains Got Talent; Defying Gravity has gotten over 30 million views in recent time.
Her semi-finals performance has over 3 thousand views as well. The breathtaking singer knows just how to wow and keep the audience spellbound whether on stage or on the internet.
12. She Has Her Voice Insured
After her major deal with Decca, Llyods of London insured Beau’s voice for a sum of 1 million pounds to ensure it is still protected even while at school. Executives at Decca consider Beau’s voice a ‘one in a million’ type of voice and so had to secure it by insuring the voice.
Did Beau Dermott Cheat?
The strong performance of Beau during the competition has got some talk that the teenager cheated. This idea came after it was discovered that she had participated in some competitions in the past and won and she has been having music lessons.
It was claimed that for four years before the competition, she has been taking singing lessons once a month with StagePro Academy in Warrington. More so, she has also won some singing competitions before appearing in British Got Talent.
Although Amanda Holden was not aware of these before giving the 12-year-old the Golden Buzzer that took her to the semi-finals, the idea that Dermott got music lessons did not take anything from the fact that she is talented. The talent competitions that she won, Halton’s Got Talent and Warrington’s Got Talent are not country-wide competitions, and so all these cannot be considered as cheating.
