There was barely a dry eye across the nation last weekend as millions watched the inspirational members of Sign Along With Us wow the Britain’s Got Talent judges.
Auditions for the 14th series are in full swing, with hosts Ant and Dec and judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams back for more golden buzzer fun.
Each judge is only allowed to use their buzzer once a series to send an act through to the semi-finals – and last Saturday David fell for Sign Along With Us’s version of The Greatest Showman’s This Is Me.
Still to come are two other kids’ groups hoping to make the world a better place – Class Dynamix and SOS From The Kids.
Sign Along With Us – whose members are aged four to 64 – was formed by Jade Kilduff, 18, whose five-year-old brother Christian has cerebral palsy and is registered blind.
The pair went viral last year thanks to online videos of them signing along to their favourite hits. Jade said: “We were told Christian would never be able to walk, talk or even sit up, that he would be in a wheelchair for life.
“But here he is, our little miracle, defying all the odds and making us unbelievably proud every day.
“His perseverance is unbreakable and he is always happy.”
The Manchester-based sign language choir puts its stamp on popular, meaningful songs.
When David Walliams sent them straight through to the live semi-finals, the children celebrated by making a “snow angel” in the gold confetti that fell down and were joined by Ant and Dec.
Jade said: “One of our biggest characters has to be little Tayla, who is one of the youngest at only seven and without fail makes us smile every time we watch her sign."
She continued: “The amount of sass, smiles, emotion and passion she puts into it... and not once does she stop dancing.
“Grace has the biggest smile from ear to ear as soon as she arrives, too. She is a born performer.”
Fundraiser Ella Chadwick, 12, who stole Simon Cowell’s heart at the Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain awards in 2018, is also in the group.
Jade added: “We want to spread the message of inclusion, that no matter who you are and what difficulties you face you can achieve your dreams if you believe.
"Sign Along with Us includes people with and without disabilities, people from different backgrounds, ages, genders, religions and sexuality.
“We just want the world to be a more inclusive place where people can feel completely free to be who they are.”
Above all, Jade wants more people to take up sign language.
“We are just ordinary people giving signing a go and having a lot of fun at the same time,” she said.
“We would love to have a huge platform to teach sign language on, maybe even our own TV show.”
- Watch Britain’s Got Talent, Saturday at 8pm on ITV.
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