| DJ Talent | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 34–35) |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | rap |
| Occupations | DJ, rapper |
| Years active | 2008 — present |
| Labels | Frrecords Ltd / Talent Recordings music |
| Associated acts | List of Britain's Got Talent Semi-Finalists 2009 |
DJ Talent (real name Anthony Ghosh) (born 1978) from Peterborough Cambridgeshire is a part-time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings (one infused with a blue stone), and a full set of gold teeth costing £7000 in total. He first drew press attention in 2006 after being a repeated victim of armed muggings. He has a father called Sujit Ghosh who is a British Asian Civil Engineer and a successful business man who designs roads and bridges. Dj talent has a mother called Pat Ghosh and a disabled brother called Michael Ghosh who is mentally handicapped and autistic. The Britain's got talent star moved to Bromley in kent when he was a year old because his father worked up in the City as a bridge designer. For Dick Cheney company Haliburton a director of an international construction company and the Vice President of the USA when George W Bush was in power.
DJ talent aka Anthony Ghosh started out his music career in the mid 90's as a Jungle drum and base Dj. In 1998 Dj talent got into the studio and recorded his first two uk garage white label singles friends and I can't believe. Who he met John Clarke / Electrostat through a guy called Blue Dread. John Clarke Electrostat was the co producer and sound engineer of the 3 top Dj Luck and Mc Neat singles. That's where the legend Anthony/ Ghosh aka Dj Talent started to become a name in the music industry. By 2004 Dj Talent had 28 gold crowns fitted and by 2005 Anthony Ghosh had a collection of tattoo's. In 2005 Dj Talent started his TV Career. From being an underground Dj to a uk British Dance music Producer. Things went from strength to strength with appearances on the Jeremy Kyle show, Itv This morning, Gmtv, BBC Radio 1, The Friday night C4 project where Dj Talent performed a rap to Kanye West, Also becoming a big star on the 2009 series 3 show Britain's got talent. Going on tour with Susan Boyle and Stavros Flatley. Simon Cowell launched Dj Talent / Anthony Ghosh to becoming a uk reality TV star.[1][2]
Prior to his appearance on Britain's Got Talent, he has appeared on TV programmes including Homemade on T4 where he appeared with celebrity blogger and TV presenter Mark Boardman, The Jeremy Kyle Show, Vanessa's Real Lives, Ann Widdecombe Versus The Diet Industry [3] and The Friday Night Project where he performed a rap for guest host Kanye West, as well as appearing on "Best Guest Week" on the Scott Mills Show for Radio 1. He is currently appearing in the marketing campaign for UK Bingo website, BOGOF Bingo.[4] He also appeared on the celebrity special of Four Weddings
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Personal life [edit]
Anthony Ghosh / DJ Talent lives in south east London with his Indian-born father Sujit 69, and his British mother Patricia, 59. He works as a song Writer and famous uk music producer. He also is based and lives in Eastbourne East Sussex.[5]
In late 2008, as a direct result of the credit crunch and its associated economic downturn, Talent attempted to raise cash by selling off his 28 gold teeth for £14,000, although ultimately this was never seen through.[6][7] His former girlfriend, Fawne Cox, took out a restraining order against him after he sent her threatening text messages and posted naked photos of her to her workplace.[8]
Britain's Got Talent [edit]
His act as part of Britain's Got Talent for the auditions stage solely consisted of a one verse rap. The lyrics are as follows:
- I say Britain
- You say Talent
- Britain's got talent!
- It's the DJ Talent!
Despite apparent criticism, and receiving four buzzes from the judging panel, albeit one operated incorrectly after Kelly Brook pressed Piers Morgan's buzzer (although she claimed that it was not DJ Talent, but Piers's dancing), Talent made it past the opening stage to the semi-finals. After performing and being put through, Talent proceeded to invite judge Kelly Brook out to dinner, which was accepted on her behalf by Simon Cowell.
During his semi-final performance, Talent created variations on his original chorus. This involved using the original chorus, but replacing "Britain" in line one, with "Simon", "Piers" and "Amanda", and replacing "talent" in line two with "Cowell", "Morgan" and "Holden" respectively.[9]
His debut single was released on 28 of September 2009.[citation needed]
He was seen in the London Auditions for Series 5 and was chosen to go through to the Live Auditions.
References [edit]
- ^ Wheeler, Virginia (27 October 2006). "Mugged 3 times for gold teeth". The Sun.
- ^ "DJ's £10,000 teeth become target for gold digging robbers". The Daily Mail. 27 October 2006.
- ^ "Bad boy DJ hails Ann Widdecombe". South London Press. 10 October 2008.
- ^ "DJ Talent at BOGOF Bingo". 3 August 2009.
- ^ Thompson, Melissa (28 April 2009). "Britain's Got Talent exclusive: DJ Talent takes The Mirror out on a date - video".
- ^ Mullins, Scott (3 December 2008). "Credit crunch could force Beckenham DJ into gold tooth sale". This is Local London.
- ^ "Downturn forces DJ to sell teeth". BBC News. 11 December 2008.
- ^ Flynn, Brian (2009-05-02). "BGT's DJ Talent: "I'll get you shot" | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ Flynn, Brian (22 May 2009). "DJ Talent ‘nicked my rap’". The Sun.
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