Britain's Got Talent's judge Simon Cowell heaped praise on the 'amazing' Coventry cheerleading squad Lady Grenades. They opened last night's live show on ITV in spectacular fashion. The squad, who are part of Coventry Dynamite, impressed the panel with their high octane routine to 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' with Bruno Tonioli saying it was the best way to start the show.
He said: "You have worked on that choreography, I can tell the difference, you changed the structure, you made those incredible acrobatic synchronisations even better, that was excellent. "Exhilarating fun, excellent." READ MORE: Superman Tom Holland, Olly Murs and stars descend for moving James Maddison event READ MORE: More than 107 faces from first day of school photos in Coventry and Warwickshire in 2007 Alesha Dixon said their personality was as 'sparkly' as their outfits, adding: "It takes so much courage to do what you are doing and so much trust.
You make it look seamless but I know how hard you have worked and it has paid off tonight, you should be really proud. "Well done girls." Amanda Holden praised their 'execution, balance and fearlessness' while Simon Cowell joked he was an 'expert on cheerleading'.
But he said: "I do know when an act has improved from their audition to the semi final and this, for me, was a big, big, big step up. The audition for me, it didn't have enough cheerleading in it, it had a little bit too much dance but this was absolutely on point, the track was great, you filled t.
