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Singing priest Fr Ray Kelly misses out on BGT final

Fr Ray Kelly
Fr Ray Kelly

Singing priest Fr Ray Kelly was eliminated from Britain's Got Talent on Friday night and has failed to make it through to Sunday night's final.

Musical comedian Micky P Kerr went though to the final after a public vote and he said, "I just trying very hard not to cry to be honest with you.

"Thank you so much to everyone that voted. I need to speak to my boss because I don't think I can make work on Monday."

The Giang Brothers were also voted through to the final in the public vote. "We are very happy ... I would like to say thank you so much to Britain's Got Talent viewers for letting us make Vietnam people proud." the Vietnamese brothers said

65-year old Fr Kelly is a priest in Oldcastle, Co Meath and he rose through the ranks of the shows after impressing judges and viewers with his first audition, which Simon Cowell said was one of his favourite auditions ever.

"I was really, really shocked by the reaction," says Fr Kelly.  "When I decided to go on Britain’s Got Talent I kind of thought maybe I would be embarrassed and told to get off, thanks very much for coming blah, blah, blah. 

"That was my biggest fear but then I said you know I’ll go in with the attitude of I’m not going to beat myself up if something negative happens. 

"I have another life and I’m 65 years of age so I’ve been around the block a little bit.  I’m not a teenager thinking, ‘this is my life’.  I love to sing and I love to perform but I have my life here in Oldcastle too.

"So I was pretty relaxed going in to audition.  I was not expecting that reaction."

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