Punjabi dance group bid for ITV stardom

A PUNJABI dance group have competed against thousands for a place in the semi finals of Britains Got Talent, a national competition which is shown on ITV.

Amandeep Gahla 21, of Brookside Road, Hayes, Amandeep Bhamra 19, of Marlborough Road, Hillingdon, Jagjeet Sangoo, 20 and brothers Lucky Dhaliwal 20 and Harmeet Dhaliwal, 21 have been practising together for the last three years in their band, Nachde Punjabi Dancers (NPD) which is a bhangra dance group.

The auditions took place on October 17 in Holborn, London, and the band will find out if they have got through in December. If successful the group would get to perform in front of celebrity Simon Cowell which would be televised and shown on ITV in April of next year.

Amandeep Ghala said: "Everyone enjoys the energy, it's very entertaining, and we're not just a traditional bhangra group because our dances are infused with an urban and modern vibe."

NPD are hoping to follow the footsteps of Signature, a band which got through to the finals of the show last year and where one of the members Madhu Singh is from Hayes.