Attraction (group)
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| Formation | 2004–present |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Shadow theatre |
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| Website | http://www.attraction.hu/ |
Attraction are a Hungarian shadow theatre dance group from Budapest, Hungary. They rose to fame during a performance at the Hungarian Olympic Oath Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics,[1] in which they did a rendition of many of the traditional sports within the five rings of the Olympic games logo. Less than a year later, they won the seventh series of Britain's Got Talent on 8 June 2013, beating joint favourite Jack Carroll.
History
The group was founded in 2004 by Zoltán Szűcs. Szűcs himself was a performer who has achieved national success in the mid-90s with his pop group Hip Hop Boyz,[2] when he was known as Real Action.[3] Attraction itself consists of 12 members,[4] although only eight were able to perform on Britain's Got Talent: Torda Katalin, Tóth Alexandra, Fehér Norbert, Lakatos Andrea, Szűcs Zoltán, Szentinek Csaba, Szabados Flóra and Kántor Janka.
Britain's Got Talent (2013)
For their Britain's Got Talent auditions, they acted out a story of a couple who meet under a bridge, fall in love, marry, and have a child. The father goes off to war and dies tragically. The piece ends with an image of the mother and daughter standing beside his tombstone. Judge Amanda Holden fought back tears and called the performance 'moving'.
For their semi-final performance, Attraction depicted a mother giving birth to her son, the son going off to college, getting married, and eventually the mother dies in her son's arms. At the end, the son's wife reveals that she is pregnant. The story was based on Zoltán Szűcs' life story, who dedicated the performance to his late mother.[2] They got high praise from the judges, with Amanda stating that she even saw Simon Cowell shed a tear. They got first place on the 5th semi final vote sending them straight to the finals.
In the final Attraction performed a fitting tribute to Britain, the highlight being when a lion was formed with their bodies. Once again they received a standing ovation and again Amanda shed a tear. They were announced the winners and became the first foreign act to win Britain's Got Talent and the third group act to win (with the first two being Diversity and Spelbound.
Post Talent
It has been reported that they will perform at Sin City in Las Vegas.[5] As winners of Britain's Got Talent, they will perform at the Royal Variety Performance in November 2013.[6]
Members
- Katalin Torda
- Alexandra Tóth
- Norbert Fehér
- Andrea Lakatos
- Zoltán Szűcs
- Csaba Szentinek
- Flóra Szabados
- Janka Kántor
References
- ^ Ellicott, Claire (10 June 2013). "Winners who were losers at home: Attraction were shunned in Hungary as they searched for success". Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b Halina Watts. "Britain's Got Talent: Attraction leader's mum died in his arms – Mirror Online". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "K.O.-val nyert Real Action árnyszínháza – comment:com". comment. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Company". attraction.hu. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Britain's Got Talent 2013: Attraction ARE headed to Las Vegas as they land "lucrative" deal!". Unreality TV. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "'Attraction' crowned winners of Britain's Got Talent 2013". Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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