All three of those failed to make it to the final. Clearly, Jack is doing something right. I can't believe people are making excuses - whether he would have gotten through without a disability we will never know so there's no point dwelling on it.
You missed out Les Gibson, He got to final and did a terrible act!
I think some of his stuff (the stuff about Kim Jong Un) is very very funny, some of his other stuff is okay. He has good timing but I find his delivery a bit sloppy as he just moves from one joke to another quite randomly.
He's definitely not the worst comedian on the show though, that would go to Charlie from Series 2 although even he was better than a guy on Australia's Got Talent who stole his audition routine from other comedians. The judges made him write his own material for the semi-final and it was awful
I think Jack has plenty of potential, with good comic timing and a dry delivery .... the ingredients are there. Not sure though if BGT and the massive hype is setting him up for a fall. Whereas, I could see him in a few years, ease quietly and effortlessly onto something like the Comedy Roadshow and be great!
Lee Evans is about as funny as toothache. He does the same thing on every performance and sadly for him what he does isn't remotely funny. I have no idea why he is still around or why anyone would pay to watch such nonsense! Utterly devoid of talent!
Jack Carroll is 100 times more funny and I don't even think he is that great!
Really? Are you for real?
Lee Evans is a million times funnier than Jack Carroll. Don't get me wrong, I did chuckle a little at Jack, but to compare him to someone of Lee Evan's caliber is, quite frankly an insult.
I don't think Jack is the worst comedian to ever go on BGT. I did smile at a one of his jokes which is more than I've ever done at previous comedians who've been on the show. His act was ok but I can only take him in small doses.
Is Jack really that popular? Will the sympaty vote really get him into the Top 3?
He's just a little disabled boy telling unfunny jokes. I just don't see the appeal of it all. I then think would Simon want him to appear at the Variety performance and my answer is no.
I find him a little funny though not laugh out loud funny, but i'm not particularly into stand-up comedy to be honest anyway, and he does seem to me like a decent and pleasant kid.
However, I still think the show is milking his disability for a sympathy vote and I think the judge's OTT laughter is put on somewhat. For all I know this could be Jack's own choice but I couldn't help but notice that he was more or less the only act in the semi-finals who they didn't style/makeover, not even his hair. I can't help wondering if it was a producer decision to ensure the complete "unfortunate" and vulnerable.appearance isn't taken away. (and no, I didn't intend to sound patronising here, but i couldn't think how else to make the point!)
I don't think Jack wants the sympathy and I have absolutely nothing against him, far from it, but the producers want it, it brings in more votes and therefore money.
To be fair, Jack has a disability for which we all, hopefully without exception, feel great sympathy, both in the way that he, and in the way that his parents have managed. All praise to them.
However, he has another handicap, not serious in any way, thank goodness, but the fact is he is just not funny enough to hold an audience. Ignore the Judges hysterical and totally over the top reactions, the audience at home may occasionally smile, or snigger, but sustained laughter just isn't going to happen.
Comedians have a hard job - they have to sustain laughter and genuine amusement over a period of time.
He tries, he tries hard, but it just doesn't get anywhere.
I haven't laughed at a single thing he has said so far, i do not get the appeal.
He doesn't come across as likeable, and i cannot stand him.
I think he's good, but would an adult comedian that was as good as him and wasn't disabled have gotten through? Hmm... Judges become gutless when it comes to kids or people with noticeable disabilities.
To be fair, Jack has a disability for which we all, hopefully without exception, feel great sympathy, both in the way that he, and in the way that his parents have managed. All praise to them.
However, he has another handicap, not serious in any way, thank goodness, but the fact is he is just not funny enough to hold an audience. Ignore the Judges hysterical and totally over the top reactions, the audience at home may occasionally smile, or snigger, but sustained laughter just isn't going to happen.
Comedians have a hard job - they have to sustain laughter and genuine amusement over a period of time.
He tries, he tries hard, but it just doesn't get anywhere.
Yeah, you could easily tell that Simon was faking his laughter.
Jack is the Joe Pasquale of BGT... and yes Pasquale won his show as well... and a marvelous boost to his career it was. That was unoriginal and signposted sarcasm from me.
Be fair, Cowell says it even in the auditions and the other Judges are no better; arguably Walliams is worse at a 95% hit rate.
When you see the first or second act on the night being told they are ' the best act ever' then you know it is all false and hypocritical - not that we don't all know that anyway.
Jack's success will depend on his being able to find good material, because he doesn't have a naturally funny appearance like Tommy Cooper or Ken Dodd. He can make something of his disability (like Ronnie Corbett's jokes about his height) as long as he doesn't overdo it.
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You missed out Les Gibson, He got to final and did a terrible act!
He's definitely not the worst comedian on the show though, that would go to Charlie from Series 2 although even he was better than a guy on Australia's Got Talent who stole his audition routine from other comedians. The judges made him write his own material for the semi-final and it was awful
He was an impressionist.
Could someone name a better COMEDIAN than Jack on BGT?
Really? Are you for real?
Lee Evans is a million times funnier than Jack Carroll. Don't get me wrong, I did chuckle a little at Jack, but to compare him to someone of Lee Evan's caliber is, quite frankly an insult.
So did I , I missed his first audition but read the comments on here and didn't expect to find him funny but I thought he was great
He is not that good, his self-deprecating approach I don't like, and his other jokes are cringeworthy
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He can't see if I am laughing at his jokes or not, so why would that bother me.
He's just a little disabled boy telling unfunny jokes. I just don't see the appeal of it all. I then think would Simon want him to appear at the Variety performance and my answer is no.
However, I still think the show is milking his disability for a sympathy vote and I think the judge's OTT laughter is put on somewhat. For all I know this could be Jack's own choice but I couldn't help but notice that he was more or less the only act in the semi-finals who they didn't style/makeover, not even his hair. I can't help wondering if it was a producer decision to ensure the complete "unfortunate" and vulnerable.appearance isn't taken away. (and no, I didn't intend to sound patronising here, but i couldn't think how else to make the point!)
I don't think Jack wants the sympathy and I have absolutely nothing against him, far from it, but the producers want it, it brings in more votes and therefore money.
On the contrary, this country loves nothing more than to put the boot in.
Everyone knows he will walk it!
Boom boom!
Lee Evans has always been a very poor pathetic clone of Norman Wisdom..:yawn::yawn:
However, he has another handicap, not serious in any way, thank goodness, but the fact is he is just not funny enough to hold an audience. Ignore the Judges hysterical and totally over the top reactions, the audience at home may occasionally smile, or snigger, but sustained laughter just isn't going to happen.
Comedians have a hard job - they have to sustain laughter and genuine amusement over a period of time.
He tries, he tries hard, but it just doesn't get anywhere.
I think he's good, but would an adult comedian that was as good as him and wasn't disabled have gotten through? Hmm... Judges become gutless when it comes to kids or people with noticeable disabilities.
Yeah, you could easily tell that Simon was faking his laughter.
The unoriginal and signposted one?
Jack is the Joe Pasquale of BGT... and yes Pasquale won his show as well... and a marvelous boost to his career it was. That was unoriginal and signposted sarcasm from me.
He said that about 80% of the semi acts!
Be fair, Cowell says it even in the auditions and the other Judges are no better; arguably Walliams is worse at a 95% hit rate.
When you see the first or second act on the night being told they are ' the best act ever' then you know it is all false and hypocritical - not that we don't all know that anyway.