How would you react to losing out on 250k?

He was pissed off and expected to win. Steve was much better

NEVER won? He's only entered once!

I have to say while it's sad that he has cerebal palsy, that is certainly what's getting him that far imo. He's really that funny at all, I think last night I laughed three times at most during his act and even then it was just a 'ha' not a proper laugh as such. In comparison, whilst they are different types of comedy, I was in stitches at Steve when he brought out Simon and Sinitta, and as for Francine I don't think I stopped laughing the whole way through!

The judges should have told him that he could be the next Michael Barrymore.

He reminds me of Joe Pasquale on acid.

I laughed at that

Why is it unfair to criticise him because he has a "condition"?

Celebral Palsy doesn't necessarily mean mentally impaired and he's as bright as you and me, forget the fact that his limbs don't do as they're told to do, forget the CP and see the person.

In my opinion, he wasn't funny. He failed to make me laugh as he used his disability for much of his (so-called) humour and he was playing on it. He needs to work on his delivery because all I saw was a fourteen year old boy reciting a script, and badly. I truly believe that he was hoping for the sympathy vote because of his CP but he didn't get it from me. He wasn't gracious in defeat because I believe that he, himself, believed the hype and thought that it was a foregone conclusion that the voting British public would fall for the disabled playing card. They didn't, they had more sense.

Jack needs to up his game if he wants to be a comedian but, without using the lack of control over his limbs for the butt of his jokes, he won't be able to because he won't have any material to work with. A comedian he isn't but a player he most certainly is, he tried to play the British voting public and they didn't come up trumps. You can fool some of the people. .. etc.... etc... this time he didn't fool enough to get him through.

Agreed.

Much as I have disliked Francine, on the night she was a much better act than Jack.

In terms of comedy Steve was outstanding and his dummies, any one of them, had a more endearing personality that Jack.

the runner up joke was very predictable - I think he's used to turning his disability into a joke.

I think that his condition gave him the sympathy vote. I didnt find him even slightly amusing and am still wondering if he would have got so far if he was fully able bodied.

Not to patronize him would be to compare if he was funnier than any other comedian and in my opinion, he was dire.

However he did it, he did well and I wish him sucess in his future but how many would pay to see his routines, not me or I fear, many others.

He comes across as a nice lad with a good sense of humour.
But, I didn't find his act funny enough to laugh at, at any stage in the competition.

I agree. Simon's comment on eggs that only 'Jack could make funny of what just happened'. Twitter had far better jokes within seconds of it happening

If he'd been non disabled he would never have made the final

No one is safe on these forums are they?

Hats off to a kid who had the guts to stand before a massive audience and try something adult performers find a huge challenge. Be funny.

Seriously, give the kid a break.

But he did fail to be really funny, and you you can't give someone a break, just because they are a kid or have a 'condition' if he not good enough, that all that should matter, same with sob stories, it should be notthing do with it.

I don't think anybody on this, or any other, thread have once commented negatively about his courage in appearing on a public stage, let alone on TV.

Very, very few have commented, (thoughtlessly), in a disparaging way about his disability. Many have commented very positively on his determination to overcome his particular problems.

No question at all that he tried. He tried hard, perhaps too hard.

But, sadly, he was just not anything like as funny as has been implied by some posters.

Are all of the negative comments in these Forums about his 'comedic talent' wrong?

Was 80% of the voting audience wrong?

I think you're talking rubbish.

Why would people vote for an act they don't like just because he's got CP.

You wouldn't pay to see him, fair enough but as for the "many others" comment, just remember he came SECOND out of eleven which obviously means a lot of people DID think he was funny. If he wasn't that funny as some here are saying he wouldn't have come second out of eleven. He would have come 7th or 8th or whatever.

Just remember that he's only 14. He writes his own stuff and I think for a fourteen year old he's quite funny.

Arrogant? That's the whole point haha. Any good comedian has that about them, good on the kid for carrying on with his act after losing out, he shook their hands and did applaud them so yeah.

I thought he looked a tad tired last night and stumbled over his words a little.

Maybe nerves got the better of him, or he'd overdone things a tiny bit.

Regardless, for 14yrs old he did a sterling job imo. At least he made me smile even if I didn't think his jokes were rib ticklers.

Well done Jack!

Thank you for your opinion which you are entitled to but if you read this thread you will realise that my comments are endorsed over and over again.

If he was on your wavelength and you found him funny, well good for you, others do not feel the same way.

For a 14 year old, he may be funny to some, but on a countrywide search, he was not funny to all, some who expect an awfully lot more content and wit than he actually gave. If he didnt, as he was 14, well, hopefully he will hone his act to adults in the future as not many 14 year old will fill his bank balance on his performance on BGT.

We are not criticizing him totally, he is young, but not up to the world of comedy where he has to compete with the best in the business now that BGT is over.

Apart from that, I wish him well and time will tell about his career and hopefully he will not end in the mire, so many previous Cowell hopefuls have ended in.

I guess you must find the average comedian very unfunny. Which is fair enough. But probably not what you were going for with this.

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I didn't laugh at Jack's final routine, so fair enough at those comments, but if you're in it to win it of course you're going to be disappointed when you don't win.

I agree with that. He has a good sense of humour and he does have quite a quick wit where he can react quickly to live situations. So that should put him in good stead for the future.

I also think that compared to just about every other comedian (Except for the terrible but hilarious Latvian comedian) he's probably been the best comedian on BGT.

But I think he was good in his first audition, not quite as good in his second, and got progressively worse in the final.
He was okay, but I think he needs to work on his act after BGT.
I thought his material was weaker in the final. He just didn't seem as good.
I didn't laugh at Jack in the final, but I did laugh at Steve.

I don't know if he was arrogant, but I did get the sense that he was becoming complacent and as though he had been led to believe that he would win. He's only 14 though so I won't hold that against him too much.

I hope that he does go on to improve his act and become professional in the future, but I would have placed him about 3rd or 4th on the night.

Really?

I think that at some level, either consciously or subconsciously, many of us do. I include myself here as well by the way. I confess that things like this may affect me from time to time.
It's behind the reason why many say young children shouldn't be on on this show because it's said that they corrupt the nature of the competition and it becomes less about talent. Which to an extent I think can be true in part.

However, since Jack was in it, that's it, you can't do anything about it once the competition has started. You have to live with it. You can only hope that they sort things out in a future series.
I wish they didn't try to focus on sob stories, or cute kids, or nans. But when they do it can be difficult for it to not have an influence on us.

The thing is that although these factors may or may not help certain acts on this show with the framework of the show supporting them, once they leave the show it may be a much harder slog when people choose whether to pay money out of their own pocket to go and see them.
What I think is probably cruel is to give so many of the contestants false hope that they have a wonderful career ahead of them. Which this year the show has done so often.

I know what you mean. It was as if Simon was trying to imply that the egg incident was somehow a very difficult situation to derive comedy from, and that it would have the very best comedic minds in the land completely stumped as to how to make a joke out of it.

Why are so many people moaning if anybody says anything against any of the child acts? Face it, they only got through because they have the 'cute' factor. If people are discussing their opinions of what they think of the acts then they should be free to say what they like.

I agree that Jack was arrogant and he acted like a very sore loser when he didn't win. Why is nobody allowed to say that? Just because hes a child? Why is it acceptable to criticise an adult act but not a child act? Is it because they are iccle liccle innocent children and we shouldnt say nasty things? Sorry but If you are brave enough to go through the ordeal of performing in this show then you must realise that you are all on the same level on the playing field and you will be judged and possibly criticised. To put yourself in that position you MUST be able to accept that. If people can't accept that they might not win and might get criticised then they shouldnt be on the show at all. This is why I feel there should be a separate show for the kids.

If you are performing on such a huge show like this then youve got to take the good with the bad. If kids can't cope with what others say or when they are judged then they should not be on it in the first place. So please please don't have a go at people for saying someone is 'arrogant' just because they are a child and sadly in this case disabled.