Jonathan and Charlotte
| Jonathan and Charlotte | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jonathan Antoine 13 January 1995 Charlotte Jaconelli 24 August 1995 Essex, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Classical crossover |
| Years active | 2012–14 |
| Labels | Syco/Columbia (2012–14) |
| Website | www |
| Past members |
Jonathan Antoine Charlotte Jaconelli |
Jonathan Antoine (born 13 January 1995) and Charlotte Jaconelli (born 24 August 1995), known collectively as Jonathan and Charlotte, were an English classical crossover duo from Essex. They finished as runners-up in the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012, being beaten to the winning post on 12 May by dancing dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey. At the time, they were aged 17 and 16 respectively. Despite not winning, the young duo were offered a £1million record deal by Simon Cowell on his record label Syco. They have since released two albums:
Both were unknown prior to Britain's Got Talent, but were paired together at West Hatch High School, in Chigwell, Essex by the school's singing coach Jenny Ewington. Their head of music, Ginette Tomlinson, chose "The Prayer", originally performed by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, which they sang for their GCSE and also at their teacher's church wedding ceremony. Before shooting to fame on the hit TV show, Charlotte was training full-time in Musical Theatre at the Arts Educational Schools, London, while Jonathan was training classically at the Royal Academy of Music part-time as a junior.
Their first Britain's Got Talent performance together was in the Series 6 audition held in London, aired 24 March 2012. There they began the contest as "Charlotte and Jonathan" and sang "The Prayer". Although all judges were deeply impressed by the performance, Simon Cowell advised Jonathan he should "dump" the (in his opinion) less-talented Charlotte, considering she would hold him back in the competition, but the pair remained together, and the act's name was reversed.
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