Thirty-three-year-old Ronan Busfield from Bedfordshire introduced himself as an employee of a well-known supermarket, which immediately set up a huge contrast to the talent he was about to reveal. Ronan confessed that his appearance on the Britain’s Got Talent stage had been a dream “building up inside me for years and years” and that a successful audition would be “utterly life-changing.” With his wife and young son watching backstage, he was clearly terrified yet excited to finally show the world his true ability.
For his performance, Ronan chose the challenging and beloved song “Maria” from the musical West Side Story. The moment he began to sing, his powerful, operatic tenor voice filled the theatre, instantly earning a massive reaction from the audience and leaving the judges in shock. The quality of his vocals was so rich and emotional that the panel noted he seemed to possess amazing stage presence, proving he was much more than just a man who worked at Tesco.
During the feedback, Ronan made a surprising confession: he had actually worked as a professional singer five years earlier but had quit after his father passed away and he started a family. He admitted he “just fell out of love with singing,” but now wanted to show his wife and son that the dream was still possible. Judge Simon Cowell noted that the performance was “very passionate” and that people would “root for” him, while David Walliams called his version “fantastic.” Ronan Busfield received a unanimous four “yeses,” successfully restarting his career with a powerful comeback.
