What Happened to Calum Courtney after BGT 2018?

Calum Courtney is a 16-year-old singer who participated in Britain’s Got Talent in 2018. He got eliminated from the finals after delivering some splendid performances over the season. Calum has a net worth of 5 Million USD as of 2023.

The British teen became famous after singing Smokey Robinson‘s “Who’s Lovin’ You” in the midst of his neighborhood Asda. His aunt recorded his performance and posted it on Facebook. Over a million people have watched it since then.

Calum is at his happiest when playing to a large audience. Tupney Courtney, his mother, believes her son’s autism is to credit for his self-assurance. Calum continues his career as a singer and is stated as one of the most well-known pop artists in the UK. Here are some facts about him.

Where is Calum Courtney now? & what is he doing now?

Singer Calum Courtney, 16, is from Essex. He had a mild form of autism. According to some reports, Calum ranked among the most well-known Pop Singers born in the UK.

Calum continues to perform his career as a singer while performing in various events, shows, workshops, and charity events organized specially to support the Autistic community. He has 3,185 Instagram followers and 10.4k subscribers on YouTube. He posts many song covers and updates on his YouTube channel.

Calum Courtney biography

Calum Courtney was born on July 31, 2007, in England. Britain’s Got Talent 12 finalist Calum Courtney received the judges’ unanimous vote of approval. He wound up in 9th place.

At the NSPCC Winter Charity Ball, which benefited the National Autistic Society, he performed alongside JP Cooper and Emile Sande. In a video posted to YouTube in December 2017, he sang Smokey Robinson’s “Who’s Lovin’ You” to customers at an Asda supermarket and quickly gained internet fame.

Family and relationships

Tupney Courtney is Calum’s mother and details about other family members are not revealed. Calum is believed to be still single and his relationship status is not publicized.

What happened to Calum Courtney on Britain’s Got Talent?

Auditions

His audition performance of “Who’s Loving You,” originally by The Jackson 5, was a surprising deviation from the pop music theme of his introduction. Following his audition, David told him, “you performed absolutely beautifully today.” “That was one of the largest reactions I think we’ve had from anybody this year,” Amanda continued.

Semi-Finals

In the semi-final round, he sang “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder with a choir and ended his performance by projecting a photo of himself and his mother onto a screen behind him.

Alesha said that Calum had done “very well to cope with [his] nervousness,” while Simon said he couldn’t believe someone would rework a “Stevie Wonder song for their mum.” After tying for second in both the People’s and Judges’ votes, he advanced to the Championship round thanks to the Public Vote.

Finals

He sang “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida at the grand finale, with a backdrop of enormous blue spotlights. One thing Alesha was certain of, she said, was that he had “Soul!” Amanda remarked that in the championship game, his performance was “over the roof.” By the end of the Final, he had finished seventh.

How, far did Calum Courtney go on BGT?

Competed in the final round of the 12th season of Britain’s Got Talent and received the majority of the judges’ votes. He wound up 9th.

Career

He sang Smokey Robinson’s “Who’s Lovin’ You” to the astonishment of Asda customers in December of 2017. Two million people have watched footage of him singing on YouTube. Calum, who has a minor form of autism, may have even landed a record deal thanks to his performance; a producer is interested in collaborating with him on a charity song for release in 2018.

His mother, Tupney Courtney, is so proud of him that she created a YouTube account after his performance went viral. She remarked, “He loves how it feels and hearing the sound of his voice when he sings,” when the Smokey Robinson video went viral.

He sings all the time at home and has never been nervous about taking the stage. Calum thrives in front of a large audience. Tupney disclosed that her sister had originally intended for only Calum’s father to watch the footage of the boy’s performance in Basildon, Essex, but the clip soon became viral after being released online.

She elaborated, saying, “Calum has high-functioning autism. This has led to a hazy sense of self-identity, challenges at school and in his friendships, and a lack of inhibition while performing in front of an audience for Calum“.

We tell him that autism is like a superpower because while it may limit him in certain ways, it has given him extraordinary talent in music. The gifted youngster has previously shared the stage with musical greats such as Emile Sandé and JP Cooper at a charity ball benefiting the National Autistic Society.

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