Alfonso Rodriguez is a variety act and an echoer who auditioned for Series 8 of Britain's Got Talent. He was aged 29 at the time of his audition and hailed from Madeira, Portugal.
To begin his audition, Rodriguez began speaking as his voice later echoed as he said several words on the stage. He then stated that he would perform three types of echoes whilst echoing as to which ranged from; the mountain echo, the boomerang echo, and the social song hold echo. Alesha described the performance as being 'Very entertaining', yet Simon criticised the performance stating he couldn't see him winning and being introduced at the Royal Variety Performance and to the Royal Family as 'Alfonso who just repeats everything'. He advanced onto the following round, however he failed to reach the Semi-Finals.
After BGT[]
In 2016, Rodriguez competed on the 2nd season of ‘Portugal's Got Talent’, where he reached the Semi-Finals.[1]
In 2018, Rodriguez competed on the 18th season of ‘Poland's Got Talent’, where he reached the Semi-Finals.[2]
In 2021, Rodriguez auditioned for the 15th season of ‘Germany's Got Talent’ where he performed a mash-up of echoing and beatboxing, yet despite this he failed to reach the live shows.[3]
In 2024, Rodriguez competed on the 10th season of ‘Spain’s Got Talent’ under the name ‘Echoman’, where he reached the Semi-Finals and his performance was buzzed off.
Trivia[]
- Interestingly although he introduced himself as Alfonso Rodriguez on stage BGT (backstage he introduced himself as Afonso), he is known as Afonso Rodrigues on ‘Portugal's Got Talent’, ‘Poland's Got Talent’, & ‘Germany's Got Talent’ and as Echoman on ‘Spain’s Got Talent’