Axel Blake is a comedian who won Series 15 of Britain's Got Talent. He was aged 33 and worked in Property Maintenance at the time of his audition. He hailed from West London and applied for the show in order to teach his 12 year old son Nyron to believe in himself, and that if he put his mind to something he could make it happen.
Blake's audition was televised after a brief montage of acts who failed to impress Simon. In his audition, Blake made remarks about the London Underground, contactless credit cards and relationships. David commented 'Everything you said was brilliantly funny and original', with Simon adding 'You're the first person honestly who's ever made a joke about COVID and was funny', before pressing his Golden Buzzer, sending Blake directly through to the Semi-Finals.
Axel was the closing act in the last Semi-Final of the Series. In his Semi-Finals performance, Blake made remarks about fan mail, his fiancées work gossip, and replying to long messages. Alesha remarked 'You couldn't have played that any better, you had a great night tonight Axel and I think the audience are going to get behind you', with Amanda adding 'Every single joke landed'. He won the Public Vote and advanced directly onto the Final.
Blake's Final performance included remarks about nosey neighbours, different types of cyclist and dancing in unexpected places. Simon remarked 'I really, really believe we have discovered a star', with David describing the act as 'A winning performance in every way'. Blake won the public vote, ahead of ventriloquist Jamie Leahey and singer Tom Ball.
Before BGT[]
In 2015, Blake played a comedian in a Short Film entitled 'Handle With Care' and starred in a TV movie entitled 'Pranksterz' in a role that is not disclosed by his IMDB Page.
In 2020, Blake played Cruz in a film entitled 'Love Spell'. Additionally in 2020 Blake portrayed himself in his Amazon Prime TV Special entitled 'Axel Blake - I'm Not Gonna Lie'.[1]
He has toured the UK and performed in comedy shows such as Comedy X-Factor, Comedy on the Hill and Young Dons of Comedy.[2]
After BGT[]
In July 2022, Blake appeared on an episode of CBBC's 'Saturday Mash-Up'.
In September 2022, Blake appeared on an episode of 'Celebrity Lingo' alongside comedienne Ellie Taylor as his teammate.
In November 2022, Blake appeared on an episode of 'Don't Hate The Playaz'.
In December 2022, Blake performed at The Royal Variety Performance in front of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, with his performance being introduced by Simon Cowell. In his performance, he made remarks about no longer shopping at TK Maxx, finding family members that he never knew he had and arguing with his fiancée.
In January 2023, Blake competed on 'America's Got Talent: All Stars', where he was eliminated in the preliminaries.
In June 2023, Blake appeared as a Guest Performer during the fourth Semi-Final of Series 16 wherein he revealed he was initially sat in the audience before leaving his seat and heading onto the stage and making remarks about the cost of living, the variety of people's laughter, his addiction to his phone, starting a Podcast with his son Nyron (Like Father Like Fun) and phones from when he grew up.
Between June & July 2023, Blake appeared on the fifth season of ITV2 series ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’.
In December 2023, Blake appeared on an episode of the fourth season of ‘Sorry, I Didn’t Know’.[3]
In 2024, both Axel and his son Nyron Bridgemann appeared throughout BGT Reacts and were the only people to appear on every episode.
In September 2024, Blake competed on an episode of ‘Tipping Point: Lucky Stars’.
In late November 2024, Blake appeared on a weeks worth of episodes of ‘Richard Osman’s House of Games’.
Trivia[]
- At the start of his Semi-Final when discussing some of the acts who would be performing that evening, Ant & Dec accidentally referred to him as 'Alex Blake' rather than Axel Blake, yet this mistake could have been due to the fact that they had mixed him up with Alex Jesson from Matricks Illusions.
- He is the first ever Golden Buzzer act of Simon Cowell's to win any Got Talent show judged by Cowell. He is the second ever Golden Buzzer act to have won the main show, with the first being Jon Courtenay in Series 14.