Flawless are an English

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based in the UK who competed on the third series of ''

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'' in 2009. Flawless made the final of the competition, appearing alongside fellow street dance troupe

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History

Before forming Flawless, Marlon Wallen was a member of street dance group Kruel Intentions (also known as just K.I.). Kruel Intentions took part in the London Jump Off in 2004 and 2005. During the 2005 Jump Off, K.I. battled Swift Moves, the members of which would later go on to form Diversity. Flawless went public in 2005, having been formed a year earlier by the group's choreographer Marlon Wallen and her business partner Amelia Benoit. In the same year, Flawless won the National UK Street Dancing Championships (now known as Street Dance XXL). In 2006 to 2019 they performed on the

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children's talent show ''

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''.

2009: ''Britain's Got Talent''

In 2009, Flawless took part in the third series of ''

''. They auditioned in London shortly before Diversity.

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stated they were 'jaw droppingly outstanding', while

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called the group 'electrifying'. They received three yeses from the judges. In the Semi-finals(flawless), they were the last act of heat 2 to perform. They won the public vote and went straight through to the final, where they would face fellow street dance group Diversity and

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, both of whom had gone through in the previous heat. By the time of the final, Susan Boyle was believed to be the favorite to win. Flawless and Diversity saw each other as their main competition. Piers Morgan described it as the ultimate dance-off between the two best dance groups he had seen to that date on ''Britain's Got Talent''. Flawless started the final with Diversity as the second to last act. Diversity won on the night, with the voting summary later revealing that Flawless had come 8th.

2010–present

Flawless' ''Chase the Dream'' tour ran from September 2010 finishing in Bath on 14 November 2010. They then released a DVD of the tour in November 2010. The ''Chase the Dream.'' tour was rerun between February to April 2011. Flawless appeared in the 2010 film ''

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'' and its 2012 sequel ''

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'' along with

and the winner of

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. Playing the rival lead role of "The Surge" who in the film are named as one of the best UK dance groups. Flawless also appeared in 'StreetDance 3D’s "The Moves" DVD. Where a number of the stars of the StreetDance 3D film including Flawless taught some of the film’s most jaw-dropping dance routines by giving a simple step-by-step guide. They appeared in the second series of Internet soap opera '' EastEnders: E20'' in 2010. On 4 June 2012, Flawless collaborated with

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at the

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for

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. Flawless took part in

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at the

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in December 2014 to January 2015.

Filmography

Tours

*Britain's Got Talent Tour (2009) *Chase the Dream (2010 & 2011) *Flash Mob where dance worlds collide (2014)

DVDs

*Flawless: Live Street Dance - Access All Areas (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flawless Performing groups established in 2005 2005 establishments in England 2005 in London English dancers British hip hop dance groups Britain's Got Talent contestants Cultural organisations based in London