Jonathan Clegg (born 7 April 1970) is a British comedian and impressionist, who is best known for finishing seventh in the eighth series of ''

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''.

Career

Stage

Clegg has starred in a number of

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, including Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs in Crawley in 2010-11, Cinderella in 2007-08 and Aladdin, in 2006-07, both in Brighton. He played Simple Simon in the production of Jack and the Beanstalk at The Hexagon from 2013-14. He then starred once again as Buttons in Cinderella in the 2014-15 panto season at the same theatre. He starred in the 2015-16 pantomime Snow White alongside

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at the Imagine Theatre in Coventry. In 2016-17, he will appear as Simple Simon in Jack and the Beanstalk, starring alongside former winner of ''

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'',

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. Jon also toured the UK with the hit show Forever In Blue Jeans in the late 1990s & then again from 2004 till 2010.

''Britain's Got Talent''

Clegg was a contestant on the eighth series of ''

'' between April and May 2014. During his first audition which was aired on 10 May, Clegg did impressions of well-known people including

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and

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and

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. After impressing the judges, he went through to the next round. His next performance was during the semi-final round on 26 May. Once again, he did impressions; this time of

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, Peter Dickson,

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and

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. He was in the top three in the public vote later that night, but after the judges failed to reach a majority, Clegg was eliminated leaving illusionist Darcy Oake to take the place in the ''Britain's Got Talent'' final. On 4 June 2014, a few days before the final, it was announced that Clegg was chosen by the judges as the series' 'wildcard act' and given a spot in the final. In the ''Britain's Got Talent'' series 8 final, Jon Clegg performed impressions of

, Homer Simpson,

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and impressionist Jenson Zhu who competed in the series, but did not make it to the final . Clegg finished in seventh place overall, and later stated that his father was his inspiration. Clegg appeared in the 2016 series of ''Britain's Got Talent'', during a performance which celebrated some of the best acts to take part in the last nine years of the show. The performance was organised by

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After ''Britain's Got Talent''

Since 2015, he has voiced various characters in the

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series ''

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''. Since 2015 Clegg has toured Butlins and works all over the world on Cruise Ships including P&O Cruises, Celebrity, Princess and TUI Marella at resorts in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. He also continues to perform in Pantomime every year.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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