Britain’s newest superstar tells Emma Pinch he just wants a little normality back in his life
HE’S the urchin-faced 14-year-old from Warrington who overnight became a superstar.
And barely dry from the soaking he got on the Britain’s Got Talent final last Saturday, breakdancer George Sampson is preparing to get wet again in a UK tour.
The moment he won already seems a lifetime away.
“I just went blank,” he remembers, his voice still tinged with incredulity. “I was thinking was that me? Did you just say my name? Is this the dress rehearsal? Is this the actual show? It was unbelievable.”
His life has been on fast forward since that night. By Tuesday, the day we speak, he has celebrated at a London hotel, visited his home, collected cards from his neighbours and attended a special assembly at his school. Earlier today, he’d taken his dance team out to the Trafford Centre taking in a meal, laser quest, bowling and a spin round the arcade, before he returned to London for interviews and intensive rehearsals in the afternoon.
He’s already learning about the perils of stardom.
“It was great to see people that knew me before the show. A lot of people are like ‘I’ll be your friend’ now. People dived all over me. I’ve never had that before unless I was playing a game of rugby. Strange. Good, though.”
He managed to slip back to his modest Warrington home after the cameras had gone. Seeing his personal life splashed about in the media has been bewildering. “Some of the papers have been talking about my dad,” he shrugs. “It’s just that he doesn’t see us and they were seeing my nan who I don’t really speak to. But I just forget it all.
“I don’t bother with my dad or anybody, that’s all past. I’m just working towards the future.”

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