Llangollen's Mayor to perform on Britain's Got Talent tomorrow

* Aled Morris, right, with Jeremy Clarkson, owner of the brand from which the Hawkstone Choir takes its name. 

The Mayor Of Llangollen is set to make an appearance on Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) tomorrow (Saturday) evening. 

Aled Morris, 32, swaps the council chamber for the national stage to sing with the Hawkstone Farmers Choir as they audition for the 19th series of the hit ITV talent show.

The choir, which brings together people from across the UK farming community who share a connection to agriculture and a love of singing, will perform the Elbow anthem One Day Like This during the show previously recorded at the Birmingham Hippodrome for screening tomorrow at 6.45pm.

For Aled, a sheep farmer at Pen-y-Rhagfryn, the experience is a world away from his daily life.

When he isn't tending to his 50-acre family farm he is teaching the next generation of farmers as a lecturer in agriculture and land-based engineering at Llysfasi College. 

"The BGT experience was amazing," he said. "It felt so surreal to actually experience the set, the judges, and the atmosphere was incredible."

Aled’s journey into joining the choir began with a mysterious Facebook advertisement looking for farmers who like to sing. 

It wasn't until he arrived at the audition venue - Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog in the Cotswolds - that he realised the project was for Clarkson's Hawkstone brand. 

"I travelled down to the address given and as I pulled in it dawned on me very quickly!" Aled recalled.

Beyond the stage, Aled is a pillar of his local community. In addition to serving as Mayor, he has sat on the town council for four years, helps organize the annual Llangollen illuminated tractor run, and serves as the steam section steward for the Malpas Yesteryear Rally. 

Despite his busy schedule, he says the choir has offered him a vital sense of belonging, camaraderie and a chance to sing with confidence.

The choir's mission is to use their national platform to raise awareness and funds for mental health and suicide prevention within the agricultural community - an industry where isolation can often take a heavy toll.

* Aled isn't the first member of Llangollen's mayoral team to appear on TV. Mayoress Sarah Griffiths, Aled's long-term partner, was one of the Big Brother housemates back in 2024.