Mayor's choir storms to Golden Buzzer success on Britain's Got Talent

         

* Llangollen Mayor Aled Morris stormed to success in tonight's Britain's Got Talent episode.

The Mayor Of Llangollen, Aled Morris, ploughed to victory as part of a farmers choir in tonight (Saturday's) Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) show on ITV. 

And their dazzling Golden Button success means the Hawkstone Farmers Choir go straight through to the semi-finals of the hit TV talent show's 19th series.

They also skip past the bootcamp stage of the competition, giving them a head start.

Performing a soaring rendition of the Elbow anthem One Day Like This at the Birmingham Hippodrome, Aled and the choir moved a celebrity judging panel led by Amanda Holden, guest judge Stacey Solomon, Alesha Dixon, and KSI.

Aled, 32, swaps the council chamber for the stage to sing with the choir which brings together people from across the UK farming community who share a connection to agriculture and a love of singing.

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

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. 

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. 

In addition to serving as Mayor, Aled has sat on the town council for four years, helps organise 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.

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

Following their Golden Buzzer success, Aled and the choir are preparing for the live semi-finals and a series of new projects in 2026.

* 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. 

* The Hawkstone Farmers Choir sing on Britain's Got Talent. Aled is on the back row, second from left.

* The celebrity judges who gave the choir the Golden Buzzer.