Port Talbot act finish third in Britain's Got Talent final

Leondre Devries, 13 and from Port Talbot, is one half of Bars and Melody - who finished third in the final of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night.

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Collabro win Britain's Got Talent

Collabro performed the song 'Stars' in the final. Credit: BGT

Musical theatre boy band Collabro are the winners of Britain's Got Talent after they finishing ahead of opera singer Lucky Kay and young rap duo Bars and Melody in tonight's final.

Vocal harmony group Jack Pack finished fourth, illusionist Darcy Oake came fifth and 15-year-old singer James Smith was sixth.

Port Talbot act Bars and Melody finish third in BGT final

Bars and Melody, featuring 13-year-old Leondre Devries from Port Talbot, have finished third in the final of Britain's Got Talent.

In Saturday night's final on ITV, Leondre and his friend Charlie Lenehan again performed the song 'Hope' by Twista ft Faith Evans, with Leondre rapping about bullying, which he experienced when he was younger.

Operatic boy band Collabro won Britain's Got Talent 2014 - with singer Lucy Kay second.

Bars and Melody are the latest Port Talbot act to star on the ITV talent show. Paul Potts won the first series in 2007, and young dancers Nu Sxool and Pre-Skool made the final the last two years.

ITV Wales filmed with Leondre - rapping, and speaking about his experiences of bullying - back in November 2012 - before he went on Britain's Got Talent.

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Before he was famous: BGT star Leondre on ITV Wales

13-year-old rapper Leondre Devries from Port Talbot is one half of Bars and Melody - the favourites to win the final of Britain's Got Talent 2014.

Here you can watch him - before he was famous - rapping and speaking to ITV Wales back in November 2012:

He and his brother Joseph were launching a campaign to fight bullying - and Leondre told our Correspondent Carl Edwards: "I just want to use my words and power to target bullying and stop it - that's my target."

Leondre and his friend Charlie Lenehan, from Bristol, wowed the judges in their first audition on the ITV talent show this year, with Leondre rapping about his experiences of bullying, and earning a golden buzzer from Simon Cowell.

That performance has now been watched 30 million times on YouTube.

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