Ireland’s Got Talent live shows are set to kick off this weekend but one contestant has devastatingly had to pull out.
James Dickson has been forced to pull out of Saturdays semi-finals due to injury.
The Belfast man, who is a member of three-person group One Island Clan injured himself while rehearsing. It will take weeks for James to recover resulting in him missing the entire competition.
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The parkour and free running group will now go ahead as a duo with David Willis and Paul Allen.
“We basically had to re-plan our entire routine over a couple of days and really just fill in the spaces where James was doing his stuff so its definitely much more taxing on our bodies and even our minds to remember those extra moves to throw in,” David said according to Independent.ie.
“We’re going to work twice as hard for everything. It sucks for us, but after doing our rehearsal tonight I think it’ll look really good for the audience.”
Ireland’s Got Talent semi-finals kick off at 7.30pm on Saturday on Virgin Media One.