{"id":185913,"date":"2025-06-15T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185913\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:32:11","slug":"blankety-blank-contestant-instantly-recognised-as-itv-star-as-they-reveal-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185913\/","title":{"rendered":"Blankety Blank contestant instantly recognised as ITV star as they reveal health battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

They made it all the way to the final of Britain’s Got Talent back in 2011\"JeanJean Martyn on Blankety Blank was immediately recognised by viewers(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Blankety Blank viewers immediately recognised a contestant on the show who once made it to the final of a huge TV reality show – who revealed a health battle had forced her to sell her business.<\/p>\n

Jean Martyn appeared on the fifth series of Britain’s Got Talent<\/a> in 2011 at the age of 59.<\/p>\n

A music teacher in primary and secondary schools at the time, she made it all the way to the final, finishing in tenth place.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong> Gino D’Acampo on real relationship with Gordon Ramsay and ‘misconception’<\/a><\/p>\n

In her audition, she played the keyboard whilst smiling at the audience and waving but by the time the semi-finals took place she was surrounded by dancers and flames.<\/p>\n

Amanda described her as as being like ‘Victoria Wood on acid’, with Simon Cowell adding ‘I shouldn’t like it, but I did like it’.<\/p>\n

In the final, she performed ‘You’re The One That I Want’ by both John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John whilst also singing.<\/p>\n

\"JeanJean Martyn during her Britain’s Got Talent audition(Image: YouTube\/ITV)<\/p>\n

On Saturday night she was back on our TV screens as she appeared on the latest series of the BBC<\/a> comedy quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.<\/p>\n

Introducing herself, Jean told the audience: “I’m Jean Martyn, I play the organ.”<\/p>\n

She also revealed what she had been up to since BGT<\/a>, telling viewers she had bought a hotel in Blackpool but had to sell it as she revealed a health battle.<\/p>\n

Jean continued: “But for my sins I bought a hotel and I sold it because it made me so ill with blood pressure.”<\/p>\n

She now plays the organ in Blackpool Tower, and asked Bradley for a holiday as she hadn’t had one in years as her potential prize.<\/p>\n

Referencing her time on Simon Cowell’s ITV<\/a> show, she told Bradley as she left the show after failing to win her round: “It’s alright, I’ll just stick to where I do my organs.”<\/p>\n

Viewers were surprised to see her on the BBC show all these years later and took to social media to comment.<\/p>\n

One viewer wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Contestant Jean was on Britain\u2019s Got Talent #blanketyblank,” while another added: “Jean’s been on Britain’s Got talent & got to the final.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They made it all the way to the final of Britain’s Got Talent back in 2011Jean Martyn on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,709,77,208,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-britains-got-talent","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114686456249269821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}