choreographer leader street dancer
Banjo was born in Leytonstone, London to a Nigerian father, Funso Banjo, a professional boxer, and an English mother, Danielle Banjo, a former Ballet dancer, who now helps with "s management and also runs Danceworks Studios. Ashley grew up in Wickford, Essex with his younger brother, Jordan and his sister Talisa Banjo.
Having completed his first two years, he took a break from studying to concentrate on his dancing in the year following winning BGT.
Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show Got to Dance and co-presenter of the Saturday night British Broadcasting Corporation game show Can"t Touch This. He was given the nickname "Chosen" by his fellow members. Britain"s Got Talent
All the judges heavily praised their performances throughout the competition, with Ashley"s choreography being described by Amanda Holden as "genius".
In the final referring to their winning performance, judge Simon Cowell said "If I was going to give marks on that, that is the only performance tonight I would give a 10 to"
After receiving "yes" votes from all three judges in their audition, went on to compete in the first semi-final on 24 May, losing the public vote-decided first place to Susan Boyle but winning the judges" vote against Natalie Okri.
In the final six days later, were announced as the winners, beating Boyle and Julian Smith (who came second and third respectively). As winners of the competition, received £100,000 (around £9,090 per member) and went on to perform before Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show on 7 December 2009.
Post Britain"s Got Talent
In 2012 did their first arena tour called "Digitized – Trapped In The Game". Ashley Banjo choreographed, produced and directed the tour. sold out the O2 arena with a standing ovation.
In 2013 Ashley choreographed a third tour for called Limitless.
The tour ran from 30 November to 16 December. Ashley was a judge on Sky1"s dancing talent show Got to Dance for all five series. appeared as guest performers at least once every series. In total they did nine performances on Got to Dance.
In 2015 he presented Perspectives: Michael Jackson"s Thriller with Ashley Banjo.
In 2015, he filmed a new British Broadcasting Corporation game show called Can"t Touch This for which Ashley will co-host alongside Zoë Balliol The series began airing in March 2016.
He is leader of dance troupe, who won the third series of Britain"s Got Talent. At the time of "s Britain"s Got Talent win, Banjo was studying physics and biology at Queen Mary, University of London, having previously attended SEEVIC College. In their first year together, they won the Street Dance Weekend 2007 competition before deciding to enter Britain"s Got Talent. In 2009, won the third series of Independent Television talent show Britain"s Got Talent. Subsequently, were nominated in the Dance section of the final South Bank Show awards and won an award at the Pride of Britain Awards He pulled a ligament in his leg during the 2nd run of diverisitoys which made him unable to perform on the last two shows of "s Christmas tour.
Quotations: "If I was going to give marks on that, that is the only performance tonight I would give a 10 to".
