by wildcherry on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | Entertainment, News

A Michael Jackson tribute act featuring a Muslim and a Sikh has proved a massive hit on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent.

What followed could have been an excruciating mix of tastelessness and embarrassment. Instead, what we got was brilliant and hilarious, one of the most un-PC performances ever to feature on British television and a perfect riposte to those who agonise and pontificate over multiculturalism.

Since that day, Signature - the dance duo comprising Suleman Mirza, a 29- year-old trainee lawyer from Essex and 34-year-old Madhu Singh, from Hayes in Middlesex, who works at PC World in Heathrow’s Terminal 5 - have become a phenomenon.

Their blend of energetic pop and banghra has prompted standing ovations. On a single day their BGT audition rerun on YouTube exceeded five million viewers. This week, they became the first act to be voted through by the public to Saturday’s final, and yesterday Signature gave this paper their first ever interview.

“Our routine is about togetherness and overcoming conflict,” said the rather handsome Mirza, who has been a Jackson fan since he was six years old. “I start the act with a Western dance, and then Madhu comes on stage. I look down on him because I don’t understand his culture. But he surprises me, and he works really hard, symbolising immigration, and then we work together, and show that everyone can get on.”

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