Axel Blake (born 2 June 1988) is an English

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who won the 2022 series of ''

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''.

Biography

Prior to his big breakthrough on ''

'', Blake worked as a property maintenance manager and part-time comedian, performing stand-up gigs at comedy clubs and uploading sketches to social media as well as doing some presenting for

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and

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. He also appeared in the film Loves Spell and his self-funded 2018 show, ''I'm Not Gonna Lie'', which was filmed at the Indigo at

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, was picked up for broadcast by

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in 2020. Blake was

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's Golden Buzzer act in the auditions for series 15 of BGT which aired on

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from 16 April 2022 to 5 June 2022. He won the final ahead of ventriloquist Jamie Leahey and singer

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, taking home £250,000 in prize money and a spot at the 2022

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. Figures released by ITV showed Blake received almost a fifth of the public votes cast during the 11-act final at 19.7% while Leahey got 14.7% and Ball tallied 14.2%. Since his victory, Blake has been on numerous television shows including

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's ''Saturday Mash Up'', the

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hosted ''Celebrity Lingo'' and hip-hop based comedy panel gameshow ''Don't Hate The Playaz''. In January 2023, he competed on '' America's Got Talent: All Stars''. Blake also returned to Britain's Got Talent in June 2023 for a guest appearance during the semi-finals.

Filmography

As actor

As himself

References

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