Diversity have been voted as the winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2009, beating long-time bookies’ favourite Susan Boyle.

The Essex-based dance troupe, comprising of brothers and friends, triumphed in the live final following a performance which Simon Cowell described as “sheer and utter perfection”.

Speaking after the result was announced by show hosts Ant and Dec, group member and choreographer Ashley Banjo commented: “When you guys said our name, I thought: ‘I’m going to wake up in a minute’.”

The 20-year-old added: “Can I just thank everyone that’s voted – you’ve changed our lives and I can’t actually believe it.”

Scottish singer Boyle, 48, was the competition’s runner-up – despite being favourite to win since the first episode aired. She had earlier performed a rendition of Les Miserables number ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, the song which made her a YouTube sensation following her original audition.

Paying tribute to the winners, she insisted: “The best people won. They’re very entertaining. Lads, I wish you all the best.”

Meanwhile, saxophonist Julian Smith finished in third place after impressing the public with a performance of ‘Somewhere’ from West Side Story.

He revealed: “I’m just happy that I’ve been taking part in tonight and been part of the whole thing. It’s an honour.”

Diversity will now perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Show later this year. They will also receive a cash prize of £100,000.

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Violin sensation Sue Son says Britain’s Got Talent Judge Simon Cowell has RUINED her greatest friendship.

Simon Cowell viewed Sue Son and her friend Janice.  He rejected the less photogenic one, telling Sue to come back and perform alone.

What with her even face, short skirt and raw fanciability Sue could be Cowell’s Vanessa Mae. And Sue returned – alone – to play a tune Vanessa Mae made her own.

The girls’ families “are now embroiled in a feud… Things have become so bad that there’s even been angry phone calls in the middle of the night..”

Says Sue:    “After that first audition Janine said that she would have done exactly the same thing if she was me.”

Albeit with a less even face and a keyboard.

“I thought everything was fine. Later she admitted she was devastated.”

Friend rejected by friend in TV show feels upset – shocker!

“I thought she would be a true friend and support me but she’s been ignoring my calls and has blocked me on Facebook.

She even called my mum the other day in Korea at 3am, telling her I’d betrayed her. I can’t believe she would do that – contacting my mum at three in the morning talking about how I’d betrayed her. It’s awful.”

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Twelve million viewers saw the classically trained pair called Addicted panned by the judges last night-then Sue accepting their invitation to do a solo audition.

But Sue, who was voted through to the next round on her own, says pianist Janine has now ditched her as a friend.

The pair haven’t spoken to each other since Sue phoned Janine, 23, to tell her how well she had done in the solo audition.

Sue, 24, said: “I thought Janine would support me but now she won’t take my calls.

“She’s even banned me from her Facebook page, which has all our photos together on it.

“It has really hurt me but I know I made the right choice.”

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Sue Son loses friend The violinist who stormed into the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent has told how she fell out with her best friend after Simon Cowell told her to go solo.

Sue Son admitted: ‘I got some great compliments from the judges. But at the end of the day I lost my best friend.’

Sue started her audition for last night’s episode of the ITV show alongside Janine Khalil as part of their classical music act Addicted.

But the pair were buzzed off stage at the Birmingham audition. Then in dramatic scenes the judges invited Sue, 23, back to try again on her own.

Going solo: Sue Son, right, auditions for the show

Her second appearance came four days later at a London audition, and Sue’s version of Vanessa Mae’s Storm had a rapturous response from the panel of Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan.

When Cowell asked if the two friends had fallen out, Sue said: ‘Of course not, we’re still the best of friends.’ But yesterday she admitted Janine wasn’t talking to her.

‘She’s taken me off her Facebook friends,’ said Sue. ‘I think Janine was upset I didn’t tell her before that I was going back for a second chance.’

Sue told her friend she could not go back to Birmingham for the audition, but then ITV’s researchers offered a chance to audition in London. ‘Instead of seeing her first, and telling her, I had to do it on the phone,’ Sue said. ‘I realised from my other friends she was really hurt.’

Sue and Janine met at the Purcell School, a boarding school specialising in music. They both went on to study for degrees at the Royal College of Music.