By James Leyfield
Published: 18:11 EST, 3 May 2014 | Updated: 20:43 EST, 3 May 2014
A four-piece swing boy band progressed to the next round of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night after judge Amanda Holden compared them to Michael Buble.
The 43-year-old panellist heaped praise on male quartet Jack Pack, made up of Adam, 28, Alfie, 24, Andrew, 32, Shaun, 32, who thoroughly impressed her and fellow judges David Walliams and Alesha Dixon with a sensational performance of Frank Sinatra's That's Life.
After their audition, Amanda said: 'We've got boy bands and we've got opera but we don't have anything like this. We've got Michael Buble but we need something from Britain.'
Swing when you're winning: Four-piece swing boy band Jack Pack progressed to the next round of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night after judge Amanda Holden compared them to Michael Buble
Music mogul Simon Cowell, who also sits on the panel, wasn't there to hear them sing as he was with partner Lauren Silverman while she gave birth to their son Eric on February 14 when the auditions were being filmed.
Despite this, David told the four-piece that Simon would have loved them.
He said: 'It's fantastic, a swing boy band. Simon would be very excited about you if he was here.'
High praise: After their audition, Amanda said: 'We've got boy bands and we've got opera but we don't have anything like this. We've got Michael Buble but we need something from Britain'
Going through: Dancer Kieran Lai, 17, impressed Simon Cowell in particularly on the show and his place didn't ever seem in doubt as soon as he launched into his first moves
Great moves: Simon described Kieran as one of the best dancers there has been on Britain's Got Talent
During the group's rendition, Alesha mouthed to Amanda that she 'loved' the swing group.
The audience clapped throughout their performance and then gave them a standing ovation, which the judges also joined in with.
Alesha told them afterwards: 'I just love you guys.'
In disbelief: Girl group REAformed were left shocked when Alesha Dixon pressed her Golden Buzzer to send them through to the next round
We've done it: Following the good news, the trio embraced each other
Well done: Alesha then went over to give the trio a congratulatory hug
They were given an easy four yeses before embracing Ant and Dec and celebrating.
As well as the four-piece, several other acts received four yeses including supermarket worker Eva Iglesias, 40, who burst into tears when she was put through to the next round and admitted she nearly didn't audition because she'd had her heart broken earlier in the week.
However, for all the good there were also some more unfortunate acts such as Joey James, who failed to progress to the next round mainly due to his singing and his ventriloquist dummy made from paper.
Emotional performance: Supermarket worker Eva Iglesias was one of the stars of the night and earned a standing ovation
Emotional: But the moment got the better of her and she broke down in tears after her audition, admitting she nearly didn't show up after being left heartbroken
Smooch: Simon told Eva she didn't need to worry about the person who broke her heart and afterwards Amanda gave him a peck on the cheek
Impressionist Jenson Zhu made it through despite Simon insisting he was the worst impressionist he has ever 'seen or heard' on the show.
Dancer Kieran Lai, 17, was far more to Simon's liking and his place didn't ever seem in doubt as soon as he launched into his first moves.
He did a dance performance called The Tin Man which thoroughly impressed the audience and had the judges smiling throughout and later earned him four yeses.
Afterwards, David said: 'David said: 'Brilliant concept, you're a brilliant dancer. Those moves are out of this world. It was faultless.'
Not his year: Wannabe Joey James failed to progress to the next round mainly due to his singing and his ventriloquist dummy made from paper
Success: Impressionist Jenson Zhu made it through despite Simon insisting he was the worst impressionist he has ever 'seen or heard' on the show
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