Diversity 'want to raise the bar'

Ashley Banjo has said that he wants Diversity to "raise the bar" when they perform for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show.

The dance ensemble will play at the annual event at the London Palladium later this year following their shock Britain's Got Talent victory.

Banjo told the BBC: "For the Royal Variety Performance, we want to really raise the bar yet again. We get a longer time period and it's going to be mostly new material also. We're really looking forward to that."

He added: "A dance group hasn't won this show before, or any show in the country for that fact, so I feel that we can create our own path. Maybe choreograph our own shows, do our own tour even.

"That would be a dream for us. DVDs, shows, maybe backing dancers, but not as individual dancers. Hopefully artists will want to use us as Diversity."

Michael Jackson and Kylie Minogue are both said to be interested in hiring Diversity for their own live concerts.