Birmingham Britain's Got Talent flop nicked for station sex offence

Oct 11 2009 by Jonny Greatrex, Sunday Mercury

“I do not want to talk about it any further. Please do not call me again.”

Groper Cohen has spent years trying to become famous.

His appearance on Britain’s Got Talent in 2007 was just the latest in a long line of bit-part spots on TV shows.

This summer he travelled to London to take part in a stunt with Denise Van Outen and Johnny Vegas to recreate the street dance from Fame.

He has also been a contestant on the Great British Body with Trinny and Susannah, Embarrassing Bodies and quizzes Fifteen To One and The Weakest Link.

Speaking in to the Sunday Mercury in July, just two weeks before he would plead guilty to the grope, he said: “It’s my life, and I’ll do what I want with it.

“It’s never too late to follow your dream, and mine is to be a star. I’m always applying to go on television.

“I’m a bit of a nutter – I just like being the centre of attention.

“My best moment was on Britain’s Got Talent.”

His embarrassing flop in front of the nation to the song It’s Raining Men brought howls of laughter from the studio audience at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.

A shocked Simon Cowell said: “If you go to a pub on a Friday night there is always somebody who is drunk and he dances just like you.

“It’s not an act, just a horrible attempt at dancing – and you can’t dance.”

Following his televised humiliation he launched a website styling himself as a ‘Party Starter’.

On it he says: “I will do a solo on the dance floor to start the dancing off for a very reasonable rate.

“Surprise your friends. I will come to a place of your choice and do a Mad Mark O’Gram.”

The site says he charges £50 for a usual appearance but up to £200 for a ‘raunchy’ routine for a hen party.

But the pervert groper admitted he had not had any bookings.