Posted by Site Team on 03-06-2009

The 11-strong urban dance troupe - aged 12 to 25, from Essex - many of whom return to school or college this week - did her proud with a stunning performance to beat favourite Susan Boyle in Saturday's showpiece.
The 11-strong group, fell to the floor and cried in surprise when told of the win.

Member Ashley Banjo, 20, said winning the contest had "changed our lives".
Ashley's mum Danielle said: "They've been together practically their whole lives but only formed Diversity properly about two years ago."
Diversity is made up of three sets of brothers and four friends and was only formed in 2007.

Still shocked about the victory, choreographer Banjo said: "When you said our name, honestly I'm going to wake up in a minute."
Delighted Ashley beamed: "I speak for all of us when I say it was the best night of our lives. I wouldn't have dreamt it could happen up until it was announced and I'm still having trouble believing it now. It's incredible. Our dream's now real."
He also thanked everyone who had voted for the group.

After the performance, which included a cheeky reference to the judges' buzzers, judge Simon Cowell said: "If I had to give marks on that, that is the only performance tonight I would want to give a 10 to. "There was not a step out of place, it was sheer and utter perfection."

Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity have always had ‘swift moves' - as shown in the videos below from 2005 when the dance group wowed crowds at various London nightclubs at regular hip hop event Jump Off.
Then known as Swift Moves, you can see how the nine man and two boy dance crew have honed their energetic performance over the years to become the hard-working act that won over the millions of Britain's Got Talent viewers that voted them to a surprise victory.
And it seems that the friendly rivalry between Diversity and fellow dance troupe finalists Flawless is far from new.

One of the group's first gigs as national stars will be at the Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park on July 5, alongside top names including Kanye West and Alesha Dixon. Yet many of them will be brought down to earth as they are due to return to school and college. Ashley's brother Jordan, 16, is studying for his GCSEs while Mitchell Craske and Perri Kiely are still 13-year-old schoolboys. Ashley, who has been dancing since he was five, is a natural sciences student at Queen Mary's College, London. And Matthew McNaughton, 17, is studying music technology at college.

Michael Jackson was so thrilled at Diversitys win that henow wants them to join him on stage.
The King of Pop wants to see the boys with a view to them dancing in his upcoming This Is It UK shows. Simon Cowell hinted that talks about the link up had already begun on Saturday night when he said the Britain's Got Talent winners could perform with the Thriller star.
It means they could be dancing alongside Jackson when he begins his nine-month residency at the O2 Arena in East London next month.

A source close to the star said: "Michael has already seen what the boys can do. He was captivated with Susan Boyle so he had an interest in the show.
But when Diversity came up on the outside rail he was mesmerised. Everyone knows Michael's performances are as much about the dancing as they are his music and Diversity would only add to the magic.
They are the hottest thing in the country at the moment, and if everything goes well and Michael takes them on they could be one of the hottest things on the planet."