Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse

Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse
Years active 2015–present
Occupation Dog trick act
Members
  • Jules O'Dwyer
  • Matisse
  • Chase
  • Skippy

Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse are a British dog dancing act, comprising trainer Jules O'Dwyer, a 48-year-old woman, and her dog Matisse, a male[1] Border Collie. Together they won the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2015.[2]

Career

Britain's Got Talent

Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse participated in the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent. For their audition in episode 7, O'Dwyer took the role of a dog catcher with Matisse portraying a stray dog. In addition to telling a story, Matisse performed a variety of canine freestyle tricks. The routine earned them four yes votes from the judges.[3] On 23 May 2015 it was announced that they were one of the semi-finalists.[4] They performed during the second semi-finals on 26 May. This time O'Dwyer acted as toy maker with Matisse being a toy. The act included another of O'Dwyer's dogs, Chase, who looks like Matisse.[5] They received 29.3% of the viewers' votes, earning them first place in the semi-final and a spot at the finals.[6]

Their performance in the finals, on 31 May, consisted of O'Dwyer being a policewomen and Matisse a sausage thief. O'Dwyer included two of her other dogs, Chase and Skippy, in the act. Matisse performed numerous tricks, but the biggest trick was a dog scaling a tightrope.[7] At the end of the night, it was revealed that Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse were the winners,[8][9] receiving 22.6% of the votes.[6] Runner-up, Jamie Raven, lost by 2.2%.[6][10] The following day, O'Dwyer stated in an interview that Chase did the tightrope trick. A lot of viewers did not realize this because Matisse and Chase look very similar. Some viewers felt that they were tricked or misled since they didn't know that Chase was in the act and assumed that one dog did all the tricks.[11][12] Ofcom has received upwards of 200 complaints over the incident in their final performance. Although no formal action was yet been taken, Simon Cowell has said that they will not be stripped of their £250,000 prize money.[13] On 17 August 2015 Ofcom ruled that Britain's Got Talent had misled the public, acknowledging that ITV did not intend to deceive viewers - it said they were ultimately misled - having received in excess of 1000 complaints, to that date. Ofcom said ITV broke rule 2.14 of the broadcasting code which states that "broadcasters must ensure that viewers... are not materially misled about any broadcast competition or voting". [14]

O'Dwyer and Matisse are the second dog act to win Britain's Got Talent. The previous one was Ashleigh & Pudsey who won in 2012.[15]

Personal life

They currently live in Tongeren, Belgium.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Johnston, Jenny (29 May 2015). "Bet YOU can't do handstands Pudsey: Meet the BGT finalist snapping at the heels of his superstar rival". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Debnath, Neela (31 May 2015). "Britain's Got Talent 2015 final: Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse WIN this year's competition". Daily Express. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Catch Jules and Matisse the dog in action". ITV. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Full list of Britain's Got Talent 2015 semi-finalists". ITV. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jules and Matisse are seeing double". ITV. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "BGT 2015: the votes revealed". ITV. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jules and Matisse have their eye on the prize". ITV. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jules and Matisse are the winners of Britain's Got Talent". ITV. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Finbow, Katy (31 May 2015). "Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse the dog win Britain's Got Talent 2015 - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Lee, Ben (1 June 2015). "Britain's Got Talent voting figures revealed: Matisse beat Jamie Raven by just 2% - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Lee, Ben (1 June 2015). "Britain's Got Talent winner Matisse the dog didn't actually do that tightrope walk - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Anger after BGT winner Matisse revealed to have used 'stunt dog'". ITV. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Glanfield, Emma (3 June 2015). "'I felt like an idiot': Simon Cowell's fury at being duped by fake Matisse on Britain's Got Talent". Mail Online. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33957710
  15. ↑ Nathan, Sara (13 May 2012). "Our next stop's Hollywood, Pudsey!". Mail Online. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  16. ↑ MB (7 June 2015). "Top dog Matisse receives death threats". Flanders News. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
Preceded by
Collabro		 Winner of Britain's Got Talent
2015 		Succeeded by
Richard Jones
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