The BGT star brought Simon Cowell to tears with a live proposal on the wedding stage with his fiancee

Heartwarming moment in 2019 brought Simon Cowell to tears as Britain’s Got Talent’s hopeful Jacob Jones knelt and questioned Faye Compton

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Britain’s Got Talent: The singer proposed to his girlfriend on stage

Britain’s Got Talent star Jacob Jones has married his fiancée after first proposing on stage three years ago.

In a heartwarming moment that even brought Simon Cowell to tears, Surrey native Jacob got down on one knee and questioned his girlfriend Faye Compton in 2019.

The couple who made their first on-stage proposal of the ITV show are now officially married at Cooling Castle Barn in Kent, with plans to honeymoon in Dubai.

Bride Faye said she had hoped to invite the Britain’s Got Talent jury of Simon, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams after they witnessed the special moment, but “but we don’t know how. to contact them”.

Faye joked: “Hopefully Simon will still send us a present. A trip to the Maldives would be great. ”

After impressing the judges with his voice in 2019, hopeful BGT and father of one Jacob took the shocked Faye up on stage and proposed, causing the audience to cheer with delight as she he said yes.

Faye told OK! Her magazine was shocked at the moment, saying: “When Jacob invited me on stage, I didn’t know which direction I had to go.

“David Walliams said to me, ‘Let’s go up those stairs, love,’ and then when I said yes, everyone started cheering. Even Simon was emotional.

“It was a crazy moment that I will never get over. At this point, I don’t know how many times I’ve watched the clip – so many!

“Sometimes people ask me how I got engaged. When I started explaining, they said, ‘Oh my God, I miss you”. It feels like everyone is a small part of it.”

Jacob and Faye share two children, Nancy and Teddy, and the singer announced her second pregnancy on Britain’s Got Talent after performing Van Morrison’s Have I Told You Lately, her first dance song. theirs at the wedding.

Jacob said: “I was caught up in the excitement of the performance and couldn’t contain myself.

“I don’t mind my experience on BGT ending after that night. I won the moment Faye said yes to be my wife. “

While Britain’s Got Talent has been on hiatus for the rest of 2021, the series has returned with resounding success this year.

A panel of judges as well as hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly selected their Golden Buzzer artists, giving the contestants direct access to the live shows as they hoped to be crowned series winners. .

The live semi-finals will kick off on Monday, May 30 and will run for the week, with the remaining 10 making it to the finals, which will fall over the Jubilee bank holiday weekend.