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Kev Orkian is a British-Armenian musician, comedian and actor born in London to Armenian parents. He has performed around the world from New York,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Comedian Kev Orkian in NYC ) 〕 Los Angeles and Toronto〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Homenetmen Events )〕 to Dubai,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UAE Armenian Diary )〕 Oman and Australia. Orkian has been compared to the likes of Victor Borge and Dudley Moore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fringe Guru - Kev Orkian )〕 Between 2003 and 2009, Kev Orkian spent a lot of his time touring the UK as the support act for some of the biggest names in British comedy〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Comedy CV )〕 and has previously starred in West-End London musicals including Fame, Happy Days and Boogie Nights〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boogie on Down )〕 alongside Dancing on Ice winner and Emmerdale actress Hayley Tamaddon. In 2009 Kev Orkian became a regular on the UK comedy circuit performing at well-known clubs such as Jongleurs where his comedy rendition of Elton John's I'm Still Standing has been described as Comedy Gold, and has generated standing ovations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Comedy Gold at Jongleurs )〕 On 23 September 2009 Event Magazine reported that Kev Orkian won the final of 'The Next Big Thing' - the event industry's version of The X Factor, which was held at Event UK in Birmingham.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illegal immigrant comedian wins The Next Big Thing )〕 On Thursday 10 June 2010, Kev Orkian performed for HRH The Prince Philip, celebrating his 89th birthday at the Guards Polo Club. The event fell behind schedule and Prince Philip was set to leave – before Kev got on stage – to get to another engagement. But as soon as Kev started his sketch the Prince decided to sit back down and watch the full act. So impressed was he that instead of rushing off at the end he stayed even longer to congratulate Kev in person. Prince Philip was quoted as saying "It’s a wonderful show. I thoroughly enjoyed your performance".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britain's Got Talent Comic Kev Orkian Amuses Prince Philip )〕 Also in June 2010, Kev Orkian performed a live comedy 'sketch' with opera diva Katherine Jenkins for a private birthday party at which Motown legend Lionel Richie also performed, along with the NSO (National Symphony Orchestra) and comedians Bobby Davro and Jethro.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Katherine Jenkins Official Blog )〕 The comedy routine was an updated version of an old Victor Borge sketch which Kev Orkian had developed with Katherine Jenkins. ==Britain's Got Talent== In May 2010 Kev Orkian took part in series 4 of ITV's flagship entertainment show Britain's Got Talent, with his first appearance on Saturday 29 May, the last show of the first round auditions. In this appearance, during which Orkian performed his trademark Elton John scratchy CD version of 'I'm Still Standing', he gained three YES votes from Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, the latter of whom commented "That is one of the smartest things I've seen", winning himself a place in the live semi-final on Tuesday 1 June. High-street bookmakers Coral reported one of the biggest gambles in reality TV history on piano playing funny man Kev Orkian to win the talent show stating "With the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent set to get underway in just a few hours, Coral are reporting one of the biggest gambles in reality TV history on piano playing funny man Kev Orkian to win the talent show. Orkian has been cut from 100/1 to 9/1 with the firm, and he is now the fourth favourite behind Spellbound, who are 2/1 favourites, Olivia Archbold (7/2) and Liam McNally, at 13/2. Coral spokesman Gary Burton told Bettingpro: "The few pounds we saw first thing this morning at 100/1 and 80/1 quickly turned into three figure bets at shorter prices, he will cost us a fortune if he wins. It's been an incredible punt!"".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britain’s Got Talent Latest Betting – Kev Orkian Supported Ahead of Britain’s Got Talent Semi-Finals )〕 Despite missing out on a place in the Britain's Got Talent final and losing the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show, Kev Orkian nevertheless beat winners Spelbound and the other finalists to the post of performing for Royalty. Orkian entertained HRH Prince Philip less than two weeks after being booted off the show and had already performed for several other members of the Royal family including Prince Charles and Princess Michael of Kent. Kev Orkian was invited to perform for Prince Charles at Windsor Castle in 2009 for the British Forces Foundation 10th Gala Dinner. Classical singer Katherine Jenkins and comedian David Walliams also attended. Orkian was granted access to one of the castle's bedrooms to prepare for the comedy piano sketch and he recalls the moment he turned to see Prince Charles turn bright red with laughter during his act: "I was amazed". After the sketch, Prince Charles congratulated him and said he was an "absolute genius".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britain's Got Talent Star Enjoys Royal Variety )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kev Orkian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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