SHE turned in a great performance that impressed the judges, but Lauren Thalia was unable to secure a place in the final of Britain’s Got Talent.

The Basingstoke schoolgirl played a live acoustic version of Labrinth’s Earthquake in front of millions of viewers yesterday evening, earning rave reviews from Simon Cowell and the rest of the judging panel.

But the 12-year-old Testbourne Community School pupil was not one of the chosen two who the public picked to perform in Saturday’s final.

See Thursday’s Gazette for the full story.