Lancaster woman joins jubilant farming choir on Britain’s Got Talent
A former Morecambe dance school pupil who is now a farmer in Wales, has swapped wellies for the golden stage of Britain’s Got Talent (BGT).
Rosie Jones, 34, from Hest Bank, attended Our Lady's Catholic College and Lancaster Girls Grammar School, as well as Morecambe dance school, LAMATA.
She previously worked in the West End of London but has returned to the spotlight as part of the Hawkstone Farmers Choir on Britain’s Got Talent, which aired on March 21.
She said: “My journey from Lancaster to the West End—trading in the stage lights for wellies—and now appearing on national television as part of a farming choir is a real full-circle moment.”
As a member of the 32 strong Hawkstone Farmers Choir, which first met at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog to record playful promotional jingles, Rosie helped secure a historic Golden Buzzer during the show’s 19th series.
The group’s soaring performance of the Elbow anthem ‘One Day Like This’ at the Birmingham Hippodrome moved a celebrity panel led by Amanda Holden to send them straight through to the live semi-finals.
For Rosie, the journey to the Britain’s Got Talent stage is a unique tale of two very different worlds.
Before moving to Mid-Wales where she now works as a beef and sheep farmer, she spent her career as a professional performer ‘treading the boards’ in the West End, which is where she met her husband, a third-generation farmer.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the couple decided to hang up their theatre shoes and return home to take over the family’s 600-acre beef and sheep farm in Powys.
The transition from performing for a human audience to ‘entertaining an audience with four legs rather than two’ was a significant shift for someone who did not originally come from farming stock.
Currently in the height of the lambing season, Rosie’s typical day involves checking newborns and ensuring ewes are well-watered and fed.
However, Rosie found that joining the choir provided a vital bridge between her theatrical past and her agricultural present.
"The choir has given me confidence in who I am and what I can do” Rosie said, noting that the experience helped her find a true sense of belonging within the farming community after
the move to Mid-Wales.
She describes the BGT experience as ‘a bit bonkers’ particularly the surreal contrast of being in a holding room surrounded by professional dancers before stepping out to represent the agricultural industry on national television.
Beyond the entertainment, Rosie is passionate about using this platform to highlight the importance of community and mental health in an industry often defined by isolation.
"We aren’t the only working environment where isolation and mental health is a real issue, but with many of us living rurally, community is vital,” she explained.
Following their ‘surreal’ Golden Buzzer success, Rosie and the choir are looking forward to the live shows and a series of new projects in 2026 to continue promoting British agriculture.
Britain’s Got Talent continues Saturdays at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX.