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Joel Leaver

Britain's Got Talent duo Bars and Melody totally unrecognisable after their 2014 audition

Bars and Melody look totally different almost a decade after becoming finalists on Britain's Got Talent.

The duo - which consists of Leondre Devries, 22, and Charlie Lenehan, 24 - were contestants on the ITV talent series in 2014, where they placed third in the live final.

They have come a long way in the years since, having released several albums together, toured various countries and have even competed in other talent competitions.

The pair - who were teenagers when they competed on BGT - are still going as a musical duo and now look worlds away from how they did when they were on the show.

Bars and Melody (pictured) were finalists on Britain's Got Talent in 2014 (Fremantle Media Ltd t/a Talk/REX)
The duo - consisting of Leondre Devries (left) and Charlie Lenehan (right) - are now all grown up (barsandmelody/instagram)

Charlie - who is now a father, having welcomed his first child last year - has grown out his hair slightly since appearing on BGT and sports tattoos on his neck, arms and chest.

Leondre - who is known as 'Bars', whilst his bandmate is referred to as 'Melody' - similarly looks much different, with him too sporting a new hairstyle in photos on social media.

Bars and Melody competed on the eighth series of BGT, which aired in 2014. Their audition saw them receive the Golden Buzzer from head judge Simon Cowell, now 63.

They look worlds away from their BGT experience (barsandmelody/Instagram)
The pair have continued to perform together in the almost decade since being on the show (barsandmelody/Instagram)

It meant that they automatically qualified for the semi-finals and they subsequently ended up reaching the final. They came third, with the series won by act Collabro.

Bars and Melody's debut single, Hopeful, reached Number 5 in the charts. Their debut album, 143, was released in 2015 and they've continued to release music since then.

They are still working together as Bars and Melody (barsandmelody/Instagram)
They have continued to release music over the years (barsandmelody/Instagram)

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They were later finalists on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019. The following year Bars and Melody competed on America's Got Talent: The Champions.

The pair - who have performed in a number of countries over the course of their career - released their latest single, which was titled Down, in November last year.

They had reached the final of BGT, where they placed third overall (Fremantle Media Ltd t/a Talk/REX)

The duo reflected on their BGT audition in 2021, in a post which marked its seventh anniversary. They shared a clip on Instagram of the moment they got the Golden Buzzer.

Alongside the video, they wrote in the caption: "7 years today. Words can't explain the feelings towards this video. The moment that changed our life forever!"

The pair further commented: "Thank you for being by our side every step of the way. We have come to the end of the beginning. Our journey's just started."

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