Maritime Rockers Angry Candy and Toronto Beatboxer Scott Jackson Earn Coveted Spots in the Canada's Got Talent Finals

- Week 2 finalists join previously announced dance group Freshh and opera singer Julie Lafontaine in the finals, May 13 -

- Canada's Got Talent airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. and Monday nights at 9 p.m. local time -

TORONTO, April 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Tensions ran high as Canada's Got Talent Week 2 semifinalists awaited their fate in the live results show earlier this evening on Citytv, until host Dina Pugliese revealed that rock group Angry Candy was the highest vote-getter, earning them a berth in the Canada's Got Talent finals. Of the remaining six acts, the judges - Martin Short, Measha Brueggergosman and Stephan Moccio - selected beatboxer Scott Jackson to continue his journey to the finals.

Angry Candy and Scott Jackson join Week 1 finalists - hip-hop dance group Freshh of Vancouver, BC and classical soprano singer Julie Lafontaine of Montreal, QC - in the Canada's Got Talent finals on May 13.

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Stephanie Perron, Publicity Coordinator for Canada's Got Talent, Citytv
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Sónia Brum, Communications Manager, Citytv
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Cary Mignault, Unit Publicity Manager for Canada's Got Talent, Insight Productions
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