A GROUP of children hope they will have the magic touch and that producers don’t make them disappear as they audition for Britain’s Got Talent.

The Weymouth youngsters will be heading to the first stage of the Britain’s Got Talent auditions in London this Sunday to try and impress for the chance to make it through to the televised shows. 

The group is made up of seven children from Weymouth aged between nine and 11. 

The children taking part are Kahla Bryan, Sophie Bachelor, Sophie Hodder, Rowan Graham, Kieran Masters-Bourne, Alex Binnie and Rachel Binnie.

Rus Andrews, who is running the group, believes that this is the first time there has ever been a children’s magic act on the show. 

Despite Rus helping the youngsters to practice and learn their trick, they will be all on their own on the stage on the day. 

They will be performing for producers who, if impressed, will send them on to the next stage where they could perform on TV around the country. 

Rus said a lot of hard work is going on to get the children ready and get the money together to sort transport for getting them to London. 

He said: “They’ve (Britain’s Got Talent) called me five times in three days. They’ve never had a kids’ magic group on the show. It’s a first for them. 

“This is totally different – it’s never been done before so we’ve got a head start.”

If they impress, the children could perform in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, who will once again be the judges on the show. 

The group may also get the chance to meet television presenters Ant and Dec if they are chosen to audition on the live TV shows. 

Rus thinks the trick that has been prepared will impress the judges but it is safe enough so it can’t go wrong.

He said: “It can’t go wrong. It’s foolproof. 

“There’s no way on earth a producer is going to expect these kids to do what they’re going to do on the day.”

The group meet on a weekly basis at the Wyke Smugglers to practice and was set up after parents asked local magician Rus if he would teach the children magic. 

They got the taste for performing in front of a live audience when they took part in the a Platinum and Friends Stand up to Cancer event at the Weymouth Pavilion earlier this year.