When Scala, the all-woman string quartet group, came on stage on Britain’s Got Talent Series 2, the judges were mostly amused and curious.

They weren’t sure what to make of these four women with their electric string instruments.

But off they went and performed.

And it blew away the judges’ minds! Chantal Leverton, Tasya Hodges, Izzy Johnston, and Victoria Lyon, the four girls who make up Scala, were so good that they received a standing ovation from everyone, including the judges.

“We want to see more of these girls!” Ant, one of the show’s presenter, exclaimed backstage.

Simon Cowell started it off said and praised the group.

“I thought that was incredible. [It was] fantastic and really, really good,” Simon stated.

Piers Morgan continued the praise.

“I think you’ve got a really good chance in this competition,” Piers predicted.

Amanda Holden continued what her co-judges started.

“I thought you were phenomenal. I can see you going all the way in this show, 100%,” Amanda said.

And if the judges could have voted multiple times, they would.

And, as Amanda and Piers predicted, they did very well in Series 2 of Britain’s Got Talent. They performed a techno version of the “Palladio” by Karl Jenkins, and “Live And Let Die” by Paul McCartney and Wings during their stint in the show.

Piers Morgan called their performance of McCartney’s song “the best performance of the week.” He also said that they were the favorite to win the competition.

And Simon said that they represented British talent.

These amazing performances earned them a spot on the semi-finals and eventually in the finals. In the finals round, they performed “Palladio” once again. But unfortunately, they did not get enough public votes to be able to secure a spot in the Top Three.

But it didn’t matter.

By then, they had already gotten the trust of the public. When they released their self-titled debut album in 2009, the album went straight to number two in the charts. They included a performance of “Palladio” in the album, which became a Top 40 track.

During the competition though, they hit a legal problem when a musical group from Belgium with the same name had them change their name. They didn’t want to change their name because they had been using it for two years already by then.

But they were threatened with a lawsuit and they had to change their name from Scala to eScala to Escala.

But they didn’t let this problem get in the way of their professionalism and their desire to have a thriving musical career. They continued to work hard together.

They wanted to change people’s minds about classical music.

“We want people to see that classical music can be fun,” Chantal said.

Not everyone agrees with what they’re doing, especially other classical musicians.

“One of my brothers was doing a classical concert the other day, and he went out for dinner with the musicians afterward. This woman at the end of the table piped up: ‘Did you see those four awful girls on Britain’s Got Talent?'” Izzy recalled. “My brother didn’t say anything while she carried on laying into us. It’s inevitable, isn’t it, with us coming along in short skirts and shaking things up a bit? But just because we’re taking a less conventional path, it doesn’t mean we’ve sold our souls to the devil.”

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