While few people on this side of the pond will be familiar with the American singer and his dulcet tones, you may be surprised to learn that Geier has a clown alter ego \u2013 and was rejected by Simon Cowell back in 2017.<\/p>\n
The musician, who performs as the Pagliacci-style clown Puddles Pity Party, originally went viral after performing Lorde\u2019s Royals as the \u2018Sad Clown with the Golden Voice\u2019 with Postmodern Jukebox, in a video that has over 32 million views.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>He went on to compete in the 12th season of America\u2019s Got Talent as Puddles, performing Royals in the quarterfinals and receiving an X from judge Simon Cowell before being eliminated the following night.<\/p>\n
Geier returned to the America\u2019s Got Talent stage in 2020 for the Champions season, performing Foreigner\u2019s I Want To Know What Love Is, with Cowell saying it was an \u201cinteresting\u201d performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s what we call Marmite \u2013 you either love it or hate it,\u201d he added. \u201cI loved it. You just won me over.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 58-year-old has toured as Puddles across the US, the UK, Belgium and Australia, while in 2019, Geier began a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
John Lewis\u2019 Christmas ad isn\u2019t the first commercial he\u2019s appeared in, with the singer featuring in a Cartoon Network advert back in 2017.<\/p>
There have been a number of moving John Lewis Christmas ad songs<\/a> over the years, with Lily Allen\u2019s cover of Somewhere Only We Know for the 2013 advert topping the UK Singles Chart, while Tom Odell\u2019s Real Love rose to number 7 the following year.<\/p>\n As for the best John Lewis ad of all-time, the RadioTimes.com<\/a> readers have spoken, with a poll crowning 2016\u2019s Buster the Boxer<\/a> as the department store\u2019s ultimate Christmas commercial.<\/p>\n John Lewis isn\u2019t the first brand to get its festive offering out this month, with the likes of Sainbury\u2019s, ASDA, M&S and JD Sports airing their Christmas crackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find something to watch with our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 12:00 am It\u2019s officially Christmas advert season, with John Lewis releasing its latest festive ad \u2013 The Beginner \u2013 featuring a cover of Blink 182\u2019s All the Small Things by Mike Geier. While few people on this side of the pond will be familiar with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25559,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past.jpg",1619,1079,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/john-lewis-christmas-advert-singer-mike-geier-has-a-talent-show-past.jpg",1619,1079,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 12:00 am It\u2019s officially Christmas advert season, with John Lewis releasing its latest festive ad \u2013 The Beginner \u2013 featuring a cover of Blink 182\u2019s All the Small Things by Mike Geier. While few people on this side of the pond will be familiar with the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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