BRITAIN'S Got Talent bodypopper Tobias Mead used to be a Take That dancer - but went from bendy to BENDERS. Because one of the super hoofer's favourite moves was downing Sambuca shots with boozy Mark Owen.
Tobias, 22, showed his nifty work out celebrating his birthday with the "man band" while they were on tour in Cardiff.
Shamed Mark - now in rehab for his booze problems - bought Tobias some Sambuca shots, which you set alight before downing. But Tobias soon got trollied and the Relight My Fire star had to CARRY him back to his room.
Tobias, who stunned the BGT audience on last night's first show of the new series with his bonkers back- to-front dancing, said: "I'm a lightweight. Mark got me p****d and he WASN'T even drinking!
Britain's Got Talent bodypopper Tobias Mead dances in the street
"He was well behaved and stuck around. I got really drunk and Mark carried me back to my hotel room."
It's not the first time Tobias's partying has landed him in trouble.
He was nicked for being drunk and disorderly after turning 18.
Tobias, from Warminster, Wilts, said: "I'd been drinking all night and the police couldn't make sense of me so they put me in a cell to sober up."
But it's Tobias's dancing that has really caused a stir. He started at 16, copying Michael Jackson's moves standing in front of his bedroom mirror. He was a natural, but following a performing career caused some ribbing from older brothers Simon, 31, and Oliver, 25.
"We were from a small town, and they said I was an embarrassment and wasting my life," he said. "They would joke: 'Our friends think you're gay.'"
The teasing nearly stopped Tobias from continuing his dream, but he added: "I thought: 'If they aren't going to support me then I don't need them.'" Dancing also didn't go down too well with his dad Doug, 52, at first who was keen for Tobias to become a footballer - until he saw him perform.
But Tobias, who has been dating Deborah Bodsworth, 24, for 18 months, recalled how he'd sneak off from football practice to go to his dance classes - like a real-life Billy Elliot.
He said: "I didn't like playing in the cold. It was a waste of time."
Now Doug and mum Sue, 52, are his biggest fans and encouraged him to audition for Britain's Got Talent.
Viewers saw Tobias get a standing ovation on last night's show. His act involves him body popping wearing a hoodie and mask back-to-front.
Tobias has been working two years to perfect the routine, and even practises in queues.
He's delighted to get recognition after being a backing dancer at two Royal Variety shows and performing in front of 86,000 people with Take That. "Going it alone was overwhelming. The audience went mad and I felt accepted. I'm never going to stop doing this now."
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