One Motion Crew, an eight-strong breakdance collective who hail from across the capital, scooped the Soho's Got Talent competition held at Punk club last night.

Last year's winner was budding diva of the moment, singer, model and girl about town VV Brown who has gone on to release her debut album this month and gain widespread recognition.The event, in its second year, is a one night only face-off of London's finest unsigned musicians, stand ups, singers, MCs and rock acts.

One Motion Crew blew away the opposition with their unique mix of breakdancing and freestyle moves in front of a 300-strong throng, with African influenced dance act Kadija Kamara in second place and folk artist Lizzie B in third.

The winners, following on from recent Britain's Got Talent dance sensations Diversity, fine tuned their act by busking for tourists along the South Bank and have been performing together for seven years after meeting at Covent Garden's Africa Centre. The act won despite having to revise their act at the last minute, according to member Kengo Oshima, 31, from Bethnal Green, who quit his job as a broker five years ago to work with the group full-time.
"We nearly pulled out of the event because the venues' low ceilings meant we had to cut some of some of our acrobatic flips and twists off each other. It's a great week for us as this weekend we play Camp Bestival alongside the Cuban Brothers. We have had a lot of faith because whenever people have seen us perform they have been blown away - it is just getting our act out to a wider audience."

With the rest of the group - Fatos "Genocide" Grajqevci, 23, from Southgate; Kien "Demo Fresh" Hoang, 21, Camberwell; Aslam "Wild Child" Abbaze, 29, from Fulham and Olly "Jangles" Ginelli, 19, Chiswick - impressed a panel that included talent scouts from MTV, Sony and Comedy Central, plus thelondonpaper's Andy Jones.

thelondonpaper judge Andy Jones's verdict:

Soho threw the kitchen sink at the judges last night as the audience at Punk were blown away by some stunning acts.

From opening electro-punk act "Don't Wait Animate" to singing comedian Jay Foreman, the talent came thick and fast. Runners up Kadija Kamara may have sang "Is anyone listening?", but she had the crowd - including their huge fan club - on their feet, whilst Lizzie B's sun-kissed guitar pop made a rainy night in Soho feel like a sunny Glasto afternoon.

Even when they lacked talent, the acts certainly had bottle, such as Asaki and Shaza, the belly dancers who didn't show their bellies, and Samantha Jenkins, the very slick but slightly dated dance act.

The drama reached crisis point when racy burlesque group "Lola La Belle and the Wham Bam Belles" hit the stage. The sexy foursome's feather-clad act was only a stray nipple tassle away from triggering the sprinkler system.

Aside from the wardrobe malfunctions, the real stars of the show were One Motion Crew, whose head-spinning, body revolutions were a unanimous winner on the night - twisting so hard that the judges were worried about dislocations. The fact they were only able to show half their act demonstrates why punters should catch them performing for spare change on the South Bank soon - next time they'll have to buy a ticket.