Britain's Got Talent
| Britain's Got Talent | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality, talent show, entertainment |
| Created by | Simon Cowell & Syco TV |
| Presented by | Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly |
| Starring | Marcus Bentley |
| Judges | Simon Cowell Amanda Holden Piers Morgan David Hasselhoff Michael McIntyre Alesha Dixon David Walliams Ashley Banjo Bruno Tonioli |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer | SYCO TV in association with talkbackTHAMES |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes (including tv adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 9 June 2007 – present |
Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV and part of the Got Talent series. The programme is presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (known as Ant & Dec).
There is one series each year; the most recent being the seventeenth series. The four judges of the current series are: Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.[1]
The winner of the programme performs in front of the king at The Royal Variety Show and receives a cash prize of £250,000.
Judges and presenters
[change | change source]The show started in 2007 with the original line-up Ant & Dec hosting and Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan as judges. The same format was kept until the end of Series 4, when Piers Morgan announced his departure from the show.
In series 5, David Hasselhoff and Michael Macintyre joined the panel, but they both only stayed for one series. In 2012, they were replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon.
Stephen Mulhern had been presenting the spin-off show Britain's Got More Talent from Series 1 to Series 13, In March 2020, It was announced that Britain's Got More Talent was going to be axed.[2]
In 2020, a judge from Dancing on Ice Ashley Banjo replaced Simon Cowell in the live shows after he broke his back after a electric bike fall.
In 2023, Bruno Tonioli replaced David Walliams.[3]
| Series | Host | Main Judge | Guest Judge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | Ant McPartlin | Declan Donnelly | Simon Cowell 2 4 6 | Amanda Holden 3 | Piers Morgan | — | — | |
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kelly Brook | |||||||
| 4 | Louis Walsh | |||||||
| 5 | Michael McIntyre | David Hasselhoff | ||||||
| 6 | Alesha Dixon | David Walliams | Carmen Electra | |||||
| 7 | — | |||||||
| 8 | Ant and Dec | |||||||
| 9 | — | |||||||
| 10 | Kathleen Williams | |||||||
| 11 | — | |||||||
| 12 | ||||||||
| 13 | ||||||||
| 14 | Ashley Banjo | |||||||
| 15 | — | |||||||
| 16 | Bruno Tonioli 5 | |||||||
| 17 | ||||||||
| 18 | KSI[4] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^ Known as SYCOtv from 2007 to 2012
- ^ Cowell was not present for auditions in the fifth series due to overseas commitments; he served as a judge for the live shows only.
- ^ Carmen Electra stood in for Holden for a number of sessions during Series 6 due to her pregnancy.
- ^ Cowell was forced to miss the live shows for the fourteenth series due to a back injury; Ashley Banjo stood in for him during these rounds.
- ^ Tonioli missed some days of the Blackpool auditions in Series 18 due to commitments with Dancing with the Stars. KSI stood in for him during these days.
- ^ Cowell missed a day of the Blackpool auditions in Series 18 due to the unexpected death of former colleague Liam Payne, with KSI returning for an additional day to stand in for him.
Series overview
[change | change source]| Series | Start | Finish | Winner's prize 1 | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Avg. UK viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 June 2007 | 17 June 2007 | £100,000 | Paul Potts | N/A2 | N/A2 | 8.38 |
| 2 | 12 April 2008 | 31 May 2008 | George Sampson | Signature | Andrew Johnston | 10.21 | |
| 3 | 11 April 2009 | 30 May 2009 | Diversity | Susan Boyle | Julian Smith | 13.36 | |
| 4 | 17 April 2010 | 5 June 2010 | Spelbound | Twist and Pulse | Kieran Gaffney | 11.05 | |
| 5 | 16 April 2011 | 4 June 2011 | Jai McDowall | Ronan Parke | New Bounce | 10.40 | |
| 6 | 24 March 2012 | 12 May 2012 | £500,000 | Ashleigh and Pudsey | Jonathan and Charlotte | Only Boys Aloud | 10.07 |
| 7 | 13 April 2013 | 8 June 2013 | £250,000 |  Attraction
|
Jack Carroll | Richard & Adam | 9.71 |
| 8 | 12 April 2014 | 7 June 2014 | Collabro | Lucy Kay | Bars & Melody | 9.84 | |
| 9 | 11 April 2015 | 31 May 2015 | Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse | Jamie Raven | Côr Glanaethwy | 9.31 | |
| 10 | 9 April 2016 | 28 May 2016 | Richard Jones | Wayne Woodward | Boogie Storm | 9.43 | |
| 11 | 15 April 2017 | 3 June 2017 | Tokio Myers | Issy Simpson |  Daliso Chaponda
|
9.12 | |
| 12 | 14 April 2018 | 3 June 2018 | Lost Voice Guy | Robert White |  Donchez Dacres
|
8.33 | |
| 13 | 6 April 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Colin Thackery | X | Ben Hart | 8.153 | |
| 14 | 11 April 2020 | 10 October 2020 | Jon Courtenay | Sign Along with Us | Steve Royle | 8.17 | |
| 15 | 16 April 2022 | 5 June 2022 | Axel Blake | Jamie Leahey | Tom Ball | 6.36 | |
| 16 | 15 April 2023 | 4 June 2023 |  Viggo Venn
|
Lillianna Clifton |  Cillian O’Connor
|
5.98 | |
| 17 | 20 April 2024 | 2 June 2024 | Sydnie Christmas | Jack Rhodes |  Abigail & Afronitaaa
|
5.64 | |
| 18 | 22 February 2025 | 31 May 2025 | Harry Moulding |  The Blackouts
|
 Binita Chetry
|
5.20 |
- Notes
- ^ In addition to the cash prize, winners also earn the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in the year they win.
- ^ ^ The results of this series' final did not declare who was in 2nd and 3rd place amongst the other finalists.
- ^ The average viewing figures for the thirteenth series do not include roughly a quarter of those broadcast, as official sources did not disclose their figures following their broadcast.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/bgt-2023-when-start-latest-britains-got-talent-launch-news-judges-auditions-explained-119-2105744
- ↑ Warner, Sam (27 March 2020). "Britain's Got More Talent's Stephen Mulhern says it's "a shame" the show was axed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "David Walliams replaced by Bruno Tonioli as Britain's Got Talent judge". BBC News. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ↑ "Who is Britain's Got Talent guest judge KSI? | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
