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	15
Production
Producer(s)	SYCO TV in association with talkbackTHAMES
Running time	60–90 minutes (including tv adverts)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original release	9 June 2007 – present
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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 (colloquially known as Ant & Dec).

There is one series each year; the most recent being the thirteenth series. The four judges of the current series are: Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.

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

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. The current panel is made up of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli. 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. The show has also featured different guest judges (judges who were not permanent and most likely filled in for an ill or late judge). In 2020, a judge from Dancing on Ice Ashley Banjo replaced Simon Cowell after he had a long injury because Cowell break the part of his back after a electric bike fall, Bruno Tonioli tookover Walliams.

Series overview

Year	Series	Winner	Runner-up
2007	Series 1	Paul Potts	Not announced
2008	Series 2	George Sampson	Signature
2009	Series 3	Diversity	Susan Boyle
2010	Series 4	Spelbound	Twist and Pulse
2011	Series 5	Jai McDowall	Ronan Parke
2012	Series 6	Ashleigh and Pudsey	Jonathan and Charlotte
2013	Series 7	Attraction	Jack Carroll
2014	Series 8	Collabro	Lucy Kay
2015	Series 9	Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse	Jamie Raven
2016	Series 10	Richard Jones	Wayne Woodward
2017	Series 11	Tokio Myers	Issy Simpson
2018	Series 12	Lost Voice Guy	Robert White
2019	Series 13	Colin Thackery	X (Marc Spelmann)
2020	Series 14	Jon Courtenay	Sing Along with Us
2022	Series 15	Axel Blake	Jamie Healey