# Britain's Got Talent: The Champions

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, which began broadcasting on ITV on 31 August 2019. The programme functions similar to BGT, but features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, who compete in a series of preliminaries to secure a place in the grand final and a chance to win a large prize and to be crowned Britain's champion within Got Talent.
The spin-off is hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), and is based upon America's Got Talent: The Champions, in that the format is different to the main programme - episodes are pre-recorded, and votes for participants are conducted under a different system. The spin-off series averaged 5.84 million viewers across the 6 episodes during its broadcast.

## Production

Following the success of America's Got Talent: The Champions in early 2019, Simon Cowell opted to create a similar spin-off competition for Britain's Got Talent, which, along with the same subtitle, would operate under the same format. Production was green-lighted by the broadcaster ITV, with the contest taking place between July and August of the same year, and using the same presenters and panel of judges as the regular show. Much like the American spin-off, the episodes were pre-recorded – filming of the spin-off took place during the contest's operation, with production staff editing the finalised footage for full broadcast over a weekly basis, towards the end of the Summer TV schedule that year.

## Contest overview

Around 45 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – both quarter-finalists (where applicable) and semi-finalists – and other notable acts, participated during The Champions contest in 2019, with each of the contest's preliminaries featuring around 9 participants. The following table lists each participants that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, series, and performance – and their overall result in the contest:
| Got Talent History Key | AGT – America's Got Talent | AGTC – America's Got Talent: The Champions | ArGT - Arab's Got Talent | AsGT – Asia's Got Talent |
| Got Talent History Key | AuGT – Australia's Got Talent | BGT – Britain's Got Talent | BeGT – Belgium's Got Talent | ČSMT – Česko Slovensko má talent |
| Got Talent History Key | DS – Das Supertalent | FIT – La France a un incroyable talent | GGT - Georgia's Got Talent! | GTE – Got Talent España |
| Got Talent History Key | HGT – Holland's Got Talent | IGT – Italia's Got Talent | InGT – India's Got Talent | MS – Minuta slavy |
| Got Talent History Key | PGT – Pilipinas Got Talent | SAGT — South Africa's Got Talent | UMT – Ukrayina maye talant | Ireland (excluded) |
    Winner | Runner-up | Third place
    Finalist | Eliminated | Golden Buzzer
| Participant | Act | Got Talent history | Preliminary | Results |
| 100 Voices of Gospel | Gospel Choir | BGT: 10 - Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| Alex Magala | Sword Swallower | AGT: S8 - Quarter-finalist ; IGT: S5 - Finalist ; MS: S8 - Winner ; UMT: S6 - Semi-finalist ; FIT: S9 - Participant ; BGT: S10 - Finalist ; ČSMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant; AuGT S9 - Participant | 5 | Eliminated |
| Alexa Lauenburger | Dog Tricks Act | DS: S11 - Winner | 2 | Finalist |
| Antonio Sorgentone | Singer & Pianist | IGT: S9 - Winner | 2 | Eliminated |
| Ashleigh & Sully | Dancing Dog Act | BGT: S6 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 1 | Eliminated |
| Bad Salsa | Salsa Dance Duo | InGT: S4 - Winner | 1 | Eliminated |
| Bars & Melody | Rapper & Singer | BGT: S8 - Third Place | 5 | Finalist |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | Comic Daredevil Duo | AGT: S12 - Quarter-finalist (Bello), S13 - Participant (Annaliese) | 1 | Finalist |
| Ben Hart | Magician | BGT: S13 - Third Place | 5 | Eliminated |
| Billy & Emily England | Extreme Rollerskating Duo | BGT: S9 - Semi-finalist ; AGT: S12 - Semifinalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| Bonnie Anderson | Singer | AuGT: S1 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Boogie Storm | Dance Group | BGT: S10 - Third Place | 1 | Eliminated |
| Colin Thackery | Singer | BGT: S13 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Collabro | Musical Theatre Group | BGT: S8 - Winner | 5 | Eliminated |
| Connie Talbot | Singer | BGT: S1 - Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Cristina Ramos | Opera & Rock Singer | GTE: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 3 | Eliminated |
| Daliso Chaponda | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S11 - Third Place | 5 | Eliminated |
| Darcy Oake | Illusionist | BGT: S8 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3 | Finalist |
| Deadly Games | Knife Throwing Duo | AGT: S11 - Semi-finalist ; FIT: S12 - Semi-Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| DJ Arch Jnr | DJ | SAGT: S6 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3 | Eliminated |
| DM-X Comvaleñoz | Dance Group | PGT: S5 - Semi Finalist ; AsGT : S2 - Runner Up | 5 | Eliminated |
| Gao Lin & Liu Xin | Acrobatic Duo | BGT: S11 - Participant ; AsGT : S1 - Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh | Vocalist | GGT - Participant; UMT: S6 - Finalist ; DS: S12 - Finalist | 5 | Eliminated |
| George Sampson | Breakdancer | BGT: S2 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Issy Simpson | Illusionist | BGT: S11 - Runner-up ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| Jack Carroll | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S7 - Runner Up | 3 | Eliminated |
| Jai McDowall | Singer | BGT: S5 - Winner | 2 | Eliminated |
| Kseniya Simonova | Sand Artist | UMT: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Third Place | 1 | Third Place |
| Lost Voice Guy | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S12 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | Eliminated |
| Mayyas | Dance Group | ArGT: S6 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| MerseyGirls | Dance Group | BGT: S11 - Finalist | 2 | Finalist |
| Mirror Family | Dance Group | ČSMT: S5 - Finalist | 4 | Eliminated |
| Paddy & Nico | Salsa Dance Duo | BGT: S8 - Finalist ; FIT: S11 - Semi-finalist | 3 | Finalist |
| Paul Potts | Opera Singer | BGT: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Paul Zerdin | Ventriloquist | AGT: S10 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | Eliminated |
| Preacher Lawson | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S12 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 4 | Finalist |
| Richard & Adam | Singing Duo | BGT: S7 - Third Place | 3 | Eliminated |
| Richard Jones | Close-up Magician | BGT: S10 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| Stavros Flatley | Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S3 - Finalist | 4 | Runner-up |
| Tape Face | Mime | AGT: S11 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| The Fire | Dance Group | HGT: S9 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| The Nelson Twins | Comedy Duo | AuGT: S6 - Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| The Sacred Riana | Illusionist | AsGT : S2 - Winner ; AGT: S13 - Quarter-finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Twist and Pulse | Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S4 - Runner-up | 5 | Winner |
| Vicki Barbolak | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S13 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 5 | Eliminated |
* ^1 The original couple for Deadly Games split up after their last performance together. While the knife-thrower, Alfredo Silva, remained to continue under this name, his partner was replaced by the winner of the 8th series of Poland's Got Talent for this contest.

### Preliminaries

    Golden Buzzer Advancement | Advanced - 1st in Audience Vote | Eliminated - 2nd in Audience Vote
    Eliminated - 3rd in Audience Vote | Eliminated | Buzzed Out

#### Preliminaries 1 (31 August)

| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Finished |
| Participant | Order | Act | Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | Finished |
| Ashleigh & Sully | 1 | Dancing Dog Act | | | | | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | 2 | Comic Daredevil Duo | | | | | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
| Connie Talbot | 3 | Singer | | | | | Eliminated |
| The Nelson Twins | 4 | Comedy Duo | | | | | Eliminated |
| Bad Salsa | 5 | Salsa Dance Duo | | | | | Eliminated |
| Kseniya Simonova | 6 | Sand Artist | | | | | Advanced Immediately (by Holden) |
| Boogie Storm | 7 | Dance Group | | | | | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |
| The Sacred Riana | 8 | Illusionist | | | | | Eliminated |
| Paul Potts | 9 | Opera Singer | | | | | Eliminated |

#### Preliminaries 2 (7 September)

| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Finished |
| Participant | Order | Act | Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | Finished |
| 100 Voices of Gospel | 1 | Gospel Choir | | | | | Eliminated |
| Lost Voice Guy | 2 | Stand Up Comedian | | | | | Eliminated |
| Alexa Lauenburger | 3 | Dog Tricks Act | | | | | Advanced Immediately (by Ant & Dec) |
| Paul Zerdin | 4 | Ventriloquist | | | | | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |
| Gao Lin & Liu Xin | 5 | Acrobatic Duo | | | | | Eliminated |
| Antonio Sorgentone | 6 | Singer & Pianist | | | | | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |
| MerseyGirls | 7 | Dance Group | | | | | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
| Deadly Games | 8 | Knife Throwing Duo | | | | | Eliminated |
| Jai McDowall | 9 | Singer | | | | | Eliminated |

#### Preliminaries 3 (14 September)

| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Finished |
| Participant | Order | Act | Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | Finished |
| Richard Jones | 1 | Close Up Magician | | | | | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |
| Mayyas | 2 | Dance Group | | | | | Eliminated |
| DJ Arch Jr | 3 | DJ | | | | | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |
| Jack Carroll | 4 | Stand Up Comedian | | | | | Eliminated |
| Paddy & Nico | 5 | Salsa Dance Duo | | | | | Advanced Immediately (by Walliams) |
| Richard & Adam | 6 | Singing Duo | | | | | Eliminated |
| The Fire | 7 | Dance Group | | | | | Eliminated |
| Darcy Oake | 8 | Illusionist | | | | | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
| Cristina Ramos | 9 | Singer | | | | | Eliminated |

#### Preliminaries 4 (21 September)

| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Finished |
| Participant | Order | Act | Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | Finished |
| George Sampson | 1 | Breakdancer | | | | | Eliminated |
| Bonnie Anderson | 2 | Singer | | | | | Eliminated |
| Issy Simpson | 3 | Illusionist | | | | | Eliminated |
| Mirror Family | 4 | Dance Group | | | | | Eliminated |
| Tape Face | 5 | Mime | | | | | Eliminated |
| Preacher Lawson | 6 | Stand Up Comedian | | | | | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
| Stavros Flatley | 7 | Comic Dance Duo | | | | | Advanced Immediately (by Cowell) |
| Colin Thackery | 8 | Singer | | | | | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |
| Billy & Emily England | 9 | Extreme Rollerskating Duo | | | | | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |

#### Preliminaries 5 (28 September)

| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Finished |
| Participant | Order | Act | Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | Finished |
| Daliso Chaponda | 1 | Stand Up Comedian | | | | | Eliminated |
| DM-X Comvaleñoz | 2 | Dance Group | | | | | Eliminated |
| Ben Hart | 3 | Magician | | | | | Eliminated |
| Alex Magala | 4 | Sword Swallower | | | | | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |
| Bars & Melody | 5 | Rapper & Singer | | | | | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
| Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh | 6 | Vocalist | | | | | Eliminated |
| Vicki Barbolak | 7 | Stand Up Comedian | | | | | Eliminated |
| Twist & Pulse | 8 | Comic Dance Duo | | | | | Advanced Immediately (by Dixon) |
| Collabro | 9 | Musical Theatre Group | | | | | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |

### Grand Final (5 October)

    Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Finalist
| Finalist | Order | Act | Finished |
| Bars & Melody | 1 | Rapper & Singer | Finalist |
| Preacher Lawson | 2 | Stand Up Comedian | Finalist |
| Kseniya Simonova | 3 | Sand Artist | Third Place |
| Darcy Oake | 4 | Illusionist | Finalist |
| MerseyGirls | 5 | Dance Group | Finalist |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | 6 | Comic Daredevil Duo | Finalist |
| Twist & Pulse | 7 | Comic Dance Duo | Winner |
| Alexa Lauenburger | 8 | Dog Tricks Act | Finalist |
| Stavros Flatley | 9 | Comedy Dance Duo | Runner-Up |
| Paddy & Nico | 10 | Salsa Dance Duo | Finalist |

## Ratings

| Episode | Air date | Total viewers (millions) | ITV weekly rank |
| Preliminary 1 | 31 August | 7.20 | 1 |
| Preliminary 2 | 7 September | 6.23 | 5 |
| Preliminary 3 | 14 September | 5.89 | 8 |
| Preliminary 4 | 21 September | 5.07 | 13 |
| Preliminary 5 | 28 September | 5.21 | 14 |
| Final | 5 October | 5.63 | 13 |