Britain's Got Talent

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 eighteenth series. The four judges of the current series are: Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli. https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/bgt-2023-when-start-latest-britains-got-talent-launch-news-judges-auditions-explained-119-2105744 The original judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Piers Morgan.

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 McPartlin & Dec Donnelly 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.

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.

In 2024, it was confirmed that Bruno Tonioli would step down from the judging panel following series 18.

 SeriesHostMain JudgeGuest Judge 1 2 3 4 1Ant McPartlinDeclan Donnelly Simon Cowell    Amanda Holden  Piers Morgan rowspan="4"  rowspan="2"  2 3 Kelly Brook 4 Louis Walsh 5 Michael McIntyre David Hasselhoff 6 Alesha Dixon David Walliams Carmen Electra 7 rowspan="1"  8 Ant and Dec 9 rowspan="1"  10 Kathleen Williams  11 rowspan="3"  12 13 14 Ashley Banjo 15 rowspan="3"  16 Bruno Tonioli  17 18 KSI

 Presenters and judging panel 

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 

 Series Start Finish Winner's prize   Winner Runner-up Third place Avg. UK viewers(millions) 1 9 June 2007 17 June 2007 £100,000 Paul Potts N/A N/A 8.38 2  31 May 2008 George Sampson Signature Andrew Johnston 10.21 3  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  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  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 MyersIssy Simpson  Daliso Chaponda 9.12 12 14 April 2018 3 June 2018 Lost Voice Guy Robert White  Donchez Dacres 8.3313 6 April 2019 2 June 2019 Colin Thackery X Ben Hart 8.1514 11 April 2020  Jon Courtenay Sign Along with Us Steve Royle  8.1715 16 April 2022 5 June 2022 Axel Blake Jamie Leahey Tom Ball 6.3616 15 April 2023 4 June 2023 Viggo Venn Lillianna Clifton Cillian O’Connor 5.9817 20 April 2024 2 June 2024 Sydnie Christmas Jack Rhodes  5.6418  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

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Category:2007 British television series debuts
Category:2000s British reality television series
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Category:ITV reality television programmes
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