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. 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.

### Presenters and judging panel 

File:Simon Cowell in December 2011.jpg|Simon Cowell (2007–present)
File:Amanda Holden 2014 London.jpg|Amanda Holden (2007–present)
File:Piers Morgan at PaleyFest 2013.jpg|Piers Morgan (2007–2010)
File:David Hasselhof at re-publica May 2014 (cropped).jpg|David Hasselhoff (2011)
File:Michael McIntyre - Soho Theatre - Monday 15th May 2017 McIntyreSoho150517-10 (34683587845) (cropped).jpg|Michael McIntyre (2011)
File:Ashleigh and David Walliams (the voice of Pudsey in the movie) (cropped).JPG|David Walliams (2012–2022)
File:Bruno Tonioli in 2015.jpg|Bruno Tonioli (2023–2025)
File:KSI in 2024.png|KSI (2025)

;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 
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# 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.

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