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Britain's Got Talent


Got More Talent" broadcasting a special set of compilation episodes featuring the best and worst auditions from that year's contest, entitled "Britain's Got Talent: Best and Worst", which are presented by Mulhern who introduces each clip shown. "Britain's Got Talent" has been nominated for a number of National Television Awards in the category of 'Most Popular Talent Show' since 2007. But has lost out to its sister shows "The X Factor" and "Strictly Come Dancing". Ant and Dec have won
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Norske Talenter


Norske Talenter (English: "Norway’s got talent, lit. Norwegian Talents") is a Norwegian-based talent show with a similar format to "Britain's Got Talent," which thus makes it one of the "Got Talent" franchise programmes. The 16-year-old singer Erlend Bratland won the first series and Quick, a hip hop dance group, won the second series. The judges were music producer Jan Fredrik Karlsen, singer and actress and comedian/actor Thomas Giertsen. In 2008 and Sturla Berg-
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Alex Magala


Alexandr Magala (born 24 June 1989 in Orhei) is a Moldovan entertainer and sword swallower who won "Russia's Got Talent" in 2014. He was also a finalist on "Britain's Got Talent" and "Italia's Got Talent", a semi-finalist on "Ukraine's Got Talent", and a quarter-finalist on "America's Got Talent." Magala was born to a poor family in Orhei, the administrative center of Orhei District in Moldova, with a population of 32,000. He moved
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Ashley Banjo


Ashley Modurotolu Banjo (born 4 October 1988), is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of "Britain's Got Talent". Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show "Got to Dance" and co-presenter of the Saturday night BBC game show "Can't Touch This". Ashley has been a judge on the ITV show "Dancing on Ice" since January 2018. Following winning Britain's Got Talent in 2009,
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Ashley Banjo


Jordan formed Swift Moves with nine of their friends, before later changing their name to Diversity. He was given the nickname 'Chosen' by his fellow Diversity members. In their first year together, they won the Street Dance Weekend 2007 competition before deciding to enter "Britain's Got Talent". In 2009, Diversity won the third series of ITV talent show "Britain's Got Talent". All the judges heavily praised their performances throughout the competition, with Ashley's choreography being described by Amanda Holden as "genius"
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 7)


The seventh series of Britain's Got Talent started on 13 April 2013 and ended on 8 June 2013. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished, thus Attraction won, Jack Carroll finished second and so on. Attraction are a Hungarian shadow theatre group who won the competition beating joint favorite, Jack Carroll. Jack Carroll is a comedian who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Richard and Adam Johnson are two opera singing brothers. Their act was disrupted in the final when one of their violinists when out and attacked the
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists


Britain's Got Talent is a British talent reality television series that first aired in 2007. As of 2 June 2019, there have been thirteen completed series. The show has been spun off around the world under the "Got Talent" franchise. The competition is open to people of all ages who possess a talent. After the initial rounds of auditions, successful contestants are narrowed down by the judges. In the first series, 30 contestants made it into the three semi-finals, and in subsequent series this has been
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in the Britain's Got Talent Live Tour with other contestants, where she first performed a duet of "Walking in the Air" with Johnston. While Smith was competing in "Britain's Got Talent", Cowell arranged for her to receive singing lessons from the leading vocal coach Yvie Burnett, who had previously coached Paul Potts, an earlier winner of "Britain's Got Talent," as well as Leona Lewis, a winner of "The X Factor". The story was broken by "The Sunday Mirror";
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 9)


Britain's Got Talent. He was then defeated in 2016 by Richard Jones, who won. Côr Glanaethwy are a choir from Port Talbot, Wales. They won their semi-final and eventually finished third. Old Men Grooving are a dance group. They formed in 2014 when Sainsbury's were looking for dancers to take part in an online advert for the supermarket chain's Christmas jumpers. Isaac Waddington is a singer and pianist from Portsmouth. Calum Scott is a singer from Kingston upon Hull. He was Simon Cowell's Golden
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Britain's Got Talent (series 8)


as Ant & Dec) having to stand in for Simon Cowell, after illness forced him to be absent during a day of auditions. It was also the first series in the show's history to have a buzzer used during the live final, and was the first to include the "Golden Buzzer" - a format introduced to the programme, which had begun to appear within the "Got Talent" franchise since it was first introduced on "Germany's Got Talent" in 2012. The eighth series was won by boy
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Britain's Got Talent (series 1)


Cowell had been original choices during the original plans for the programme before O'Grady's departure. The hosts selected for the first series were Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), while a spin-off show on ITV2, entitled "Britain's Got More Talent" would be hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The first series was won by opera singer Paul Potts. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 8.4 million viewers. After Simon Cowell pitched to ITV his plans for a televised talent competition,
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Hip-hop dance


You Can Dance Scandinavia". In 2017, hip hop duo Les Twins won the inaugural season of World of Dance. Hip hop dance crew The Lab won the following year. Hip-hop dance has also been popular among viewers of the "Got Talent" series. French hip-hop dancer Salah won the first season of "Incroyable Talent" in 2006. French b-boy Junior won the second season in 2007. In 2008, hip-hop dancer George Sampson won "Britain's Got Talent", Danish
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 4)


The fourth series of Britain's Got Talent started on 17 April 2010 and ended on 5 June 2010. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished. Spelbound are a gymnastic troupe. Twist & Pulse are dancers from London. Kieran Gaffney is a drummer from Kent. Tina and Chandi are a dog trick act. Paul Burling is an impressionist from Hertfordshire. Tobias Mead is a dancer. He won Got to Dance in 2014 as part of the duo "Duplic8". Christopher Stone is an opera singer who
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 2)


The second series of Britain's Got Talent started on 12 April 2008 and finished on 31 May 2008 and was won by street dancer George Sampson. George Sampson is a street dancer. He appeared in the first series of auditions in 2007 where he progressed to the next round but failed to make it to the live shows. He returned a year later and advanced to the semi finals. He won the semi final with his routine, a self choreographed dance rendition of singing in the rain involving him dancing underneath a rain machine
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 6)


from Ireland who first participated in The Voice of Ireland before his appearance on Britain's Got Talent. He also had a role in Fair City as a child. Nu Sxool are a dance troupe from Wales. Sam Kelly (born 21 August 1992) is a singer and songwriter from Norfolk. Kelly started learning to play the guitar when he was 8 years old. Kelly auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent" in Manchester on 20 January 2012 and was aired on 24 March 2012. His performance of "Make You Feel
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Jai McDowall


Jai McDowall (born 24 July 1986) is a Scottish singer–songwriter who won the fifth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in June 2011. As the winner, he received £100,000 and performed at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance. McDowall was signed to Syco Music, a subdivision of record label giant, Sony Music. Before "Britain's Got Talent", he appeared as a contestant on "The X Factor" and "The American Idol Experience". His debut album "Believe" was released on
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Paul Potts


Paul Robert Potts (born 1970) is an English tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's "Britain's Got Talent" with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera "Turandot". As a singer of operatic pop music, Potts recorded the album "One Chance", which topped sales charts in thirteen countries. Prior to winning "Britain's Got Talent", Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse. He had served as a Bristol city councillor
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Britain's Got Talent


through their audition; the surprise return of a participant from a previous series' contest, operating under a veiled alias; and the contest being won by the oldest participant to take part. The series was won by singer Colin Thackery, with mentalist Marc Spelmann (under the stage name of "X") coming second, and magician Ben Hart placing third. Britain's Got More Talent (often shortened to BGMT) is a companion sister show that is broadcast on ITV2, and is aired after each episode of "Britain
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Hip-hop dance


popping and roboting duo Robot Boys won "Talent 2008" (), and hip-hop dance crew Quick won the Norwegian version of the show. After George Sampson, dance crew Diversity won the next season of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2009. The same year, Brazilian crew D-Efeitos won "Qual é o Seu Talento?" ("What's Your Talent?"). In 2010, Justice Crew won "Australia's Got Talent". After signing a recording contract with Sony Music Australia
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George Sampson


George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is an English street dancer, television presenter, singer, and actor. He won the second series of "Britain's Got Talent" on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14. He is an official ambassador of the United Dance Organisation. In 2007, dance teacher Dominic Chambers told Sampson that there were auditions in the area that would be right up his alley. He discovered he'd be auditioning for the first series of "Britain's Got Talent" only when he
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 5)


Apprentice", again impersonating Ant & Dec, Alan Sugar, Ross Kemp and Kevin Webster, while also including impressions of Gordon Ramsay and Louis Walsh. He won the semi-final with 38.1% of the vote. In the final on 4 June, Gibson performed a routine from "Celebrity MasterChef", with impressions of "MasterChef" presenter Gregg Wallace, Louis Walsh, Dermot O'Leary and "Britain's Got Talent" judges Simon Cowell, David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre. He was criticised by some of the judges who
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 6)


The sixth series of Britain's Got Talent started on 24 March 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished. Ashleigh and Pudsey are a dog act who won the competition. Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli are a classical crossover duo. At the time, they were aged 17 and 16 respectively. They were runners up in the series. Only Boys Aloud are an all-male choir from Wales made up of boys aged 14–19. It was set up in 2010 by
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Jai McDowall


of £100,000. Jai was announced as the winner with 29.1% of the vote, approximately 4.1 million, which proved a shock as he beat bookies' favourite Ronan Parke. It was later revealed on "Britain's Got More Talent" that there was a margin of 2.4% of the vote, approximately 86,000, between Jai and runner-up Ronan Parke. He won £100,000 and a spot at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance. After winning "Britain's Got Talent", Jai performed on the Britain's Got
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The Impossible Dream (Richard & Adam album)


The Impossible Dream is the debut studio album by Welsh operatic duo Richard & Adam, who first rose to fame on the seventh series of the ITV talent show "Britain's Got Talent", on which they finished third. The album was released on 29 July 2013 through Sony Music as the first of two albums that the duo released with their current contract. On 2 July 2013, three weeks after finishing in third place on the seventh series of "Britain's Got Talent", it was announced that Richard & Adam
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Britain's Got Talent (series 2)


the judges from the first series - Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan - and the hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), returned for the second series, along with Stephen Mulhern returning to front the second series of "Britain's Got More Talent" on ITV 2. The second series was won by street dancer George Sampson, with dance duo Signature coming in second and singer Andrew Johnston in third. During its broadcast, the series proved to be a greater ratings success,
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Britain's Got Talent (series 13)


took place between January and February 2019, within London and Manchester. During filming of the London auditions, the event was kick-started by a special performance from Susan Boyle to mark her tenth year as a singer since she first made her appearance on "Britain's Got Talent"s third season. One of the most notable auditionees for this year's contest was David Watson - a participant who had auditioned for ten years for a place on the programme without success. His latest attempt led to the host of "Britain's Got
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Silence in the Library


2008 which took place on 24 May. "Silence in the Library" was scheduled against the final of ITV's talent contest "Britain's Got Talent" and suffered in the ratings as a result. BARB's final figures recorded an audience 6.27 million when adjusted for time shifting. "Britain's Got Talent" was viewed by 11.52 million in comparison. This was the first time since the series' revival in 2005 that "Doctor Who" did not have the largest audience share in its timeslot. However, the episode did
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 9)


The ninth series of Britain's Got Talent started on 11 April 2015 and ended on 31 May 2015. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished. Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse are a dog dancing act, comprising trainer Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse, a male Australian Shepherd. They won the competition, making them the second dog act to win the competition. Jamie Raven is a magician from London. He won his semi final and eventually finished second beating Darcy Oake to the highest placing a magician got on
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Britain's Got Talent (series 10)


Series Ten of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2016, from 9 April to 28 May on ITV. To celebrate ten years of the show, the final featured a special performance entitled "Best of Britain’s Got Talent", which featured several partipicants who had appeared on the show during the previous nine series, including Ashleigh and Pudsey, Attraction, Diversity, Jon Clegg, Stavros Flatley, Collabro and Spelbound. It was the last series to have its live episodes
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The X Factor (British TV series)


never rest on their laurels and are determined to continually raise the bar and set new standards. Must-see television, which everyone talks about on a Monday morning." At the 2011 National Television Awards, "The X Factor" won the Talent Show award, beating "Strictly Come Dancing", "Britain's Got Talent" and "Dancing on Ice". At the 2012 National Television Awards, "The X Factor" again beat "Strictly Come Dancing", "Britain's Got Talent" and "Dancing
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Open Mic UK


The Hats won the 21 & Over category. Other notable acts in the 2012 competition included Lauren Platt, who finished in 4th place in The X Factor (UK series 11). Giles Potter, Alejandro Fernandez-Holt - both of whom competed in The X Factor (UK series 10) and got as far as the Judges’ Houses and Bootcamp respectively - and Arisxandra Libantino who came very close to winning ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. 2013 was the first year that the National Grand Final took place at the National
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Richard & Adam


and O ship Azura and also performed on "Loose Women" as "The Johnson Brothers". Richard and Adam auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent" in January 2013 and was aired in April 2013. They performed 'The Impossible Dream' and were put through to the next round by the judges. The duo performed on the first live show with "Somewhere" and won with the most votes cast with over 66% of the vote. They were put through to the final. In the "Britain's Got
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Britain's Got Talent (series 8)


final day of auditions in London, Cowell was forced to be absent for them to attend to his girlfriend Lauren Silverman, who had gone into labour that day; the show's production team chose not to bring in a stand-in because of this. The eighth series is most notable in the show's history for the introduction of a new format that was slowly becoming a part of auditions within other shows of the "Got Talent" franchise, since it was first used on "Germany's Got Talent" - the
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Britain's Got Talent (series 1)


the first series of "Britain's Got Talent", with major auditions for potential acts held within the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. The initial choices for judges changed to begin with following O'Grady's decision to switch broadcasters, with it eventually finalised on Cowell, Piers Morgan, and Amanda Holden. Of the participants who auditioned to be in the contest for this series, only 24 made it into the three live semi-finals, with eight appearing in each one, and six of these acts moving
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 8)


Britain's Got Talent"." His audition has been viewed over 67 million times on YouTube. For his semi-final act, he performed a teleportation illusion. The act placed him in the top three, and after a split judges' vote, it was revealed he was second and sent to the final, making him the first ever magician to make the final of "Britain's Got Talent". His performance in the final was "Time of the Essence" where he was hung upside down within an open
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The X Factor (British TV series)


on Ice" to the award. The show also won Best UK TV Show at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards. At the 2015 National Television Awards, "The X Factor" won Best Talent Show for the first time in three years, beating "Strictly Come Dancing", "Britain's Got Talent" and "The Voice UK". The viewing figures for the first seven years of the show featured an upwards trend (excluding the third series) until it peaked for its seventh series in 2010. However since
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India's Got Talent


India's Got Talent (sometimes abbreviated as IGT) is an Indian reality television series on Colors television network, founded by Sakib Zakir Ahmed and part of the global British "Got Talent" franchise. It is a cooperative effort between Colors and Britain's FremantleMedia. The first episode of "India's Got Talent" premiered on 27 June 2009. "India's Got Talent" follows the global "Got Talent" format, in which contestants audition in front of three judges and a studio audience. Up until the semifinal and
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before. Initially, the producers intended to change the format by including a fourth judge on the panel, but this was later dropped a few days after auditions began. The series was won by dance troupe Diversity, with singer Susan Boyle coming in second, and saxophonist Julian Smith placing third. It is the highest watched series in the history of "Britain's Got Talent", attracting an average of over 13.3 million viewers, with the contributing factor being the performances made by Boyle. The fourth series was aired during 2010
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Kate and Gin


Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" and finishing second behind dance group Signature. Before the final Kate and Gin were one of the five favourites to win "Britain's Got Talent". They again performed a routine to Moby's "James Bond Theme" in the show's final on 31 May 2008, but failed to make the final three. The competition was eventually won by George Sampson. After the final, the duo performed with others from the show in the "Britain's Got Talent
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Ashleigh and Pudsey


's back. Later that evening, "Ashleigh and Pudsey" won the 2012 series of "Britain's Got Talent", beating classical duo Jonathan and Charlotte. On 2 June 2012, Ashleigh and Pudsey performed at Epsom Downs Racecourse in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In September 2012, Ashleigh and Pudsey were guest judges on ITV2's "Top Dog Model". As part of the prize for winning "Britain's Got Talent", Ashleigh and Pudsey performed at the 84th "
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason


. In 2015, he and his siblings were competitors on "Britain's Got Talent" as The Kanneh-Masons. He won the BBC's Young Musician of the Year contest in May 2016, later telling "The Observer" that appearing on "Britain's Got Talent" had been "a good experience for getting used to performing in front of lots of people, with cameras and interviews. When it came to BBC Young Musician there were fewer cameras so I wasn't fazed at all." Kanneh-Mason was
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Tokio Myers


Torville Jones (born 6 April 1984), better known by his stage name Tokio Myers, is a pianist and music producer born in London. He won reality show "Britain's Got Talent" in 2017 playing Debussy's "Clair de lune", which turned into Ed Sheeran's song "Bloodstream"; Rihanna's "Diamonds" in semi-final 3; and in the final, Hans Zimmer's "Interstellar" theme soundtrack and Rag'n'Bone Man's hit "Human". After winning "Britain's Got Talent
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China's Got Talent (series 3)


, Zhu Jie as she sang Over the Rainbow. Those Funny Little People also performed and sang It's Raining Men. Series 2's winner of Britain's Got Talent, George Sampson performer a hip-hop dance routine with Zhuo Jun, winner of "China's Got Talent" (series 2). "Britain's Got Talent" (Series 3)'s 4th place finisher, Stavros Flatley performed their Irish dance routine. Jai McDowall, winner of series 5's of "Britain's Got Talent", performed Time
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Roy Walker (comedian)


in 2009. On 26 May 2009, he appeared on the "Britain's Got Talent" show "Britain's Got More Talent". Also in 2009, he appeared in a celebrity edition of the reality cookery show "Come Dine with Me", which aired on 1 November – in which he came first. The other contestants were "Most Haunted" presenter Yvette Fielding, Natasha Hamilton of pop group Atomic Kitten and actor Bruce Jones who played Les Battersby on "Coronation Street". On 27 May 2013, he
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Babbacombe Theatre


since 1986, and he is responsible for devising and directing all of the shows. The theatre encourages and develops up and coming talent, and hosted for five seasons the "Torbay’s Got Talent" live event from 2006 to 2011. Its 2011 show Heatwave featured two of the event's winners, Holly Cosgrove who won in 2009 and Stephanie Blackler, who won in 2010. In 2012, the show Stardust cast 5 members who first came to the attention of Colin Matthews through the Torbay’s Got Talent platform. This season
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Canada's Got Talent


performed the song "Beautiful" from their album "Storms." Sagkeeng's Finest received the most votes from Canada, winning the first season of "Canada's Got Talent". On May 30, 2011, Citytv and Insight Production announced that they would create a Canadian series of the hit "Got Talent" series and that the show would begin in Spring 2012. The stage for Canada's Got Talent is almost exactly the same used on "Britain's Got Talent"; the only difference being that the stage is
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Old Men Grooving


Ident 2016 "Britain's Got More Talent" 2016 "Britain’s Got Talent" (Tenth Anniversary Tribute with Diversity, George Sampson, Collabro, Stavros Flatley, etc.) Live Appearances Include: 2018 Uswitch.com "Britain’s Got Talent" Pre-show VIP Room 2017 Grand Order of Water Rats – (Entertainment Industry Charity Christmas Gala) 2017 AO.com "Britain’s Got Talent" Pre-show VIP Room 2017 "Breakin’ Convention" – Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 2016 Ideal Home Show - London (32 performances
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Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse


Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse are a British dog dancing act, comprising trainer Jules O'Dwyer, a 52-year-old woman, and her dog Matisse, a male Border Collie. Together they won the ninth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2015. Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse participated in the ninth series of "Britain's Got Talent". For their audition in episode 7, O'Dwyer took the role of a dog catcher with Matisse portraying a stray dog. In addition to telling a story, Matisse performed a variety of canine
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Danmark Har Talent (season 1)


There was a previous show called Talent, which ran for 3 series from 2010-2013. Danmark Har Talent differed from the first three series of Talent because for the first time these a golden buzzer which is used when each judge want to put an act straight through to the live shows, the golden buzzer has been used worldwide in got talent franchise firstly used on das supertalent the German version of the show and Britain's Got Talent British version of got talent. this series for the first time has a 4th judge which
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China's Got Talent (series 2)


contestants with the most votes combined with the jury points and judges' points will be the second finalist of the week. World-renowned and Britain's Got Talent runner up, Susan Boyle perform two songs; "Who I Was Born To Be" and "I Dreamed a Dream" at Shanghai Stadium. Also Britain's Got Talent finalist Razy Gogonea performed his Matrix routine. Popular Mandopop singer Han Geng also performed his song "In A Dream." Rules Before the final 6 acts performed one last time, the judges
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Aidan Davis


3 winners Diversity; although they did perform together on the tour, Davis never officially became a member of Diversity. Davis performed at a Michael Jackson dance tribute show on 30 August 2009. He was lined up with other dance stars from "Britain's Got Talent", including George Sampson, Diversity and Signature at the Opera House Theatre in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Acts that also appeared were MD Productions, from the first series of Britain's Got Talent, Flava, Sugar Free and Marcquelle Ward who plays BB from television show
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Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015


career, and has won many awards. In 2010 when she was just 7 years old Kuduzović won the first season of "Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia's Got Talent)." "Prva ljubezen" () is a song by Slovenian child singer Lina Kuduzović who won first season of the Slovenia's Got Talent show. It represented Slovenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Bulgaria and she achieved 3rd place with 112 points which is Slovenia's best Junior Eurovision and Eurovision placing ever. At the running order
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Korea's Got Talent


Korea's Got Talent is a South Korean reality television show that was first broadcast on 4 June 2011 on tvN. The show is based on the "Got Talent" series format, originating with "Britain's Got Talent". This is the show's first series in Korea. The judges are Kolleen Park, Jang Jin and Song Yun-ah. The show started accepting applicants on 9 February 2011 via ARS, the official website, and smart phone apps. The show held regional auditions nationwide starting in Busan on 2 April
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Australia's Got Talent


on the show once more. Mark Vincent won the season, while Jal Joshua became the runner-up. On the grand finale, international opera singer and winner of "Britain's Got Talent" series one, Paul Potts performed live in the studio. The fourth season of "Australia's Got Talent" returned on 13 April 2010. Grant Denyer continued as host, while radio DJ Kyle Sandilands and Irish singer Brian McFadden joined Dannii Minogue on the judging panel as replacements for Red Symons and Tom Burlinson. Auditions for the
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Jake Pratt


. He has been attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School since his appearance on "Britain's Got Talent". He previously attended YMCA Scarborough, and the Scarborough Dance Centre. Pratt won the "Park Resorts National Finals" for the 11 & Under Section for three years in a row. Before "Britain's Got Talent", Pratt appeared at BBC Radio York's stand-up comedy event, More Front Than Scarborough, on 11 March 2007. He impressed the judges with his jokes, coming in at second place to
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Open Mic UK


studio time. Beth Penrose won the MUZU exposure award, and was given resources to shoot a music video. The 2011 Open Mic UK competition also saw a very young Lauren Thalia go far in the contest who later got to the Grand Final of ITV’s Britain's Got Talent (series 6) show receiving over 2 million views on YouTube. Also making a second appearance in the Open Mic UK competition in 2011 was The X Factor (UK TV series)' runner up Jahméne Douglas who won his Bristol Regional Final only
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Korea's Got Talent (season 1)


Korea's Got Talent is a South Korean reality television show that was first broadcast on 4 June 2011 on tvN. The show is based on the "Got Talent" series format, originating with "Britain's Got Talent". This is the show's first series in Korea. The judges are Kolleen Park, Jang Jin and Song Yun-ah. The show started accepting applicants on 9 February 2011 via ARS, the official website, and smart phone apps. The show held regional auditions nationwide starting in Busan on 2 April
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America's Got Talent (season 1)


Season One of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, began broadcasting in the United States during 2006, from June 21 to August 17. It was originally intended to be aired after the first season of "Britain's Got Talent", but following a dispute between that edition's planned host and the network that had secured the rights to the program, the "Got Talent" creator, Simon Cowell, decided to suspend work on the British edition and focused his attention on the American edition. Production staff
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Susan Boyle


. After Boyle won several local singing competitions, her mother urged her to enter "Britain's Got Talent" and take the risk of singing in front of an audience larger than her parish church. Former coach O'Neil said Boyle abandoned an audition for "The X Factor" because she believed people were being chosen for their looks. She almost abandoned her plan to enter "Britain's Got Talent" believing she was too old, but O'Neil persuaded her to audition nevertheless. Boyle said that she was motivated to seek a musical
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Talento Argentino


Talento Argentino is a television show, led by Mariano Peluffo, which airs on the Telefé channel. It is based on the English-format "Got Talent" series, which takes place simultaneously in other countries, such as "Britain's Got Talent" in Great Britain, "America's Got Talent" in the United States or "Got Talent", the Spanish version. The show has three jurors responsible for selecting people with certain talents, from whom the winner is chosen by the public. The program requires participants
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Australia's Got Talent


Tom Burlinson were replaced by Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands. The production and filming was moved from Regent Theatre, Melbourne to Docklands Studios Melbourne, with a larger sound stage and set. The logo used for the first, seventh and ninth seasons of "Australia's Got Talent" is similar to the logo used by "America's Got Talent". The logo during the second to sixth seasons and season eight is similar to that used by "Britain's Got Talent". The original three judges were Dannii Minogue, Red
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Britain's Got Talent (series 2)


Series Two of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2008, from 12 April to 31 May on ITV. Following the success of its first series, the show returned with an expanded schedule, allowing for additional live semi-finals to take place and a larger number of finalists moving on towards the live final, while having holding auditions in a larger variety of locations; apart from England and Wales, the show also held auditions within Scotland for the first time. Both
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Andrew Johnston (singer)


Andrew Johnston (born 23 September 1994) is a British singer who rose to fame when he appeared as a boy soprano on the second series of the UK television talent show "Britain's Got Talent" in 2008. Although he did not win the competition, he received a contract to record with Syco Music, a label owned by the "Britain's Got Talent" judge Simon Cowell. Johnston's debut album, "One Voice", was released in September of the same year, and reached number four on the
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Britain's Got Talent (series 7)


Series Seven of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2013, from 13 April to 8 June on ITV; because of England's international friendly with the Republic of Ireland that year, the show took a break on 29 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. Filming of the Judges' auditions was pushed back, so as to not conflict with the filming schedule that year of Stephen Mulhern, host of "Britain's Got More Talent", while Simon
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Yvie Burnett


three series of "Britain's Got Talent," and the vocal coach on "America's Got Talent" (Series 4 and 5). She coached "Britain's Got Talent" winner Paul Potts in 2007, and contestants Faryl Smith and Andrew Johnston in 2008. She also worked with Susan Boyle on several of her albums and is featured in the TV specials "" (2009) and "" (2011). In Summer 2010, while working in Los Angeles on "America's Got Talent", she
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Colin Thackery


Colin Thackery (born 9 March 1930) is an English Korean War veteran and singer who won the thirteenth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in June 2019. As the winner, he received £250,000 and will perform at the 2019 Royal Variety Performance. At 89, he is the oldest ever winner of the talent show. Thackery served in the Royal Artillery of the Army, and saw service in Malaya and the Korean War. His medals represent this service, the General Service Medal with clasp "Malaya";
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America's Got Talent (season 1)


a televised talent competition, originally intending for it be created and broadcast in Britain through the British broadcaster ITV, with an American edition to follow after its first season. However, following a pilot broadcast of the format, a dispute arose between ITV and Paul O'Grady, the originally intended host of "Britain's Got Talent". In the wake of the dispute, after O'Grady decided to sign on to another network, Cowell suspended production on the British edition, and instead focused on the American edition in 2006. Production staff
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Britain's Got Talent


Got Talent", after having hosted the pilot. However, complications arose when O'Grady was involved in a row with ITV and refused to appear on another of the broadcaster's programme, eventually defecting to Channel 4 to continue hosting his teatime show and effectively putting plans for the show on hold. In a 2010 interview, O'Grady commented about the row by stating: "I did the pilot for "Britain's Got Talent" – which was originally going to be called "Paul O'Grady's Got Talent". But I told
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Australia's Got Talent


season took place throughout February 2010 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The show was revamped to look more like "Britain's Got Talent", in terms of the stage and the shape of the X's used. The opening was also changed to look similar to "Britain's Got Talent"s opening, with Australian landmarks instead of British landmarks. Previously, the "Australia's Got Talent" opening was simply a display of the title. The live shows began on 11 May 2010 and ended on 15
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ReConnected


ReConnected was a British vocal group that was formed from the boy band Connected, which was a finalist in the fourth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2010. The group consisted of Harry Mondryk, Max Mondryk, and Matthew Fitzgerald. In 2010, Connected finished in eighth place for the fourth series of "Britain's Got Talent". The group performed on the "Britain's Got Talent Live Tour", across arenas all over the UK, covering songs such as "Never Forget" by Take That,
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Susan Boyle


career to pay tribute to her mother. Her performance on the show was the first time she had sung in public since her mother died. In August 2008, Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of "Britain's Got Talent" (as contestant number 43212) and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Boyle first appeared on "Britain's Got Talent" at the city's Clyde Auditorium, she said that she aspired to become a professional singer "as successful as Elaine Paige". Boyle
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The Voice UK


account said, "Two weeks from now, something new will be on your television, something so great you'll want to run up and kiss the screen. Just FYI." "Britain's Got Talent" judge Alesha Dixon confirmed the launch date for the "Britain's Got Talent", with it being the same day as "The Voice UK"'s. "Britain's Got Talent" was brought forward by ITV, so it could clash with the show. Of this move a BBC source said, "
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David Hasselhoff


competed against Brandy Norwood, who judged alongside him in the first season of "America's Got Talent". In October 2010, it was announced that he would be playing Captain Hook in the New Wimbledon Theatre production of the pantomime "Peter Pan" from December 2010 to January 2011. He has reprised his role of "Hoff the Hook" for 2012 at the Manchester Opera House. In 2011, he was a guest judge at the Belgian Idols competition. Hasselhoff became a judge on "Britain's Got Talent" in
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Britain's Got Talent (series 13)


Series Thirteen of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2019, from 6 April to 2 June on ITV. This series became the first to see the return of Anthony McPartlin to his television duties, hosting alongside Declan Donnelly (colloquially forming the hosting duo known as Ant & Dec), following his absence the previous year to attend rehab prior to the start of the previous series' live episodes. Alongside McPartlin's return, this series saw the oldest participant on the contest
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Britain's Got Talent (series 8)


Series Eight of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2014, from 12 April to 7 June on ITV; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a break on 30 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. The series is most notable for holding auditions in Northern Ireland for the first time, instead of Scotland as had been done since the second series, as well as for the hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 8)


On 30 October 2015, Jack Pack released their eponymous debut album. In May 2018, Palmer left Jack Pack and was replaced by Joe Woolford, who was originally one half of the duo, Joe and Jake, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Darcy Oake is an illusionist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In his audition for Britain's Got Talent, he impressed both the judges and the audience, to the extent that Simon Cowell called Oake "without question the best magician ever on "
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The Voice UK


For the past four years however, "Britain's Got Talent" had launched in mid-April. The BBC and ITV were reportedly in a "scheduling war". BBC moved the show from its supposed 7:15 slot to 7:00, to avoid "significant overlap". ITV then responded by moving "Britain's Got Talent" from its original slot at 7:45 to 7:30. A BBC source said, "It is disappointing they chose to launch "Britain's Got Talent" on the same day as us. To not
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists


£500,000 in series 6) and the chance to perform their act at the "Royal Variety Performance". Opera singer Paul Potts won the first series of the competition in 2007, street dancer George Sampson won the second series in 2008, dance troupe Diversity won the third series in 2009, gymnast troupe Spelbound won the fourth series in 2010, singer Jai McDowall won the fifth series in 2011, dancing dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey won the sixth series in 2012, shadow theatre group, Attraction won the seventh series in 2013
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 10)


The tenth series of "Britain's Got Talent" started on 9 April 2016 and ended on 28 May 2016. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished. Richard Jones is a magician from London. He was the overall winner of the competition. At the time of his BGT appearance, he was a soldier serving in the Cavalry band. Wayne Woodward (born 1 April 1995) is an English swing singer. He was the runner up on the tenth series of "Britain's Got Talent".
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Britain's Got Talent (series 12)


, within the cities of Blackpool, London and Manchester. This series is notable for the absence of Anthony McPartlin in the live episodes, after he stepped down from his TV commitments in the aftermath of a traffic accident on 18 March 2018 that he was involved in. While McPartlin still appeared during audition episodes on both "Britain's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got More Talent", as these had already been filmed prior to the start of the series' broadcast, his colleague Declan Donnelly chose to present the live
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Collabro


to complete the band's line-up. Pagan and Lambert held auditions where they found Auger and Redgrave. They found Hadfield on YouTube singing "Bring Him Home". They sang together for the first time at the Miller pub in London Bridge. It was not long after this that they decided to audition for Britain's Got Talent, as they had 'nothing to lose'. In February 2014, a month after forming, Collabro auditioned in London for the eighth series of "Britain's Got Talent". They
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 5)


The fifth series of "Britain's Got Talent" was broadcast on ITV between 16 April and 4 June 2011. After initial rounds of auditions, forty semi-finalists were chosen to perform across five live shows, with eight appearing in each of the semi-finals. The act from each show who received the highest number of public votes went through to the final automatically. They were joined by either the second or third placed act, with the four judges declaring who they wanted to go through. In the event of
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Canada's Got Talent


Canada's Got Talent is an anglophone Canadian reality talent show series that debuted on the Citytv network on March 4, 2012, and part of the global "Got Talent" franchise. The logo used for "Canada's Got Talent" does not follow the logo from "America's Got Talent", but instead follows the logo from "Britain's Got Talent". As with other series in the franchise, the program was a competition in which entertainers in various fields competed to win a cash prize of $100,000 and
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Piers Morgan


"News of the World" by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. On television, he hosted "Piers Morgan Live" on CNN from 2011 to 2014, replacing "Larry King Live" in the timeslot following King's retirement. He was a judge on "America's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got Talent". In 2008, Morgan won the seventh season of the US "Celebrity Apprentice". In the UK, he has
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Russell T Davies


's "Silence in the Library", which was scheduled against the final of the second series of "Britain's Got Talent", failed to win in its time slot. The show's viewing figures were consistently high enough that the only broadcasts to have consistently rivalled "Doctor Who" for viewers in the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board's weekly charts were "EastEnders", "Coronation Street", "Britain's Got Talent", and international football matches. Two of his scripts, "Voyage of the Damned"
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Loveable Rogues


The Loveable Rogues were a British band from London, consisting of members Eddie Brett, Sonny Jay Muharrem and Te Qhairo Eugene, who rose to fame after reaching the final of the sixth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2012. In 2012, The Loveable Rogues were asked by "Britain's Got Talent" producers to audition for the show, which caused controversy. They performed two of their original compositions on the show, "Lovesick" and "Honest", both which were positively received by fans and the
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The Mend (band)


of the name change, "No record label has seen us as The Mend so it’s like a new start for us. It also stands for The Manchester End." They stated during their first appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" in early 2012 that they had been together for three years. The Mend auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent" in front of judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell. They performed "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay",
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Albanians Got Talent (season 1)


who presented a remix of many songs and performances, they won the public heart and won a place for final. Judge's comment were pretty good. The 7th act was the illusionist Edmond Muraj, from Albania who made some illusions with her wife by disappearing her. Edmod performed only in Greece and this was his 2nd time in Albanians Got Talent, but couldn't win Albanian public heart. 8th act was an Albanian girl from Italy, who came especially for Albanians Got Talent, she sang "A Song for You"
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Justice Crew


. After being inspired by "Britain's Got Talent" winners Diversity, Justice Crew decided to audition for the fourth season of "Australia's Got Talent" in 2010. They wanted to "encourage young people to follow their dreams and believe that anything is possible." Justice Crew won the season and were awarded a prize of $250,000, with each member receiving $28,000. In August 2010, it was announced that Justice Crew had signed a record deal with Sony Music Australia. Their debut single "And Then We
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Andrew Johnston (singer)


dean and canons of the cathedral. By the time of his participation in "Britain's Got Talent", Johnston was head chorister. In September 2008, after his appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" but before the release of his first album, Johnston embarked on a tour of Norway with the choir, performing at Stavanger Cathedral and Utstein Abbey, among other places. The tour was conceived because the Diocese of Stavanger is connected with the Diocese of Carlisle through the Partnership for World Mission. This was Johnston's last
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Bars and Melody


in drama, music, and engineering at the time of the competition. He returned to school the first day after the "Britain's Got Talent" finale. He is Melody in the group. Antonio Devries, Leondre's father, threatened to file a suit against the group in March 2016, saying that he wrote "Hopeful" due to troubles that he was having in his life. He claims that he helped promote the boys until their "Britain's Got Talent" contest, is unhappy that the boys are moving
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Britain's Got Talent


Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global "Got Talent" franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), it is produced by both Thames (formerly Talkback Thames) and Syco Entertainment, distributed by Fremantle, and broadcast on ITV every year in late Spring to early Summer. The show premiered on 9 June 2007, after its initially planned premiere in 2005 was scrapped and production
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Perri Kiely


Perri Luc Kiely (born 15 December 1995) is a British street dancer, best known as a current member of the dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2009. In 2014, Perri won the second series of "Splash!". In 2017 Perri was featured in season 2 of E4's "Celebs Go Dating". In 2018, Perri was awarded "Star Baker" on "The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off" Perri is currently a member of
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Spelbound


Spelbound are a gymnastic troupe from the United Kingdom who rose to fame in 2010, winning the fourth series of "Britain's Got Talent". The prize was £100,000 and the opportunity to appear at the 2010 Royal Variety Performance. They also performed in the Britain's Got Talent Live tour. They have since performed at numerous venues and have been featured in advertisements. The original group was composed of seven boys and six girls with ages ranging from 12 to 24. They were Adam McAssey, Adam Buckingham, Alex Uttley
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CEO Dancers


The CEO Dancers is a London-based trio of female dancers and choreographers who rose to recognition following their performance at "Britain's Got Talent 2013" which saw them reach the semi-final of the competition. Formed during their university days, the group is made up of Ezinne Asinugo, Soliat Bada and Nqobilé Ntshangase. In 2013, the group auditioned for the seventh series of "Britain's Got Talent" and went on to reach the semi-final following performances that left Simon Cowell impressed, thereby increasing the group
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Collabro


Collabro are a UK-based musical theatre group and winners of the eighth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2014. The group consists of Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J. Redgrave, and previously, Richard Hadfield until his departure from the band in June 2016. Collabro was voted the UK's favourite Britain's Got Talent Winners in a National Poll. The band have a following who they refer to as their "Collaborators" and famous fans include Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix. Their debut
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Myles and Connor


Myles Antony Ryan and Connor Jerrade Ryan (born 19 October 1995) are a British musical duo and television presenters from Manchester, England who are best known for appearing on the fourth series of ITV's show Britain's Got Talent as part of the boyband 'Connected'. The twins auditioned as 'Connected' on the fourth series of ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent in early 2010, along with Harry & Max Mondryk and Matthew Fitzgerald. For their audition, they sang I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys
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Britain's Got Talent


on ITV2, entitled "Britain's Got More Talent", with Stephen Mulhern as its presenter. The show holds two rounds of auditions for contestants. The first round, referred to as the "open auditions", are held across several different cities around the UK during the Autumn months. The second round, referred to as the "Judges' Auditions", are held the following year during January and February, prior to the broadcast of the show later that year during spring or early summer - these auditions consists of
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Britain's Got Talent


Britain's Got Talent Tour". The event consisted of several shows held across various UK cities during the Summer months, with site locations including Cardiff, Liverpool, Birmingham, Belfast, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, and Manchester. When the first live tour, hosted by Stephen Mulhern, was announced on 17 April 2008, demand for tickets for the thirteen dates set for it was high. This led to an extension in the number of performances for it, increasing the overall number from twelve - the
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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 3)


routines". They also have a Twitter account which was originally named "DiversityBGT", but was then changed to "Diversity_Tweet". They are currently managed by Ashley's mother. Diversity are the first, and so far, only, winners of Britain's Got Talent not to win a semi-final. Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer from Blackburn, West Lothian. In her audition, she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "", was broadcast on
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