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Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television show on ITV and TV3 Ireland, part of the Got Talent series. Presented by Ant & Dec, singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each series receives £100,000 and is given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the Royal Family, including the Queen. The first series of the talent show began on 9 June 2007, and was broadcast daily with a live final on 16 July 2007, in which Paul Potts won. Street-dancer George Sampson went on to win the second series of the show on 31 May 2008. The third series began on 11 April 2009, and ended on 30 May 2009, with Diversity winning the competition, while Susan Boyle, whose audition performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" sparked an Internet sensation, ended up in second place. Series 4 started on 17 April 2010, and ended with the live finale shown on ITV on 5 June 2010 in which acrobatic gymnastics group Spelbound were declared winners.
Season 1:
Series one of Britain's Got Talent began on 9 June 2007 and ended on 17 June 2007. The first five shows covered the audition stages and the final three shows were the live semi-finals and final. Altogether, 24 (26) acts performed in the semi-finals, eight acts in each episode, with a further two acts disqualified from the competition before the semi-finals were broadcast. The series was eventually won by Paul Potts.
Season 2:
The 2008 series of Britain's Got Talent included notable differences from the 2007 series, including the fact that the auditions visited Scotland and that there were 40 in the live semi-finals. The series also ran for longer, this time lasting for seven weeks instead of one. The series was won by street-dancer George Sampson, with dual dance group Signature coming in second and singer Andrew Johnston third. Other acts in the final included martial arts duo Strike, dance troupe Nemesis, 12-year-old mezzo-soprano Faryl Smith, young dance couple Cheeky Monkeys.
Season 3:
Britain's Got Talent returned on 11 April 2009. Ant & Dec continued as hosts. Sister-show Britain's Got More Talent with Stephen Mulhern has also returned, as announced in the last episode of the second series.
The 2009 judges were Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. Kelly Brook was originally announced as a new fourth judge, reportedly being offered £200,000 for the role, but was fired after just six days, having acted as a judge at the Manchester auditions only. According to Cowell, the reason given for sacking Brook was because the producers decided the format was "too complicated" with four judges.
During January and February 2009, applicants auditioned in: Manchester (3 days, 120 auditionees; Glasgow (1 day, 40 auditionees); Birmingham (3 days, 120 auditionees); London (3 days, 120 auditionees); and Cardiff (1 day, 40 auditionees). At first round callbacks in London on 7 February, 40 acts were selected for the televised live semi-finals. The televised recordings of auditions started on 11 April, with the live semi-finals running from 24 April and the live final on 30 May. A contestant who was rejected during the fifth audition show, Emma Czikai, was said to have "complained to the media regulator Ofcom and lodged a complaint of unfairness and discrimination with the employment tribunal."
The series's most notable performance was by Susan Boyle, a 48-year-old Scot, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Misérables. The performance earned a unanimous "yes" vote and resounding astonishment from the judges. Her performance helped lift the show to a launch record of 11.2 million viewers. Within five days of her initial appearance, YouTube recordings of the event had collectively generated more than 100 million views. Boyle also attracted widespread international media coverage.
(It is highly thought that this media coverage led to Susan Boyle being admitted to the psychiatric clinic The Priory.)
Among other finalists were: Aidan Davis, Stavros Flatley (father-and-son comic Greek dancing duo), Flawless, Hollie Steel, Diversity, Shaun Smith, Shaheen Jafargholi, the grandfather and granddaughter singing duo "2 Grand" and Julian Smith who played the soprano saxophone. In a shock result, Diversity won the series, with Boyle as runner-up and Julian Smith third.
Bookmakers are said to have made a fortune because of the unexpected result. "We are in shock and have made a six-figure sum in what has been the biggest surprise in reality TV history. Susan was a certainty," said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams. William Hill estimate that over £3m was bet on the show in the final hour.
Season 4:
The 2010 panel of judges remained unchanged, with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan all returning for the start of the televised auditions on 18 January at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, although Cowell has said that this will be his last year doing the auditions. Auditions were then held in Manchester at the Manchester Opera House, Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre. Newcastle's The Journal Tyne Theatre, Birmingham's Birmingham Hippodrome and ended on 10 February at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Due to illness, Simon was unable to attend the filming of the Birmingham auditions and Louis Walsh stood in for him at the last minute, the first time that Cowell has missed an audition show in his entire career.
The first programme of Series 4 was broadcast on 17 April 2010. Spelbound won the final on 5 June 2010, with Twist and Pulse as runners-up and Kieran Gaffney placing 3rd. Other finalists included Paul Burling, Tobias Mead, Christopher Stone, Tina and Chandi, Connected, Janey Cutler and Liam McNally.
High-street bookmakers Coral reported one of their "biggest gambles in reality TV history" on piano-playing comedian Kev Orkian:
With the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent set to get underway in just a few hours . . . . Orkian has been cut from 100/1 to 9/1 with the firm, and he is now the fourth favourite behind Spellbound, who are 2/1 favourites, Olivia Archbold (7/2) and Liam McNally, at 13/2. Coral spokesman Gary Burton told Bettingpro: "The few pounds we saw first thing this morning at 100/1 and 80/1 quickly turned into three figure bets at shorter prices, he will cost us a fortune if he wins. It's been an incredible punt!".
During the live semi-finals, Cowell and Morgan both buzzed him, though Holden allowed him to finish. He did not reach the final.
Ironically, despite missing out on a place in the final and losing the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show, Kev Orkian beat winners Spelbound and the other finalists to the post of performing for Royalty. Orkian reportedly entertained HRH Prince Philip just one week after being booted off the show. On Thursday 10 June 2010, Kev Orkian performed for HRH The Prince Philip, celebrating his 89th birthday at the Guards Polo Club. The event fell behind schedule and Prince Philip was set to leave – before Kev got on stage – to get to another engagement. But as soon as Kev started his sketch the Prince decided to sit back down and watch the full act. So impressed was he that instead of rushing off at the end he stayed even longer to congratulate Kev in person. Prince Philip was quoted as saying “It’s a wonderful show. I thoroughly enjoyed your performance”. He had also performed for several other members of the Royal Family, including Prince Charles and Princess Michael of Kent. Kev Orkian was invited to perform for Prince Charles at Windsor Castle in 2009 for the British Forces Foundation 10th Gala Dinner. Classical singer Katherine Jenkins and comedian David Walliams also attended.
Season 5:
The show returns for a fifth series in Spring 2011. Ant & Dec continue as main hosts on ITV, while Stephen Mulhern will still host 'Britain's Got More Talent' on ITV2. Among the judges, Piers Morgan leaves the show due to new US work commitments. Auditions will be taking place in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and, for the first time, Liverpool. Simon Cowell will judge the live shows only. Amanda Holden returns to the regular judging panel, to be joined by David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre, with guest judges appearing during the series. Louis Walsh will be a guest judge in the London auditions, replacing Hasselhoff, who will be finishing a pantomime. Auditions started in London on 4th January 2011. Auditions started in Manchester on 13 January 2011. Liverpool Auditions started 20th January 2011, Birmingham Auditions started 22nd January 2011, Cardiff Auditions started 25th January 2011.
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