Britain's Got Talent series 11

The eleventh series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 3 June 2017; because the One Love Manchester concert was to take place on 4 June, the live final was brought forward a day to avoid clashing with it.^[1][2] Following the closure of Fountain Studios the previous year, the live episodes were broadcast from Elstree Studios.^[3] The change in location allowed for a revamp of the studio used by both the main programme and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent.^[4]

Britain's Got Talent
Series 11
Presented by	Ant & Dec (ITV) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Judges	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell
Winner	Tokio Myers
Runner-up	Issy Simpson
Release
Original network	ITV ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release	15 April (2017-04-15) – 3 June 2017 (2017-06-03)
Series chronology
List of episodes

Judges and Presenter(s) for Britain's Got Talent Series 11

David Walliams

Alesha Dixon

Amanda Holden

Simon Cowell

Ant & Dec(ITV1)

Stephen Mulhern(ITV2)

For the first time in eleven years, this series featured no judges' vote for each semi-final – instead the acts getting the highest and second-highest tally of public votes would move on to the live final;^[5] after the series' conclusion, Cowell admitted that he disliked this format change.^[6] In addition to the judges not voting for an act, the Public Wildcard format was dropped from the show, while the number of acts making it into the semi-finals was reduced to 40, returning to the original semi-final format used prior to the sixth series.

The eleventh series was won by pianist Tokio Myers, with magician Issy Simpson finishing in second place^[7] and comedian Daliso Chaponda third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.1 million viewers.

Series overview

Following open auditions held the previous year between October and December,^[8] the Judges' audition took place between January and February 2017, within Blackpool, London, Birmingham and Salford.^[9] Along with discontinuing the use of the Public wildcard format, production staff changed the rules to suspend the use of the Judges' vote – the change meant that the voting system would be purely conducted by a public vote, with the semi-finalists receiving the highest and second-highest tally of votes respectively automatically securing a place in the live final. This change in format was not announced until 27 May 2017;^[5] on 5 June, following the conclusion of the eleventh series, Cowell admitted he disliked this change and had production staff informed it would not be used for the next series.^[6]

Of the participants that took part, only forty made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, singer Sarah Ikumu, dance group MerseyGirls, comedian Daliso Chaponda, comic magician Matt Edwards, and singer Kyle Tomlinson,^[10] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one – returning to the original arrangement before the sixth series – and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was Sarah Ikumu, after she placed 3rd in the public vote in the third semi-final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist

Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition

Participant	Age(s) 1	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
Angelicus Celtis	12–17	Singing	Choir	4	Eliminated
Code 3	14–16	Dance	Dance Trio	5	Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda	37	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	5	Third Place
David Geaney	22	Dance	Tap Dancer	3	Eliminated
Destiny Chukunyere	14	Singing	Singer	2	Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight	65	Music	DJ	2	Eliminated
DNA	29 & 43	Magic	Mentalist Duo	1	Finalist
Empire Dance Crew	15–27	Dance	Street Dance Group	1	Eliminated
Grace & Ali	17 & 16	Dance	Contemporary Dance Duo	2	Eliminated
Harry Gardner	16	Singing / Music	Singer & Pianist	2	Eliminated
Issy Simpson	8	Magic	Illusionist	2	Runner-Up
Jamie Lee Harrison	24	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Jay Wynn	36	Singing	Singing Robot	3	Eliminated
Jess Robinson	34	Singing / Comedy	Singing Impressionist	5	Eliminated
John Parnell	63	Variety	Hula Hoop Artist	4	Eliminated
Jonny Awsum	39	Comedy / Singing	Comic Singer	4	Eliminated
Josephine Lee	30	Magic	Magician	3	Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson	15	Singing	Singer	1	Finalist
Leah Barniville	14	Singing	Classical Singer	2	Eliminated
London School of Bollywood	18–27	Dance	Bollywood Dance Group	3	Eliminated
Lords of Strut	35 & 36	Comedy / Dance	Comic Dance Duo	5	Eliminated
Martin & Faye	47 & 10	Singing	Opera Singing Duo	3	Eliminated
Matt Edwards	34	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	2	Finalist
MerseyGirls 2	14–17	Dance	Dance Group	4	Finalist
Miss Treat Vibe	19–24	Singing	Girl Band	1	Eliminated
Missing People Choir	32–71	Singing	Choir	5	Finalist
Ned Woodman	8	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	3	Finalist
Niels Harder	26	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	1	Eliminated
Paws With Soul	24–29	Dance	Dance Group	4	Eliminated
PC Dan	33	Dance	Bodypopper	1	Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation	8–14	Singing	Choir	5	Eliminated
Reuben Gray	16	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	4	Eliminated
Ryan Tracey	35	Variety	Balloon Artist	4	Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu	16	Singing	Singer	3	Finalist
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh	8–12	Singing	Choir	1	Eliminated
TapTastik	19–62	Dance	Tap Dance Group	2	Eliminated
The Pensionalities 2	84 & 75	Singing	Singing Duo	4	Finalist
TNG Characters	16–25	Dance	Dance Group	5	Eliminated
Tokio Myers	32	Music	Pianist	3	Winner
Tyrone & Mina	36 & 35	Danger	Knife Throwing Duo	1	Eliminated

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
• ^2 Each respective participant(s) auditioned under a different name, before changing them for their semi-final appearance.

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed out |   Advanced – 1st in public vote |   Advanced – 2nd in public vote

  Eliminated – 3rd in public vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (29 May)

• Guest performance: Alfie Boe & Dame Vera Lynn ("We'll Meet Again")^[11][12]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh	1					4th – Eliminated
PC Dan	2					5th – Eliminated
Niels Harder	3					8th – Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson	4					2nd (Won Public Vote)
Empire Dance Crew	5					7th – Eliminated
DNA	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Tyrone & Mina	7					6th – Eliminated
Miss Treat Vibe	8					3rd – (Lost Public Vote)

Semi-final 2 (30 May)

• Guest performance: Camila Cabello ("I Have Questions"/"Crying in the Club")^[11][14]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Destiny Chukunyere	1					6th – Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight	2					8th – Eliminated
Harry Gardner	3					4th – Eliminated
Issy Simpson	4					1st (Won Public Vote)
Matt Edwards	5					2nd (Won Public Vote)
Leah Barniville	6					5th – Eliminated
Grace & Ali	7					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
TapTastik	8					7th – Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (31 May)

• Guest performance: Cast of Bat Out of Hell: The Musical ("I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"/"Dead Ringer for Love")^[11][15]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Josephine Lee	1					4th – Eliminated
London School of Bollywood	2					6th – Eliminated
Martin & Faye	3					5th – Eliminated
Ned Woodman	4					2nd (Won Public Vote)
Jay Wynn	5					8th – Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 3	6					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
David Geaney	7					7th – Eliminated
Tokio Myers	8					1st (Won Public Vote)

• ^3 Sarah Ikumu was later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

Semi-final 4 (1 June)

• Guest performance: Richard Jones^[11]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Paws With Soul	1					7th – Eliminated
Angelicus Celtis	2					5th – Eliminated
John Parnell	3	1				8th – Eliminated
Reuben Gray	4					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Ryan Tracey	5					6th – Eliminated
The Pensionalities	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Jonny Awsum	7					4th – Eliminated
MerseyGirls	8					2nd (Won Public Vote)

• ^1 Cowell asked for his X to be removed during the comments.

Semi-final 5 (2 June)

• Guest performance: 5 After Midnight ("Up In Here")^[11][16]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Jess Robinson	1					5th – Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation	2					7th – Eliminated
Code 3	3					8th – Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda	4					1st (Won Public Vote)
Missing People Choir	5					2nd (Won Public Vote)
TNG Characters	6					6th – Eliminated
Jamie Lee Harrison	7					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Lords of Strut	8					4th – Eliminated

Final (3 June)

• Guest performance: Diversity^[11]

  Winner |   Runner-up

Finalist	Order	Finished [13]
The Pensionalities	1	5th
MerseyGirls	2	9th
Kyle Tomlinson	3	6th
Ned Woodman	4	10th
DNA	5	11th
Matt Edwards	6	4th
Missing People Choir	7	8th
Sarah Ikumu	8	7th
Daliso Chaponda	9	3rd
Issy Simpson	10	2nd
Tokio Myers	11	1st

Ratings

Main article: List of Britain's Got Talent episodes

Episode	Air date	Total viewers (millions) [17]	ITV Weekly rank [17]
Auditions 1	15 April	11.35	1
Auditions 2	22 April	11.62	2
Auditions 3	29 April	10.79	1
Auditions 4	6 May	11.69	1
Auditions 5	13 May	10.97	1
Auditions 6	20 May	11.39	1
Auditions 7	27 May	10.69	1
Semi-final 1	29 May	9.75	2
Semi-final 1 results		7.19	12
Semi-final 2	30 May	7.90	10
Semi-final 2 results		6.44	16
Semi-final 3	31 May	8.24	8
Semi-final 3 results		6.78	14
Semi-final 4	1 June	7.54	11
Semi-final 4 results		7.09	13
Semi-final 5	2 June	8.10	9
Semi-final 5 results		6.51	15
Final	3 June	10.07	1