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List of Britain's Got Talent finalists
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Britain's Got Talent is a British talent reality television series that first aired in 2007. As of 11 June 2025, there have been eighteen 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, 24 contestants made it into the three semi-finals, and in subsequent series this has been increased to 40 (45 in series 6–10) contestants across five live shows. The act which receives the most public votes in each semi-final goes through to the final, with the second finalist being decided by the judges from the second and third most popular contestants. In series 6, a "wildcard" element was introduced. This is where judges pick an eliminated act from the semi-finals, and that act is sent through to the final. In Series 6, boyband The Mend were chosen. In Series 7, ventriloquist Steve Hewlett was chosen. In Series 8, impressionist Jon Clegg was chosen. In Series 9, a second wildcard was introduced, voted for by the public from the five acts who lost the judges' vote in the semi-finals.[1] Dance group Boyband were chosen by the judges, while martial artist Jesse-Jane McParland was chosen by public vote. In Series 10, dance duo Shannon & Peter were chosen by the judges, while dog act Lucy & Trip Hazard were chosen by public vote. In Series 11, the format returned to series 8. Singer Sarah Ikumu was chosen. In Series 12, choir B Positive Choir were chosen. In Series 13, dance duo Libby and Charlie were chosen. In Series 14, there were no wildcards, so there were only 10 acts in the final. In Series 15, dog act Amber and the Dancing Collies were chosen. In Series 16, variety act Tonikaku was chosen. In Series 17, dog act The Trickstars were chosen. In Series 18, singing duo Han & Fran were chosen.
In Series 18, a Live Show Golden Buzzer was introduced in the semi-finals, giving each judge and Ant & Dec (who gave theirs to KSI) a chance to press the buzzer for any act in the semi-final they were chosen for and send that act straight through to the final. Amanda Holden pressed hers for LED dance group The Blackouts. Simon Cowell pressed his for guitarist Olly Pearson. Bruno Tonioli pressed his for opera singer Jasmine Rice. Alesha Dixon pressed hers for stand-up comedian Joseph Charm. KSI pressed his (in Ant & Dec's right) for magician and eventual winner Harry Moulding.
In the final, each of the finalists perform again, but this time the result is determined purely from the public vote, with the winner receiving £250,000 (£100,000 in series 1–5, £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. Gymnastics troupe Spelbound won the fourth series in 2010. Singer Jai McDowall won the fifth series in 2011. Dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey won the sixth series in 2012. Shadow theatre group Attraction won the seventh series in 2013. Classical singers Collabro won the eighth series in 2014. Dog act Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse won the ninth series in 2015. Magician Richard Jones won the tenth series in 2016. Pianist Tokio Myers won the eleventh series in 2017. Comedian Lost Voice Guy won the twelfth series in 2018. Singer Colin Thackery won the thirteenth series in 2019. Comedic singer and pianist Jon Courtenay won the fourteenth series in 2020. Comedian Axel Blake won the fifteenth series in 2022. Comedian Viggo Venn won the sixteenth series in 2023. Singer Sydnie Christmas won the seventeenth series in 2024. Magician Harry Moulding won the eighteenth series in 2025.
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For more details on each of the contestants, see the relevant series article.
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Third Place
Finalist
Wildcard
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Golden Buzzer
Live Show Golden Buzzer
- Connected split up shortly after the competition. Brothers Harry and Max Mondryk, along with friend Matt Fitzgerald, reformed as ReConnected. The remaining members, Myles and Connor Ryan, came together under the name Myles and Connor.
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