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. 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 19, for the first time since Series 5 (disregarding Series 14), there was no wildcard.

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 Series 19, Amanda pressed hers for singer Matty Juniosa. Alesha pressed hers for dance group Sadeck Berrabah & LMA. KSI pressed his for foot juggler Liwei Yang. Simon pressed his for spoken-word poet Sonny Green. The group Golden Buzzer was pressed for drone display group Celestial.

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. Choir The Hawkstone Farmer's Choir won the nineteenth series in 2026.

Contestants For more details on each of the contestants, see the relevant series article.

Wildcard

Public Wildcard

Golden Buzzer

Live Show Golden Buzzer Name Series Genre Act Finished Ref 100 Voices of Gospel 10 Singing Choir (gospel) 2 Grand 3 Singing Singing duo 4MG 13 Magic Magic group 5 Star Boys 15 Dance Dance group Aaron and Jasmine 14 Dance Dance duo (Latin) Abigail & Afronitaaa17DanceDance duo3rd The Addict Initiative 8 Dance Dance group 3 Dance Street dancer Aidan McCann 14 Magic Magician Alex Magala 10 Danger Sword swallower Alex Mitchell17ComedyStand up comedian8th Amber and the Dancing Collies 15 Animals Dog act Amy Lou 16 Singing Singer Anastasiia & Salsa19AnimalsDog act3rd 2 Singing Boy soprano Andrew Muir 2 Singing Singer Finalist Aneeshwar Kunchala 15 Variety Poet Aquabatique 6 Variety Synchronised swimmers Arisxandra 7 Singing Singer Asanda 7 Singing Singer Ashleigh and Pudsey 6 Animals Dog act Attraction 7 Dance Shadow theatre group Axel Blake 15 Comedy Stand up comedian B Positive Choir 12 Singing Choir Balance Unity 10 Dance Dancer 1 Variety Flair bartending duo Finalist Bars & Melody 8 Singing Rapping & singing duo Beau Dermott 10 Singing Singer Ben Hart 13 Magic Magician Ben Nickless 15 Comedy Impressionist 1 Singing Musical theatre performer Finalist Binita Chetry18DanceDancer3rdThe Blackouts 18DanceDance group (LED)2nd Boogie Storm 10 Dance Dance group Boyband 9 Dance Dance group 12th Calum Courtney 12 Singing Singer Calum Scott 9 Singing Singer Celestial 19VarietyDrone display group2ndCheeky Monkeys 2 Dance Dance duo Finalist 4 Singing Singer Cillian O'Connor 16 Magic Magician Colin Thackery 13 Singing Singer Collabro 8 Singing Singing group (classical) Connected 4 Singing Boy band 1 Singing Singer Finalist Côr Glanaethwy 9 Singing Choir Craig Ball 10 Singing / comedy Impressionist singer The D-Day Darlings 12 Singing Vocal harmony group Daliso Chaponda 11 Comedy Stand up comedian Damien O'Brien 14 Magic Magician 1 Comedy Puppeteer Finalist Danny Posthill 9 Comedy Impressionist Darcy Oake 8 Magic Illusionist Dave & Finn 13 Magic / animals Dog magic act Diversity 3 Dance Street dance group DNA 11 Magic Mentalist duo Donchez Dacres 12 Singing Singer (reggae) Duo Odyssey 16 Acrobatics Aerial duo DVJ 12 Dance Street dance group Entity Allstars 9 Dance Dance group Escala 2 Music String quartet Finalist Eva Abley 15 Comedy Stand up comedian Fabian Fox19MagicMagician9th 2 Singing Singer Finalist Flakefleet Primary School 13 Singing Choir Flawless 3 Dance Street dance group Flintz & T4ylor 15 Singing / music Rapping & pianist duo Francine Lewis 7 Comedy Impressionist Gabz 7 Singing / music Singer & pianist 2 Dance Street dancer Ghetto Kids 16 Dance Dance group Giang Brothers 12 Acrobatics Acrobatic duo Gruffydd Wyn Roberts 12 Singing Singer (opera) Han & Fran 18SingingSinging duo9thHaribow 17VarietyDouble Dutch group11thHarry Moulding 18MagicMagician1stThe Hawkstone Farmer's Choir19SingingChoir1stHear Our Voice18SingingChoir7th 3 Singing Singer Innocent Masuku17SingingSinger (opera)4thIsaac Waddington 9 Singing / music Singer & pianist Issy Simpson 11 Magic Magician Jack & Tim 12 Singing / music Singing & guitarist duo Jack Carroll 7 Comedy Stand up comedian Jack Pack 8 Singing Vocal group (jazz) Jack Rhodes17MagicMagician2nd 5 Singing Singer James and Dylan Piper 14 Magic Magic duo 5 Dance Dancer (contemporary) James Smith 8 Singing / music Singer & guitarist Jamie Leahey 15 Comedy Ventriloquist Jamie Raven 9 Magic Magician Janey Cutler 4 Singing Singer Jasmine Elcock 10 Singing Singer Jasmine Rice 18SingingSinger (opera)6th Jasper Cherry 14 Magic Magician 5 Music Organist Jesse-Jane McParland 9 Acrobatics Martial artist Jon Clegg 8 Comedy Impressionist Jon Courtenay 14Comedy / singing / music Comic singer & pianist Jonathan and Charlotte 6 Singing Singing duo (opera) Jonathan Goodwin 13 Danger Escapologist Jordan O'Keefe 7 Singing / music Singer & guitarist Joseph Charm 18ComedyStand up comedian5thJules O'Dwyer & Matisse 9 Animals Dog act 3 Music Saxophonist Kai and Natalia 6 Dance Dance duo (ballroom) Kate and Gin 2 Animals Dog act Finalist 4 Music Drummer Kojo Anim 13ComedyStand up comedian4thKombat Breakers 1 Dance Dance group Finalist Kyle Tomlinson 11 Singing Singer 5 Comedy Impressionist Lettice Rowbotham 8 Music Violinist Liam McNally 4 Singing Boy soprano Libby & Charlie 13 Dance Dance duo Lillianna Clifton 16 Dance Dancer (contemporary) Liwei Yang19VarietyFoot juggler10thLoren Allred 15 Singing Singer Lost Voice Guy 12 Comedy Stand up comedian Loveable Rogues 6 Singing Acoustic trio Lucy Kay 8 Singing Singer (opera) Luminites 7 Singing / music Band Magical Bones14MagicMagician9th Malakai Bayoh 16 Singing Singer (opera) Marc McMullan 13 Singing Singer Matt Edwards 11 Comedy / magic Comic magician Matty Juniosa19SingingSinger4th Maxwell Thorpe 15 Singing Singer (opera) Mel & Jamie 10 Singing Singing duo 6 Singing Boy band MerseyGirls 11 Dance Dance group 5 Singing / music Singer & guitarist Micky P Kerr 12 Comedy / singing / music Comic singer & guitarist Mike Woodhams17Singing / comedyImpressionist singer7th Missing People Choir 11 Singing Choir 6 Singing Singer Musa Motha 16 Dance Dancer (contemporary) Nabil Abdulrashid 14ComedyStand up comedian4thThe Neales 9 Singing Vocal group Ned Woodman 11 Comedy Stand up comedian Nemesis 2 Dance Dance group Finalist New Bounce 5 Singing Boy band Northants Sings Out17SingingChoir9thNu Sxool 6 Dance Dance group Old Men Grooving 9 Dance Dance group Olivia Lynes 16 Singing Musical theatre singer Olly Pearson 18MusicGuitarist4thOnly Boys Aloud 6 Singing Choir Paddy & Nico 8 Dance Dance duo (salsa) 4 Comedy Impressionist Paul Gbegbaje 5 Music Pianist 1 Singing Singer (opera) The Pensionalities 11 Singing Singing duo Ping Pong Pang18DanceDance group10thPre Skool 7 Dance Dance group Rafferty Coope19MagicMagician5th 5 Dance Breakdancer Richard and Adam 7 Singing Singing duo (opera) Richard Jones 10 Magic Magician Robert White 12 Comedy / singing / music Comic singer & keyboardist 5 Singing Singer 6 Singing / music Singer & guitarist Sadeck Berrabah & LMA19DanceDance group8th 6 Singing / music Singer & guitarist Sarah Ikumu 11 Singing Singer 3 Singing Singer Shannon & Peter 10 Dance Dance duo (ballet) Shaun Smith 3 Singing Singer Sign Along With Us 14 Singing Choir Signature 2 Dance Dance duo (Bhangra) Siobhan Phillips 13 Comedy / singing / music Comic singer & pianist Sonny Green19VarietyPoet6thSpelbound 4 Acrobatics Gymnastics group Ssaulabi Performance Troupe 17AcrobaticsMartial arts troupe10thStacey Leadbeatter 18SingingSinger11thStavros Flatley 3 Dance Dance duo 7 Comedy Ventriloquist Steve Royle 14 Comedy / variety Comic juggler 5 Dance Comic dancer Strike 2 Acrobatics Martial arts duo Finalist 3 Singing Singer Sydnie Christmas 17SingingSinger1stTed Hill 19ComedyStand up comedian7thTina and Chandi 4 Animals Dog act The Trickstars 17AnimalsDog act5th Trip Hazard 10 Animals Dog act Trixy17MagicMagician6thTobias Mead 4 Dance Dancer Tokio Myers 11 Music Pianist Tom Ball 15 Singing Singer Tonikaku 16 Variety Novelty act Travis George 16 Singing Singer (opera) Twist and Pulse 4 Dance Comic dance duo UDI 9 Dance Dance group (blacklight) Viggo Venn 16 Comedy Comedian Vinnie McKee 18SingingSinger8th 10 Singing Singer (jazz) X 13 Magic Magician Yanis Marshall, Arnaud & Mehdi 8 Dance Heel dance trio

References

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