The first series of the spin-off, Britain's Got Talent: The Champions began airing on 31 August, 2019, on ITV. The programme features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise.

The judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and David Walliams, while Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec) served as the main hosts, all of whom judged and hosted the previous series of the main series.

The spin-off is based upon America's Got Talent: The Champions, in that the format is different to the main programme - episodes are pre-recorded, and votes for participants are conducted under a different system. The spin-off series averaged 5.84 million viewers across the 6 episodes during its broadcast.

Comedic dance duo Twist & Pulse were announced the winner becoming the first duo dance act to win the show as a whole. Stavros Flatley finished as runner-up and Kseniya Simonova finished in third place, with all three being awarded the Golden Buzzer in the Preliminaries.

Overview

Around 45 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – both quarter-finalists (where applicable) and semi-finalists – and other notable acts, participated during The Champions contest in 2019, with each of the contest's preliminaries featuring nine participants and with ten of these securing a place within the finals.

The following table lists each participants that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, series, and performance – and their overall result in the contest:

Got Talent History KeyAGT – America's Got TalentAGTC – America's Got Talent: The Champions ArGT - Arab's Got TalentAsGT – Asia's Got TalentAuGT – Australia's Got TalentBGT – Britain's Got TalentBeGT – Belgium's Got TalentČSMT – Česko Slovensko má talentDS – Das SupertalentFIT – La France a un incroyable talentGGT - Georgia's Got Talent!GTE – Got Talent EspañaHGT – Holland's Got TalentIGT – Italia's Got TalentInGT – India's Got TalentMS – Minuta slavyPGT – Pilipinas Got TalentSAGT — South Africa's Got TalentUMT – Ukrayina maye talant

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Participant Act Got Talent history Preliminary Results 100 Voices of Gospel Gospel ChoirBGT: 10 - Finalist 2 Alex Magala Sword Swallower AGT: S8 - Quarter-finalist; IGT: S5 - Finalist; MS: S8 - Winner; UMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S9 - Participant; BGT: S10 - Finalist; ČSMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant; AuGT S9 - Participant 5 Alexa Lauenburger Dog Act DS: S11 - Winner 2 Antonio Sorgentone Singer & Pianist IGT: S9 - Winner 2 Ashleigh & Sully Dog Act BGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant 1 Bad Salsa Salsa Dance Duo InGT: S4 - Winner 1 Bars & Melody Rapper & Singer BGT: S8 - Third Place5 Bello & Annaliese Nock Comic Daredevil Duo AGT: S12 - Quarter-finalist (Bello), S13 - Participant (Annaliese) 1 Ben Hart Magician BGT: S13 - Third Place 5 Billy & Emily England Rollerskating Duo BGT: S9 - Semi-finalist; AGT: S12 - Semifinalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant 4 Bonnie Anderson Singer AuGT: S1 - Winner 4 Boogie Storm Dance Group BGT: S10 - Third Place 1 Colin Thackery Singer BGT: S13 - Winner 4 Collabro Musical Theatre Group BGT: S8 - Winner 5 Connie Talbot Singer BGT: S1 - Finalist 1 Cristina Ramos Opera & Rock Singer GTE: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist 3 Daliso Chaponda Stand Up Comedian BGT: S11 - Third Place 5 Darcy Oake Illusionist BGT: S8 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant 3 Deadly Games Knife Throwing Duo AGT: S11 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S12 - Semi-Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist 2 DJ Arch Jnr DJ SAGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant 3 DM-X Comvaleñoz Dance Group PGT: S5 - Semi Finalist; AsGT : S2 - Runner Up 5 Gao Lin & Liu Xin Acrobatic Duo BGT: S11 - Participant; AsGT : S1 - Finalist 2 Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh Vocalist GGT - Participant; UMT: S6 - Finalist; DS: S12 - Finalist 5 George Sampson Breakdancer BGT: S1 - Participant; S2 - Winner 4 Issy Simpson Illusionist BGT: S11 - Runner-up; AGTC : S1 - Participant 4 Jack Carroll Stand Up Comedian BGT: S7 - Runner Up 3 Jai McDowall Singer BGT: S5 - Winner 2 Kseniya Simonova Sand Artist UMT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Third Place 1 Lost Voice Guy Stand Up Comedian BGT: S12 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant 2 Mayyas Dance Group ArGT: S6 - Winner 3 MerseyGirls Dance Group BGT: S11 - Finalist 2 Mirror Family Dance Group ČSMT: S5 - Finalist 4 Paddy & Nico Salsa Dance Duo BGT: S8 - Finalist; FIT: S11 - Semi-finalist 3 Paul Potts Opera Singer BGT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist 1 Paul Zerdin Ventriloquist AGT: S10 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant 2 Preacher Lawson Stand Up Comedian AGT: S12 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist 4 Richard & Adam Singing Duo BGT: S7 - Third Place 3 Richard Jones Close Up Magician BGT: S10 - Winner 3 Stavros Flatley Comic Dance Duo BGT: S3 - Finalist 4 Tape Face Mime AGT: S11 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant 4 The Fire Dance Group HGT: S9 - Winner 3 The Nelson Twins Comedy Duo AuGT: S6 - Finalist 1 The Sacred Riana Illusionist AsGT : S2 - Winner; AGT: S13 - Quarter-finalist 1 Twist and Pulse Comic Dance DuoBGT: S4 - Runner-up5 Vicki Barbolak Stand Up ComedianAGT: S13 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant 5

The original couple for Deadly Games split up after their last performance together. While the knife-thrower, Alfredo Silva, remained to continue under this name, his partner was replaced by the winner of the 8th series of Poland's Got Talent for this contest.

Preliminaries In each preliminary, nine participants perform their act. A judge is assigned a Golden Buzzer, which automatically advances an act to the finale. After all participants have performed, a group of 250 "superfans", in the audience, selected to represent the public will vote for their favourite act, with only one from each preliminary advancing alongside the chosen Golden Buzzer act.

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Preliminaries 1 (31 August) ParticipantOrderAct BuzzesFinished Ashleigh & Sully 1 Dog Act Bello & Annaliese Nock 2 Comic Daredevil Duo Connie Talbot 3 Singer The Nelson Twins 4 Comedy Duo Bad Salsa 5 Salsa Dance Duo Kseniya Simonova 6 Sand Artist Golden Buzzer Advancement Boogie Storm 7 Dance Group The Sacred Riana 8 Illusionist Paul Potts 9 Opera Singer

Preliminaries 2 (7 September) ParticipantOrderActBuzzesFinished 100 Voices of Gospel 1 Gospel Choir Lost Voice Guy 2 Stand Up Comedian Alexa Lauenburger 3 Dog Act Golden Buzzer Advancement Paul Zerdin 4 Ventriloquist Gao Lin & Liu Xin 5 Acrobatic Duo Antonio Sorgentone 6 Singer & Pianist MerseyGirls 7 Dance Group Deadly Games 8 Knife Throwing Duo Jai McDowall 9 Singer

Preliminaries 3 (14 September) ParticipantOrderActBuzzesFinished Richard Jones 1 Close Up Magician Mayyas 2 Dance Group DJ Arch Jr 3 DJ Jack Carroll 4 Stand Up Comedian Paddy & Nico 5 Salsa Dance Duo Golden Buzzer Advancement Richard & Adam 6 Singing Duo The Fire 7 Dance Group Darcy Oake 8 Illusionist Cristina Ramos 9 Singer

Preliminaries 4 (21 September) ParticipantOrderActBuzzesFinished George Sampson 1 Breakdancer Bonnie Anderson 2 Singer Issy Simpson 3 Illusionist Mirror Family 4 Dance Group Tape Face 5 Mime Preacher Lawson 6 Stand Up Comedian Stavros Flatley 7 Comic Dance Duo Golden Buzzer Advancement Colin Thackery 8 Singer Billy & Emily England 9 Rollerskating Duo

Preliminaries 5 (28 September) ParticipantOrderActBuzzesFinished Daliso Chaponda 1 Stand Up Comedian DM-X Comvaleñoz 2 Dance Group Ben Hart 3 Magician Alex Magala 4 Sword Swallower Bars & Melody 5 Rapper & Singer Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh 6 Vocalist Vicki Barbolak 7 Stand Up Comedian Twist & Pulse 8 Comic Dance Duo Golden Buzzer Advancement Collabro 9 Musical Theatre Group

Grand Final (5 October)

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Finalist Order Act Finished Bars & Melody 1 Rapper & Singer Preacher Lawson 2 Stand Up Comedian Kseniya Simonova 3 Sand Artist Darcy Oake 4 Illusionist MerseyGirls 5 Dance Group Bello & Annaliese Nock 6 Comic Daredevil Duo Twist & Pulse 7 Comic Dance Duo Alexa Lauenburger 8 Dog Act Stavros Flatley 9 Comedy Dance Duo Paddy & Nico 10 Salsa Dance Duo Finalist

Ratings Episode Air date Total viewers(millions) ITV weeklyrank Preliminary 1 7.20 1 Preliminary 2 6.23 5 Preliminary 3 5.89 8 Preliminary 4 5.07 13 Preliminary 5 5.21 14 Final 5.63 13

Notes The ratings over a 7-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV and streaming through ITV Hub using BARB's four-screen dashboard system (includes viewers watching on tablets/smartphones).

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