Britain's Got Talent (2007– )

Amateur singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, ventriloquists and novelty acts perform for a live audience and a panel of three judges. If all three judges buzz them off they must stop their act.

Creators:

Simon Cowell, Ken Warwick

Stars:

Amanda Holden, Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly

8 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Anthony McPartlin	...	Himself - Presenter (98 episodes, 2007-2013)
Declan Donnelly	...	Himself - Presenter (98 episodes, 2007-2013)
Amanda Holden	...	Herself - Judge (98 episodes, 2007-2013)
Simon Cowell	...	Himself - Judge (93 episodes, 2007-2013)
Peter Dickson	...	Himself - announcer (92 episodes, 2007-2012)
Piers Morgan	...	Himself - Judge (56 episodes, 2007-2010)

Storyline

Amateur singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, ventriloquists and novelty acts perform for a live audience and a panel of three judges. If all three judges buzz them off they must stop their act.

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Plot Keywords:

variety | non fiction

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2007 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Talkback Thames, Syco Television, Fremantle Media

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

20 million people, which is 54% of the audience and one third of Britain's population tuned into the 2009 final on May 30th; this was the year Susan Boyle came to fame. It was also the first time she sang publicly since her famous audition. The demand to hear her sing meant the show had to be streamed on the Internet at the same time. Everyone in Blackburn, Boyle's hometown, tuned in for it. Some people nicknamed it the Susan Boyle show that year. Over 3 million bet on the outcome of the show, rivaling the importance of the FA Cup Final. It was a whole 16 seconds before Ant and Dec announced Diversity were the winners. They won 24.9% to Boyle's 20.2%. People read the newspapers not to know who won but if Boyle had lost. Her defeat even made headlines in Azerbaijan, an Eastern European country on the Caspian Sea.

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Connections

Featured in Live from Studio Five: Episode #1.96 (2010)

User Reviews

more talent than the judges

There are some fabulous performers in Britain' Got Talent every year. This year there have been some excellent singers, an amazing water acrobatics group which should have won and gone on to the Royal Variety Show.

There are some odd performers: a German 'plumber' had an act of throwing sink plungers at the backs of muscular men to make them stick. Accompanied with a running commentary in German which was entertaining for its humorous delivery.

Famous outcomes of this show have been Susan Boyle and Paul Potts. And that shows the ignorance of the judges. The panel are philistines most of the time. Susan can sing well but she's not the outstanding singer that all the applause and record sales would suggest. The surprise that her voice is good coming from someone who is unglamorous gave her the fame and winning on the show. Her voice is good enough for a career but there are far better singers who would have beaten her on vocal ability.

The judges pushed her forward because of the contrast of her voice with her appearance. The likes of Amanda Holden are not experienced casting directors. With the exception of Simon Cowell none of the judges has any experience promoting or producing a new act. The panel consist of whatever well known faces are available this year.

A panel of experts who can assess acts abilities and help them develop would be better but they would be unknown and the show panders to the audiences need for identifiable faces.

Consequently many real talents and years of practice either don't apply or are rejected because the judges are easily impressed by a nice sounding but only of average quality for professional standards.

To confirm my opinion a dog won and beat the water acrobatics, musicians, dancers and singers. That says it all.