Britain's Got Talent (series 11)

Britain's Got Talent
Series 11
Broadcast from 15 April – 3 June 2017
Judges Simon Cowell
Amanda Holden
Alesha Dixon
David Walliams
Presenter(s) Ant & Dec (ITV)
Co-presenter(s) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Broadcaster ITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Winner
Tokio Myers
Origin London
Genre(s) Pianist
Runner-up
Issy Simpson

The eleventh series of Britain's Got Talent premiered on 15 April 2017 and concluded on 3 June 2017. Ant & Dec returned to present the main show on ITV, whilst Stephen Mulhern returned to present the spin-off show Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2. Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden returned for their eleventh series on the judging panel and Alesha Dixon as well as David Walliams returned for their sixth series. It was the first series that AO.com have sponsored the show,[1] and the first series to have its live shows be filmed at Elstree Studios,[2] following the closure of Fountain Studios.

Musician Tokio Myers was declared the winner of the series on 3 June. Magician Issy Simpson was runner-up while comedian Daliso Chaponda came third.[3][4]

Changes

It was announced on 27 May 2017 on Britain's Got More Talent that for the first time in the show's 11-year history, there will be no judge vote during the live shows. This means that the two highest acts voted by the public will go through to the live final. The judges vote will be replaced by a judges' wild card, where the judges will get their own wild card to send an act through to the live final.[5]

As part of the move to Elstree Studios, the show went under a revamp of its design. The new look studio is set on Stage 1 (also known as The George Lucas Stage), which is the largest studio at Elstree Studios. The studio is much bigger and will seat more people. The seating plan is now in a semi circle shape where the audience will sit around the side and opposite the stage. The studio has a color-changing chandelier at the center of the roof, along with a LED circle screen with the Britain's Got Talent logo displayed in gold. Britain's Got More Talent also went under a revamp with the studio getting a color change. The Britain's Got More Talent studio still has the window looking onto the main studio as normal.[6]

Golden buzzer

Simon Cowell was the first to press his golden buzzer at the London Palladium; both David Walliams and Amanda Holden pressed their golden buzzers at the Birmingham auditions. Alesha Dixon pressed her golden buzzer during the Manchester auditions. Presenters Ant and Dec pressed the golden buzzer during the Blackpool auditions.[7]

Simon Cowell pressing his golden buzzer for singer Sarah Ikumu was broadcast on the series premiere on 15 April. Alesha Dixon pressed the buzzer for MerseyGirls (who were known as "Just Us" in their audition) aired in the second episode which aired on 22 April. Amanda Holden pressed the buzzer in the third episode for comedian Daliso Chaponda. Ant and Dec pressed the buzzer during the fifth episode for magician Matt Edwards. David Walliams pressed the buzzer for singer Kyle Tomlinson during the sixth episode.

For the first time in Britain's Got Talent history, all five Golden Buzzer acts qualified to the Grand Final.

Auditions

The open auditions were held from 29 October to 18 December 2016 in Peterborough, Cardiff, London, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Kingston upon Hull, Lincoln, Reading, Manchester and Luton.[8]

Judges' auditions
City Date[9] Venue
Blackpool 18 January 2017 The Blackpool Opera House
London 28–30 January 2017 The London Palladium
Birmingham 1–4 February 2017 Birmingham Hippodrome
Salford 9–10 February 2017 The Lowry

Semi-finals

The semi-finals ran from 29 May to 2 June 2017. As in previous years, the performance show aired from 7.30pm to 9pm, and the results show aired at 9.30pm after Coronation Street. However this year (unlike previous years) only eight acts performed in each semi-final, and there were no judges' vote; instead the two acts with the most amount of public votes in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Each results show featured a guest performance. Alfie Boe performed on 29 May, followed by Camila Cabello on 30 May. The cast of Bat Out of Hell: The Musical performed on 31 May, followed by Richard Jones on 1 June. 5 After Midnight performed on 2 June. Diversity performed during the final on 3 June.[10]

It was announced on 2 June that, due to the final being brought forward to 3 June to avoid interfering with the One Love Manchester benefit concert, Little Mix would be unable to perform.[11]

  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Finalist
  Semi-finalist (lost judges' or public vote)
Judges' wildcard (previously eliminated act reinstated into the final by the judges)
Golden buzzer
Name of act Age(s) Genre Act Hometown Semi-final Result
Angelicus Celtis 12-17 Singing Choir Llanelli, Wales 4 Eliminated
Code 3 14-16 Dance Dance Trio Dartford 5 Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda 37 Comedy Stand-up comedian Manchester
(Originally From Malawi)		 5 Third place
David Geaney 22 Dance Dancer Ireland 3 Eliminated
Destiny Chukunyere 14 Singing Singer Birkirkara, Malta 2 Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight 65 Variety DJ Wiltshire 2 Eliminated
DNA 29 & 43 Magic Mentalists London 1 Finalist (won public vote)
Empire Dance Crew 15-27 Dance Street Dance Troupe London 1 Eliminated
Grace & Ali 17 & 16 Dance Dancing Duo Hartlepool & Middlesbrough 2 Eliminated (lost public vote)
Harry Gardner 16 Singing Singer And Pianist Essex 2 Eliminated
Issy Simpson 8 Magic Magician Blackpool 2 Runner-up
Jamie Lee Harrison 24 Singing Singer Newcastle 5 Eliminated (lost public vote)
Jay Wynn 36 Singing Singing Robot Gloucester 3 Eliminated
Jess Robinson 34 Comedy Impressionist London 5 Eliminated
John Parnell 63 Variety Hula-Hoop Artist Nuneaton 4 Eliminated
Jonny Awsum 39 Singing Comic Singer Croydon 4 Eliminated
Josephine Lee 30 Magic Illusionist London 3 Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson 15 Singing Singer Sheffield 1 Finalist (won public vote)
Leah Barniville 14 Singing Classical Singer Ireland 2 Eliminated
London School of Bollywood 18-27 Dance Bollywood Dance Troupe London 3 Eliminated
Lords Of Strut 35 & 36 Dance Comic Dance Duo Cork 5 Eliminated
Martin & Faye 47 & 10 Singing Singing Duo Warrington 3 Eliminated
Matt Edwards 34 Magic Comic Magician Suffolk 2 Finalist (won public vote)
MerseyGirls 14-17 Dance Dance Group Wirral 4 Finalist (won public vote)
Miss Treat Vibe 19-24 Singing Girl Group Sheffield, South London, Swindon, Birmingham 1 Eliminated (lost public vote)
Missing People Choir 32-71 Singing Choir London 5 Finalist (won public vote)
Ned Woodman 9 Comedy Stand-up Comedian Maidstone 3 Finalist (won public vote)
Niels Harder 26 Magic Comic Magician Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 Eliminated
Paws With Soul 24-29 Dance Dance Troupe London 4 Eliminated
PC Dan 33 Dance Dancer Kingston 1 Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation 8-14 Singing Choir Derbyshire 5 Eliminated
Reuben Gray 16 Singing Singer And Guitarist Surrey 4 Eliminated (lost public vote)
Ryan Tracey 35 Variety Balloonist Omagh 4 Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 16 Singing Singer Milton Keynes 3 Finalist (won judges' wildcard)
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh 8-12 Singing Choir Rathfriland 1 Eliminated
TapTastik 19-62 Dance Tap Dance Troupe Brighton 2 Eliminated
The Pensionalities 84 & 75 Singing Singing Duo Doncaster 4 Finalist (won public vote)
TNG Characters 16-25 Dance Dance Troupe West London 5 Eliminated
Tokio Myers 32 Music Pianist/Drummer/Remixer London 3 Winner
Tyrone & Mina 36 & 35 Danger Knife Throwing Duo Argentina & Spain 1 Eliminated

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed out
  Won public vote and advanced to final
  Runner-up in public vote and advanced to final
  Third in public vote and eliminated

Semi-final 1 (29 May)

Contestant Order Act Buzzes Finished Percentage[13] Result
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh 1 Choir 4th 12.3% Eliminated
PC Dan 2 Dancer 5th 6.7% Eliminated
Niels Harder 3 Comic Magician 8th 0.9% Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson 4 Singer 2nd 28.1% Advanced
Empire Dance Crew 5 Street Dance Troupe 7th 2.4% Eliminated
DNA 6 Mentalists 1st 32.0% Advanced
Tyrone & Mina 7 Knife Throwing Duo 6th 3.0% Eliminated
Miss Treat Vibe 8 Girl Group 3rd 14.6% Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (30 May)

Contestant Order Act Buzzes Finished Percentage[13] Result
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Destiny Chukunyere 1 Singer 6th 4.2% Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight 2 DJ 8th 1.6% Eliminated
Harry Gardner 3 Singer and Pianist 4th 12.9% Eliminated
Issy Simpson 4 Magician 1st 26.6% Advanced
Matt Edwards 5 Comic Magician 2nd 23.4% Advanced
Leah Barniville 6 Classical Singer 5th 12.1% Eliminated
Grace & Ali 7 Dancing Duo 3rd 17.3% Eliminated
TapTastik 8 Tap Dance Troupe 7th 1.9% Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (31 May)

Contestant Order Act Buzzes Finished Percentage[13] Result
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Josephine Lee 1 Illusionist 4th 8.9% Eliminated
London School of Bollywood 2 Bollywood Dance Troupe 6th 4.2% Eliminated
Martin & Faye 3 Singing Duo 5th 6.2% Eliminated
Ned Woodman 4 Stand-up Comedian 2nd 21.8% Advanced
Jay Wynn 5 Singing Robot 8th 1.3% Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 6 Singer 3rd 16.8% Advanced (Wildcard)
David Geaney 7 Dancer 7th 4.1% Eliminated
Tokio Myers 8 Pianist 1st 36.7% Advanced

Semi-final 4 (1 June)

Contestant Order Act Buzzes Finished Percentage[13] Result
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Paws With Soul 1 Dance Troupe 7th 2.6% Eliminated
Angelicus Celtis 2 Choir 5th 7.5% Eliminated
John Parnell 3 Hula-Hoop Artist 1 8th 2.5% Eliminated
Reuben Gray 4 Singer And Guitarist 3rd 11.5% Eliminated
Ryan Tracey 5 Balloonist 6th 2.8% Eliminated
The Pensionalities 6 Singing Duo 1st 33.0% Advanced
Jonny Awsum 7 Comic Singer 4th 10.5% Eliminated
MerseyGirls 8 Dance Group 2nd 29.6% Advanced

Semi-final 5 (2 June)

Contestant Order Act Buzzes Finished Percentage[13] Result
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Jess Robinson 1 Impressionist 5th 7.7% Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation 2 Choir 7th 4.7% Eliminated
Code 3 3 Dance Trio 8th 3.7% Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda 4 Stand-up Comedian 1st 41.1% Advanced
Missing People Choir 5 Choir 2nd 13.0% Advanced
TNG Characters 6 Dance Troupe 6th 5.8% Eliminated
Jamie Lee Harrison 7 Singer 3rd 12.8% Eliminated
Lords of Strut 8 Comic Dance Duo 4th 11.2% Eliminated

Final (3 June)

The final took place on 3 June[17] from 7.30pm until 10.00pm. Originally planned to take place on 4 June, the final was moved to avoid clashing with the One Love Manchester concert. Little Mix were unable to do Saturday's final due to Glory Days tour date in Amsterdam.

Contestant Order Act Finished Percentage[13]
The Pensionalities 1 Singing duo 5th 6.9%
MerseyGirls 2 Dance group 9th 5.1%
Kyle Tomlinson 3 Singer 6th 6.7%
Ned Woodman 4 Stand-up comedian 10th 3.2%
DNA 5 Mentalists 11th 3.0%
Matt Edwards 6 Comedy magician 4th 7.9%
Missing People Choir 7 Choir 8th 5.2%
Sarah Ikumu 8 Singer 7th 5.6%
Daliso Chaponda 9 Stand-up comedian 3rd 14.7%
Issy Simpson 10 Magician 2nd 17.5%
Tokio Myers 11 Pianist/Drummer/Remixer 1st 24.2%

Controversies

Professional acts

During the auditions, several acts were found to be professional, including Chinese Acrobatics Gao Lin and Liu Xin, who had already performed in China's Got Talent season 5 and inaugurated season of Asia's Got Talent where they received the golden buzzer for their performance, as well as a performer in several Chinese TV shows.[19] Another singer act Sian Pattison had been discovered to be a professionally trained singer.[20] Also Tanba from Japan, who was a magician, was also disclosed to be a professional magician in Japan. None of these acts appeared in the episode of Judges Cut or in the Top 40. Some reports said these acts were axed by Simon Cowell, as he did not want 'Second Chance Charlies'; however, this was not verified by BGT or ITV.[21]

St. Patrick's Junior Choir

When the choir first began their performance of "Roar", Ant & Dec almost immediately stopped them for technical difficulties. Viewers on Twitter and other social media websites complained, accusing the choir of miming because they were out of sync with the backing track. However, it was denied by the crew who said that it was an accident and they had played the recording of the rehearsal of the choir for the semi-final.[22]

Most googled David Walliams question

In More Talent, Stephen Mulhern had the judges play a game in which they guessed the most googled questions about them. He revealed that the most common google search question about David Walliams was "is David Walliams dating Simon Cowell", which Stephen claimed was a "verified" fact. A number of viewers took to Twitter and Facebook to accuse the show of lying, providing screenshots showing that the actual top question was "is David Walliams dead?".[23]

Ned Woodman

During his audition, child comedian Ned Woodman compared Amanda to previous act Marc Métral & Wendy, asking why everyone was "excited by the talking dog" when "Amanda Holden has been on the show for years". The comment caused outrage from a number of viewers over its "misogynist" nature.[24] During More Talent Amanda also criticized Ned's audition stating that, she doesn't like kids who "are inappropriate and say stuff that's wrong for their age", adding "He did call me a dog in his first audition, which is unacceptable, but he was brilliant tonight." She also accused him of not writing his own material, stating that she'd "like to know what jokes Ned wrote himself". She further praised his semi-final performance, describing it as less hurtful, and funny.[25]

Issy Simpson

After the audition of child magician Issy Simpson, it was revealed that her grandfather (and magic instructor) Russ Stevens, had previously been a consultant for the show to help coach magicians. In response to criticism of this connection, a spokesman for the show said Simpson went through the same audition process as any other contestant.[26][27]

Magician Carl Leek claims that her trick that ended with a T-shirt containing Cowell's image and a picked card was a "carbon copy" of a trick he had performed in an audition for the show one week before. He claims to have received four yesses, but the show chose not to air his audition. Leek said he was not criticizing Simpson herself. The show denied any copying.[28][29][30]

Amanda Holden's dress

On the fourth semi-final, judge Amanda Holden wore a dress (by designer Julien Macdonald) with a plunging neckline which revealed a large part of her chest and breasts. This was widely criticised as inappropriate for a family show.[31][32][33] During the show, fellow judge David Walliams made a joke about his colleague's risqué outfit.[34]

Reception

Ratings

Episode Air date Duration1 Official rating
(millions)[35]2		 Official rating
(millions inc. HD)[35]3		 Official rating
(millions inc. HD & +1)[35]4		 ITV Weekly rank[35]5
Auditions 1 15 April 85 8.26 10.50 11.35 1
Auditions 2 22 April 80 8.52 10.82 11.62 2
Auditions 3 29 April 80 7.89 10.13 10.79 1
Auditions 4 6 May 75 8.80 11.12 11.69 1
Auditions 5 13 May 80 8.04 10.46 10.97 1
Auditions 6 20 May 80 8.15 10.78 11.39 1
Auditions 7 27 May 80 7.84 10.13 10.69 1
Semi-final 1 29 May 90 7.09 9.26 9.75 2
Semi-final 1 results 30 5.45 6.91 7.19 12
Semi-final 2 30 May 90 5.69 7.46 7.90 10
Semi-final 2 results 30 4.64 6.13 6.44 16
Semi-final 3 31 May 90 6.05 7.84 8.24 8
Semi-final 3 results 30 4.95 6.45 6.78 14
Semi-final 4 1 June 90 5.40 7.16 7.54 11
Semi-final 4 results 30 5.20 6.73 7.09 13
Semi-final 5 2 June 90 5.84 7.71 8.10 9
Semi-final 5 results 30 4.74 6.21 6.51 15
Final 3 June 150 7.13 9.56 10.07 1
^1 Includes advert breaks
^2 The ratings over a 28-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV and streaming through ITV Hub.
^3 The ratings over a 28-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV, ITV HD and streaming through ITV Hub.
^4 The ratings over a 28-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV, ITV HD, ITV+1 and streaming through ITV Hub.
^5 The rank for the combined ITV, ITV HD and ITV+1 broadcasts, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.

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