Britain's Got Talent | |
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Genre | Talent show |
Created by | Simon Cowell |
Directed by | Jonathan Bullen |
Presented by | |
Judges | |
Voices of | Peter Dickson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 10 |
No. of episodes | 147 (as of series 10) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Nigel Hall Lee McNicholas Amelia Brown Richard Holloway |
Producer(s) | Matt Banks Charlie Irwin Paul Jones |
Location(s) | Various (auditions) Fountain Studios (live shows, 2007–2016) Elstree Studios (live shows, 2017–) |
Running time | 60–155 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Talkback Thames (2007–11) Thames (2012–) Syco |
Distributor | FremantleMedia |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format |
HDTV: 1080i (2011–) SDTV: 576i (2007–10) |
Original release | 9 June 2007 | –
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Britain's Got More Talent The X Factor |
External links | |
Official website |
Britain's Got More Talent | |
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Created by | Simon Cowell |
Presented by | Stephen Mulhern (2007-) |
No. of series | 10 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Tim Dean |
Location(s) | The Fountain Studios (2007–2016) |
Running time | 60–65 minutes |
Release | |
Original network |
ITV2 (UK) TV3 (Ireland) |
Picture format |
1080p: HDTV (2011–) 576i: SDTV (2007–10) |
Original release | 9 June 2007 | – present
Chronology | |
Related shows | Britain's Got Talent |
Website |
Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television talent show reality TV competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent franchise. The show is a Thames production (formerly Talkback Thames) distributed by FremantleMedia and is produced in association with Syco TV. The show is broadcast on ITV and its sister show Britain's Got More Talent is broadcast on ITV2. Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show. Acts compete against each other in order to gain the audience support while trying to win the title of "The winner of Britain's Got Talent''. The original judging panel consisted of the show's creator Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. Kelly Brook was brought in briefly as a fourth judge in series 3, but was axed after one audition site. Morgan did not return for series 5 and Cowell was only present during the live shows, while David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre joined the panel. Alesha Dixon and David Walliams joined the panel in series 6 as replacements for McIntyre and Hasselhoff.
Throughout the show, contestants must perform in front of the judges, and each year initial auditions have been held in front of a live audience. Auditions precede live semi-finals, where the final 45 contestants (24 in series 1, 40 in series 2–5) perform nightly for a week in order to impress the British public. Each night, two acts from each semi-final (the act with the most votes and another chosen by the judges from the acts in second and third place) progress to the live final.