*** Welcome to piglix ***

Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent logo.png
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 (2007-06-09)
Chronology
Related shows Britain's Got More Talent
The X Factor
External links
Official website
Britain's Got More Talent
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 (2007-06-09) – 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.


...
Wikipedia

...