Britain's Got Talent series 11

Britain's Got Talent
Series 11
Presented byAnt & Dec (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
JudgesDavid Walliams
Alesha Dixon
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
WinnerTokio Myers
Runner-upIssy Simpson
Release
Original networkITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release15 April (2017-04-15) –
3 June 2017 (2017-06-03)
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The eleventh series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 3 June 2017; because the One Love Manchester concert was to take place on 4 June, the live final was brought forward a day to avoid clashing with it.[1][2] Following the closure of Fountain Studios the previous year, the live episodes were broadcast from Elstree Studios.[3] The change in location allowed for a revamp of the studio used by both the main programme and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent.[4]

For the first time in eleven years, this series featured no judges' vote for each semi-final – instead the acts getting the highest and second-highest tally of public votes would move on to the live final;[5] after the series' conclusion, Cowell admitted that he disliked this format change.[6] In addition to the judges not voting for an act, the Public Wildcard format was dropped from the show, while the number of acts making it into the semi-finals was reduced to 40, returning to the original semi-final format used prior to the sixth series.

The eleventh series was won by pianist Tokio Myers, with magician Issy Simpson finishing in second place[7] and comedian Daliso Chaponda third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.1 million viewers.

Series overview

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Following open auditions held the previous year between October and December,[8] the Judges' audition took place between January and February 2017, within Blackpool, London, Birmingham and Salford.[9] Along with discontinuing the use of the Public wildcard format, production staff changed the rules to suspend the use of the Judges' vote – the change meant that the voting system would be purely conducted by a public vote, with the semi-finalists receiving the highest and second-highest tally of votes respectively automatically securing a place in the live final. This change in format was not announced until 27 May 2017;[5] on 5 June, following the conclusion of the eleventh series, Cowell admitted he disliked this change and had production staff informed it would not be used for the next series.[6]

Of the participants that took part, only forty made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, singer Sarah Ikumu, dance group MerseyGirls, comedian Daliso Chaponda, comic magician Matt Edwards, and singer Kyle Tomlinson,[10] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one – returning to the original arrangement before the sixth series – and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was Sarah Ikumu, after she placed 3rd in the public vote in the third semi-final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist
Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act Semi-final Result
Angelicus Celtis 12–17 Singing Choir 4 Eliminated
Code 3 14–16 Dance Dance Trio 5 Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda 37 Comedy Stand Up Comedian 5 Finalist
David Geaney 22 Dance Tap Dancer 3 Eliminated
Destiny Chukunyere 14 Singing Singer 2 Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight 65 Music DJ 2 Eliminated
DNA 29 & 43 Magic Mentalist Duo 1 Finalist
Empire Dance Crew 15–27 Dance Street Dance Group 1 Eliminated
Grace & Ali 17 & 16 Dance Contemporary Dance Duo 2 Eliminated
Harry Gardner 16 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist 2 Eliminated
Issy Simpson 8 Magic Illusionist 2 Runner-Up
Jamie Lee Harrison 24 Singing Singer 5 Eliminated
Jay Wynn 36 Singing Singing Robot 3 Eliminated
Jess Robinson 34 Singing / Comedy Singing Impressionist 5 Eliminated
John Parnell 63 Variety Hula Hoop Artist 4 Eliminated
Jonny Awsum 39 Comedy / Singing Comic Singer 4 Eliminated
Josephine Lee 30 Magic Magician 3 Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson 15 Singing Singer 1 Finalist
Leah Barniville 14 Singing Classical Singer 2 Eliminated
London School of Bollywood 18–27 Dance Bollywood Dance Group 3 Eliminated
Lords of Strut 35 & 36 Comedy / Dance Comic Dance Duo 5 Eliminated
Martin & Faye 47 & 10 Singing Opera Singing Duo 3 Eliminated
Matt Edwards 34' Comedy / Magic Comic Magician 2 Finalist
MerseyGirls 2 14–17 Dance Dance Group 4 Finalist
Miss Treat Vibe 19–24 Singing Girl Band 1 Eliminated
Missing People Choir 32–71 Singing Choir 5 Finalist
Ned Woodman 8 Comedy Stand Up Comedian 3 Finalist
Niels Harder 26 Comedy / Magic Comic Magician 1 Eliminated
Paws With Soul 24–29 Dance Dance Group 4 Eliminated
PC Dan 33 Dance Bodypopper 1 Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation 8–14 Singing Choir 5 Eliminated
Reuben Gray 16 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist 4 Eliminated
Ryan Tracey 35 Variety Balloon Artist 4 Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 16 Singing Singer 3 Finalist
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh 8–12 Singing Choir 1 Eliminated
TapTastik 19–62 Dance Tap Dance Group 2 Eliminated
The Pensionalities 2 84 & 75 Singing Singing Duo 4 Finalist
TNG Characters 16–25 Dance Dance Group 5 Eliminated
Tokio Myers 32 Music Pianist 3 Winner
Tyrone & Mina 36 & 35 Danger Knife Throwing Duo 1 Eliminated
  • ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
  • ^2 Each respective participant(s) auditioned under a different name, before changing them for their semi-final appearance.

Semi-finals summary

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Buzzed out |   Advanced – 1st in public vote |   Advanced – 2nd in public vote
  Eliminated – 3rd in public vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (29 May)

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Semi-finalist Order Buzzes Finished [13]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh 1 4th – Eliminated
PC Dan 2 5th – Eliminated
Niels Harder 3 8th – Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson 4 2nd (Won Public Vote)
Empire Dance Crew 5 7th – Eliminated
DNA 6 1st (Won Public Vote)
Tyrone & Mina 7 6th – Eliminated
Miss Treat Vibe 8 3rd – (Lost Public Vote)

Semi-final 2 (30 May)

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Semi-finalist Order Buzzes Finished [13]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Destiny Chukunyere 1 6th – Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight 2 8th – Eliminated
Harry Gardner 3 4th – Eliminated
Issy Simpson 4 1st (Won Public Vote)
Matt Edwards 5 2nd (Won Public Vote)
Leah Barniville 6 5th – Eliminated
Grace & Ali 7 3rd (Lost Public Vote)
TapTastik 8 7th – Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (31 May)

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Semi-finalist Order Buzzes Finished [13]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Josephine Lee 1 4th – Eliminated
London School of Bollywood 2 6th – Eliminated
Martin & Faye 3 5th – Eliminated
Ned Woodman 4 2nd (Won Public Vote)
Jay Wynn 5 8th – Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 3 6 3rd (Lost Public Vote)
David Geaney 7 7th – Eliminated
Tokio Myers 8 1st (Won Public Vote)
  • ^3 Sarah Ikumu was later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

Semi-final 4 (1 June)

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Semi-finalist Order Buzzes Finished [13]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Paws With Soul 1 7th – Eliminated
Angelicus Celtis 2 5th – Eliminated
John Parnell 3 1 8th – Eliminated
Reuben Gray 4 3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Ryan Tracey 5 6th – Eliminated
The Pensionalities 6 1st (Won Public Vote)
Jonny Awsum 7 4th – Eliminated
MerseyGirls 8 2nd (Won Public Vote)
  • ^1 Cowell asked for his X to be removed during the comments.

Semi-final 5 (2 June)

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Semi-finalist Order Buzzes Finished [13]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Jess Robinson 1 5th – Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation 2 7th – Eliminated
Code 3 3 8th – Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda 4 1st (Won Public Vote)
Missing People Choir 5 2nd (Won Public Vote)
TNG Characters 6 6th – Eliminated
Jamie Lee Harrison 7 3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Lords of Strut 8 4th – Eliminated

Final (3 June)

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  Winner |   Runner-up
Finalist Order Finished [13]
The Pensionalities 1 5th
MerseyGirls 2 9th
Kyle Tomlinson 3 6th
Ned Woodman 4 10th
DNA 5 11th
Matt Edwards 6 4th
Missing People Choir 7 8th
Sarah Ikumu 8 7th
Daliso Chaponda 9 3rd
Issy Simpson 10 2nd
Tokio Myers 11 1st

Ratings

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Episode Air date Total viewers (millions) [17] ITV
Weekly rank [17]
Auditions 1 15 April 11.35 1
Auditions 2 22 April 11.62 2
Auditions 3 29 April 10.79 1
Auditions 4 6 May 11.69 1
Auditions 5 13 May 10.97 1
Auditions 6 20 May 11.39 1
Auditions 7 27 May 10.69 1
Semi-final 1 29 May 9.75 2
Semi-final 1 results 7.19 12
Semi-final 2 30 May 7.90 10
Semi-final 2 results 6.44 16
Semi-final 3 31 May 8.24 8
Semi-final 3 results 6.78 14
Semi-final 4 1 June 7.54 11
Semi-final 4 results 7.09 13
Semi-final 5 2 June 8.10 9
Semi-final 5 results 6.51 15
Final 3 June 10.07 1


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