Britain's Got Talent: The Champions

This article is about the spin-off. For the main edition, see Britain's Got Talent.

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
Genre	Talent show
Created by	Simon Cowell
Based on	America's Got Talent: The Champions by Simon Cowell
Developed by	Britain's Got Talent by Simon Cowell
Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly Stephen Mulhern
Judges	Simon Cowell Amanda Holden Alesha Dixon David Walliams
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Production companies	Syco Entertainment Thames
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	31 August (2019-08-31) – 5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)
Related
Britain's Got Talent America's Got Talent: The Champions

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of Britain's Got Talent , a British talent competition series, which began broadcasting on ITV on 31 August 2019. ^[1] The programme functions similar to BGT, but features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, ^{[2] [3] [4]} who compete in a series of preliminaries to secure a place in the grand final and a chance to win a large prize and to be crowned Britain's champion within Got Talent.

The spin-off is hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), and is based upon America's Got Talent: The Champions , in that the format is different to the main programme - episodes are pre-recorded, and votes for participants are conducted under a different system. The spin-off series averaged 5.84 million viewers across the 6 episodes during its broadcast.

Judges and Presenter(s) for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions

Simon Cowell

Amanda Holden

Alesha Dixon

David Walliams

Ant McPartlin

Declan Donnelly

Production

Following the success of America's Got Talent: The Champions in early 2019, Simon Cowell opted to create a similar spin-off competition for Britain's Got Talent, which, along with the same subtitle, would operate under the same format. Production was green-lighted by the broadcaster ITV, with the contest taking place between July and August of the same year, and using the same presenters and panel of judges as the regular show. ^[5] Much like the American spin-off, the episodes were pre-recorded – filming of the spin-off took place during the contest's operation, with production staff editing the finalised footage for full broadcast over a weekly basis, towards the end of the Summer TV schedule that year.

Contest overview

Around 45 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – both quarter-finalists (where applicable) and semi-finalists – and other notable acts, participated during The Champions contest in 2019, with each of the contest's preliminaries featuring around 9 participants. The following table lists each participants that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, series, and performance – and their overall result in the contest:

Got Talent History Key	AGT – America's Got Talent	AGTC – America's Got Talent: The Champions	ArGT - Arab's Got Talent	AsGT – Asia's Got Talent
	AuGT – Australia's Got Talent	BGT – Britain's Got Talent	BeGT – Belgium's Got Talent	ČSMT – Česko Slovensko má talent
	DS – Das Supertalent	FIT – La France a un incroyable talent	GGT - Georgia's Got Talent!	GTE – Got Talent España
	HGT – Holland's Got Talent	IGT – Italia's Got Talent	InGT – India's Got Talent	MS – Minuta slavy
	PGT – Pilipinas Got Talent	SAGT — South Africa's Got Talent	UMT – Ukrayina maye talant	Ireland (excluded)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place

  Finalist |   Eliminated | Golden Buzzer

Participant	Act	Got Talent history	Preliminary	Results
100 Voices of Gospel	Gospel Choir	BGT: 10 - Finalist	2	Eliminated
Alex Magala	Sword Swallower	AGT: S8 - Quarter-finalist ; IGT: S5 - Finalist ; MS: S8 - Winner ; UMT: S6 - Semi-finalist ; FIT: S9 - Participant ; BGT: S10 - Finalist ; ČSMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant; AuGT S9 - Participant	5	Eliminated
Alexa Lauenburger	Dog Tricks Act	DS : S11 - Winner	2	Finalist
Antonio Sorgentone	Singer & Pianist	IGT: S9 - Winner	2	Eliminated
Ashleigh & Sully	Dancing Dog Act	BGT: S6 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	1	Eliminated
Bad Salsa	Salsa Dance Duo	InGT: S4 - Winner	1	Eliminated
Bars & Melody	Rapper & Singer	BGT: S8 - Third Place	5	Finalist
Bello & Annaliese Nock	Comic Daredevil Duo	AGT: S12 - Quarter-finalist (Bello), S13 - Participant (Annaliese)	1	Finalist
Ben Hart	Magician	BGT: S13 - Third Place	5	Eliminated
Billy & Emily England	Extreme Rollerskating Duo	BGT: S9 - Semi-finalist ; AGT: S12 - Semifinalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant	4	Eliminated
Bonnie Anderson	Singer	AuGT: S1 - Winner	4	Eliminated
Boogie Storm	Dance Group	BGT: S10 - Third Place	1	Eliminated
Colin Thackery	Singer	BGT: S13 - Winner	4	Eliminated
Collabro	Musical Theatre Group	BGT: S8 - Winner	5	Eliminated
Connie Talbot	Singer	BGT: S1 - Finalist	1	Eliminated
Cristina Ramos	Opera & Rock Singer	GTE: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist	3	Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda	Stand Up Comedian	BGT: S11 - Third Place	5	Eliminated
Darcy Oake	Illusionist	BGT: S8 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	3	Finalist
Deadly Games 1	Knife Throwing Duo	AGT: S11 - Semi-finalist ; FIT: S12 - Semi-Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist	2	Eliminated
DJ Arch Jnr	DJ	SAGT: S6 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	3	Eliminated
DM-X Comvaleñoz	Dance Group	PGT: S5 - Semi Finalist ; AsGT : S2 - Runner Up	5	Eliminated
Gao Lin & Liu Xin	Acrobatic Duo	BGT: S11 - Participant ; AsGT : S1 - Finalist	2	Eliminated
Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh	Vocalist	GGT - Participant; UMT: S6 - Finalist ; DS : S12 - Finalist	5	Eliminated
George Sampson	Breakdancer	BGT: S2 - Winner	4	Eliminated
Issy Simpson	Illusionist	BGT: S11 - Runner-up ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	4	Eliminated
Jack Carroll	Stand Up Comedian	BGT: S7 - Runner Up	3	Eliminated
Jai McDowall	Singer	BGT: S5 - Winner	2	Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova	Sand Artist	UMT: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Third Place	1	Third Place
Lost Voice Guy	Stand Up Comedian	BGT: S12 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	2	Eliminated
Mayyas	Dance Group	ArGT: S6 - Winner	3	Eliminated
MerseyGirls	Dance Group	BGT: S11 - Finalist	2	Finalist
Mirror Family	Dance Group	ČSMT: S5 - Finalist	4	Eliminated
Paddy & Nico	Salsa Dance Duo	BGT: S8 - Finalist ; FIT: S11 - Semi-finalist	3	Finalist
Paul Potts	Opera Singer	BGT: S1 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist	1	Eliminated
Paul Zerdin	Ventriloquist	AGT: S10 - Winner ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	2	Eliminated
Preacher Lawson	Stand Up Comedian	AGT: S12 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist	4	Finalist
Richard & Adam	Singing Duo	BGT: S7 - Third Place	3	Eliminated
Richard Jones	Close-up Magician	BGT: S10 - Winner	3	Eliminated
Stavros Flatley	Comic Dance Duo	BGT: S3 - Finalist	4	Runner-up
Tape Face	Mime	AGT: S11 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	4	Eliminated
The Fire	Dance Group	HGT: S9 - Winner	3	Eliminated
The Nelson Twins	Comedy Duo	AuGT: S6 - Finalist	1	Eliminated
The Sacred Riana	Illusionist	AsGT : S2 - Winner ; AGT: S13 - Quarter-finalist	1	Eliminated
Twist and Pulse	Comic Dance Duo	BGT: S4 - Runner-up	5	Winner
Vicki Barbolak	Stand Up Comedian	AGT: S13 - Finalist ; AGTC : S1 - Participant	5	Eliminated

• ^1 The original couple for Deadly Games split up after their last performance together. While the knife-thrower, Alfredo Silva, remained to continue under this name, his partner was replaced by the winner of the 8th series of Poland's Got Talent for this contest.

Preliminaries

  Golden Buzzer Advancement |   Advanced - 1st in Audience Vote |   Eliminated - 2nd in Audience Vote

  Eliminated - 3rd in Audience Vote |   Eliminated | Buzzed Out

Preliminaries 1 (31 August)

Participant	Order	Act	Buzzes				Finished
			Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Ashleigh & Sully	1	Dancing Dog Act					Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)
Bello & Annaliese Nock	2	Comic Daredevil Duo					Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Connie Talbot	3	Singer					Eliminated
The Nelson Twins	4	Comedy Duo					Eliminated
Bad Salsa	5	Salsa Dance Duo					Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova	6	Sand Artist					Advanced Immediately (by Holden)
Boogie Storm	7	Dance Group					Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
The Sacred Riana	8	Illusionist					Eliminated
Paul Potts	9	Opera Singer					Eliminated

Preliminaries 2 (7 September)

Participant	Order	Act	Buzzes				Finished
			Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
100 Voices of Gospel	1	Gospel Choir					Eliminated
Lost Voice Guy	2	Stand Up Comedian					Eliminated
Alexa Lauenburger	3	Dog Tricks Act					Advanced Immediately (by Ant & Dec)
Paul Zerdin	4	Ventriloquist					Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Gao Lin & Liu Xin	5	Acrobatic Duo					Eliminated
Antonio Sorgentone	6	Singer & Pianist					Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)
MerseyGirls	7	Dance Group					Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Deadly Games	8	Knife Throwing Duo					Eliminated
Jai McDowall	9	Singer					Eliminated

Preliminaries 3 (14 September)

Participant	Order	Act	Buzzes				Finished
			Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Richard Jones	1	Close Up Magician					Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Mayyas	2	Dance Group					Eliminated
DJ Arch Jr	3	DJ					Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)
Jack Carroll	4	Stand Up Comedian					Eliminated
Paddy & Nico	5	Salsa Dance Duo					Advanced Immediately (by Walliams)
Richard & Adam	6	Singing Duo					Eliminated
The Fire	7	Dance Group					Eliminated
Darcy Oake	8	Illusionist					Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Cristina Ramos	9	Singer					Eliminated

Preliminaries 4 (21 September)

Participant	Order	Act	Buzzes				Finished
			Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
George Sampson	1	Breakdancer					Eliminated
Bonnie Anderson	2	Singer					Eliminated
Issy Simpson	3	Illusionist					Eliminated
Mirror Family	4	Dance Group					Eliminated
Tape Face	5	Mime					Eliminated
Preacher Lawson	6	Stand Up Comedian					Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Stavros Flatley	7	Comic Dance Duo					Advanced Immediately (by Cowell)
Colin Thackery	8	Singer					Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Billy & Emily England	9	Extreme Rollerskating Duo					Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)

Preliminaries 5 (28 September)

Participant	Order	Act	Buzzes				Finished
			Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Daliso Chaponda	1	Stand Up Comedian					Eliminated
DM-X Comvaleñoz	2	Dance Group					Eliminated
Ben Hart	3	Magician					Eliminated
Alex Magala	4	Sword Swallower					Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Bars & Melody	5	Rapper & Singer					Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh	6	Vocalist					Eliminated
Vicki Barbolak	7	Stand Up Comedian					Eliminated
Twist & Pulse	8	Comic Dance Duo					Advanced Immediately (by Dixon)
Collabro	9	Musical Theatre Group					Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)

Grand Final (5 October)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place | Finalist

Finalist	Order	Act	Finished
Bars & Melody	1	Rapper & Singer	Finalist
Preacher Lawson	2	Stand Up Comedian	Finalist
Kseniya Simonova	3	Sand Artist	Third Place
Darcy Oake	4	Illusionist	Finalist
MerseyGirls	5	Dance Group	Finalist
Bello & Annaliese Nock	6	Comic Daredevil Duo	Finalist
Twist & Pulse	7	Comic Dance Duo	Winner
Alexa Lauenburger	8	Dog Tricks Act	Finalist
Stavros Flatley	9	Comedy Dance Duo	Runner-Up
Paddy & Nico	10	Salsa Dance Duo	Finalist

Ratings

Episode	Air date	Total viewers (millions) [6] a	ITV weekly rank [6]
Preliminary 1	31 August	7.20	1
Preliminary 2	7 September	6.23	5
Preliminary 3	14 September	5.89	8
Preliminary 4	21 September	5.07	13
Preliminary 5	28 September	5.21	14
Final	5 October	5.63	13

Notes

• ^a The ratings over a 7-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV and streaming through ITV Hub using BARB's four-screen dashboard system (includes viewers watching on tablets/smartphones).

References

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