Britain's Got Talent (series 7)

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Britain's Got Talent
Series 7
Hosted by Ant & Dec (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Judges David Walliams
Alesha Dixon
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
Winner Attraction
Runner-up Jack Carroll
Release
Original network ITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release13 April (2013-04-13) 
8 June 2013 (2013-06-08)
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Judges for Britain's Got Talent Series 7

The seventh series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 13 April to 8 June 2013; because of England's international friendly with the Republic of Ireland that year, the show took a break on 29 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. Because of the work schedule of Stephen Mulhern, host of Britain's Got More Talent, filmed auditions had to be pushed back to mid-January that year, [1] while no guest judge was brought in despite the absence of Simon Cowell for an audition session. [2] [3] [4] Following the previous series, the programme's format was given a minor amendment - the cash prize offered to winners was reduced to £250,000 from this series onwards.

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The seventh series was won by shadow theatre troupe Attraction, the first foreign national participant to win the competition, with comedian Jack Carroll finishing in second place and singing duo Richard & Adam third, During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.4 million viewers. The programme faced severe criticism from viewers over a number of auditions that were broadcast as part of the sixth series, while production staff had to investigate a breach of security after a protester managed to pelt Cowell with eggs during a live broadcast of a finalist's performance. [5]

Series overview

Following open auditions, the Judges' auditions were held in January and February 2013, within Cardiff, London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. Although filming was planned to begin by 7 January, [6] it was pushed back to 16 January due to Stephen Mulhern's schedule   as host for Britain's Got More Talent, he would provide feedback and present additional auditions not featured on the main programme, but filming on the original date would have clashed with his involvement for Catchphrase that month. [1] Most of the auditions that took place were uneventful; although Cowell was forced to miss most of the auditions on the second day in Manchester due to illness, production staff opted to proceed with these without bringing in a guest judge to stand in for him. [2]

Of the participants that took part, only forty five made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals, with nine appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was ventriloquist Steve Hewlett, after he lost out in the Judges' vote in the fifth semi-final. [7] The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist
  Semi-finalist | Playing card club A.svg Judges' Wildcard Finalist
ParticipantAge(s) 1 GenreActSemi-finalResult
Aaron Crow44DangerDanger Act1Eliminated
AJ & Chloe17 & 18DanceLatin Dance Duo4Eliminated
Alex Keirl20SingingSinger4Eliminated
Alice Fredenham28SingingSinger2Eliminated
Aliki29SingingSinger5Eliminated
Arisxandra Libantino11SingingSinger1Finalist
Asanda 11SingingSinger4Finalist
Attraction 19–40DanceShadow Dance Group5Winner
Band of Voices4–7SingingSinging Group1Eliminated
Bosom Buddies29 & 48SingingOperatic Drag Duo1Eliminated
CEO Dancers 22–24DanceDance Trio5Eliminated
Chasing the Dream19-50SingingMusical Theatre Group4Eliminated
Club Town Freaks25–38SingingSinging Group4Eliminated
Francine Lewis 37ComedyImpressionist4Finalist
Freelusion25–39DanceLED Dance Group3Eliminated
Gabz 14Singing / MusicSinger & Pianist2Finalist
Gospel Singers Incognito17–43SingingGospel Choir5Eliminated
J-Unity19Singing / MusicSinging Duo & Guitarist1Eliminated
Jack & Cormac13 & 14Singing / MusicSinging Duo & Guitarist2Eliminated
Jack Carroll 14ComedyStand Up Comedian2Runner-up
James More24MagicIllusionist4Eliminated
Jordan O'Keefe18Singing / MusicSinger & Guitarist5Finalist
Joseph Hall36DanceDancer3Eliminated
Luminites 18–21Singing / MusicBand3Finalist
Maarty Broekman23Singing / MusicSinger & Keytar Musician5Eliminated
Martin & Marielle32 & 36Acrobatic / DanceAcrobatic Dance Duo2Eliminated
Martin Healey57DanceBallroom Dancer1Eliminated
MC Boy22SingingRapper3Eliminated
MckNasty27MusicDrummer & DJ2Eliminated
MD Dancers14–22DanceDance Group2Eliminated
Meat Diva31 & 27SingingCabaret Singing Duo2Eliminated
Modupé Obasola19SingingSinger2Eliminated
Philip Green21ComedyImpressionist1Eliminated
Poppin' Ron21DanceBodypopper4Eliminated
Pre Skool5–8DanceDance Group3Finalist
Richard & Adam 19 & 22SingingOpera Singing Duo1Finalist
Robbie Kennedy22SingingSinger3Eliminated
Rob's Duelling Pianos 2 55MusicPianist5Eliminated
Rosie O'Sullivan19SingingSinger3Eliminated
Shockarellas12–17DanceDance Group4Eliminated
Steve Hewlett Playing card club A.svg 37ComedyVentriloquist5Finalist
Stevie Pink45MagicIllusionist3Eliminated
The Glambassadors21–36DanceDance Group5Eliminated
Thomas Bounce16VarietyJuggler3Eliminated
Youth Creation7–14DanceDance Group1Eliminated

Semi-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' vote |   Won the public vote
  Won the judges' vote |   Lost the judges' vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (27 May)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Ellie Goulding [8]

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult [9]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Martin Healey19th - Eliminated
Band of Voices26th - Eliminated
Youth Creation3 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Judges' vote tied - Lost on Public vote)
J-Unity47th - Eliminated
Bosom Buddies5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
Philip Green65th - Eliminated
Arisxandra Libantino7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Judges' vote tied - Won on Public vote)
Aaron Crow84th - Eliminated
Richard & Adam91st (Won Public vote)

Semi-final 2 (28 May)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Jennifer Lopez [10]

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult [9]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Martin & Marielle18th - Eliminated
MckNasty25th - Eliminated
Jack & Cormac33rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Modupé4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 9th - Eliminated
Meat Diva57th - Eliminated
MD66th - Eliminated
Alice Fredenham74th - Eliminated
Jack Carroll81st (Won Public Vote)
Gabz9 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)

Semi-final 3 (30 May)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Demi Lovato [11]

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult [9]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Freelusion1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated
Robbie Kennedy25th - Eliminated
Stevie Pink3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
Pre Skool4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Judges' vote tied - Won on Public vote)
Thomas Bounce5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 9th - Eliminated
Rosie O'Sullivan64th - Eliminated
Joseph Hall7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Judges' vote tied - Lost on Public vote)
MC Boy8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 6th - Eliminated
Luminites91st (Won Public vote)

Semi-final 4 (31 May)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Olly Murs [12]

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult [9]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
Club Town Freaks19th - Eliminated
Alex Keirl2 Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Shockarellas36th - Eliminated
Poppin' Ron4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
James More54th - Eliminated
Chasing the Dream6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated
Francine Lewis71st (Won Public vote)
Asanda8 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
AJ & Chloe95th - Eliminated

Semi-final 5 (1 June)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Ashleigh and Pudsey [13]

ArtistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult [9]
Cowell Holden Dixon Walliams
CEO Dancers16th - Eliminated
Aliki24th - Eliminated
The Glambassadors38th - Eliminated
Steve Hewlett 3 4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Judges' vote tied - Lost on Public vote)
Rob's Duelling Pianos5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 9th - Eliminated
Maarty Broekman6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated
Gospel Singers Incognito75th - Eliminated
Jordan O'Keefe8 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Judges' vote tied - Won on Public vote)
Attraction91st (Won Public vote)
  • ^3 Steve Hewlett was later sent through to the final as the judges wildcard.

Final (8 June)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Psy, [14] and Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran [15]

  Winner |   Runner-up
FinalistOrderFinished [9]
Pre Skool19th
Asanda211th
Gabz37th
Steve Hewlett44th
Jordan O'Keefe56th
Arisxandra68th
Francine Lewis710th
Richard & Adam83rd
Jack Carroll92nd
Luminites105th
Attraction111st

Ratings

EpisodeDateTotal ITV viewers (millions) [16] Weekly rank [16] Share (%)
Auditions 113 April12.13136.9 [17]
Auditions 220 April11.86143.9 [18]
Auditions 327 April11.08143.9 [19]
Auditions 44 May11.59145.0 [20]
Auditions 511 May12.36145.2 [21]
Auditions 618 May10.88138.1 [22]
Auditions 726 May9.74338.0 [23]
Semi-final 127 May11.48141.5 [24]
Semi-final 1 results9.271031.4 [24]
Semi-final 228 May10.20636.5 [25]
Semi-final 2 results8.391428.5 [25]
Semi-final 330 May9.76837.5 [26]
Semi-final 3 results8.511332.3 [26]
Semi-final 431 May9.98737.5 [27]
Semi-final 4 results8.711232.7 [27]
Semi-final 51 June9.74941.9 [28]
Semi-final 5 results9.041132.8 [28]
Live final8 June12.85148.9 [29]

Criticism & incidents

Unsuitable, and "sexualised" auditions

The seventh series faced criticism from viewers, covering two sets of complaints regarding auditions that were conducted in the 2013 contest. The first set concerned the nature of auditions made by Scarlet Cuffs, Keri Graham and Kelly Fox, that were deemed unsuitable for a family-orientated programme and for broadcast before the 9pm watershed - both Cuffs and Graham conducted a provocative striptease as part of their auditions, while Fox used lyrics that were considered vulgar. Ofcom investigated the editing of the auditions by the striptease acts, and ruled that while Graham's had been carefully censored to an acceptable level, [30] they found in contrast that censoring of Cuffs' audition was insufficient and that the footage breached broadcasting codes in regards to protecting children from unsuitable content, with it made clear that the act should not have been shown. [31] [32] Fox refuted criticism on her performance, [33] yet a member of the National Association of Head Teachers raised questions over the "morality" of allowing the audition footage to be shown. [34]

The second set focused on the audition of two young children, Arisxandra Libantino, and Asanda, who used songs in their performances that were deemed inappropriate for their age - Libantino's performance involved singing Jennifer Hudson's "One Night Only", [30] while Asanda's involved the singing of Rihanna's "Diamonds" alongside a provocative dance routine. [35] The release of the footage by ITV raised questions from Vivienne Pattison, director of Mediawatch UK, over the programme's portrayal of children, deeming the auditions as effectively "sexualising children" on television. [30]

Cowell's "egg attack" in final

Security arrangements for the programme came under questioning during the latter half of the series, after a protester managed to infiltrate the live finals and conduct a protest against both miming on live television shows and Simon Cowell's influence in the music industry. The programme had to make clear that the protester, Natalie Holt, was not conducting a publicity stunt, when she took to the stage during the performance of finalists Richard & Adam in order to throw eggs at Cowell. [36] [37] The investigation into the breach found that Holt managed not only to circumvent security processes by posing as a backing musician for the finalists, but was able to smuggle in the eggs due to inadequate examinations of her possessions. The motive for her protest was later revealed to be in part over her failure to secure a place during the 2012 contest, when she auditioned with her classical band. [36]

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