Britain's Got Talent | |
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Series 11 | |
Presented by | Ant & Dec (ITV) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2) |
Judges | David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell |
Winner | Tokio Myers |
Runner-up | Issy Simpson |
Release | |
Original network | ITV ITV2 (BGMT) |
Original release | 15 April – 3 June 2017 |
Series chronology | |
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.
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:
Participant | Age(s) 1 | Genre | Act | Semi-final | Result |
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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 | Third Place |
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 ![]() | 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 |
Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Percentage | Finished [13] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh | 1 | 12.3% | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
PC Dan | 2 | 6.7% | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Niels Harder | 3 | ![]() | 0.9% | 8th – Eliminated | |||
Kyle Tomlinson | 4 | 28.1% | 2nd (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Empire Dance Crew | 5 | 2.4% | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
DNA | 6 | 32.0% | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Tyrone & Mina | 7 | 3.0% | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Miss Treat Vibe | 8 | 14.6% | 3rd – (Lost Public Vote) |
Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Percentage | Finished [13] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Destiny Chukunyere | 1 | 4.2% | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Dizzy Twilight | 2 | 1.6% | 8th – Eliminated | ||||
Harry Gardner | 3 | 12.9% | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Issy Simpson | 4 | 26.6% | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Matt Edwards | 5 | 23.4% | 2nd (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Leah Barniville | 6 | 12.1% | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Grace & Ali | 7 | 17.3% | 3rd (Lost Public Vote) | ||||
TapTastik | 8 | 1.9% | 7th – Eliminated |
Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Percentage | Finished [13] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Josephine Lee | 1 | 8.9% | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
London School of Bollywood | 2 | 4.2% | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Martin & Faye | 3 | 6.2% | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Ned Woodman | 4 | 21.8% | 2nd (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Jay Wynn | 5 | ![]() | ![]() | 1.3% | 8th – Eliminated | ||
Sarah Ikumu 3 | 6 | 16.8% | 3rd (Lost Public Vote) | ||||
David Geaney | 7 | 4.1% | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Tokio Myers | 8 | 36.7% | 1st (Won Public Vote) |
Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Percentage | Finished [13] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Paws With Soul | 1 | 2.6% | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Angelicus Celtis | 2 | 7.5% | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
John Parnell | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.5% | 8th – Eliminated | ||
Reuben Gray | 4 | 11.5% | 3rd (Lost Public Vote) | ||||
Ryan Tracey | 5 | 2.8% | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
The Pensionalities | 6 | 33.0% | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Jonny Awsum | 7 | 10.5% | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
MerseyGirls | 8 | 29.6% | 2nd (Won Public Vote) |
Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Percentage | Finished [13] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Jess Robinson | 1 | 7.7% | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Perfect Pitch Creation | 2 | 4.7% | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Code 3 | 3 | 3.7% | 8th – Eliminated | ||||
Daliso Chaponda | 4 | 41.1% | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Missing People Choir | 5 | 13.0% | 2nd (Won Public Vote) | ||||
TNG Characters | 6 | 5.8% | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Jamie Lee Harrison | 7 | 12.8% | 3rd (Lost Public Vote) | ||||
Lords of Strut | 8 | 11.2% | 4th – Eliminated |
Finalist | Order | Percentage | Finished [13] |
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The Pensionalities | 1 | 6.9% | 5th |
MerseyGirls | 2 | 5.1% | 9th |
Kyle Tomlinson | 3 | 6.7% | 6th |
Ned Woodman | 4 | 3.2% | 10th |
DNA | 5 | 3.0% | 11th |
Matt Edwards | 6 | 7.9% | 4th |
Missing People Choir | 7 | 5.2% | 8th |
Sarah Ikumu | 8 | 5.6% | 7th |
Daliso Chaponda | 9 | 14.7% | 3rd |
Issy Simpson | 10 | 17.5% | 2nd |
Tokio Myers | 11 | 24.2% | 1st |
Episode | Air date | Total viewers (millions) [17] | ITV Weekly rank [17] |
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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 |