Britain's Got Talent series 11

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Britain's Got Talent
Series 11
Presented by Ant & Dec (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Judges David Walliams
Alesha Dixon
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
Winner Tokio Myers
Runner-upIssy Simpson
Release
Original network ITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release15 April (2017-04-15) 
3 June 2017 (2017-06-03)
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Judges and Presenter(s) for Britain's Got Talent Series 11

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

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
Playing card club A.svg Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer Audition
ParticipantAge(s) 1 GenreActSemi-finalResult
Angelicus Celtis12–17SingingChoir4Eliminated
Code 314–16DanceDance Trio5Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 37ComedyStand Up Comedian5Third Place
David Geaney22DanceTap Dancer3Eliminated
Destiny Chukunyere 14SingingSinger2Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight65MusicDJ2Eliminated
DNA29 & 43MagicMentalist Duo1Finalist
Empire Dance Crew15–27DanceStreet Dance Group1Eliminated
Grace & Ali17 & 16DanceContemporary Dance Duo2Eliminated
Harry Gardner16Singing / MusicSinger & Pianist2Eliminated
Issy Simpson8MagicIllusionist2Runner-Up
Jamie Lee Harrison24SingingSinger5Eliminated
Jay Wynn36SingingSinging Robot3Eliminated
Jess Robinson 34Singing / ComedySinging Impressionist5Eliminated
John Parnell63VarietyHula Hoop Artist4Eliminated
Jonny Awsum39Comedy / SingingComic Singer4Eliminated
Josephine Lee30MagicMagician3Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 15SingingSinger1Finalist
Leah Barniville14SingingClassical Singer2Eliminated
London School of Bollywood18–27DanceBollywood Dance Group3Eliminated
Lords of Strut35 & 36Comedy / DanceComic Dance Duo5Eliminated
Martin & Faye47 & 10SingingOpera Singing Duo3Eliminated
Matt Edwards Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 34Comedy / MagicComic Magician2Finalist
MerseyGirls Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 2 14–17DanceDance Group4Finalist
Miss Treat Vibe19–24SingingGirl Band1Eliminated
Missing People Choir 32–71SingingChoir5Finalist
Ned Woodman8ComedyStand Up Comedian3Finalist
Niels Harder26Comedy / MagicComic Magician1Eliminated
Paws With Soul24–29DanceDance Group4Eliminated
PC Dan33DanceBodypopper1Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation8–14SingingChoir5Eliminated
Reuben Gray16Singing / MusicSinger & Guitarist4Eliminated
Ryan Tracey35VarietyBalloon Artist4Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Playing card club A.svg 16SingingSinger3Finalist
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh8–12SingingChoir1Eliminated
TapTastik19–62DanceTap Dance Group2Eliminated
The Pensionalities 2 84 & 75SingingSinging Duo4Finalist
TNG Characters16–25DanceDance Group5Eliminated
Tokio Myers 32MusicPianist3Winner
Tyrone & Mina36 & 35DangerKnife Throwing Duo1Eliminated

Semi-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed out |   Advanced – 1st in public vote |   Advanced – 2nd in public vote
  Eliminated – 3rd in public vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (29 May)

Semi-finalistOrderBuzzesPercentageFinished [13]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh112.3%4th – Eliminated
PC Dan26.7%5th – Eliminated
Niels Harder3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 0.9%8th – Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson428.1%2nd (Won Public Vote)
Empire Dance Crew52.4%7th – Eliminated
DNA632.0%1st (Won Public Vote)
Tyrone & Mina73.0%6th – Eliminated
Miss Treat Vibe814.6%3rd – (Lost Public Vote)

Semi-final 2 (30 May)

Semi-finalistOrderBuzzesPercentageFinished [13]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Destiny Chukunyere14.2%6th – Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight21.6%8th – Eliminated
Harry Gardner312.9%4th – Eliminated
Issy Simpson426.6%1st (Won Public Vote)
Matt Edwards523.4%2nd (Won Public Vote)
Leah Barniville612.1%5th – Eliminated
Grace & Ali717.3%3rd (Lost Public Vote)
TapTastik81.9%7th – Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (31 May)

Semi-finalistOrderBuzzesPercentageFinished [13]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Josephine Lee18.9%4th – Eliminated
London School of Bollywood24.2%6th – Eliminated
Martin & Faye36.2%5th – Eliminated
Ned Woodman421.8%2nd (Won Public Vote)
Jay Wynn5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 1.3%8th – Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 3 616.8%3rd (Lost Public Vote)
David Geaney74.1%7th – Eliminated
Tokio Myers836.7%1st (Won Public Vote)
  • ^3 Sarah Ikumu was later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

Semi-final 4 (1 June)

Semi-finalistOrderBuzzesPercentageFinished [13]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Paws With Soul12.6%7th – Eliminated
Angelicus Celtis27.5%5th – Eliminated
John Parnell3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 2.5%8th – Eliminated
Reuben Gray411.5%3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Ryan Tracey52.8%6th – Eliminated
The Pensionalities633.0%1st (Won Public Vote)
Jonny Awsum710.5%4th – Eliminated
MerseyGirls829.6%2nd (Won Public Vote)
  • ^1 Cowell asked for his X to be removed during the comments.

Semi-final 5 (2 June)

Semi-finalistOrderBuzzesPercentageFinished [13]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Jess Robinson17.7%5th – Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation24.7%7th – Eliminated
Code 333.7%8th – Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda441.1%1st (Won Public Vote)
Missing People Choir513.0%2nd (Won Public Vote)
TNG Characters65.8%6th – Eliminated
Jamie Lee Harrison712.8%3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Lords of Strut811.2%4th – Eliminated

Final (3 June)

  Winner |   Runner-up
FinalistOrderPercentageFinished [13]
The Pensionalities16.9%5th
MerseyGirls25.1%9th
Kyle Tomlinson36.7%6th
Ned Woodman43.2%10th
DNA53.0%11th
Matt Edwards67.9%4th
Missing People Choir75.2%8th
Sarah Ikumu85.6%7th
Daliso Chaponda914.7%3rd
Issy Simpson1017.5%2nd
Tokio Myers1124.2%1st

Ratings

EpisodeAir dateTotal viewers (millions) [17] ITV
Weekly rank [17]
Auditions 115 April11.351
Auditions 222 April11.622
Auditions 329 April10.791
Auditions 46 May11.691
Auditions 513 May10.971
Auditions 620 May11.391
Auditions 727 May10.691
Semi-final 129 May9.752
Semi-final 1 results7.1912
Semi-final 230 May7.9010
Semi-final 2 results6.4416
Semi-final 331 May8.248
Semi-final 3 results6.7814
Semi-final 41 June7.5411
Semi-final 4 results7.0913
Semi-final 52 June8.109
Semi-final 5 results6.5115
Final3 June10.071

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