Britain's Got Talent series 13

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Britain's Got Talent
Series 13
Presented by Ant & Dec (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Judges David Walliams
Alesha Dixon
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
Winner Colin Thackery
Runner-upX (Marc Spelmann)
Release
Original network ITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release6 April (2019-04-06) 
2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)
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The thirteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 6 April to 2 June 2019. This series became the first to see the return of Ant McPartlin to his television duties, hosting alongside Dec Donnelly (colloquially forming the hosting duo known as Ant & Dec), following his absence the previous year to attend rehabilitation prior to the start of the previous series' live episodes. [1] Alongside McPartlin's return, the competition for this year saw the oldest participant to win Britain's Got Talent, and the surprise return of a performer who participated in a previous year's contest, operating under an alias until their final appearance.

The thirteenth series was won by 89-year-old singer Colin Thackery, [2] with mentalist Marc Spelmann (under the stage name "X") finishing in second place and magician Ben Hart third. During its broadcast, the series averaged 8.32 million viewers.

Series overview

The judges' auditions took place between January and February 2019, within London and Manchester. [3] [4] During filming of the London auditions, the event was kick-started by a special performance from Susan Boyle to mark her tenth year as a singer since she first made her appearance on Britain's Got Talent's third series. [5] One of the most notable auditionees for this year's contest was David J. Watson – a participant who had auditioned for 10 years for a place on the programme without success. His latest attempt led to the host of Britain's Got More Talent, Stephen Mulhern, triggering a Golden Buzzer for him. This action led to speculation in the media over whether this had been officially allowed , but it was later revealed to have been disallowed on the grounds that it did not fall under the contest rules, as Mulhern had no official allowance to provide a Golden Buzzer act.

This series featured two notable events during its broadcast. The first to take place was the forced withdrawal of an act – extreme magicians Brotherhood – who had secured a spot in the semi-finals. Despite Brotherhood's success in the auditions landing them a place in the fifth and final semi-final, concerns over health and safety were raised about the dangerous nature of their performance, leading to the group of magicians withdrawing their involvement at the request of the production staff and broadcaster, and their place being offered to another act which had been eliminated during auditions. [6] Additionally, a dance troupe who had made it to the semi final stage also withdrew following the death of one of their members. The group's audition was not broadcast. The second was the surprise revelation that a participant who had operated under anonymity was in reality a former semi-finalist from the previous year's contest who had re-entered the contest for this year in order to emphasise the values of hope and perseverance.

Of the participants that took part, only 40 made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, dancer Akshat Singh, band Chapter 13, choir Flakefleet Primary School, singer Giorgia Borg, and stand-up comedian Kojo Anim [7] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was dance duo Libby & Charlie, after they lost out in a tied judges' vote in the last semi-final round. 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
4MG17–19MagicMagic Group2Finalist
Akshat Singh Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 13DanceDancer1Eliminated
Angels Inc.23–28MagicMagic Group3Eliminated
Barbara Nice 65ComedyStand Up Comedian5Eliminated
Ben Hart 28MagicMagician4Third Place
Brian Gilligan32SingingSinger1Eliminated
Chapter 13 Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 14–15Singing / MusicBand3Eliminated
Colin Thackery 89SingingSinger3Winner
Dave & Finn42 & 9Animals / MagicMentalist & Dog Handler1Finalist
Duo A&J28 & 26AcrobaticsAerial Duo4Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters 3 12–26DanceJapanese Dance Group5Eliminated
Faith Tucker18SingingOpera Singer2Eliminated
Flakefleet Primary School Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 4–11SingingChoir1Finalist
Giorgia Borg Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 10SingingSinger2Eliminated
Gomonov Knife Show25 & 36DangerKnife Throwing Duo3Eliminated
Gonzo33MusicTambourinist5Eliminated
Graeme Mathews34Comedy / MagicComic Magician4Eliminated
Jacob Jones27SingingSinger5Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley64ComedyVentriloquist4Eliminated
John Archer 58Comedy / MagicComic Magician3Eliminated
Jonathan Goodwin 39DangerEscape Artist5Finalist
Kerr James12SingingSinger4Eliminated
Khronos Girls15–18DanceContemporary Dance Group1Eliminated
KNE22–35DanceDance Group3Eliminated
Kojo Anim Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 39ComedyStand Up Comedian3Finalist
Leanne Mya31SingingSinger5Eliminated
Libby & Charlie 4 Playing card club A.svg 11DanceContemporary Dance Duo5Finalist
Lil' Icons 2 7–18DanceDance Group4Eliminated
Mark McMullan23SingingSinger4Finalist
Matt Stirling46Danger / MagicStunt Magician2Eliminated
Rob King28SingingMusical Theatre Singer3Eliminated
Rosie & Adam 2 21 & 38DangerRollerskating Duo1Eliminated
Siobhan Phillips42Comedy / Singing / MusicComic Singer & Pianist2Finalist
State of the Fart 2 26MusicManualist2Eliminated
The Haunting 2 38MagicHorror Magician1Eliminated
The Queen 92 7 ComedyDrag Comedian2Eliminated
Tony Rudd58ComedyImpressionist1Eliminated
Ursula Burns48Comedy / Singing / MusicComic Harpist & Singer4Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers 3 28 & 30AcrobaticsAcrobatic Duo2Eliminated
X 8 47MagicMagician5Runner-Up

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)

Semi-Finalist [9] OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageFinished [10]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Akshat Singh1Dancer3.6%7th - Eliminated
Tony Rudd2Impressionist5.6%6th - Eliminated
Brian Gilligan3Singer3.4%8th - Eliminated
The Haunting4Horror Magician Crystal Clear app clean.svg 13.4%3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Flakefleet Primary School5Choir Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 25.6%2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Khronos Girls6Contemporary Dance Group6.8%5th - Eliminated
Dave & Finn7Mentalist & Dog Handler29.2%1st (Won Public Vote)
Rosie & Adam8Rollerskating Duo12.4%4th - Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (28 May)

  • Guest performance: Cast of Six ("Ex-Wives") [11]
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageFinished [10]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
The Queen1Drag Comedian Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 4.0%8th - Eliminated
State of the Fart2Manulist Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 5.5%7th - Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers3Acrobatic Duo8.9%6th - Eliminated
Giorgia Borg4Singer11.3%5th - Eliminated
Matt Stirling5Stunt Magician Crystal Clear app clean.svg 14.9%3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Siobhan Phillips6Comic Singer & Pianist Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 15.9%2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
4MG7Magic Group28.2%1st (Won Public Vote)
Faith Tucker8Opera Singer11.3%4th - Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (29 May)

Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageFinished [10]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Angels Inc.1Illusion Group4.2%5th - Eliminated
Rob King2Musical Theatre Singer3.3%6th - Eliminated
KNE3Dance Group1.3%8th - Eliminated
John Archer4Comic Magician 8 19.0%3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Gomonov Knife Show5Knife Throwing Duo2.6%7th - Eliminated
Colin Thackery6Singer29.1%1st (Won Public Vote)
Kojo Anim7Stand Up Comedian Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 8 23.9%2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Chapter 138Band16.6%4th - Eliminated
  • ^8 Due to the majority vote for Kojo Anim, Walliams' voting intention was not revealed.

Semi-final 4 (30 May)

Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageFinished [10]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Lil' Icons1Dance Group9.3%5th - Eliminated
Ursula Burns2Comic Singer & Harpist Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 5.7%8th - Eliminated
Kerr James3Singer11.3%4th - Eliminated
Graeme Mathews4Comic Magician Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 12.5%3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Duo A&J5Aerial Duo6.6%6th - Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley6Ventriloquist0.6%7th - Eliminated
Ben Hart7Magician28.6%1st (Won Public Vote)
Mark McMullan8Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 25.4%2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)

Semi-final 5 (31 May)

Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageFinished [10]
CowellHoldenDixonWalliams
Gonzo1Tambourinist7.4%6th - Eliminated
X2Mentalist27.4%1st (Won Public Vote)
Jacob Jones3Singer2.3%7th - Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters4Japanese Dance Group1.1%8th - Eliminated
Leanne Mya5Singer8.7%5th - Eliminated
Barbara Nice6Stand Up Comedian14.1%4th - Eliminated
Libby & Charlie 9 7Contemporary Dance Duo Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 17.0%3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Jonathan Goodwin8Escape Artist Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 22.0%2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)
  • ^9 Libby & Charlie were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

Final (2 June)

  Winner |   Runner-up
FinalistOrderPerformance TypePercentageFinished [10]
Dave & Finn1Mentalist & Dog Handler9.1%5th
Flakefleet Primary School2Choir8.8%6th
Ben Hart3Magician10.2%3rd
Libby & Charlie4Contemporary Dance Duo3.9%10th
4MG5Magic Group2.3%11th
Mark McMullan6Singer4.6%7th
Jonathan Goodwin7Escape Artist4.4%8th
Siobhan Phillips8Comic Singer & Pianist4.0%9th
X9Mentalist17.8%2nd
Kojo Anim10Stand Up Comedian9.6%4th
Colin Thackery11Singer25.3%1st

Ratings

EpisodeAir dateTotal viewers (millions) [16] ITV
Weekly rank [16]
Auditions 16 April10.661
Auditions 213 April10.491
Auditions 320 April9.481
Auditions 427 April10.181
Auditions 54 May9.941
Auditions 611 May9.401
Auditions 718 May8.791
Auditions 825 May8.031
Semi-final 127 May8.692
Semi-final 1 results6.6812
Semi-final 228 May7.644
Semi-final 2 results6.1217
Semi-final 329 May7.703
Semi-final 3 results5.5921
Semi-final 430 May7.266
Semi-final 4 results5.5822
Semi-final 531 May7.0310
Semi-final 5 results5.9218
Final2 June9.731

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