Britain's Got Talent | |
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Series 8 | |
Presented by | Ant & Dec (ITV) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2) |
Judges | David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell |
Winner | Collabro |
Runner-up | Lucy Kay |
Release | |
Original network | ITV ITV2 (BGMT) |
Original release | 12 April – 7 June 2014 |
Series chronology | |
The eighth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 12 April to 7 June 2014; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a break on 30 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. Auditions were held in Northern Ireland instead of Scotland for this series, with hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec) having to stand in for Simon Cowell, after illness forced him to be absent during a day of auditions. [1] This series was the first in the programme's history to introduce the "Golden Buzzer" format to the competition – an element that was being introduced to the Got Talent franchise since it was first introduced on Germany's Got Talent in 2012. [2] [3]
The eighth series was won by boy band Collabro, with opera singer Lucy Kay finishing in second place and singing and rapping duo Bars and Melody third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.8 million viewers.
Following open auditions held the previous year between 19 October to 1 December 2013 in various cities, [4] which included auditions held at a series of "Talent Spot tents" provided by the show's sponsor that year, [5] and at The Savoy Hotel in Blackpool and The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, the Judges' auditions took place between January and February 2014, within Belfast, [6] London, [7] Manchester, Birmingham, [8] [9] and Cardiff. [10] For the first time since the first series, auditions didn't take place in Scotland, as the show's producers wished to try new locations for talent, which led to them opting to hold auditions within Northern Ireland for the first time as a result. [11] Due to illness, Simon Cowell was forced to be absent from a day of auditions in Manchester to recover, leading to hosts Ant & Dec each standing in for him, [1] while on the final day of auditions in London, Cowell was forced to be absent for them to attend to his girlfriend Lauren Silverman, who had gone into labour that day; the show's production team chose not to bring in a stand-in because of this. [12]
By the time that the public auditions for the eighth series' competition had begun, the Got Talent franchise was beginning to update its format for auditions across international editions through the inclusion of a new feature – the "Golden Buzzer". First introduced on Germany's Got Talent , the new format meant that those auditioning for a place in the live rounds of the competition for this year could earn an automatic place in the live rounds from any of the judges or the hosts, regardless of the opinions about their performance. Although the judges and hosts had permission to use the buzzer, Stephen Mulhern was not allowed to use it, despite his involvement in overseeing auditions for Britain's Got More Talent. [2] [3]
Of the participants that took part, forty-five made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals- [13] amongst these, salsa dancing duo Paddy & Nico, [14] hip hop duo Bars & Melody, [15] singer Christian Spridon, [16] girl group REAformed, [17] and stand-up comedian/impressionist Toju, [18] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions (by Holden, Cowell, Walliams, Dixon and Ant & Dec respectively) – 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 impressionist Jon Clegg, after he lost out in the tied Judges' vote in the first 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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Allan Turner-Ward | 37 | Music | DJ | 4 | Eliminated |
Andrew Derbyshire | 31 | Singing | Singer | 5 | Eliminated |
Bailey McConnell | 15 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | 5 | Eliminated |
Bars & Melody ![]() | 13 & 15 | Singing | Rapper & Singer | 4 | Finalist |
BoldDog FMX Team | 24–48 | Danger | Motorbike Stunt Team | 2 | Eliminated |
Brian Chan | 25 | Variety | Painter | 3 | Eliminated |
Cartel | 16–27 | Dance | Dance Group | 3 | Eliminated |
Christian Spridon ![]() | 36 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Collabro | 20–24 | Singing | Singing Group | 1 | Winner |
Country Vive | 16–35 | Dance | Country Dance Group | 1 | Eliminated |
Crazy Rouge | 21–26 | Dance | Burlesque Dance Group | 3 | Eliminated |
Darcy Oake | 26 | Magic | Magician | 1 | Finalist |
Ed Drewett | 26 | Singing | Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
Ellis Chick | 12 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
Eva Iglesias | 40 | Singing | Singer | 4 | Eliminated |
Henrietta Adewole | 18 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Innova Irish Dance Company | 14–23 | Dance | Irish Dance Group | 4 | Eliminated |
Jack Pack | 24–33 | Singing | Jazz Vocal Group | 5 | Finalist |
James Smith | 15 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | 2 | Finalist |
Jenson Zhu | 37 | Comedy | Impressionist | 5 | Eliminated |
Jodi Bird | 16 | Singing | Musical Theatre Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
Jon Clegg ![]() | 43 | Comedy | Impressionist | 1 | Finalist |
Kieran & Sarah | 26 & 28 | Singing | Opera Singing Duo | 4 | Eliminated |
Kieran Lai | 17 | Dance | Bodypopper | 5 | Eliminated |
Kings & Queens | 18–29 | Dance | Latin Dance Group | 5 | Eliminated |
Kitty & Rosie | 25 & 48 | Singing | Singing Duo | 3 | Eliminated |
Kony Puppets | 32 | Comedy | Puppeteer | 2 | Eliminated |
La Voix & LGBB | 26–52 | Singing / Music | Drag Singer & Orchestra | 5 | Eliminated |
Lauren & Terrell | 12 & 12 | Dance | Street Dance Duo | 1 | Eliminated |
Lettice Rowbotham | 24 | Music | Violinist | 4 | Finalist |
Light Balance | 19–33 | Dance | Electronic Dance Group | 4 | Eliminated |
Lucy Kay | 24 | Singing | Opera Singer | 3 | Runner-Up |
Micky Dumoulin | 25 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Mini Moves | 11–12 | Dance | Dance Group | 2 | Eliminated |
Paddy & Nico ![]() | 79 & 39 | Dance | Salsa Dance Duo | 5 | Finalist |
Patsy May 2 | 44 | Singing | Singing Puppet | 1 | Eliminated |
Peat Loaf & Elaine | 52 & 36 | Singing | Meat Loaf Singing Duo | 5 | Eliminated |
Pyroterra | 19–26 | Dance / Danger | Fire Dance Group | 4 | Eliminated |
Reaformed ![]() | 16–21 | Singing | Singing Trio | 3 | Eliminated |
Ricky K | 33 | Comedy | Mime | 2 | Eliminated |
Sam Jones | 21 | Comedy | Ventriloquist | 3 | Eliminated |
SweetChix | 14–15 | Singing | Girl Band | 2 | Eliminated |
The Addict Initiative | 17–31 | Dance | Dance Group | 2 | Finalist |
Toju ![]() | 40 | Comedy | Stand Up Comedian | 4 | Eliminated |
Yanis, Arnaud & Mehdi | 24–26 | Dance | Dance Trio | 3 | Finalist |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' Vote | Result [20] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Country Vive | 1 | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Micky Dumoulin | 2 | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Lauren & Terrell | 3 | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Patsy May | 4 | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Henrietta Adewole | 5 | 9th – Eliminated | ||||
Jon Clegg 3 | 6 | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Judges' vote tied – Lost on Public vote) | ||
Darcy Oake | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Judges' vote tied – Won on Public vote) | ||
Christian Spridon | 8 | ![]() | 8th – Eliminated | |||
Collabro | 9 | 1st (Won Public Vote) |
Semi-Finalist [22] | Order | Buzzes and Judges' Vote | Result [20] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Mini Moves | 1 | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Ed Drewett | 2 | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
BoldDog FMX Team 4 | 3 | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Jodi Bird | 4 | ![]() | 2nd (Lost Judges' vote) | |||
SweetChix | 5 | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Ricky K | 6 | ![]() | 8th – Eliminated | |||
The Addict Initiative | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Won Judges' vote) | |
Kony Puppets | 8 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 9th – Eliminated |
James Smith | 9 | 1st (Won Public vote) |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' Vote | Result [20] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Crazy Rouge | 1 | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Ellis Chick | 2 | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Sam Jones | 3 | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Reaformed | 4 | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Brian Chan | 5 | ![]() | ![]() | 9th – Eliminated | ||
Cartel | 6 | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Judges' vote tied – Lost on Public vote) | ||
Kitty & Rosie | 7 | 8th – Eliminated | ||||
Lucy Kay | 8 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Yanis, Arnaud & Mehdi | 9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Judges' vote tied – Won on Public vote) |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' Vote | Result [20] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Innova Irish Dance Company | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Judges' vote tied – Lost on Public vote) | ||
Kieran & Sarah | 2 | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Pyroterra | 3 | 8th – Eliminated | ||||
Toju | 4 | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Eva Iglesias | 5 | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Allan Turner-Ward | 6 | ![]() | 9th – Eliminated | |||
Light Balance | 7 | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Bars & Melody | 8 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Lettice Rowbotham | 9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Judges' vote tied – Won on Public vote) |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' Vote | Result [20] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
La Voix & LGBB | 1 | 6th – Eliminated | ||||
Bailey McConnell | 2 | ![]() | 3rd (Lost Judges' vote) | |||
Kings & Queens | 3 | 5th – Eliminated | ||||
Peat Loaf & Elaine | 4 | 9th – Eliminated | ||||
Andrew Derbyshire | 5 | 7th – Eliminated | ||||
Jenson Zhu | 6 | 4th – Eliminated | ||||
Kieran Lai | 7 | 8th – Eliminated | ||||
Paddy & Nico 5 | 8 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Won Judges' vote) | |
Jack Pack | 9 | 1st (Won Public vote) |
Finalist | Order | Finished [20] |
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The Addict Initiative | 1 | 10th |
Jon Clegg | 2 | 7th |
Lettice Rowbotham | 3 | 8th |
Yanis, Arnaud & Mehdi 1 | 4 | 11th |
Bars & Melody | 5 | 3rd |
James Smith | 6 | 6th |
Jack Pack | 7 | 4th |
Darcy Oake | 8 | 5th |
Paddy & Nico | 9 | 9th |
Collabro | 10 | 1st |
Lucy Kay | 11 | 2nd |
Episode | Date | Total viewers (millions) [29] | Weekly rank [29] | Share (%) |
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Auditions 1 | 12 April | 12.41 | 1 | 45.0 [30] |
Auditions 2 | 19 April | 11.05 | 1 | 40.4 [31] |
Auditions 3 | 26 April | 11.33 | 1 | 42.6 [32] |
Auditions 4 | 3 May | 10.90 | 1 | 42.3 [33] |
Auditions 5 | 10 May | 11.14 | 1 | 41.1 [34] |
Auditions 6 | 17 May | 10.70 | 1 | 40.9 [35] |
Auditions 7 | 25 May | 9.93 | 1 | 38.9 [36] |
Semi-final 1 | 26 May | 10.94 | 1 | 39.1 [37] |
Semi-final 1 results | 8.87 | 10 | 33.3 [37] | |
Semi-final 2 | 27 May | 9.36 | 8 | 34.9 [38] |
Semi-final 2 results | 7.54 | 14 | 27.4 [38] | |
Semi-final 3 | 28 May | 9.41 | 6 | 36.7 [39] |
Semi-final 3 results | 7.55 | 13 | 28.7 [39] | |
Semi-final 4 | 29 May | 9.53 | 7 | 36.7 [40] |
Semi-final 4 results | 8.39 | 12 | 33.3 [40] | |
Semi-final 5 | 31 May | 8.97 | 11 | 38.1 [41] |
Semi-final 5 results | 7.09 | 19 | 28.2 [41] | |
Live final | 7 June | 12.05 | 1 | 49.0 [42] |
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