List of Britain's Got Talent finalists

Britain's Got Talent is a British talent reality television series that first aired in 2007. As of 11 June 2025, there have been eighteen completed series. The show has been spun off around the world under the Got Talent franchise. The competition is open to people of all ages who possess a talent. After the initial rounds of auditions, successful contestants are narrowed down by the judges.

In the first series, 24 contestants made it into the three semi-finals, and in subsequent series this has been increased to 40 (45 in series 6–10) contestants across five live shows. The act which receives the most public votes in each semi-final goes through to the final, with the second finalist being decided by the judges from the second and third most popular contestants. In series 6, a "wildcard" element was introduced. This is where judges pick an eliminated act from the semi-finals, and that act is sent through to the final. In Series 6, boyband The Mend were chosen. In Series 7, ventriloquist Steve Hewlett was chosen. In Series 8, impressionist Jon Clegg was chosen. In Series 9, a second wildcard was introduced, voted for by the public from the five acts who lost the judges' vote in the semi-finals. ^[1] Dance group Boyband were chosen by the judges, while martial artist Jesse-Jane McParland was chosen by public vote. In Series 10, dance duo Shannon & Peter were chosen by the judges, while dog act Lucy & Trip Hazard were chosen by public vote. In Series 11, the format returned to series 8. Singer Sarah Ikumu was chosen. In Series 12, choir B Positive Choir were chosen. In Series 13, dance duo Libby and Charlie were chosen. In Series 14, there were no wildcards, so there were only 10 acts in the final. In Series 15, dog act Amber and the Dancing Collies were chosen. In Series 16, variety act Tonikaku was chosen. In Series 17, dog act The Trickstars were chosen. In Series 18, singing duo Han & Fran were chosen.

In Series 18, a Live Show Golden Buzzer was introduced in the semi-finals, giving each judge and Ant & Dec (who gave theirs to KSI) a chance to press the buzzer for any act in the semi-final they were chosen for and send that act straight through to the final. Amanda Holden pressed hers for LED dance group The Blackouts. Simon Cowell pressed his for guitarist Olly Pearson. Bruno Tonioli pressed his for opera singer Jasmine Rice. Alesha Dixon pressed hers for stand-up comedian Joseph Charm. KSI pressed his (in Ant & Dec's right) for magician and eventual winner Harry Moulding.

In the final, each of the finalists perform again, but this time the result is determined purely from the public vote, with the winner receiving £250,000 (£100,000 in series 1–5, £500,000 in series 6) and the chance to perform their act at the Royal Variety Performance .

Opera singer Paul Potts won the first series of the competition in 2007. Street dancer George Sampson won the second series in 2008. Dance troupe Diversity won the third series in 2009. Gymnastics troupe Spelbound won the fourth series in 2010. Singer Jai McDowall won the fifth series in 2011. Dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey won the sixth series in 2012. Shadow theatre group Attraction won the seventh series in 2013. Classical singers Collabro won the eighth series in 2014. Dog act Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse won the ninth series in 2015. Magician Richard Jones won the tenth series in 2016. Pianist Tokio Myers won the eleventh series in 2017. Comedian Lost Voice Guy won the twelfth series in 2018. Singer Colin Thackery won the thirteenth series in 2019. Comedic singer and pianist Jon Courtenay won the fourteenth series in 2020. Comedian Axel Blake won the fifteenth series in 2022. Comedian Viggo Venn won the sixteenth series in 2023. Singer Sydnie Christmas won the seventeenth series in 2024. Magician Harry Moulding won the eighteenth series in 2025.

Contestants

For more details on each of the contestants, see the relevant series article.

  Winner

  Runner-Up

  Third Place

  Finalist

Wildcard

Public Wildcard

Golden Buzzer

Live Show Golden Buzzer

Name	Series	Genre	Act	Finished	Ref
100 Voices of Gospel	10	Singing	Choir (gospel)	8th	[2] [3]
2 Grand	3	Singing	Singing duo	10th
4MG	13	Magic	Magic group	11th
5 Star Boys	15	Dance	Dance group	11th
Aaron and Jasmine	14	Dance	Dance duo (Latin)	10th
Abigail & Afronitaaa	17	Dance	Dance duo	3rd
The Addict Initiative	8	Dance	Dance group	10th
Aidan Davis	3	Dance	Street dancer	5th
Aidan McCann	14	Magic	Magician	7th
Alex Magala	10	Danger	Sword swallower	9th	[2] [3]
Alex Mitchell	17	Comedy	Stand up comedian	8th
Amber and the Dancing Collies	15	Animals	Dog act	10th
Amy Lou	16	Singing	Singer	7th
Andrew Johnston	2	Singing	Boy soprano	3rd
Andrew Muir	2	Singing	Singer	Finalist
Aneeshwar Kunchala	15	Variety	Poet	7th
Aquabatique	6	Variety	Synchronised swimmers	10th
Arisxandra	7	Singing	Singer	8th
Asanda Jezile	7	Singing	Singer	11th
Ashleigh and Pudsey	6	Animals	Dog act	1st
Attraction	7	Dance	Shadow theatre group	1st
Axel Blake	15	Comedy	Stand up comedian	1st
B Positive Choir	12	Singing	Choir	11th	[4]
Balance Unity	10	Dance	Dancer	10th	[2] [3]
The Bar Wizards	1	Variety	Juggling duo	Finalist
Bars & Melody	8	Singing	Rapping & singing duo	3rd
Beau Dermott	10	Singing	Singer	5th	[2] [3]
Ben Hart	13	Magic	Magician	3rd
Ben Nickless	15	Comedy	Impressionist	8th
Bessie Cursons	1	Singing	Musical theatre performer	Finalist
Binita Chetry	18	Dance	Dancer	3rd
The Blackouts	18	Dance	Dance group (LED)	2nd
Boogie Storm	10	Dance	Dance group	3rd	[2] [3]
Boyband	9	Dance	Dance group	12th	[5]
Calum Courtney	12	Singing	Singer	9th	[4]
Calum Scott	9	Singing	Singer	6th	[6]
Cheeky Monkeys	2	Dance	Dance duo	Finalist
Christopher Stone	4	Singing	Singer	7th
Cillian O'Connor	16	Magic	Magician	3rd
Colin Thackery	13	Singing	Singer	1st
Collabro	8	Singing	Singing group (classical)	1st
Connected [A]	4	Singing	Boy band	8th
Connie Talbot	1	Singing	Singer	Finalist
Côr Glanaethwy	9	Singing	Choir	3rd	[6]
Craig Ball	10	Singing / comedy	Impressionist singer	6th	[2] [3]
The D-Day Darlings	12	Singing	Vocal harmony group	7th	[4]
Daliso Chaponda	11	Comedy	Stand up comedian	3rd	[7]
Damien O'Brien	14	Magic	Magician	6th
Damon Scott	1	Comedy	Puppeteer	Finalist
Danny Posthill	9	Comedy	Impressionist	7th	[6]
Darcy Oake	8	Magic	Illusionist	5th
Dave & Finn	13	Magic / animals	Magician & dog handler	5th
Diversity	3	Dance	Street dance group	1st
DNA	11	Magic	Mentalist duo	11th	[7]
Donchez Dacres	12	Singing	Singer (reggae)	3rd	[4]
Duo Odyssey	16	Acrobatics	Aerial duo	10th
DVJ	12	Dance	Street dance group	6th	[4]
Entity Allstars	9	Dance	Dance group	11th	[6]
Escala	2	Music	String quartet	Finalist
Eva Abley	15	Comedy	Stand up comedian	5th
Faryl Smith	2	Singing	Singer	Finalist
Flakefleet Primary School	13	Singing	Choir	6th
Flawless	3	Dance	Street dance group	8th
Flintz & T4ylor	15	Singing / music	Rapping & pianist duo	6th
Francine Lewis	7	Comedy	Impressionist	10th
Gabz	7	Singing / music	Singer & pianist	7th
George Sampson	2	Dance	Street dancer	1st
Ghetto Kids	16	Dance	Dance group	6th
Giang Brothers	12	Acrobatics	Acrobatic duo	5th	[4]
Gruffydd Wyn Roberts	12	Singing	Singer (opera)	4th	[4]
Han & Fran	18	Singing	Singing duo	9th
Haribow	17	Variety	Double Dutch group	11th
Harry Moulding	18	Magic	Magician	1st
Hear Our Voice	18	Singing	Choir	7th
Hollie Steel	3	Singing	Singer	6th
Innocent Masuku	17	Singing	Singer (opera)	4th
Isaac Waddington	9	Singing / music	Singer & pianist	5th	[6]
Issy Simpson	11	Magic	Magician	2nd	[7]
Jack & Tim	12	Singing / music	Singing & guitarist duo	8th	[4]
Jack Carroll	7	Comedy	Stand up comedian	2nd
Jack Pack	8	Singing	Vocal group (jazz)	4th
Jack Rhodes	17	Magic	Magician	2nd
Jai McDowall	5	Singing	Singer	1st	[8] [9]
James and Dylan Piper	14	Magic	Magic duo	5th
James Hobley	5	Dance	Dancer (contemporary)	8th	[8] [10]
James Smith	8	Singing / music	Singer & guitarist	6th
Jamie Leahey	15	Comedy	Ventriloquist	2nd
Jamie Raven	9	Magic	Magician	2nd	[6]
Janey Cutler	4	Singing	Singer	9th
Jasmine Elcock	10	Singing	Singer	4th	[2] [3]
Jasmine Rice	18	Singing	Singer (opera)	6th
Jasper Cherry	14	Magic	Magician	8th
Jean Martyn	5	Music	Organist	10th	[8] [11]
Jesse-Jane McParland	9	Acrobatics	Martial artist	8th	[6]
Jon Clegg	8	Comedy	Impressionist	7th
Jon Courtenay	14	Comedy / singing / music	Comic singer & pianist	1st
Jonathan and Charlotte	6	Singing	Singing duo (opera)	2nd
Jonathan Goodwin	13	Danger	Escapologist	8th
Jordan O'Keefe	7	Singing / music	Singer & guitarist	6th
Joseph Charm	18	Comedy	Stand up comedian	5th
Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse	9	Animals	Dog act	1st	[6]
Julian Smith	3	Music	Saxophonist	3rd
Kai and Natalia	6	Dance	Dance duo (ballroom)	11th
Kate and Gin	2	Animals	Dog act	Finalist
Kieran Gaffney	4	Music	Drummer	3rd
Kojo Anim	13	Comedy	Stand up comedian	4th
Kombat Breakers	1	Dance	Dance group	Finalist
Kyle Tomlinson	11	Singing	Singer	6th	[7]
Les Gibson	5	Comedy	Impressionist	9th	[8] [10]
Lettice Rowbotham	8	Music	Violinist	8th
Liam McNally	4	Singing	Boy soprano	10th
Libby & Charlie	13	Dance	Dance duo	10th
Lillianna Clifton	16	Dance	Dancer (contemporary)	2nd
Loren Allred	15	Singing	Singer	9th
Lost Voice Guy	12	Comedy	Stand up comedian	1st	[4]
Loveable Rogues	6	Singing	Acoustic trio	4th
Lucy & Trip Hazard	10	Animals	Dog act	7th	[2] [3]
Lucy Kay	8	Singing	Singer (opera)	2nd
Luminites	7	Singing / music	Band	5th
Magical Bones	14	Magic	Magician	9th
Malakai Bayoh	16	Singing	Singer (opera)	4th
Marc McMullan	13	Singing	Singer	7th
Matt Edwards	11	Comedy / magic	Comic magician	4th	[7]
Maxwell Thorpe	15	Singing	Singer (opera)	4th
Mel & Jamie	10	Singing	Singing duo	12th	[2] [3]
The Mend	6	Singing	Boy band	7th
MerseyGirls	11	Dance	Dance group	9th	[7]
Michael Collings	5	Singing / music	Singer & guitarist	5th	[8] [12]
Micky P Kerr	12	Comedy / singing / music	Comic singer & guitarist	10th	[4]
Mike Woodhams	17	Singing / comedy	Impressionist singer	7th
Missing People Choir	11	Singing	Choir	8th	[7]
Molly Rainford	6	Singing	Singer	6th
Musa Motha	16	Dance	Dancer (contemporary)	5th
Nabil Abdulrashid	14	Comedy	Stand up comedian	4th
The Neales	9	Singing	Vocal group	9th	[6]
Ned Woodman	11	Comedy	Stand up comedian	10th	[7]
Nemesis	2	Dance	Dance group	Finalist
New Bounce	5	Singing	Boy band	3rd	[8] [11]
Northants Sings Out	17	Singing	Choir	9th
Nu Sxool	6	Dance	Dance group	8th
Old Men Grooving	9	Dance	Dance group	4th	[6]
Olivia Lynes	16	Singing	Musical theatre singer	9th
Olly Pearson	18	Music	Guitarist	4th
Only Boys Aloud	6	Singing	Choir	3rd
Paddy & Nico	8	Dance	Dance duo (salsa)	9th
Paul Burling	4	Comedy	Impressionist	5th
Paul Gbegbaje	5	Music	Pianist	6th	[8] [13]
Paul Potts	1	Singing	Singer (opera)	1st
The Pensionalities	11	Singing	Singing duo	5th	[7]
Ping Pong Pang	18	Dance	Dance group	10th
Pre Skool	7	Dance	Dance group	9th
Razy Gogonea	5	Dance	Breakdancer	4th	[8] [12]
Richard and Adam	7	Singing	Singing duo (opera)	3rd
Richard Jones	10	Magic	Magician	1st	[2] [3] [14]
Robert White	12	Comedy / singing / music	Comic singer & keyboardist	2nd	[4]
Ronan Parke	5	Singing	Singer	2nd	[8] [13]
Ryan O'Shaughnessy	6	Singing / music	Singer & guitarist	5th
Sam Kelly	6	Singing / music	Singer & guitarist	9th
Sarah Ikumu	11	Singing	Singer	7th	[7]
Shaheen Jafargholi	3	Singing	Singer	7th
Shannon & Peter	10	Dance	Dance duo (ballet)	11th	[2] [3]
Shaun Smith	3	Singing	Singer	9th
Sign Along With Us	14	Singing	Choir	2nd
Signature	2	Dance	Dance duo (Bhangra)	2nd
Siobhan Phillips	13	Comedy / singing / music	Comic singer & pianist	9th
Spelbound	4	Acrobatics	Gymnastics group	1st
Ssaulabi Performance Troupe	17	Acrobatics	Martial arts troupe	10th
Stacey Leadbeatter	18	Singing	Singer	11th
Stavros Flatley	3	Dance	Dance duo	4th
Steve Hewlett	7	Comedy	Ventriloquist	4th
Steve Royle	14	Comedy / variety	Comic juggler	3rd
Steven Hall	5	Comedy / dance	Comic dancer	7th	[8] [9]
Strike	2	Acrobatics	Martial arts duo	Finalist
Susan Boyle	3	Singing	Singer	2nd
Sydnie Christmas	17	Singing	Singer	1st
Tina and Chandi	4	Animals	Dog act	4th
The Trickstars	17	Animals	Dog act	5th
Trixy	17	Magic	Magician	6th
Tobias Mead	4	Dance	Dancer	6th
Tokio Myers	11	Music	Pianist	1st	[7]
Tom Ball	15	Singing	Singer	3rd
Tonikaku	16	Variety	Novelty act	11th
Travis George	16	Singing	Singer (opera)	8th
Twist and Pulse	4	Dance	Comic dance duo	2nd
UDI	9	Dance	Dance group (LED)	10th	[6]
Viggo Venn	16	Comedy	Comedian	1st
Vinnie McKee	18	Singing	Singer	8th
Wayne Woodward	10	Singing	Singer (jazz)	2nd	[2] [3]
X	13	Magic	Magician	2nd
Yanis Marshall, Arnaud & Mehdi	8	Dance	Dance trio	11th

1. Connected split up shortly after the competition. Brothers Harry and Max Mondryk, along with friend Matt Fitzgerald, reformed as ReConnected. The remaining members, Myles and Connor Ryan, came together under the name Myles and Connor.

References

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External links

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