Britain's Got Talent: The Champions series 1
| Britain's Got Talent: The Champions | |
|---|---|
| Series 1 | |
| Hosted by | |
| Judges | |
| Winner | Twist & Pulse |
| Runner-up | Stavros Flatley |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 31 August – 5 October 2019 |
The first series of the spin-off, Britain's Got Talent: The Champions began airing on 31 August, 2019, on ITV.[1] The programme features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise.[2][3][4]
The judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and David Walliams, while Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec) served as the main hosts, all of whom judged and hosted the previous series of the main series.[5]
The spin-off is based upon America's Got Talent: The Champions, in that the format is different to the main programme - episodes are pre-recorded, and votes for participants are conducted under a different system. The spin-off series averaged 5.84 million viewers across the 6 episodes during its broadcast.
Comedic dance duo Twist & Pulse were announced the winner becoming the first duo dance act to win the show as a whole.[6] Stavros Flatley finished as runner-up and Kseniya Simonova finished in third place, with all three being awarded the Golden Buzzer in the Preliminaries.
Overview
Judges and presenter(s) for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions (2019)
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Around 45 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – both quarter-finalists (where applicable) and semi-finalists – and other notable acts, participated during The Champions contest in 2019, with each of the contest's preliminaries featuring nine participants and with ten of these securing a place within the finals.
The following table lists each participants that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, series, and performance – and their overall result in the contest:
| Got Talent History Key | AGT – America's Got Talent | AGTC – America's Got Talent: The Champions | ArGT - Arab's Got Talent | AsGT – Asia's Got Talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AuGT – Australia's Got Talent | BGT – Britain's Got Talent | BeGT – Belgium's Got Talent | ČSMT – Česko Slovensko má talent | |
| DS – Das Supertalent | FIT – La France a un incroyable talent | GGT - Georgia's Got Talent! | GTE – Got Talent España | |
| HGT – Holland's Got Talent | IGT – Italia's Got Talent | InGT – India's Got Talent | MS – Minuta slavy | |
| PGT – Pilipinas Got Talent | SAGT — South Africa's Got Talent | UMT – Ukrayina maye talant |
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place
- Finalist | Eliminated |
Golden Buzzer
| Participant | Act | Got Talent history | Preliminary | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Voices of Gospel | Gospel Choir | BGT: 10 - Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| Alex Magala | Sword Swallower | AGT: S8 - Quarter-finalist; IGT: S5 - Finalist; MS: S8 - Winner; UMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S9 - Participant; BGT: S10 - Finalist; ČSMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant; AuGT S9 - Participant |
5 | Eliminated |
| Alexa Lauenburger |
Dog Act | DS: S11 - Winner | 2 | Finalist |
| Antonio Sorgentone | Singer & Pianist | IGT: S9 - Winner | 2 | Eliminated |
| Ashleigh & Sully | Dog Act | BGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 1 | Eliminated |
| Bad Salsa | Salsa Dance Duo | InGT: S4 - Winner | 1 | Eliminated |
| Bars & Melody | Rapper & Singer | BGT: S8 - Third Place | 5 | Finalist |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | Comic Daredevil Duo | AGT: S12 - Quarter-finalist (Bello), S13 - Participant (Annaliese) | 1 | Finalist |
| Ben Hart | Magician | BGT: S13 - Third Place | 5 | Eliminated |
| Billy & Emily England | Rollerskating Duo | BGT: S9 - Semi-finalist; AGT: S12 - Semifinalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| Bonnie Anderson | Singer | AuGT: S1 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Boogie Storm | Dance Group | BGT: S10 - Third Place | 1 | Eliminated |
| Colin Thackery | Singer | BGT: S13 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Collabro | Musical Theatre Group | BGT: S8 - Winner | 5 | Eliminated |
| Connie Talbot | Singer | BGT: S1 - Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Cristina Ramos | Opera & Rock Singer | GTE: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 3 | Eliminated |
| Daliso Chaponda | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S11 - Third Place | 5 | Eliminated |
| Darcy Oake | Illusionist | BGT: S8 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3 | Finalist |
| Deadly Games 1 | Knife Throwing Duo | AGT: S11 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S12 - Semi-Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| DJ Arch Jnr | DJ | SAGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3 | Eliminated |
| DM-X Comvaleñoz | Dance Group | PGT: S5 - Semi Finalist; AsGT : S2 - Runner Up | 5 | Eliminated |
| Gao Lin & Liu Xin | Acrobatic Duo | BGT: S11 - Participant; AsGT : S1 - Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
| Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh | Vocalist | GGT - Participant; UMT: S6 - Finalist; DS: S12 - Finalist | 5 | Eliminated |
| George Sampson | Breakdancer | BGT: S1 - Participant; S2 - Winner | 4 | Eliminated |
| Issy Simpson | Illusionist | BGT: S11 - Runner-up; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| Jack Carroll | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S7 - Runner Up | 3 | Eliminated |
| Jai McDowall | Singer | BGT: S5 - Winner | 2 | Eliminated |
| Kseniya Simonova |
Sand Artist | UMT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Third Place | 1 | Third Place |
| Lost Voice Guy | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S12 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | Eliminated |
| Mayyas | Dance Group | ArGT: S6 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| MerseyGirls | Dance Group | BGT: S11 - Finalist | 2 | Finalist |
| Mirror Family | Dance Group | ČSMT: S5 - Finalist | 4 | Eliminated |
| Paddy & Nico |
Salsa Dance Duo | BGT: S8 - Finalist; FIT: S11 - Semi-finalist | 3 | Finalist |
| Paul Potts | Opera Singer | BGT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Paul Zerdin | Ventriloquist | AGT: S10 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | Eliminated |
| Preacher Lawson | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S12 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 4 | Finalist |
| Richard & Adam | Singing Duo | BGT: S7 - Third Place | 3 | Eliminated |
| Richard Jones | Close Up Magician | BGT: S10 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| Stavros Flatley |
Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S3 - Finalist | 4 | Runner-up |
| Tape Face | Mime | AGT: S11 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
| The Fire | Dance Group | HGT: S9 - Winner | 3 | Eliminated |
| The Nelson Twins | Comedy Duo | AuGT: S6 - Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| The Sacred Riana | Illusionist | AsGT : S2 - Winner; AGT: S13 - Quarter-finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Twist and Pulse |
Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S4 - Runner-up | 5 | Winner |
| Vicki Barbolak | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S13 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 5 | Eliminated |
- ^1 The original couple for Deadly Games split up after their last performance together. While the knife-thrower, Alfredo Silva, remained to continue under this name, his partner was replaced by the winner of the 8th series of Poland's Got Talent for this contest.
Preliminaries
In each preliminary, nine participants perform their act. A judge is assigned a Golden Buzzer, which automatically advances an act to the finale. After all participants have performed, a group of 250 "superfans", in the audience, selected to represent the public will vote for their favourite act, with only one from each preliminary advancing alongside the chosen Golden Buzzer act.[7]
- Golden Buzzer Advancement | Advanced - 1st in Superfan Vote | Eliminated - 2nd in Superfan Vote
- Eliminated - 3rd in Superfan Vote | Eliminated |
Buzzed Out
Preliminaries 1 (31 August)
| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Finished | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
| Ashleigh & Sully | 1 | Dog Act | Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | 2 | Comic Daredevil Duo | Advanced (Won Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Connie Talbot | 3 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| The Nelson Twins | 4 | Comedy Duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Bad Salsa | 5 | Salsa Dance Duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Kseniya Simonova | 6 | Sand Artist | |
Golden Buzzer Advancement | |||
| Boogie Storm | 7 | Dance Group | Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| The Sacred Riana | 8 | Illusionist | Eliminated | ||||
| Paul Potts | 9 | Opera Singer | Eliminated | ||||
Preliminaries 2 (7 September)
| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Finished | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
| 100 Voices of Gospel | 1 | Gospel Choir | Eliminated | ||||
| Lost Voice Guy | 2 | Stand Up Comedian | Eliminated | ||||
| Alexa Lauenburger | 3 | Dog Act | Golden Buzzer Advancement | ||||
| Paul Zerdin | 4 | Ventriloquist | Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Gao Lin & Liu Xin | 5 | Acrobatic Duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Antonio Sorgentone | 6 | Singer & Pianist | Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| MerseyGirls | 7 | Dance Group | Advanced (Won Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Deadly Games | 8 | Knife Throwing Duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Jai McDowall | 9 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
Preliminaries 3 (14 September)
| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Finished | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
| Richard Jones | 1 | Close Up Magician | Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Mayyas | 2 | Dance Group | Eliminated | ||||
| DJ Arch Jr | 3 | DJ | Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Jack Carroll | 4 | Stand Up Comedian | Eliminated | ||||
| Paddy & Nico | 5 | Salsa Dance Duo | |
Golden Buzzer Advancement | |||
| Richard & Adam | 6 | Singing Duo | Eliminated | ||||
| The Fire | 7 | Dance Group | Eliminated | ||||
| Darcy Oake | 8 | Illusionist | Advanced (Won Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Cristina Ramos | 9 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
Preliminaries 4 (21 September)
| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Finished | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
| George Sampson | 1 | Breakdancer | Eliminated | ||||
| Bonnie Anderson | 2 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Issy Simpson | 3 | Illusionist | Eliminated | ||||
| Mirror Family | 4 | Dance Group | Eliminated | ||||
| Tape Face | 5 | Mime | Eliminated | ||||
| Preacher Lawson | 6 | Stand Up Comedian | Advanced (Won Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Stavros Flatley | 7 | Comic Dance Duo | |
Golden Buzzer Advancement | |||
| Colin Thackery | 8 | Singer | Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Billy & Emily England | 9 | Rollerskating Duo | Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
Preliminaries 5 (28 September)
| Participant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Finished | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
| Daliso Chaponda | 1 | Stand Up Comedian | Eliminated | ||||
| DM-X Comvaleñoz | 2 | Dance Group | Eliminated | ||||
| Ben Hart | 3 | Magician | Eliminated | ||||
| Alex Magala | 4 | Sword Swallower | Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Bars & Melody | 5 | Rapper & Singer | Advanced (Won Superfan Vote) | ||||
| Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh | 6 | Vocalist | Eliminated | ||||
| Vicki Barbolak | 7 | Stand Up Comedian | Eliminated | ||||
| Twist & Pulse | 8 | Comic Dance Duo | |
Golden Buzzer Advancement | |||
| Collabro | 9 | Musical Theatre Group | Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote) | ||||
Grand Final (5 October)
- Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Finalist
| Finalist | Order | Act | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bars & Melody | 1 | Rapper & Singer | Finalist |
| Preacher Lawson | 2 | Stand Up Comedian | Finalist |
| Kseniya Simonova | 3 | Sand Artist | Third Place |
| Darcy Oake | 4 | Illusionist | Finalist |
| MerseyGirls | 5 | Dance Group | Finalist |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | 6 | Comic Daredevil Duo | Finalist |
| Twist & Pulse | 7 | Comic Dance Duo | Winner |
| Alexa Lauenburger | 8 | Dog Act | Finalist |
| Stavros Flatley | 9 | Comedy Dance Duo | Runner-Up |
| Paddy & Nico | 10 | Salsa Dance Duo | Finalist |
Ratings
| Episode | Air date | Total viewers (millions)[8] a |
ITV weekly rank[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary 1 | 31 August | 7.20 | 1 |
| Preliminary 2 | 7 September | 6.23 | 5 |
| Preliminary 3 | 14 September | 5.89 | 8 |
| Preliminary 4 | 21 September | 5.07 | 13 |
| Preliminary 5 | 28 September | 5.21 | 14 |
| Final | 5 October | 5.63 | 13 |
Notes
References
- ↑ Cydney Yeates (6 August 2019). "Britain's Got Talent: The Champions launches this month after winner accidentally revealed". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ↑ tellymix. "Britain's Got Talent confirms all star The Champions series to air this year | Britain's Got Talent 2019". TellyMix. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "Susan Boyle finally confirmed for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions | Metro News". Metro. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "Simon Cowell announces BRAND NEW Britain's Got Talent: The Champions😲". Heat. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ Lazarus, Susanna (27 July 2019). "Britain's Got Talent: The Champions releases first teaser". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "Twist and Pulse win Britain's Got Talent: The Champions". BBC. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "Britain's Got Talent: The Champions voting: How new series works". TellyMix. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- 1 2 "BARB Weekly Top Programmes on Four Screens". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.
