Britains Got Talent - Series Four 2010

As announced at the end of series three, Britains Got Talent will return for another series. The 2010 panel of judges will remain the same as series 3 with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan who all returned for the start of the televised auditions on 18 January at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow. Auditions were then held in Manchester at the Manchester Opera House, Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre. Newcastle's The Journal Tyne Theatre, Birmingham's Birmingham Hippodrome ended on 10 February at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London. It was announced on Wednesday 3rd February that due to illness, Simon would be unable to attend the filming of the Birmingham auditions and Louis Walsh stood in for him at the last minute, the first time that Cowell has missed an audition show in his entire career. As stated at the Glasgow filming by Executive Producer Richard Holloway, series 4 will air in April 2010.

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Britains Got Talent - Live Tours (2008 - 2009)

On 17 April 2008 it was announced that a thirteen date live tour of Britains Got Talent would be visiting the UK's major cities during the month of June, featuring the semi-finalists, the finalists and the winner from series two, along with a few surprises. Stephen Mulhern hosted the tour, which began on 6 June. None of the judging panel were present, and there was no live voting. After high demand for tickets, the tour was later extended to twenty two performances, including matinées. The tour featured all ten finalists, as well as semi-finalists Tracey Lee Collins & Anya Sparks. The tour also featured a duet with Faryl Smith and Andrew Johnston.

On 13 January 2009 a four date tour of Britains Got Talent was announced via a website, with the dates in Newcastle, Cardiff, Liverpool and in Manchester. More dates were later added and the tour will run for eighteen shows from 12 to 26 June 2009 and will also travel to Dublin (Ireland), Birmingham, Belfast, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Wembley Arena, Aberdeen and Bournemouth.

The tour in 2009 included these acts: Diversity, Flawless, Aidan Davis, Shaun Smith, Stavros Flatley, Hollie Steel, 2 Grand, Julian Smith, Shaheen Jafagholi, Susan Boyle, Darth Jackson, DJ Talent and the 2008 winner, George Sampson. Stephen Mulhern hosted the tour.

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Britains Got Talent - Awards and Nominations

Britains Got Talent has been nominated for two 'National Television Awards' in the category of 'Most Popular Talent Show' in 2007 and 2008, losing to its sister show The X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing respectively. Its shows presenters have won the award for 'Most Popular Entertainment Presenters' at the same awards in 2007 and 2008. Britains Got Talent has also been nominated for two BAFTA Awards in 2008, but failed to win any awards. In 2007 and 2008, the show was nominated at the TV Quick and Choice Awards in the 'Best Talent Show' category, losing out to The X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing respectively.

In 2008 Britains Got Talent was a recipient of a RTS Award for its technical achievements. It has also won four Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards from five nominations. In 2009, Britains Got Talent won its first ever Digital Spy Reality Award for Escala for Favourite Reality Contestant. It was further nominated in the Reality Show category, but lost to The X-Factor in the Reality TV Presenter category for Ant and Dec and 2 nominations in the Reality TV Judge category for Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, but lost to Cheryl Cole from The X-Factor.

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Britains Got Talent Season 3 - Some Notable Performances

One of the most notable performances for the Britains Got Talent series 3 was by Susan Boyle, a 48-year-old Scottish woman. Boyle sang “I Dreamed a Dream” from the musical Les Miserables. The performance earned a unanimous "yes" vote and resounding astonishment from the judges. Her performance helped lift the Britains Got Talent show to a launch record of 11.2 million viewers. Within five days of her initial appearance, YouTube recordings of the event had collectively generated more than 100 million views. Boyle also attracted widespread international media coverage. It is highly thought that this media coverage led to Susan Boyle being admitted to the psychiatric clinic The Priory.

However, other people in the final included; Aidan Davis, Stavros Flatley, Flawless, Hollie Steel, Diversity, Shaun Smith, Shaheen Jafargholi, the grandfather and granddaughter singing duo "2 Grand" and Julian Smith who played the soprano saxophone. The top three finishers were Julian Smith, Diversity and Susan Boyle, with Diversity coming out as the winners, Susan Boyle finishing second and Julian Smith third.



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Britains Got Talent - Season 3 Overview

As announced at the end of Series 2, Britains Got Talent returned on 11 April 2009. Ant & Dec returned as the hosts of the show. The 2009 panel of judges consists of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. Kelly Brook was originally announced as a new fourth judge, reportedly being offered £200,000 for the role, but was fired after just six days, having acted as a judge in Manchester only, just one of the five audition venues. According to Cowell, the reason given for sacking Brook was because the producers decided the format was "too complicated" with four judges. The application process took place throughout January and February 2009 with auditions being held in five of Britain's major cities. The "First Round Call-Backs" took place in London on Saturday 7 February, where 40 acts were made aware that they would be competing in the live semi-finals in May.


Britains Got Talent 2009 started on the 11 April and there were five semi-final shows taking place beginning from the 24th of May, until the final on the 30th of May.

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Britain's Got Talent - Season One and Two Overview

Series one of Britains Got Talent began on 9 June 2007 and ended on 17 June 2007. The first five shows covered the audition stages and the final three shows were the live semi-finals and final. Altogether, 24 (26) acts performed in the semi-finals, eight acts in each episode, with a further two acts disqualified from the competition before the semi-finals were aired. The series was eventually won by opera singer Paul Potts.

The 2008 series of Britains Got Talent included notable differences from the 2007 series, including the fact that the auditions visited Scotland and that there were 40 in the live semi-finals. The series also ran for longer, this time airing for seven weeks instead of one. The series was won by street-dancer George Sampson, with dual dance group Signature coming in second and singer Andrew Johnston third. Other acts in the final included martial arts duo Strike, dance troupe Nemesis, 12-year-old mezzo-soprano Faryl Smith, junior dance couple Cheeky Monkeys.

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Britains Got Talent - Judges, Presenters and Guests

Presenters:

From the first season, Ant and Dec are the presenters of the main show, Britains Got Talent. Stephen Mulhern is the presenter of Britain's Got More Talent and Britains Got Talent: The Live Tour from the first season of these shows.

Judges:

Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan are the judges from season one. Simon Cowell created the format of Britains Got Talent show.



Guests:

Kelly Brook was the guest judge for 3rd Series of Britains Got Talent in 2009. She was in the judging panel of Manchester auditions of 2009 series.

Louis Walsh was the guest judge for 4th series of Britains Got Talent in 2010. Louis Walsh was in judging panel of Birmingham auditions due to the illness of Simon Cowell.

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Britains Got Talent Show Format

The semi-final and final shows of Britains Got Talent are broadcast live from Fountain Studios in Wembley, with a varying number of semi-finals, followed by the one live final split into two episodes over one night. The remaining acts perform across a number of semi-finals, with the two most popular acts from each semi-finals winning a position in the final. Unlike the American version, judges may still end a performance early with three Xs. The judges are again asked to express their views on each act's performance.

After all acts have performed, phone lines open for a short time. After the votes have been counted, the act that has polled the highest number of public votes is automatically placed in the final of Britains Got Talent. The judges then choose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts are then eliminated from the competition.

Britains Got Talent's secondary theme song is "Lux Aeterna" (originally from the movie Requiem for a Dream), which is used to create tension. It is also used for the judges "walk-in" at the beginning of every live show. Britains Got Talent has been criticized by psychologist Glenn Wilson who referred to it as a "freak show". He states that "contestants' deficiencies and shortcomings are as important as their talent. We enjoy the stress we are putting these people under - will they or will they not survive?"

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Auditions Format of Britains Got Talent Show

The auditions of Britains Got Talent take place in front of the judges and a live audience at a different city across Britain. At any time during the audition the judges may show disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights a large red X on the stage. If all the judges press their buzzers, the act must end immediately. To advance to the second round, auditionees must get at least two yes votes (three votes were required at the Manchester Auditions during the third series) or they would be sent home. After the auditions, the judges have to whittle almost 200 successful acts down to just 24 in series 1 or 40 in series 2-3. All of the performers are called back to discover if they have progressed to the live semi-finals.

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Britains Got Talent - History

The format of Britains Got Talent was created by The X Factor creator, Pop Idol/American Idol judge and Sony Music Entertainment A&R Executive Simon Cowell, who has created a Got Talent series across the globe. On 12 February 2007, it was announced by ITV the judges would be Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan (who had also judged America's Got Talent) and Amanda Holden (a late replacement for Cheryl Cole, who later became a judge on The X Factor). It was originally planned that Britains Got Talent would be aired in 2005 (before America's Got Talent) and would be presented by Paul O'Grady. However, after O'Grady's defection to Channel 4 for The Paul O'Grady Show, he refused to appear in another ITV show, so the Britains Got Talent series was put on hold after just one rehearsal show.

The Got Talent format has been adopted in a number of other countries, however, the original British version has not been broadcast in any other country (except Ireland) due to unsolved rights issues. Television stations in the Scandinavian countries have expressed an interest in showing the UK version but not been able to acquire the rights.

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Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV and part of the Got Talent series. Presented by British celebrity presenters Ant & Dec, singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each series receives £100,000 and is given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the Royal Family, including the Queen. The first series of Britains Got Talent began on 9 June 2007, and was broadcast daily with a live final on 17 June 2007, in which Paul Potts won. Street-dancer George Sampson went on to win the second series of the show on 31 May 2008. The third series of Britains Got Talent began on 11 April 2009, and ended on 30 May 2009, with Diversity winning the competition, while Scotswoman Susan Boyle, whose audition performance of I Dreamed a Dream sparked an Internet sensation, ended up in second place.

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