Britains Got Talent Contestants: Have Child Stars Grown Up?

Britain's Got Talent has also been nominated for two British Academy Television 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, it was a recipient of a Royal Television Society Programme Award for its technical achievements. It has also won four Nickelodeon UK Kids...

The first series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 9 to 17 June 2007; it was commissioned following the success of the first season of America's Got Talent, helping to revive production of ...

The nineteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent began airing on ITV1 on 21 February 2026. Filming for the auditions began in October 2025 in Birmingham and Blackpool.

From shock golden buzzers to memorable moments, the auditions are over and the stakes have never been higher as Britain’s Got Talent 2026 moves beyond its first live show which aired on 25th April. With the opening semi-final now wrapped and the first two acts already booked for the grand final, the competition is only just heating up, and now the acts for the second semi-final have been announced. Dog act Anastasiia and Salsa reached the BGT final after delivering an emotional routine to Myles Smith’s 'Stargazing', praised by KSI as a “beautiful, wholesome performance” and by Alesha Dixon as “endearing.”

Another commented: "Britain’s Got Talent yet more evidence Britain is in decline - British ‘talent’ a man dressed as a chicken and another playing a load of horns. Whereas, better talent obviously been scouted from abroad. Can we do anything right as a nation now? #BGT" Someone else replied: "Britain's Got Talent reached its sell-by date long ago.

Another glaring example was the fat kid and the good looking girl, and, shock of shocks, the fat kid decided not to let his less talented partner go, garnishing much applause from the talent (he said sarcastically). I'd estimate roughly over half of this show is staged, with the rest being one-shot acts of people who are good at doing one thing, and nothing more, then get their "big shot" on stage, and move on afterwards. What's worse is that people, apparently mostly girls, eat up this junk. Well, it's far too late for me to warn folks not to watch it, but, on the one in a million chance you haven't seen it, and have stumbled upon my review, do yourself a favor and avoid this thing.

Britain's Got Talent goes live on Saturday nights for the Semi-Finals as the acts who impressed the judges during auditions must now compete for a place in the grand finale. ... With flashing images. Turn on Parental controls · The journey continues! Join Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and KSI as they search for Britain's next stars.