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Season of television series

The eighth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 12 April to 7 June ; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a snap on 30 May to evade 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 remain 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 organism introduced to the Got Talent franchise since it was first introduced on Germany's Got Talent in ^[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 million viewers.

Series overview

Following reveal auditions held the previous year between 19 October to 1 December 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 , within Belfast,^[6]London,^[7]Manchester, Birmingham,^[8][9] and Cardiff.^[10] For the first second 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' challenge 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 recent format meant that those auditioning for a place in the live rounds of the match for this year could collect 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 apply it, despite his involvement in overseeing auditions for Britain's Got More Talent.^[2][3] Also for the first time, the contestants were no longer required to wear an ID sticker during their auditions.

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:

&#;&#;Winner | &#;&#;Runner-up | &#;&#;Finalist | &#;&#;Semi-finalist

Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
• ^2 No information on the puppeteer for this operate was disclosed by the show.

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed out | Judges' vote | &#;&#;Won the public vote

&#;&#;Won the judges' vote | &#;&#;Lost the judges' vote | &#;&#;Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (26 May)

• ^3 Jon Clegg was later sent through to the final as the judges wildcard.

Semi-final 2 (27 May)

• ^4 For health and safety reasons, Bolddog FMX Team's performance was pre-recorded outside the studio in advance.

Semi-final 3 (28 May)

Semi-final 4 (29 May)

Semi-final 5 (31 May)

• ^5 Paddy & Nico's performance had to be slightly modified before the semi-final, after the former was injured before its broadcast.^[26]

Final (7 June)

&#;&#;Winner | &#;&#;Runner-up

• ^1 Cowell buzzed Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi, stating that their performance was 'boring and unoriginal'.

  This marks the first instance in Britain's Got Talent history that a buzzer was used in the live final of the competition.

Ratings

Main article: List of Britain's Got Talent episodes

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