Britain's Got Talent
Televised British talent competition
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| 2025 | Sydnie Christmas was crowned the winner of Britain's Got Talent series 17. |
| May 31 2025 | Harry Moulding crowned as the winner of Britain's Got Talent Series 18, receiving 21.7% of the public vote. LED dance group The Blackouts finished as runners-up with 15.1% of the vote. |
| May 22 2025 | An Act Called Teddy Magic was prevented from performing in Semi-Final 1, sparking controversy and leading Kanye West and fans to suggest the show should have an 11+ age restriction. |
| 2025 | KSI appears as a guest judge, filling in for Simon Cowell and Bruno Tonioli during the Series 18 auditions. |
| 2025 | The companion show returned after a brief hiatus. |
| 2025 | Britain's Got Talent is contractually set to continue running until this year. |
| 2025 | Series 18 of Britain's Got Talent is scheduled to air on ITV. |
| 2024 | Judging panel of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli confirmed to return for the seventeenth series. |
| 2024 | Britain's Got Talent was nominated for Best Talent Show at the 29th National Television Awards, and Ant & Dec won the TV Presenter award. |
| 2024 | ITV announced a new spin-off companion show called BGT Reacts, featuring British content creators reacting to acts from Britain's Got Talent. The show will be released on the ITVX streaming platform in conjunction with the 2024 series of the main talent show. |
| November 2024 | Announcement made that Britain's Got Talent auditions for Series 18 will be entirely filmed in Blackpool for the first time in the show's history, breaking the traditional London filming location. |
| June 2 2024 | The seventeenth series of Britain's Got Talent concluded, with singer Sydnie Christmas declared as the winner, magician Jack Rhodes finishing second, and dance duo Abigail & Afronitaaa placing third. |
| April 20 2024 | 17th series begins, maintaining the show's annual tradition of discovering new talent. |
| April 20 2024 | The seventeenth series of Britain's Got Talent began airing on ITV1, presented by Ant & Dec and featuring judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli. |
| March 2024 | First teaser for Britain's Got Talent series 17 was released on social media, confirming the upcoming series on ITV and ITVX. |
| January 2024 | Filming for Britain's Got Talent series 17 auditions began. |
| 2023 | During the fourth semi-final, Noodle was revealed to be series 15 finalist Tom Ball, whose identity was kept secret by production staff throughout the series. |
| 2023 | Britain's Got Talent was nominated for Best Talent Show at the 28th National Television Awards, and Ant & Dec won the TV Presenter award. |
| 2023 | Bruno Tonioli accidentally gave an extra Golden Buzzer mid-act, an unprecedented event in the Got Talent franchise. |
| 2023 | Simon Cowell announced a format change, giving the audience the right to call for a Golden Buzzer for a contestant they felt deserved it. |
| 2023 | Comedian Viggo Venn won the sixteenth series of Britain's Got Talent. |
| 2023 | Series 16 of Britain's Got Talent aired, continuing the long-running talent competition show on ITV. |
| April 15 2023 | 16th series begins, continuing the show's long-running talent competition format. |
| January 2023 | Bruno Tonioli replaces David Walliams as a judge on Britain's Got Talent after Walliams' resignation following criticism of comments made during the 2020 series. |
| 2022 | At the 27th National Television Awards, Britain's Got Talent was nominated for Best Talent Show, David Walliams was nominated for Talent Show Judge, and Ant & Dec won the TV Presenter award. |
| 2022 | The companion show 'Unseen' did not return, marking the first time Britain's Got Talent had no companion show. |
| 2022 | David Walliams announced he would be leaving the show after ten series. |
| December 18 2022 | Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician aired on television, with Eric Chien winning the competition, Magical Bones as runner-up, and The Witch placing third. |
| October 11 2022 | The Ultimate Magician show was filmed at the ICC Birmingham, featuring magicians from previous BGT series and the Got Talent franchise. |
| October 10 2022 | ITV announced a new one-off special of Britain's Got Talent focused exclusively on magicians, called Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician. |
| June 5 2022 | Britain's Got Talent series 15 concluded, with stand-up comedian Axel Blake winning the competition, Jamie Leahey finishing second, and Tom Ball placing third. |
| April 16 2022 | 15th series begins, showing continued recovery and adaptation after pandemic-related challenges. |
| April 16 2022 | Britain's Got Talent series 15 began broadcasting on ITV, with Simon Cowell returning as a judge following his previous series accident. |
| January 2022 | Filming for Britain's Got Talent series 15 began after being postponed from 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. |
| 2021 | Britain's Got Talent was nominated for Best Talent Show at the 26th National Television Awards, and Ant & Dec won the TV Presenter award. |
| 2021 | Production of Series 15 was initially postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic government restrictions, with ITV, Thames, and Syco Entertainment deciding to delay the series until conditions improved. |
| 2021 | Initial plans for series 15 production were postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in the United Kingdom. |
| 2020 | Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid received approximately 3,000 complaints about his comedy routines, which were later rejected by Ofcom as being within acceptable boundaries. |
| 2020 | Britain's Got Talent: Unseen premiered on the ITV Hub as a replacement for the original companion show, following the first episode of series 14 of Britain's Got Talent. |
| 2020 | At the 25th National Television Awards, David Walliams won the TV Judge award and Ant & Dec won the TV Presenter award. Britain's Got Talent was nominated for Best Talent Show. |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show's format was modified, with semi-final episodes pre-recorded and aired weekly on Saturday nights, and the live final following a week after the semi-finals. |
| 2020 | Pianist, singer and comedian Jon Courtenay won the fourteenth series of Britain's Got Talent. |
| 2020 | Britain's Got Talent Series 14 aired, marking the show's continuation during the COVID-19 pandemic period. |
| December 25 2020 | The Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular aired, hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. The judging panel included Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams, and Ashley Banjo, with Simon Cowell recovering from a back injury. |
| December 1 2020 | ITV confirmed a one-off Christmas special of Britain's Got Talent featuring the most memorable and talented acts from the past fourteen series, despite concerns about filming during the COVID-19 pandemic's second lockdown. |
| September 2020 | Series resumed with modified format, including separate judging desks, virtual audience, and pre-recorded performances. |
| September 2020 | Simon Cowell was absent from the series 14 live rounds and Christmas Spectacular due to a back injury, with Ashley Banjo replacing him. |
| September 17 2020 | Ofcom rejected all complaints about Diversity's Black Lives Matter-inspired dance routine, ruling that the performance aimed to promote social cohesion and unity. |
| September 5 2020 | Diversity performed a dance routine inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement during the first semi-final of Britain's Got Talent series 14, which initially received over 1,000 complaints to Ofcom. |
| August 2020 | Producers confirmed the remaining episodes would be produced and aired across September and October. |
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