"Britain's Got Talent" (2007)TV series 2007-????

Creators:

Simon Cowell
Ken Warwick

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

2007 (UK)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Plot Keywords:

Variety | Non Fiction

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Ant McPartlin	...	Himself - Presenter (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Declan Donnelly	...	Himself - Presenter (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Simon Cowell	...	Himself - Judge (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Amanda Holden	...	Herself - Judge (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Piers Morgan	...	Himself - Judge (24 episodes, 2007-2008)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Talkback Thames

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Have I Got News for You: (#34.6)" (2007)

Britain's Got Talent

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

If you like (reality) entertainment shows, e.g. The X Factor, The Apprentice, Dragon's Den, etc, finding the newest talent from the country, then this is the show with it all. Hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, this new show set out to find the best talent that would have the chance to win £100,000, and the chance to perform in front of The Queen at The Royal Variety Performance. The judges were ex-newspaper editor and media baron Piers Morgan, actress of stage and screen Amanda Holden (who performed there herself), and the always popular music producer Simon Cowell. The show had no rules about age or act, they just wanted anyone to turn up who thought they had something to impress the judges, and the theatre audience in the auditions. The difference here is not just the audience, but the judges have the opportunity to stop the act with three X buzzers. The acts that got through to the semi-finals were all great in their own ways, and most deserved to get to the final. These included Damon Scott with Bubbles the Monkey, singer Dominic Smith, dance group MD Productions, The Freerunners, musicals performer Bessie Cursons, Kombat Breakers, male baton twirler Craig Womersley, acro-balancers Crazee Horse, ten-year-old comedian Jake Pratt, dance group The Mini-Mezzos, 6-year-old singer Connie Talbot, The Bar Wizards, singer Tony Laf, break dancer Scott Holtom, beat boxers Crew 82, comedy impressionist Mike Garbutt, and deserved winner, opera singer Paul Potts. Ant and Dec were number 56, and Simon Cowell number 33 on The 100 Worst Britons (why?), Cowell was number 28, and Ant and Dec number 7 on TV's 50 Greatest Stars, and Cowell was number 67 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols. Very good!