Britain's Got Talent (series 4)

Britain's Got Talent
Series 4
Broadcast from	17 April – 5 June 2010
Judges	Simon Cowell Amanda Holden Piers Morgan Louis Walsh (Birmingham auditions)
Presenter(s)	Ant & Dec (ITV)
Co-presenter(s)	Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Broadcaster	ITV ITV2 (Britain's Got More Talent)
Winner
Spelbound
Origin	Surrey, England
Runner-up
Twist and Pulse

The fourth series of Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV from 17 April 2010 to 5 June 2010.^[1][2] The show was hosted by Ant & Dec on ITV, while Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan returned as judges.^[3][4]

Auditions were then held in Manchester at the Manchester Opera House, Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre,^[5] Newcastle's Journal Tyne Theatre, Birmingham's Birmingham Hippodrome and ended on 10 February at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London. Due to illness, Cowell was 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.^[6] The next five shows were the live semi-finals, the live final and the live final results show. They were shown from 31 May to 5 June.^[1] This was Morgan's last series of Britain's Got Talent, as he left to host his new show Piers Morgan Tonight in the United States.^[7]

The series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dance duo Twist and Pulse finishing in second place and drummer Kieran Gaffney in third place.

Judges and presenters

Series 4 Judges

Simon Cowell

Amanda Holden

Piers Morgan

In 2010, was announced that Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan would return as judges for the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent,

Ant & Dec returned as hosts of the main show on ITV. Stephen Mulhern also returned as host of the sister-show Britain's Got More Talent.

Auditions

The producer audition process took place throughout October, November and December 2009. Contestants gathered in each city to do a preliminary audition. Any successful acts were then invited to a second audition (which viewers see as the "first") during January and February 2010. The Birmingham auditions gained notable press attention as Louis Walsh replaced Cowell on the judging panel as Cowell fell ill, the first time in Cowell's career that he had to miss an audition show.^[8] The auditions 6 episode that was due to be broadcast on 22 May was pushed back to 23 May due to the Champions League Final being played on the 22nd.^[9] Auditions were held in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Newcastle upon Tyne. This was the first year that Britain's Got Talent auditions were held in Newcastle upon Tyne, as auditions there were cancelled in series 3 at the last minute.

Semi-finalists

On 29 May, the 40 semi-finalists selected from the almost 200 successful auditions in the First round call-backs were revealed.^[10]

Key	Winner	Runner up	Third place	Finalist	Semi-finalist (lost judges' vote)

Name / name of act	Age(s)	Genre	Act	From	Semi[11]	Position reached
A3	13-19	Dancing	Brothers dancing trio	Swansea, South Wales	5	Semi-finalist
Alesia Vazmitsel	30	Gymnastics	Pole dancer	East London; originally from Belarus	5	Semi-finalist
Chloe Hickinbottom	10	Singing	Singer	Walsall, West Midlands	3	Semi-finalist
Christopher Stone	28	Singing	Singer	Harrogate, North Yorkshire	3	Finalist
Connected	13-15	Singing	Boyband	Manchester	2	Finalist
Dance Flavourz	22-37	Dancing	Samba & Bollywood dance act	London	5	Semi-finalist
Emile Harris	17	Singing	Singer-songwriter	Caldicot, Monmouthshire	4	Semi-finalist
Father and Son	53, 26	Singing	Father and son singing duo	Bolton, Greater Manchester	5	Semi-finalist
Ice	12-18	Dancing	Street dancers	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	4	Semi-finalist
Janey Cutler	81	Singing	Singer	Wishaw	4	Finalist
Jimmy Forde	75	Dancing	Leprachaun act	Birmingham; originally from County Mayo, Republic of Ireland	3	Semi-finalist
Josh Barry	16	Singing	Singer	London	1	Semi-finalist
Kev Orkian	36	Entertainer/Music	Comedic singer impersonator	North London	2	Semi-finalist
Kevin Cruise	33	Entertainer	Ferry entertainment act	Glastonbury, Somerset	1	Semi-finalist
Kieran Gaffney	13	Music	Drummer	Kent	5	Third place
Liam McNally	14	Singing	Singer	New Moston, Greater Manchester	5	Finalist
Mark James	30	Singing	Half & half drag singer	Barnoldswick, Lancashire	4	Semi-finalist
Maxxie Oliver	21	Performer	Drag act	London	2	Semi-finalist
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr	14, 38	Dancing	Michael Jackson dance performers	Hounslow, West London	2	Semi-finalist
Myztikal	10-30	Singing / dancing	Vocal Streetdance troupe	London	5	Semi-finalist
Neil Fullard	42	Singing	Singer	Wednesbury, West Midlands	2	Semi-finalist
Olivia Archbold	14	Singing	Singer	Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside	1	Semi-finalist
Paul Burling	40	Comedy	Impressionist/Impersonator	Bristol	3	Finalist
Peridot	21-27	Dancing	Street dancers	London	3	Semi-finalist
Philip Grimmer	57	Dancing	Drag dancer	Essex	3	Semi-finalist
Ruby Girls	19-25	Dancing	Dance group	Southeast London	2	Semi-finalist
Sean Sheehan	66	Performing / singing	Wood chopping and singing	Anglesey	1	Semi-finalist
Spelbound	12-24	Gymnastics	Acrobatic Gymnastics	Ashford, Surrey	1	Winner
Starburst	9-13	Dancing	Dance troupe	Barry, Wales	3	Semi-finalist
Stevie Starr	43	Performer	Professional regurgitator	Glasgow	1	Semi-finalist
Taboo	7-23	Dancing	Street dancers	Gravesend, Kent	2	Semi-finalist
Team Shaolin	8-29	Dancing	Martial arts troupe	Camden, London	4	Semi-finalist
The Arrangement	17-18	Music	Classical comedy music band	Cambridgeshire	3	Semi-finalist
The Chippendoubles	30-48	Variety act	Impersonator dancers	Various Locations	5	Semi-finalist
The Fusion	15-30	Dancing	Dance troupe	Glasgow	4	Semi-finalist
Three Bee	18-30	Dancing	Bollywood dance troupe	Manchester	1	Semi-finalist
Tina and Chandi	37, 11	Animals	Dog dancing	Shrewsbury, Shropshire	2	Finalist
Tobias Mead	22	Dancing	Dancer	Warminster, Wiltshire	1	Finalist
Twist and Pulse	18, 19	Dancing	Dancing duo	Thamesmead, South London	4	Runner up
Tyler Patterson	10	Dancing	Street dancer	Glasgow	4	Semi-finalist

Semi-final summary

The "Order" columns lists the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

Key	Buzzed out	Judges' choice	Won the public vote	Won the judges' vote	Lost the judges' vote

Semi-final 1 (31 May)

• Guest performer: Diversity

Artist	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes			Finished[12]	Result
			Cowell	Holden	Morgan
Threebee	1	Bollywood dance troupe				6th – 1.7%	Eliminated
Olivia Archbold	2	Singer				3rd – 11.3%	Top 3 (Lost judges' vote)
Kevin Cruise	3	Entertainer				7th – 1.5%	Eliminated
Stevie Starr	4	Regurgitator				4th – 6.4%	Eliminated
Tobias Mead	5	Dancer				2nd – 14.3%	Top 3 (Won judges' vote)
Sean Sheehan	6	Kindling cutter				8th – 0.7%	Eliminated
Josh Barry	7	Singer				5th – 1.7%	Eliminated
Spelbound	8	Gymnastics				1st – 62.4%	Won public vote

Semi-final 2 (1 June)

• Guest performer: Alicia Keys – "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"

Artist	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes			Finished [12]	Result
			Cowell	Holden	Morgan
Taboo	1	Dance troupe				4th – 3.4%	Eliminated
Neil Fullard	2	Singer				2nd – 17.2%	Top 3 (Lost judges' vote)
Ruby Girls	3	Dance troupe				8th – 1.0%	Eliminated
Connected	4	Boy band				3rd – 15.3%	Top 3 (Won judges' vote)
Kev Orkian	5	Pianist/Impersonator				6th – 1.4%	Eliminated
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr	6	Dance impersonators				5th – 2.5%	Eliminated
Tina and Chandi	7	Dancing dog act				1st – 58.1%	Won public vote
Maxxie Oliver	8	Drag act				7th – 1.1%	Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (2 June)

• Guest performer: Pixie Lott – "Turn It Up"

Artist	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes	Finished[12]	Result
Cowell	Holden	Morgan
Starburst	1	Dance troupe				6th – 3.5%	Eliminated
Chloe Hickinbottom	2	Singer				5th – 6.2%	Eliminated
Philip Grimmer	3	Drag dancer				8th – 0.4%	Eliminated
Paul Burling	4	Impressionist/Impersonator				1st – 36.4%	Won public vote
The Arrangement	5	Classical/Pop Comedy Band				4th – 7.8%	Eliminated
Jimmy Forde	6	Irish Dancer				7th – 1.7%	Eliminated
Christopher Stone	7	Singer				2nd – 33.0%	Top 3 (Won judges' vote)
Peridot	8	Street dance troupe				3rd – 11.0%	Top 3 (Lost judges' vote)

Semi-final 4 (3 June)

• Guest performer: Miley Cyrus – "Can't Be Tamed"

Artist	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes	Finished[12]	Result
Cowell	Holden	Morgan
Ice	1	Dance troupe				5th – 1.7%	Eliminated
Tyler Patterson	2	Street dancer				4th – 6.3%	Eliminated
Emile Harris	3	Singer/songwriter				8th – 0.6%	Eliminated
Twist and Pulse	4	Dancers				2nd – 37.4%	Top 3 (Won judges' vote)
Team Shaolin	5	Martial arts troupe				7th – 0.8%	Eliminated
Mark James	6	Half & half drag act				6th – 0.9%	Eliminated
The Fusion	7	Dance troupe				3rd – 9.4%	Top 3 (Lost judges' vote)
Janey Cutler	8	Singer				1st – 42.9%	Won public vote

Semi-final 5 (4 June)

• Guest performer: JLS – "The Club Is Alive"

Artist	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes	Finished[12]	Result
Cowell	Holden	Morgan
The Chippendoubles	1	Impersonators				8th – 2.2%	Eliminated
Liam McNally	2	Boy soprano				2nd – 21.0%	Top 3 (Won judges' vote)
Alesia Vazmitsel	3	Pole dancer				4th – 5.3%	Eliminated
Myztikal	4	Musical dance troupe				5th – 4.4%	Eliminated
Dance Flavourz	5	Carnival dance troupe				6th – 3.4%	Eliminated
Father and Son	6	Singers				7th – 2.4%	Eliminated
A3	7	Dancers				3rd – 12.1%	Top 3 (Lost judges' vote)
Kieran Gaffney	8	Drummer				1st – 49.2%	Won public vote

Final (5 June)

• Guest performers: Usher – "OMG"; Dizzee Rascal & James Corden – "Shout"

Key	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place

Artist	Order	Act	Finished[12]
Twist and Pulse	1	Dancing duo	2nd – 12.4%
Liam McNally	2	Boy soprano	10th – 3.0%
Paul Burling	3	Impressionist	5th – 8.7%
Christopher Stone	4	Singer	7th – 5.1%
Tina and Chandi	5	Dancing dog act	4th – 9.0%
Connected	6	Boyband	8th – 4.8%
Kieran Gaffney	7	Drummer	3rd – 9.6%
Tobias Mead	8	Dancer	6th – 6.9%
Janey Cutler	9	Singer	9th – 3.6%
Spelbound	10	Acrobatic Gymnasts	1st – 36.9%

Ratings

Episode	Date	Official ITV1 rating[13] (millions)	Weekly rank[13]	Share (%)	Official ITV1 HD rating[14] (millions)	Total ITV1 viewers (millions)
Auditions 1	17 April	11.87	1	44.0[15]	N/A	11.87
Auditions 2	24 April	11.45	1	45.7[16]	0.15	11.60
Auditions 3	1 May	11.72	1	43.9[17]	0.13	11.84
Auditions 4	8 May	11.87	1	44.1[18]	0.30	12.17
Auditions 5	15 May	10.61	1	43.8[19]	0.23	10.84
Auditions 6	22 May	10.38	1	42.8[20]	0.30	10.68
Auditions 7	29 May	10.40	1	40.3[21]	0.47	10.87
Semi-final 1	31 May	11.22	2	43.1[22]	0.60	11.82
Semi-final 1 results		10.69	4	40.3[22]	0.63	11.32
Semi-final 2	1 June	10.64	5	41.2[23]	0.53	11.17
Semi-final 2 results		10.23	8	39.0[23]	0.46	10.69
Semi-final 3	2 June	10.43	6	45.6[24]	0.44	10.88
Semi-final 3 results		8.78	13	34.2[24]	0.41	9.19
Semi-final 4	3 June	9.91	9	48.2[25]	0.46	10.37
Semi-final 4 results		9.87	10	41.7[25]	0.46	10.34
Semi-final 5	4 June	9.67	11	46.3[26]	0.46	10.13
Semi-final 5 results		9.18	12	39.4[26]	0.46	9.64
Live final	5 June	12.83	1	54.6[27]	0.67	13.50
Series average	2010	11.05	4.88	43.3	0.42	11.05

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