Britain's Got Talent (series 13)

The judges auditions took place between January and February 2019, within London and Manchester.[3][4] During filming of the London auditions, the event was kick-started by a special performance from Susan Boyle to mark her tenth year as a singer since she first made her appearance on Britain's Got Talent's third series.[5] One of the most notable auditionees for this year's contest was David Watson - a participant who had auditioned for ten years for a place on the programme without success. His latest attempt led to the host of Britain's Got More Talent, Stephen Mulhern, triggering a Golden Buzzer for him. This action led to speculation in the media over whether this had been officially allowed, but it was later revealed to have been disallowed on the grounds that it did not fall under the contest rules, as Mulhern had no official allowance to provide a Golden Buzzer act.

This series featured two notable events during its broadcast. The first to take place was the forced withdrawal of an act - extreme magicians Brotherhood - who had secured a spot in the semi-finals. Despite Brotherhood's success in the auditions landing them a place in the fifth and final semi-final, concerns over health and safety were raised about the dangerous nature of their performance, leading to the group of magicians withdrawing their involvement at the request of the production staff and broadcaster, and their place being offered to another act which had been eliminated during auditions.[6] The second was the surprise revelation that a participant who had operated under anonymity, was in reality a former semi-finalist from a previous year's contest who had re-entered the contest for this year in order to emphasis the values of hope and perseverance.

Of the participants that took part, only 40 made it into the five live semi-finals - of these acts, dancer Akshat Singh, band Chapter 13, choir Flakefleet Primary School, singer Giorgia Borg, and stand-up comedian Kojo Anim,[7] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions - with eight appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was dance duo Libby & Charlie, after they lost out in a tied judges' vote in the last semi-final round. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist

Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition

Participant	Age(s) 1	Genre	Act	From	Semi-final	Result
4MG	17-19	Magic	Close-up Magicians	Suffolk	2	Finalist
Akshat Singh	13	Dance	Dancer	Mumbai, India	1	Eliminated
Angels Inc.	23-28	Magic	Illusionists	The Netherlands	3	Eliminated
Barbara Nice	68	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	Greater Manchester	5	Eliminated
Ben Hart	28	Magic	Magician	London	4	Third Place
Brian Gilligan	32	Singing	Singer	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	1	Eliminated
Chapter 13	14–15	Singing / Music	Band	London	3	Eliminated
Colin Thackery	89	Singing	War Veteran Singer	Norwich, Norfolk	3	Winner
Dave & Finn	42, 9	Magic / Animals	Dog Handler & Mentalist	Buntingford, Hertfordshire	1	Finalist
Duo A&J	28, 26	Acrobatics	Aerialist Duo	Ukraine & Coventry	4	Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters 3	12-26	Dance	Dance Group	Japan	5	Eliminated
Faith Tucker	18	Singing	Opera Singer	Nottingham	2	Eliminated
Flakefleet Primary School	4-11	Singing	Choir	Lancashire	1	Finalist
Giorgia Borg	10	Singing	Singer	Malta	2	Eliminated
Gomonov Knife Show	25, 36	Danger	Knife-Throwing Duo	Belarus	3	Eliminated
Gonzo	33	Music	Tambourinist	Japan	5	Eliminated
Graeme Mathews	34	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	Essex	4	Eliminated
Jacob Jones	27	Singing	Singer	Surrey	5	Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley	64	Comedy	Ventriloquist	Devon	4	Eliminated
John Archer	58	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	North Yorkshire	3	Eliminated
Jonathan Goodwin	39	Danger	Escape Artist	Wales	5	Finalist
Kerr James	12	Singing	Singer	Glasgow	4	Eliminated
Khronos Girls	15-18	Dance	Dance Group	London	1	Eliminated
KNE	22-35	Dance	Dance Group	London	3	Eliminated
Kojo Anim	39	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	London (originally Ghana)	3	Finalist
Leanne Mya	31	Singing	Singer	London	5	Eliminated
Libby & Charlie 4	11, 11	Dance	Dance Duo	Manchester, Liverpool	5	Finalist
Lil' Icons 2	7-18	Dance	Dance Group	Port Talbot, West Glamorgan	4	Eliminated
Mark McMullan	23	Singing	Singer	Northern Ireland	4	Finalist
Matt Stirling	46	Magic	Stunt Magician	London	2	Eliminated
Rob King	28	Singing	Musical Theatre Singer	Manchester	3	Eliminated
Rosie & Adam 2	21, 38	Danger / Dance	Extreme Rollerskating Duo	Blackpool	1	Eliminated
Siobhan Phillips	42	Comedy / Music / Singing	Comic Pianist & Singer	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	2	Finalist
State of the Fart 2	26	Comedy / Music / Variety	Hand Musician	Israel	2	Eliminated
The Haunting 2	N/A 5	Magic	Horror Magician	N/A 5	1	Eliminated
"The Queen"	61 6	Comedy	Drag Comedian	Australia	2	Eliminated
Tony Rudd	58	Comedy	Impressionist	Bournemouth, Dorset	1	Eliminated
Ursula Burns	48	Comedy / Music / Singing	Comic Harpist & Singer	Belfast	4	Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers 3	28, 30	Danger	Hand Balancing Duo	Armenia	2	Eliminated
X (Marc Spelmann) 7	47	Magic	Mentalist	London	5	Runner-up

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
• ^2 These acts originally auditioned under different names, before changing them for their Semi-Final appearances.
• ^3 These participants each required their coach to act as translator, due to their limited or lack of knowledge on the English language.
• ^4 This participant initially failed to reach the semi-finals, but were later brought back after another semi-finalist was forced to withdraw at the advice of production staff and the broadcaster.
• ^5 Details on both the locations for and ages of each member of The Haunting were not disclosed during their time on the programme.
• ^6 This participant's actual age was not officially disclosed as such during their time on the programme.
• ^7 Marc Spelmann's identity was kept a secret by production staff throughout the series - all details listed here pertain to his unveiling in the final.

Semi-final 1 (27 May)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast Of On Your Feet! & Gloria Estefan[8]

Semi-Finalist [9]	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Akshat Singh	1					7th - Eliminated
Tony Rudd	2					6th - Eliminated
Brian Gilligan	3					8th - Eliminated
The Haunting	4					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Flakefleet Primary School	5					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Khronos Girls	6					5th - Eliminated
Dave & Finn	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Rosie & Adam	8					4th - Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (28 May)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Six[11]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
The Queen	1					8th - Eliminated
State of the Fart	2					7th - Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers	3					6th - Eliminated
Giorgia Borg	4					5th - Eliminated
Matt Stirling	5					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Siobhan Phillips	6					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
4MG	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Faith Tucker	8					4th - Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (29 May)

Guest Performers, Results Show: James Arthur and Freckled Sky[12]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Angels Inc.	1					5th - Eliminated
Rob King	2					6th - Eliminated
KNE	3					8th - Eliminated
John Archer	4				8	3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Gomonov Knife Show	5					7th - Eliminated
Colin Thackery	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Kojo Anim	7				8	2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Chapter 13	8					4th - Eliminated

• ^8 Due to the majority vote for Kojo Anim, Walliams' voting intention was not revealed.

Semi-final 4 (30 May)

Guest Performers, Results Show: BTS[13]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Lil' Icons	1					5th - Eliminated
Ursula Burns	2					8th - Eliminated
Kerr James	3					4th - Eliminated
Graeme Mathews	4					3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Duo A&J	5					6th - Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley	6					7th - Eliminated
Ben Hart	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Mark McMullan	8					2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)

Semi-final 5 (31 May)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Jason Donovan, Sheridan Smith & Cast Of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat[14]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Gonzo	1					6th - Eliminated
X (Marc Spelmann)	2					1st (Won Public Vote)
Jacob Jones	3					7th - Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters	4					8th - Eliminated
Leanne Mya	5					5th - Eliminated
Barbara Nice	6					4th - Eliminated
Libby & Charlie9	7					3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Jonathan Goodwin	8					2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)

• ^9 Libby & Charlie were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.