Britain's Got Talent
the Logo of the Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television show on ITV and TV3 Ireland，part of the Got Talent series. Presented by Ant & Dec, singers,dancers, comedians, variety acts,and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each series receives £100,000 and is given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the Royal Family, including the Queen.
program format：television show
producer：Simon Cowell (Also the Judge of American Idol)
TV hosts：Anthony McPartlin；Declan Donnelly judges：Simon Cowell；Piers Morgan；Amanda Holden；Kelly Brook
the juriesThe show's format was created by The X Factor creator, Pop Idol/American Idol judge and Sony Music Entertainment A&R Executive Simon Cowell, who has created a Got Talent series across the globe. On 12 February 2007, it was announced by ITV the judges would be Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan (who
had also judged America's Got Talent) and Amanda Holden (a late replacement for Cheryl Cole, who later became a judge on The X Factor in 2008). Originally the judge line-up was to have been Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and David Hasselhoff, from America's Got Talent. In a similar fashion to The X Factor, the show has an ITV2 counterpart called Britain's Got More Talent, presented by the magician and former CITV presenter Stephen Mulhern.
The Got Talent format has been adopted in a number of other countries, however, the original British version has not been broadcast in any other country (except Ireland) due to unsolved rights issues. Television stations in the Scandinavian countries have expressed an interest
in showing the UK version but not been able to acquire the rights.
Susan BoyleThe auditions take place in front of the judges and a live audience at a different city across
Britain. At any time during the audition, the judges may show disapproval to the act by
pressing a buzzer which lights a large red X on the stage. If all the judges press their
buzzers, the act must end immediately. Voting works on a best-of-three basis, with the sole
exception of the auditions in Manchester during series 3, where 3 positive votes were required.
After the auditions, the judges have to whittle almost 200 successful acts down to just 24 in
series 1or 40 in series 2–3. All of the performers are called back to discover if they have
progressed to thelive semi-finals.
The semi-final and final shows are broadcast live from Fountain Studios in Wembley (which is
also usedfor The X Factor), with a varying number of semi-finals, followed by the one live
final split into twoepisodes over one night. The remaining acts perform across a number of
semi-finals, with the two most popular acts from each semi-finals winning a position in
the final. Judges may still end a performanceearly with three Xs. The judges are again asked
to express their views on each act's performance.
between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a
place in the final. All other acts are then eliminated from the competition.
the energetic young contestants a Dream), which is used to create tension. It is also used for the judges "walk-in" at the
beginning of every live show.
Britain's Got Talent has been criticised by psychologist Glenn Wilson who referred to it as a "freak show". He states that "[contestants'] deficiencies and shortcomings are as
important as their talent. We enjoy the stress we are putting these people under – will they or will they not survive?"
which described applicants being kept waiting for over 10 hours with no food or drink provided,
with no certainty of being allowed to perform more than a few seconds of their act. It also detailed how staff intentionally built up the hopes of low-quality performers in order to
maximise the dramatic effect of the judges' put-downs, and the fine points of the contracts
performers must sign, which gives the show infinite freedom to "modify" the footage for
their own purposes, and to use the footage indefinitely for whatever purpose they choose.
the severe judge Simon Cowell of 'Most Popular Talent Show' in 2007 and 2008, losing to its sister show The X-Factor and
Strictly Come Dancing respectively. Its shows presenters have won the award for 'Most
Popular Entertainment Presenters' atthe same awards in 2007 and 2008. It has also been
nominated for two BAFTA Awards in 2008, but failed to win any awards. In 2007 and 2008,
the show was nominated at the TV Quick and Choice Awards in the'Best Talent Show' category,
losing out to The X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing respectively.
four Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards from five nominations. In 2009, it won its first ever
Digital Spy Reality Award for Escala for Favourite Reality Contestant. It was further nominated
in the Reality Show category, but lost to The X-Factor in the Reality TV Presenter category
for Ant and Dec and 2 nominations inthe Reality TV Judge category for Simon Cowell and Piers
Morgan, but lost to Cheryl Cole from The X Factor.
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