Britain's Got Talent facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Britain's Got Talent
Genre	Reality, talent show, entertainment
Created by	Simon Cowell & Syco TV
Presented by	Britain's Got Talent: Ant & Dec Britain's Got More Talent: Stephen Mulhern
Judges	Simon Cowell Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden David Walliams
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	13
Production
Producer(s)	SYCO TV in association with talkbackTHAMES
Running time	60–90 minutes (including tv adverts)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original release	9 June 2007 – present

Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV and part of the Got Talent series. The programme is presented by Ant & Dec.

There is one series each year; the most recent being the thirteenth series. The four judges of the current series are: Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams.

The winner of the programme performs in front of the Queen at The Royal Variety Show and receives a cash prize of £250,000.

Judges and presenters

The show started in 2007 with the original line-up Ant & Dec hosting and Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan as judges. The same format was kept until the end of Series 4, when Piers Morgan announced his departure from the show. In series 5, David Hasselhoff and Michael Macintyre joined the panel, but they both only stayed for one series. In 2012, they were replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. The current panel is made up of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams. Stephen Mulhern had been presenting the spin-off show Britain's Got More Talent from series 1 to Series 13, In March 2020, It was announced that Britain's Got More Talent was going to be axed. The show has also featured different guest judges (judges who were not permanent and most likely filled in for an ill or late judge.)

Series overview

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  Ant & Dec have hosted the show together since it began in 2007, with the exception of the live shows in 2018.

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  Simon Cowell, creator of Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, has been a judge on the British version since it began in 2007.

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  Holden is the longest-serving judge on the show, only being absent in a few episodes in 2012 due to health reasons.

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  Hasselhoff previously worked as a judge on America's Got Talent, before joining the show for the 2011 series.

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  Stephen Mulhern hosted the sister show to Britain's Got Talent from 2007–2019

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  Simon Cowell (2007–present)

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  Amanda Holden (2007–present)

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  Piers Morgan (2007–2010)

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  David Hasselhoff (2011)

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  Michael Mcintyre (2011)

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  Alesha Dixon (2012–present)

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  David Walliams (2012–present)

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  Anthony McPartlin (2007–2018, 2019–present)

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  Declan Donnelly (2007–present)

See also

In Spanish: Britain's Got Talent para niños