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The eighth series of Britain's Got Talent began airing on ITV on 12 April 2014. Ant & Dec returned to present the main show on ITV, while Stephen Mulhern returned to present the spin-off show Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2. Judges Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden returned for their respective eighth series on the judging panel, whilst Alesha Dixon and David Walliams both returned for their third series. The series is part of a new contract that will keep Britain's Got Talent on the air until 2016.^[1]

Auditions for the series took place between January and February 2014 in Belfast, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff. This was the first series where auditions were held in Northern Ireland, but they did not take place in Scotland. The live semi-finals began on 26 May, and concluded on 31 May. The live final took place on 7 June, and was won by boy band Collabro.^[2] The final also marked the 100th episode of Britain's Got Talent.^{[citation needed]}

Judges and presenters

Simon Cowell confirmed on 1 June 2013 that the eighth series of the show would air in 2014. He also confirmed that he would return to the judging panel alongside Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.^[3] On 15 November 2013, it was announced that Britain's Got Talent would remain on the air until 2016.^[1] Cowell did not attend the first day of the Manchester auditions after contracting the flu and was replaced by Ant & Dec. He was again absent during the final day of the London auditions, but was not replaced.

Ant & Dec returned to present the main show on ITV, whilst Stephen Mulhern also returned to present spin-off show Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2.

Golden buzzer

This series saw the introduction of the new golden buzzer. During the auditions, as well as the standard buzzers, there was a golden buzzer placed in the centre of the judges' desk. Each judge was allowed to press this buzzer only once, and it would send that auditionee straight through to the live semi-finals regardless of the opinions of the other three judges.^[4] Ant & Dec were given the opportunity to press the golden buzzer as well.^[5] The golden buzzer has previously been used on Germany's Got Talent.^[6]

Holden was the first judge to use the golden buzzer, pressing it during the second day of the Birmingham auditions on 2 February, for Salsa dancing duo Paddy & Nico.^[7] Cowell used it on the second day of auditions in Manchester with hip hop duo Bars & Melody.^[8] Walliams used the golden buzzer on the first day of the London auditions on 11 February for performance singer Christian Spridon, leaving Dixon as the only judge yet to use it.^[9] The following day, Dixon pressed the golden buzzer on the second day of the London auditions for girl group REAformed.^[10] On the final day of London auditions, which Cowell was absent from, Ant & Dec pressed the buzzer for stand-up comedian/impressionist Toju.^[11]

The first press of the golden buzzer aired on the first auditions episode, showing Holden pressing it for Paddy & Nico,^[12] followed by Walliams' controversial buzz for Spridon on the second episode.^[13] Dixon's pressing of the buzzer for REAformed aired on the fourth episode^[14] and Cowell's press for Bars & Melody followed on the fifth episode.^[15] Ant & Dec pressing the buzzer for Toju aired on the seventh and final auditions episode.^[11]

Auditions

Open auditions

Producers' auditions were held from 19 October to 1 December 2013 in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, London, Belfast and Edinburgh.^[16]

Additionally, to couple with the show's sponsorship with Morrisons, a series of "Talent Spot tents" were set up at various local Morrisons supermarkets around the country. These auditions took place from 2–15 November 2013 in Dundee, Gamston, Killingworth, Norwich, Leeds, Bristol, Wrexham, Plymstock, Liverpool and Swansea. Also, two other sets auditions were held at The Savoy Hotel in Blackpool and The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton on 16 and 17 November, respectively.^[17]

Judges auditions

This series saw the first ever judges auditions in Northern Ireland; however for the first time since series 1, auditions were not held in Scotland.^[18] A spokesman said: "We have found some great talent in Scotland in the past but we are only able to visit a limited number of cities across the UK and this year we decided to visit Belfast for the first time."^[19]^[20] The auditions began on 18 January in Belfast (Waterfront Hall),^[20] before taking place on 22 and 23 January^[21]^[22] in Cardiff (Wales Millennium Centre). Auditions continued on 1–3 February^[23]^[24]^[25] in Birmingham (International Convention Centre),^[21] 7 and 8 February^[26]^[27] in Manchester (The Lowry)^[26] and 11–14 February^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31] in London (Hammersmith Apollo).^[28]

Cowell was forced to pull out of the first day of the Manchester auditions after contracting the flu.^[26] Ant & Dec each took a turn replacing him on the judging panel, but both failed to buzz at acts and left the panel.^[26]^[32] Cowell also missed the final day of the London auditions on 14 February due to his girlfriend Lauren Silverman going into labour, but was not replaced.^[31]

City	Date	Venue	Judges
Belfast	18 January 2014^[20]	Waterfront Hall^[20]	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell
Cardiff	22–23 January 2014^[21]^[22]	Wales Millennium Centre^[21]
Birmingham	1–3 February 2014^[23]^[24]^[25]	International Convention Centre^[33]
Manchester	7 February 2014^[26]^[27]	The Lowry^[26]	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Ant & Dec
Manchester	8 February 2014^[34]	The Lowry^[26]	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell
London	11–13 February 2014^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]	Hammersmith Apollo^[28]	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell
London	14 February 2014	Hammersmith Apollo^[28]	David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden

Semi-finals

The semi-finalists were chosen on 9 March 2014.^[35]

The live shows started on 26 May 2014, the day after the final auditions episode, and aired each evening until 31 May, with the exception of the Friday (30 May) due to ITV's coverage of England's friendly with Peru. The first four semi-final episodes aired from 7:30–9:00pm, with the results half-an-hour later at 9.30pm after a 30-minute episode of Coronation Street. The fifth show on Saturday 31 May aired at the earlier time of 7:00–8:30pm, although the results show still aired at 9:30pm.

Each results show featured a guest performance which were Ella Henderson, Ed Sheeran, The Vamps, will.i.am (featuring Cody Wise), Attraction and Richard & Adam. Henderson performed on the first results show,^[36] Sheeran on the second,^[37] The Vamps on the third,^[38] will.i.am featuring Wise on the fourth^[39] and Attraction and Richard & Adam on the fifth.^[40]

Semi-finalists

Winner Runner-up Third place Finalist Semi-finalist (lost judges' or public vote) Wildcard (previously eliminated act reinstated into the final) Golden buzzer

Name of act	Age(s)	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
The Addict Initiative	17–31	Dance	Dance group	2	Finalist (won judges' vote)
Allan Turner-Ward	37	Music	DJ	4	Eliminated
Andrew Derbyshire	31	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Bailey McConnell	15	Singing	Singer-songwriter	5	Eliminated (lost judges' vote)
Bars & Melody	13 & 15	Singing	Singing/rapping duo	4	Third place
Bolddog FMX Team	24–48	Stunt	Motorcycle display team	2	Eliminated
Brian Chan	25	Variety	Artist	3	Eliminated
Cartel	16–27	Dance	Dance troupe	3	Eliminated (lost judges' vote)
Christian Spridon	36	Singing	Performance singer	1	Eliminated
Collabro	20–24	Singing	Musical theatre singing group	1	Winner
Country Vive	16–35	Dance	Country-dancing troupe	1	Eliminated
Crazy Rouge	21–26	Dance	Burlesque dance troupe	3	Eliminated
Darcy Oake	26	Magic	Magician	1	Finalist (won judges' vote)
Ed Drewett	26	Singing	Singer-songwriter	2	Eliminated
Ellis Chick	12	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
Eva Iglesias	40	Singing	Singer	4	Eliminated
Henrietta Adewole	18	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
Innova Irish Dance Company	14–23	Dance	Irish dance troupe	4	Eliminated (lost judges' vote)
Jack Pack	24–33	Singing	Singing group	5	Finalist (won public vote)
James Smith	15	Singing	Singer	2	Finalist (won public vote)
Jenson Zhu	37	Comedy	Comedian/impressionist	5	Eliminated
Jodi Bird	16	Singing	Musical theatre singer	2	Eliminated (lost judges' vote)
Jon Clegg	43	Comedy	Impressionist	1	Finalist (wildcard)^[41]
Kieran & Sarah	26 & 28	Singing	Singing duo	4	Eliminated
Kieran Lai	17	Dance	Dancer	5	Eliminated
Kings & Queens	18–29	Dance	Latin dance troupe	5	Eliminated
Kitty & Rosie	25 & 48	Singing	Singing duo	3	Eliminated
Kony Puppets	32	Comedy	Puppet dance act	2	Eliminated
La Voix & The London Gay Big Band	26–52	Music	Drag artist & orchestral band	5	Eliminated
Lauren & Terrell	12	Dance	Dance duo	1	Eliminated
Lettice Rowbotham	24	Music	Violinist	4	Finalist (won judges' vote)
Light Balance	19–33	Dance	Electronic dance troupe	4	Eliminated
Lucy Kay	24	Singing	Opera singer	3	Runner up
Micky Dumoulin	26	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
Mini Moves	11–12	Dance	Dance troupe	2	Eliminated
Paddy & Nico	79 & 39	Dance	Salsa dancers	5	Finalist (won judges' vote)
Patsy May	N/A	Comedy	Puppet act	1	Eliminated
Peat Loaf & Elaine	52 & 36	Singing	Singing duo	5	Eliminated
Pyroterra	19–26	Variety	Fire act	4	Eliminated
REAformed	16–21	Singing	Girl group	3	Eliminated
Ricky K	33	Comedy	Comedic mime act	2	Eliminated
Sam Jones	21	Comedy	Ventriloquist	3	Eliminated
SweetChix	14–15	Singing	Girl group	2	Eliminated
Toju	40	Comedy	Stand-up comedian/impressionist	4	Eliminated
Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi	24–26	Dance	Dance troupe	3	Finalist (won judges' vote)

Semi-finals summary

	Buzzed out
	Judges' vote

Won the public vote

Won the judges' vote (or public vote if split decision)

Lost the judges' vote (or public vote if split decision)

Semi-final 1 (26 May)

Guest performer: Ella Henderson – "Ghost"^[36]

Contestant^[42]	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished^[43]	Result
Contestant^[42]	Order	Act	Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams	Finished^[43]	Result
Country Vive	1	Country-dancing troupe					4th - 4.0%	Eliminated
Micky Dumoulin	2	Singer					5th - 3.0%	Eliminated
Lauren and Terrell	3	Dancing duo					6th - 2.8%	Eliminated
Patsy May	4	Puppet act					7th - 1.3%	Eliminated
Henrietta Adewole	5	Singer					9th - 0.8%	Eliminated
Jon Clegg	6	Impressionist					3rd - 9.4%	Top 3 (lost judges' vote)¹
Darcy Oake	7	Magician					2nd - 15.5%	Top 3 (won judges' vote)¹
Christian Spridon	8	Singer					8th - 0.9%	Eliminated
Collabro	9	Musical theatre singing group					1st - 62.3%	Top 3 (won public vote)

^1 The judges' vote was a split decision. Darcy Oake was announced to have received more public votes and was sent through to the final.

Semi-final 2 (27 May)

Guest performer: Ed Sheeran – "Sing"^[37]

Contestant^[44]	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished^[43]	Result
Contestant^[44]	Order	Act	Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams	Finished^[43]	Result
Mini Moves	1	Dance troupe					4th - 7.3%	Eliminated
Ed Drewett	2	Singer-songwriter					5th - 7.0%	Eliminated
Bolddog FMX Team²	3	Motorcycle stunt team					6th - 6.4%	Eliminated
Jodi Bird	4	Musical theatre singer					2nd - 16.5%	Top 3 (lost judges' vote)
SweetChix	5	Girl group					7th - 5.5%	Eliminated
Ricky K	6	Comedic mime act					8th - 4.1%	Eliminated
The Addict Initiative	7	Dance troupe					3rd - 11.4%	Top 3 (won judges' vote)
Kony Puppets³	8	Puppet dance act					9th - 0.5%	Eliminated
James Smith	9	Singer					1st - 41.3%	Top 3 (won public vote)

^2 Bolddog FMX Team's performance was recorded outside, in one take, in advance to the live show.
^3 This was the first time since series 5 that an act in the semi-final had been buzzed off.

Semi-final 3 (28 May)

Guest performers: The Vamps – "Last Night"^[38]

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished^[43]	Result
Contestant	Order	Act	Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams	Finished^[43]	Result
Crazy Rouge	1	Burlesque dance troupe					7th - 1.9%	Eliminated
Ellis Chick	2	Singer					4th - 9.7%	Eliminated
Sam Jones	3	Ventriloquist					6th - 2.4%	Eliminated
REAformed	4	Girl group					5th - 5.2%	Eliminated
Brian Chan	5	Artist					9th - 0.5%	Eliminated
Cartel	6	Dance troupe					3rd - 11.5%	Top 3 (lost judges' vote)⁴
Kitty and Rosie	7	Singing duo					8th - 1.5%	Eliminated
Lucy Kay	8	Opera singer					1st - 45.8%	Top 3 (won public vote)
Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi	9	Dance troupe					2nd - 21.5%	Top 3 (won judges' vote)⁴

^4 The judges' vote was a split decision. Yanis Marshall, Arnaud & Mehdi were announced to have received more public votes and were sent through to the final.

Semi-final 4 (29 May)

Guest performers: will.i.am featuring Cody Wise – "It's My Birthday"^[39]

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished^[43]	Result
Contestant	Order	Act	Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams	Finished^[43]	Result
Innova Irish Dance Company	1	Irish dance troupe					3rd - 13.8%	Top 3 (lost judges' vote)⁵
Kieran & Sarah	2	Singing duo					7th - 1.5%	Eliminated
Pyroterra	3	Fire act					8th - 0.7%	Eliminated
Toju	4	Stand-up comedian/impressionist					6th - 1.9%	Eliminated
Eva Iglesias	5	Singer					5th - 5.6%	Eliminated
Allan Turner-Ward	6	DJ					9th - 0.5%	Eliminated
Light Balance	7	Electronic dance troupe					4th - 11.7%	Eliminated
Bars & Melody	8	Singing/rapping duo					1st - 47.5%	Top 3 (won public vote)
Lettice Rowbotham	9	Violinist					2nd - 16.8%	Top 3 (won judges' vote)⁵

^5 The judges' vote was a split decision. Lettice Rowbotham was announced to have received more public votes and was sent through to the final.

Semi-final 5 (31 May)

Guest performers: Attraction and Richard & Adam – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"^[40]

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes⁶				Finished^[43]	Result
Contestant	Order	Act	Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams	Finished^[43]	Result
La Voix & The London Gay Big Band	1	Drag artist & orchestral band					6th - 3.3%	Eliminated
Bailey McConnell	2	Singer-songwriter					3rd - 12.4%	Top 3 (lost judges' vote)
Kings & Queens	3	Latin dance troupe					5th - 3.5%	Eliminated
Peat Loaf & Elaine	4	Singing duo					9th - 1.5%	Eliminated
Andrew Derbyshire	5	Singer					7th - 2.3%	Eliminated
Jenson Zhu	6	Impressionist					4th - 4.1%	Eliminated
Kieran Lai	7	Dancer					8th - 2.0%	Eliminated
Paddy & Nico⁷	8	Salsa dancers					2nd - 13.9%	Top 3 (won judges' vote)
Jack Pack	9	Singing group					1st - 57.0%	Top 3 (won public vote)

^6 This was the first semi-final since series 4 in which no buzzers were pressed by any of the judges.
^7 On 29 May, it was reported that Paddy & Nico had withdrawn due to injury, but the following day a further announcement was made that Paddy had received the all-clear from doctors and would be able to compete, although the act would be slightly modified.^[45]

Final (7 June)

The final took place on 7 June from 7.00pm until 9.30pm. The final marked the hundredth episode of Britain's Got Talent.

Guest performers: Diversity & Little Mix – "Salute";^[46] Cheryl Cole featuring Tinie Tempah – "Crazy Stupid Love"^[47]

Contestant	Order	Act	Finished^[43]
Contestant	Order	Act	Finished^[43]	The Addict Initiative	1	Dance troupe	10th - 2.4%
Jon Clegg	2	Impressionist	7th - 5.2%
Lettice Rowbotham	3	Violinist	8th - 4.0%
Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi⁸	4	Dance troupe	11th - 1.0%
Bars & Melody	5	Singing/rapping duo	3rd - 14.3%
James Smith	6	Singer	6th - 6.9%
Jack Pack	7	Singing group	4th - 10.6%
Darcy Oake	8	Magician	5th - 8.5%
Paddy & Nico	9	Salsa dancers	9th - 3.6%
Collabro	10	Musical theatre singing group	1st - 26.5%
Lucy Kay	11	Opera singer	2nd - 17.0%

^8 Cowell pressed his buzzer during Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi's performance. This was the first time in Britain's Got Talent history that an act was buzzed during a final.

Ratings

Episode	Date	Official ITV rating^[48] (millions)	Weekly rank^[48]	Share (%)	Official ITV HD rating^[49] (millions)	Official ITV +1 rating^[49] (millions)	Total viewers (millions)
Auditions 1	12 April	10.03	1	45.0^[50]	1.82	0.56	12.41
Auditions 2	19 April	8.45	1	40.4^[51]	1.49	1.11	11.05
Auditions 3	26 April	8.63	1	42.6^[52]	1.76	0.94	11.33
Auditions 4	3 May	8.58	1	42.3^[53]	1.52	0.80	10.90
Auditions 5	10 May	8.45	1	41.1^[54]	1.77	0.92	11.14
Auditions 6	17 May	8.27	1	40.9^[55]	1.85	0.58	10.70
Auditions 7	25 May	7.68	1	38.9^[56]	1.52	0.73	9.93
Semi-final 1	26 May	8.74	1	39.1^[57]	1.72	0.48	10.94
Semi-final 1 results	26 May	7.13	10	33.3^[57]	1.44	0.30	8.87
Semi-final 2	27 May	7.60	8	34.9^[58]	1.28	0.48	9.36
Semi-final 2 results	27 May	5.94	14	27.4^[58]	1.02	0.58	7.54
Semi-final 3	28 May	7.82	6	36.7^[59]	1.26	0.33	9.41
Semi-final 3 results	28 May	6.19	13	28.7^[59]	0.98	0.33	7.55
Semi-final 4	29 May	7.70	7	36.7^[60]	1.35	0.48	9.53
Semi-final 4 results	29 May	6.78	12	33.3^[60]	1.20	0.41	8.39
Semi-final 5	31 May	7.00	11	38.1^[61]	1.34	0.63	8.97
Semi-final 5 results	31 May	5.57	19	28.2^[61]	1.18	0.34	7.09
Live final	7 June	9.64	1	49.0^[62]	1.89	0.52	12.05

Controversy

Hometown

On 15 March 2014, there were "fix" claims when it was revealed that Irish boy band Hometown, who auditioned successfully, were in fact managed by The X Factor judge Louis Walsh. However the producers denied any wrongdoing.^[63] Their audition was not shown on television.

Paddy & Nico

Controversy was also caused when it was announced that dance act Paddy & Nico, who advanced to the semi-finals after gaining Holden's golden buzzer in the auditions, had previously won the Spanish talent show Tú sí que vales, which has a similar format to Britain's Got Talent. Cowell defended the pair, stating; "Don't knock Paddy for performing on a Spanish talent show. She is British and wants the chance to perform in front of our royal family. She is 80 years old. Let her have that chance. You the viewers will decide."^[64]

Holden faced backlash, primary on Twitter, after comparing Paddy's performance spirit to the soldiers on D-Day in 1944.^[65] After Paddy & Nico's final performance, Holden commented, "I'm so proud of you. You have come back from injury with fighting spirit...I hope that today is Pad-D Day". Many tweets expressed the distaste in comparing Paddy Jones to soldiers that had fought in the war.

Ed Drewett

Cowell was not present at the audition of singer Ed Drewett; however many believed that this was set up as Cowell would have recognised him as Drewett has previously penned songs for The Wanted and One Direction. It was also reported that Drewett had been asked to audition by producers so that Cowell could sign him to Syco Music later on.^[66] In response to these claims, Drewett insisted that he had never met Cowell before his audition. He said, "I can completely see why people think, 'Oh, hang on, One Direction are with Syco, Syco do Britain's Got Talent, they must be paying him!' Not at all. It's just if someone wants a song, I'm going to give it to them, especially if they're One Direction."^[67]

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