Britain's Got Talent series 6
Template:Infobox reality talent competition Series Six of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2012, from 24 March to 12 May on ITV - many media outlets criticised the series' premiere date, believing it was a deliberate attempt to start a "ratings war" with the BBC, which was launching The Voice UK at the same time.[1] Following the previous year, Simon Cowell returned to the programme to oversee auditions for the sixth series,[2] while the departure of both David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre after the fifth series,[3][4] led to the producers replacing them with Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.[5] Because of her pregnancy, Amanda Holden had to miss some of the auditions, leading to Carmen Electra standing in for her as a guest judge.[6][7]
Apart from retaining the use of four judges following the previous series, the sixth series is most notable for three significant changes made in the show's format - the prize money was increased to £500,000;[8] the number of semi-finalists per semi-final was increased to 9; and the judges could now choose any semi-finalist that was eliminated and re-instate them into the live final as the "Judges' Wildcard". In addition, the series introduced a second means of voting for viewers in the form of mobile short codes - each participant received one during the show would could be called from any phone, with a small portion of the phone-in fee being donated to charity. Unlike The X Factor, text voting via this method was not incorporated, due to the potential risk of delays within the mobile text networks at busy times.[9]
The sixth series was won by dancing dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey, with opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte finishing in second place and Welsh choir Only Boys Aloud in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.6 million viewers. In an interview they took part in, hosts Ant & Dec felt that this year's semi-finalists were the best they had seen since the show began.[10]
Series overview
Following open auditions held the previous year,[11][12] the Judges' auditions were held during January and February 2012, within Manchester,[13] Blackpool, Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Like the previous series, a number of acts were invited to audition between 6 and 22 January, after being found via their videos on YouTube.[14] Twenty-five participants from this were picked by the producers and revealed by Britain's Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern via a live YouTube stream from backstage at the London auditions, in which the YouTube community voted on their favourites between 6 and 13 February, with the winning acts later performing before the judges after the results of the vote on 18 February. Between 25 and 31 January, the sponsors of the show for this series, Virgin Media, ran addition auditions for the show via videos made on YouTube and/or Vimeo, which, while adhering to the same rules, were restricted to only Virgin Media customer, with the five winning acts later performing for the judges during the Birmingham auditions.
Following the previous series, both David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre announced that they wouldn't be returning for another year of the competition.[3][4] Their decision led to the producers seeking out their replacements, after deciding to maintain the use of four judges in the programme following Cowell's announcement in December 2011 that he would be returning to oversee auditions for the sixth series. Both Hasselhoff and McIntyre were eventually replaced by comedian David Walliams, and singer and TV presenter Alesha Dixon, the latter having previously been a judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.[5] Owing to her pregnancy entering its late stages, Holden was forced to be absent from the Blackpool auditions.[6] As a result, the production team brought in Carmen Electra as a guest judge and oversee these in her place, until Holden was cleared by doctors to return to overseeing the remainder of the auditions.[7][15] Apart from a change in the judging panel, the producers decided to increase the prize money offered to the winner of the series to £500,000, with Cowell pledging half of the prize money.[8]
Of the participants that took part, only forty five made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals,[16] with nine appearing in each one; this was a significant change after the last four series of the programme. In a change with the format, the live final featured ten acts that made it through the semi-finals, and one additional act dubbed "the Judges' wildcard" - if a semi-finalist was eliminated in their semi-final, they became eligible to be picked as a wildcard act for the final by the judges, with the choice made prior to the live final's broadcast. The wildcard for this series was boyband The Mend, after they lost out in the tied Judges' vote in the first semi-final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place
- Finalist | Semi-finalist (lost judges' vote) | Semi-finalist (eliminated)
Participant | Age(s) | Genre | Act | Semi-final | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Analiza Ching | 29 | Music | Violinist | 1 | Eliminated |
Aquabatique | 21–28 | Acrobatics | Synchronised swimmers | 5 | Finalist (Won Judges' vote) |
Area 51 | 23–44 | Dance | Pyrotechnic dance troupe | 3 | Eliminated |
Ashleigh and Pudsey | 17 & 6 | Animals | Dancing dog act | 1 | Winner |
Ashley Elliot | 16 | Music | Xylophonist | 3 | Eliminated |
Be Minor | 13–14 | Singing | Girlband | 4 | Eliminated |
Beatrix von Bourbon | 27 | Dance | Burlesque dancer | 4 | Eliminated |
Billy George | 20 | Acrobatics | Cyr wheel performer | 5 | Eliminated (Lost Judges' vote) |
Brynolf & Ljung | 35 & 36 | Magic | Card magicians | 4 | Eliminated |
Callum Oakley | 16 | Comedy | Comedian | 5 | Eliminated |
Cascade | 22–35 | Danger | Action-stunt team | 2 | Eliminated |
Chica Latina | 44 | Singing / Variety | Entertainer/singer | 4 | Eliminated |
Dennis Egel | 41 | Singing / Variety | Singer/entertainer | 3 | Eliminated |
Face Team | 19–28 | Acrobatics | Basketball stunt team | 5 | Eliminated |
Fish on Percussion | 24 | Music | Drummer/performer | 2 | Eliminated |
Four Corners | 17–25 | Dance | Dance troupe | 2 | Eliminated |
Gatis Kandis | 31 | Comedy | Stand-up comedian | 4 | Eliminated |
Graham Blackledge | 42 | Singing / Music | Organist/singer | 2 | Eliminated |
Greig Stewart | 27 | Music | Laser harpist | 5 | Eliminated |
Honey Shazad | 21 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
Hope Murphy | 16 | Singing | Singer | 5 | Eliminated |
Jive Aces | 34–49 | Music | Performance instrumental band | 1 | Eliminated |
Jonathan and Charlotte | 17 & 16 | Singing | Opera duo | 2 | Runner-up |
Kai & Natalia | 15 & 16 | Dance | Ballroom dancers | 2 | Finalist (Won Judges' vote) |
Karizma Krew | 14–38 | Dance | Dance troupe | 2 | Eliminated |
Lauren Thalia | 12 | Singing / Music | Singer/guitarist | 1 | Eliminated |
Loveable Rogues | 18–20 | Singing | Acoustic band | 3 | Finalist (Won Public vote) |
Lucky | 26 | Variety | Contortionist | 3 | Eliminated |
Malaki Paul | 9 | Singing | Singer | 4 | Eliminated (Lost Judges' vote) |
Martyn Crofts | 42 | Comedy | Dalek impersonator | 5 | Eliminated |
Molly Rainford | 11 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Finalist (Won Judges' vote) |
Nu Sxool | 10–17 | Dance | Dance troupe | 4 | Finalist (Won Judges' vote) |
Only Boys Aloud | 14–19 | Singing | Male choir | 1 | Third place |
Paige Turley | 14 | Singing | Singer | 2 | Eliminated (Lost Judges' vote) |
Rachel Knowland | 25 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Ryan O'Shaughnessy | 19 | Singing / Music | Singer-songwriter/guitarist | 5 | Finalist (Won Public vote) |
Sam Kelly | 19 | Singing / Music | Singer/guitarist | 4 | Finalist (Won Public vote) |
Strictly Wheels | 39 & 41 | Dance | Ballroom dance duo | 5 | Eliminated |
The Mend | 21–22 | Singing | Boyband | 1 | Finalist (Won Judges' Wildcard) |
The Showbears | 34–53 | Singing | Singers/entertainers | 2 | Eliminated |
The Sugar Dandies | 40 & 40 | Dance | Ballroom dancers | 4 | Eliminated |
The Zimmers | 66–88 | Music | Performance rappers | 3 | Eliminated |
Twist and Pulse Dance Company | 12–20 | Dance | Dance troupe | 3 | Eliminated (Lost Judges' vote) |
United We Stand | 17–25 | Dance | Dance troupe | 1 | Eliminated |
Zipparah Tafari ('Mr Zip') | 49 | Music | Rapper | 1 | Eliminated |
Semi-finals summary
- Buzzed out
- Judges' vote
- Won the public vote | Won the judges' vote; won by public vote in the event of a tie
- Lost the judges' vote; lost by public vote in the event of a tie | Eliminated
Semi-final 1 (6 May)
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Zipparah Tafari | 1 | Comedy Rapper | 4th - Eliminated | ||||
The Jive Aces | 2 | Swing Jazz Band | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Lauren Thalia | 3 | Singer And Guitarist | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
United We Stand | 4 | Street Dance Troupe | 9th - Eliminated | ||||
Analiza Ching | 5 | Violinist | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
The Mend 1 | 6 | Boy Band | 3rd (Judges' vote tied - Lost on Public Vote) | ||||
Rachel Knowland | 7 | Singer | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Ashleigh & Pudsey | 8 | Dog Act | 1st (Won Public vote) | ||||
Only Boys Aloud | 9 | Male Vocal Choir | 2nd (Judges' vote tied - Won on Public vote) |
- ^1 The Mend were later sent through to the final as a wildcard after the semi-finals.
Semi-final 2 (7 May)
- Guest performer: The Wanted ("Chasing the Sun")
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Cascade | 1 | Martial Arts Stunt Team | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
Paige Turley | 2 | Singer | 3rd (Lost Judges' vote) | ||||
Karizma Krew | 3 | Dance Troupe | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
The Showbears | 4 | Entertainers | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Fish on Percussion | 5 | Percussionist | 9th - Eliminated | ||||
Graham Blackledge | 6 | Singer And Organist | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Kai and Natalia | 7 | Latin Ballroom Couple | 2nd (Won Judges' vote) | ||||
Four Corners | 8 | Dance Troupe | 4th - Eliminated | ||||
Jonathan and Charlotte | 9 | Opera Duo | 1st (Won Public vote) |
Semi-final 3 (8 May)
- Guest performer: LMFAO (Medley of "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It") [18]
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
The Zimmers | 1 | Comedy Rappers | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Area 51 | 2 | Pyrotechnic Dance Troupe | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
Ashley Elliot | 3 | Xylophonist | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Molly Rainford | 4 | Singer | 2nd (Judges' vote tied - Won on Public vote) | ||||
Lucky | 5 | Contortionist | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Loveable Rogues | 6 | Acoustic Group | 1st (Won Public vote) | ||||
Honey Shazad | 7 | Singer | 9th - Eliminated | ||||
Twist and Pulse Dance Company | 8 | Street Dance Troupe | 3rd (Judges' vote tied - Lost on Public vote) | ||||
Dennis Egel | 9 | Entertainer | 4th - Eliminated |
Semi-final 4 (9 May)
- Guest performer: Labrinth ("Express Yourself")
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Chica Latina | 1 | Entertainer | 9th - Eliminated | ||||
Brynolf and Ljung | 2 | Illusionists | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Malaki Paul | 3 | Singer | 3rd (Lost Judges' vote) | ||||
Gatis Kandis | 4 | Comedian | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
The Sugar Dandies | 5 | Ballroom Dancers | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Nu Sxool | 6 | Dance Troupe | 2nd (Won Judges' vote) | ||||
Beatrix von Bourbon | 7 | Burlesque Dancer | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
Sam Kelly | 8 | Singer And Guitarist | 1st (Won Public vote) | ||||
Be Minor | 9 | Girl Band | 4th - Eliminated |
Semi-final 5 (10 May)
- Guest performer: Rebecca Ferguson ("Teach Me How to Be Loved")
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Result[17] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | ||||
Face Team | 1 | Basketball Stunt Team | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Greig Stewart | 2 | Laser Harpist | 9th - Eliminated | ||||
Billy George | 3 | Cyr Wheel Acrobat | 3rd (Lost Judges' vote) | ||||
Martyn Crofts | 4 | Dalek Voice Impersonator | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
Callum Oakley | 5 | Comedian | 4th - Eliminated | ||||
Hope Murphy | 6 | Singer | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Strictly Wheels | 7 | Wheelchair Ballroom Dancers | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Aquabatique 2 | 8 | Synchronised Swimmers | 2nd (Won Judges' vote) | ||||
Ryan O'Shaughnessy | 9 | Singer And Guitarist | 1st (Won Public vote) |
- ^2 Aquabatique performed outside the studio, with the judges watching from inside.
Final (12 May)
- Guest performers: Susan Boyle ("You'll See"); Diversity & Paul Gbegbaje;[19] The Show Bears featuring David Walliams ("It's Raining Men")
- Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place
Finalist | Order | Act | Finished[17] |
---|---|---|---|
The Mend | 1 | Boy Band | 7th |
Sam Kelly | 2 | Singer/guitarist | 9th |
Nu Sxool | 3 | Dance Troupe | 8th |
Molly Rainford | 4 | Singer | 6th |
Loveable Rogues | 5 | Acoustic Group | 4th |
Kai and Natalia | 6 | Latin Ballroom Dancers | 11th |
Aquabatique 3 | 7 | Synchronised Swimmers | 10th |
Ryan O'Shaughnessy | 8 | Singer And Guitarist | 5th |
Only Boys Aloud | 9 | Male Vocal Choir | 3rd |
Ashleigh and Pudsey | 10 | Dog act | 1st |
Jonathan and Charlotte | 11 | Opera Duo | 2nd |
- ^3 Aquabatique performed outside the studio, with the judges watching from inside.
Ratings
Episode | Date | Total viewers (millions)[20] | Weekly rank[20] | Share (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Auditions 1 | 24 March | 11.57 | 3 | 39.2[21] |
Auditions 2 | 31 March | 12.17 | 1 | 41.3[22] |
Auditions 3 | 7 April | 11.95 | 1 | 38.7[23] |
Auditions 4 | 14 April | 12.18 | 1 | 39.5[24] |
Auditions 5 | 21 April | 11.60 | 1 | 38.2[25] |
Auditions 6 | 28 April | 11.97 | 1 | 41.8[26] |
Auditions 7 | 5 May | 11.27 | 1 | 38.9[27] |
Semi-final 1 | 6 May | 11.01 | 2 | 35.5[28] |
Semi-final 2 | 7 May | 10.77 | 2 | 35.6[29] |
Semi-final 2 results | 9.44 | 9 | 32.4[29] | |
Semi-final 3 | 8 May | 9.12 | 12 | 33.5[30] |
Semi-final 3 results | 7.91 | 15 | 27.8[30] | |
Semi-final 4 | 9 May | 10.15 | 3 | 37.6[31] |
Semi-final 4 results | 7.95 | 14 | 27.3[31] | |
Semi-final 5 | 10 May | 9.90 | 7 | 36.6[32] |
Semi-final 5 results | 8.83 | 13 | 30.2[32] | |
Live final | 12 May | 13.12 | 1 | 46.4[33] |
Criticism, controversies & incidents
Unsuitable content complaint
After the second audition episode had been aired, around over 70 complaints were made to Ofcom in regards to the performance of burlesque performer Beatrix Von Bourbon. Their criticism was over her audition, which involved stripping down until she wore only nipple tassels and a corset, which these viewers had felt to be unsuitable for a family show, especially as it had been shown before the 9pm watershed.[34] In its defence to this criticism, ITV released a statement in which they pointed out that the footage that was aired had been "carefully edited to ensure it was suitable". Ofcom launched an investigation into the matter which ran until 23 July 2012, in which, based on their findings, the regulator ruled that the broadcaster had not breached broadcasting codes that concerned the protection of children from unsuitable material, stating that the measures taken by the broadcaster had been within acceptable parameters of these codes.[35]
"Conflict of interest" audition
As part of the show's terms and conditions, stated in Section 23 regarding audition forms, all participants who audition for Britain's Got Talent must provide truthful information about themselves. Such disclosure includes information about any other show they are contracted to appear on, which would prohibit them from progressing beyond the auditions stage of the competition. While checking his background, researchers discovered that when singer/guitarist Ryan O'Shaughnessy had auditioned, he was already in a contract with Universal Music and had a place on the first series of The Voice of Ireland that was airing the same year as the sixth series of the show. This discovery led to Simon Cowell having to talk to O'Shaughnessy on his own and pointing out the researcher's findings to him, to which the singer stated in his defence that he wanted the freedom to express his own music that the competition show could give him, which The Voice of Ireland restricted. However, Cowell did not agree with his argument:[36][37][38]
"All you're doing is taking the place of somebody else, who isn't in your position on two shows. I'll be absolutely blunt with you, we were going to give you a yes, but I can't... you understand that?"
O'Shaughnessy, while accepting this decision, insisted he would do what he could to get out of The Voice of Ireland and out of his contract with Universal Music, which he successfully completed before the live semi-finals began on 6 May.[citation needed]
Voting app mishap
For this series of Britain's Got Talent, the show's production team decided to incorporate a second new method of voting that viewers could use, in the form of a mobile app. The concept for this idea was that viewers could purchase a set of three votes for a small fee and then use them, via the app, for any act that they liked in the semi-finals; any votes not used in one show would be carried forward to the next, and once all three votes had been used, the viewer would have to buy another set to place further votes. However, when this voting method was implemented for the first live semi-final, technical difficulties arose that led to use of the app being halted; as the problems could not be fixed after they arose, the decision was made to discontinue its use for the rest of the series. Ofcom later investigated the incident, after thousands of viewers who bought the app later complained to the regulator of their difficulties in using it to make votes, as over the half of the votes did not go through as a result of the technical fault. In their findings, the regulator reprimanded ITV for having failed to ensure that the app worked smoothly upon its activation, adding:
"We were therefore concerned that the application was unable to handle demand when voting opened. This meant that a significant proportion of viewers who had responded to the programme's invitation to purchase voting credits via the app were unable to use them and that therefore viewers were effectively misled - albeit unintentionally. We expect licensees to take all steps and efforts that are reasonably practicable to ensure the integrity and robustness of the systems they use."
However, Ofcom acknowledged that the concept of voting via smartphones was an original idea and that ITV was not at fault for the technical issues that arose from its use, while commending the broadcaster for providing sufficient action to deal with the aftermath of the fault.[39]
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