The fourth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 17 April to 5 June 2010; due to live coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final on 22 May, the sixth audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it.Britain's Got Talent shifts back to Sunday Production on the fourth series during the filmed auditions required Louis Walsh to step in as a guest judge, after Simon Cowell became ill and unable to partake in certain sessions.
The fourth series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dance duo Twist and Pulse finishing in second place and drummer Kieran Gaffney third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 11 million viewers. Episodes of the live rounds were the first in the programme's history to feature guest performers within live result episodes, and were also the first to be broadcast in high definition; both the audition episodes and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent, remained in standard definition until the following year.
Series overview Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2010, within Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. They also took place within Newcastle upon Tyne, after they were cancelled at the last minute during production of the previous series. The Birmingham auditions were most notable in this series, due to the fact that because Cowell fell ill before he could attend them, marking the first time in the show's history he was unable to attend auditions, Louis Walsh replaced him as a guest judge for these until he had recovered. One significant change made to the programme in this series was towards the scheduling of semi-finals. Both the production staff and the broadcaster decided for the live semi-finals to follow a similar format incorporated in the live final – each set of semi-final performances were held in one episode, followed by a break to allow ITV to air another programme or a news programme, so as to give time for the public vote to be counted. The results would then be aired after this break, in a live results episode, much like the live finals had done in the past three series.
Of the participants that took part, only forty made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals, with eight appearing in each one, and ten of these acts making it into the live final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
ParticipantAge(s) GenrePerformance TypeSemi-Final1 2 3Result A3 13–19 Dance Dance Trio 5 Alesia Vazmitsel 30 Dance Pole Dancer 5 Chloe Hickinbottom 10 Singing Singer 3 Christopher Stone 28 Singing Opera Singer 3 Connected 13–15 Singing Boy Band 2 Dance Flavourz 22–37 Dance Carnival Dance Group 5 Emile Harris 17 Singing Singer 4 Father & Son 53 & 26 Singing Singing Duo 5 Ice 12–18 Dance Street Dance Group 4 Janey Cutler 81 Singing Singer 4 Jimmy Ford 75 Dance Irish Dancer 3 Josh Barry 16 Singing Singer 1 Kev Orkian 36 Singing / Music Impressionist & Pianist 2 Kevin Cruise 33 Singing Singer 1 Kieran Gaffney 13 Music Drummer 5 Third Place Liam McNally 14 Singing Boy Soprano 5 Mark James 30 Singing Half & Half Drag Singer 4 Maxxie Oliver 21 Singing Lady Gaga Impersonator 2 Michael Fayombo Jnr & Snr 14 & 38 Dance Michael Jackson Dance Duo 2 Myztikal 10–30 Singing / Dance Vocal Dance Group 5 Neil Fullard 42 Singing Jazz Singer 2 Olivia Archbold 14 Singing Singer 1 Paul Burling 40 Comedy Impressionist 3 Peridot 21–27 Dance Dance Group 3 Philip Grimmer 57 Dance Drag Dancer 3 Ruby Girls 19–25 Dance Dance Group 2 Sean Sheehan 66 Singing / Variety Singer & Woodcutter 1 Spelbound 12–24 Acrobatics Gymnastics Group 1 Starburst 9–13 Dance Dance Group 3 Stevie Starr 47 Danger Regurgitator 1 Taboo 7–23 Dance Dance Group 2 Team Shaolin 8–29 Acrobatics Martial Arts Group 4 The Arrangement 17–18 Singing / Music Singer & Orchestra 3 The Chippendoubles 30–48 Dance Celebrity Impersonators 5 The Fusion 15–30 Dance Dance Group 4 Three Bee 18–30 Dance Bollywood Dance Group 1 Tina & Chandi 37 & 11 Animals Dog Act 2 Tobias Mead 22 Dance Dancer 1 Twist & Pulse 18 & 19 Comedy / Dance Comic Dance Duo 4 Tyler Patterson 10 Dance Street Dancer 4
Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series. No precise locations were disclosed for The Chippendoubles – both as a group or for each respective member – during their time on the programme. The latter value is the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner.
Semi-final summary Buzzed out | Judges' vote |
Semi-final 1 (31 May) Guest performance: Diversity
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and Judges' VotePercentageResult Three Bee 1Bollywood Dance Group1.7% 6th – Eliminated Olivia Archbold 2Singer11.3% 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Kevin Cruise 3Singer1.5% 7th – Eliminated Stevie Starr 4Regurgitator6.4% 4th – Eliminated Tobias Mead 5Dancer14.3% 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Sean Sheehan 6Singer & Woodcutter0.7% 8th – Eliminated Josh Barry 7Singer1.7% 5th – Eliminated Spelbound 8Gymnastics Group62.4% 1st (Won Public Vote)
Semi-final 2 (1 June) Guest performance: Alicia Keys ("Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart")
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and Judges' VotePercentageResult Taboo 1Dance Group3.4% 4th – Eliminated Neil Fullard 2Jazz Singer17.2% 2nd (Lost Judges' Vote) Ruby Girls 3Dance Group1.1% 8th – Eliminated Connected 4Boy Band15.2% 3rd (Won Judges' Vote) Kev Orkian 5Impressionist & Keyboardist1.4% 6th – Eliminated Michael Fayombo Jnr & Snr 6Michael Jackson Dance Duo2.5% 5th – Eliminated Tina & Chandi 7Dog Act58.1% 1st (Won Public Vote) Maxxie Oliver 8Lady Gaga Impersonator1.1% 7th – Eliminated
Semi-final 3 (2 June) Guest performance: Pixie Lott ("Turn It Up")
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and Judges' VotePercentageResult Starburst 1Dance Group3.5% 6th – Eliminated Chloe Hickinbottom 2Singer6.2% 5th – Eliminated Philip Grimmer 3Drag Dancer0.4% 8th – Eliminated Paul Burling 4Impressionist36.4% 1st (Won Public Vote) The Arrangement 5Singer & Orchestra7.8% 4th – Eliminated Jimmy Ford 6Irish Dancer1.7% 7th – Eliminated Christopher Stone 7Opera Singer33.0% 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Peridot 8Dance Group11.0% 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Semi-final 4 (3 June) Guest performance: Miley Cyrus ("Can't Be Tamed")
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and Judges' VotePercentageResult Ice 1Street Dance Group1.7% 5th – Eliminated Tyler Patterson 2Dancer6.3% 4th – Eliminated Emile Harris 3Singer0.6% 8th – Eliminated Twist & Pulse 4Comic Dance Duo37.4% 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Team Shaolin 5Martial Arts Group0.8% 7th – Eliminated Mark James 6Half & Half Drag Singer0.9% 6th – Eliminated The Fusion 7Dance Group9.4% 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Janey Cutler 8Singer42.9% 1st (Won Public Vote)
Semi-final 5 (4 June) Guest performance: JLS ("The Club Is Alive")
Semi-FinalistOrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and Judges' VotePercentageResult The Chippendoubles 1Celebrity Impersonators2.2% 8th – Eliminated Liam McNally 2Boy Soprano21.0% 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Alesia Vazmitsel 3Pole Dancer5.3% 4th – Eliminated Myztikal 4Vocal Dance Group4.4% 5th – Eliminated Dance Flavourz 5Carnival Dance Group3.4% 6th – Eliminated Father & Son 6Singing Duo2.4% 7th – Eliminated A3 7Dance Trio12.1% 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Kieran Gaffney 8Drummer49.2% 1st (Won Public Vote)
Final (5 June) Usher ("OMG") and Dizzee Rascal & James Corden ("Shout")
FinalistOrderPerformance TypePercentageFinished Twist & Pulse 1Comic Dance Duo12.4% 2nd Liam McNally 2Boy Soprano3.0% 10th Paul Burling 3Impressionist8.7% 5th Christopher Stone 4Opera Singer5.1% 7th Tina & Chandi 5Dog Act9.0% 4th Connected 6Boy Band4.8% 8th Kieran Gaffney 7Drummer9.6% 3rd Tobias Mead 8Dancer6.9% 6th Janey Cutler 9Singer3.6% 9th Spelbound 10Gymnastics Group36.9% 1st
Ratings
Episode Air Date Total viewers(millions) ITV1Weekly rank Viewer Share (%) Auditions 1 17 April 11.87 1 44.0 Auditions 2 24 April 11.60 1 45.7 Auditions 3 1 May 11.84 1 43.9 Auditions 4 8 May 12.17 1 44.1 Auditions 5 15 May 10.84 1 43.8 Auditions 6 23 May 10.68 1 42.8 Auditions 7 29 May 10.87 1 40.3 Semi-final 1 31 May 11.82 2 43.1 Semi-final 1 results 11.32 4 40.3 Semi-final 2 1 June 11.17 5 41.2 Semi-final 2 results 10.69 8 39.0 Semi-final 3 2 June 10.88 6 45.6 Semi-final 3 results 9.19 13 34.2 Semi-final 4 3 June 10.37 9 48.2 Semi-final 4 results 10.34 10 41.7 Semi-final 5 4 June 10.13 11 46.3 Semi-final 5 results 9.64 12 39.4 Live final 5 June 13.50 1 54.6
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