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The 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...

was the third series of the programme. It began airing on ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

on 11 April. The 2009 panel of judges consisted of Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...

, Amanda Holden

Amanda Holden

Amanda Louise Holden is an English actress and presenter. Among her roles are Mia Bevan in Cutting It, Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart, and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award...

and Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....

. Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook is an English model, actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and Playboy model.-Early life:...

was originally announced as a new fourth judge, reportedly being offered £200,000 for the role, but was fired after just six days, having acted as a judge in Manchester only, just one of the five audition venues. According to Cowell, the reason given for sacking Brook was because the producers decided the format was "too complicated" with four judges.

The application process took place throughout January and February 2009 with auditions being held in five of Britain's major cities: Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

for three days, where the judges saw a total of 120 auditionees; Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

for one day, viewing a total of 40 auditionees; Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

for three days, watching a further 120 auditionees; London for three days, seeing 128 acts; and Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

for one day, where they saw 40 auditionees.

The "First Round Call-Backs" took place in London on Saturday 7 February, where 40 acts were made aware that they would be competing in the live semi-finals in May.

Britain's Got Talent 2009 started on 11 April and there were five semi-final shows taking place beginning from 24 May, until the final on 30 May.

One of the most notable performances for the series was by Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle

Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...

, a 48-year-old Scottish woman. Boyle sang “I Dreamed a Dream

I Dreamed a Dream

"I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the musical Les Misérables. It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron...

” from the musical Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....

. The performance earned a unanimous "yes" vote and resounding astonishment from the judges. Her performance helped lift the show to a launch record of 11.2 million viewers. Within five days of her initial appearance, YouTube recordings of the event had collectively generated more than 100 million views. Boyle also attracted widespread international media coverage.

The final were held ended on 30 May 2009. Other people in the final included; Aidan Davis

Aidan Davis

Aidan Davis is a child street dancer from Birmingham, England who is best known for reaching the final of the third series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He finished fifth place overall...

, Stavros Flatley, Flawless

Flawless (dance group)

Flawless are a UK based Street dance group.They appeared on the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent and got to the final of the competition, they appeared alongside fellow Street Dance team Diversity who went on to win the competition. They later appeared in the 2010 film StreetDance 3D. They...

, Hollie Steel

Hollie Steel

Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....

, Diversity

Diversity (dance troupe)

Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...

, Shaun Smith, Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009...

, the grandfather and granddaughter singing duo "2 Grand" and Julian Smith who played the soprano saxophone. The top three finishers were Julian Smith, Diversity and Susan Boyle, with street dance group Diversity

Diversity (dance troupe)

coming out as the winners, Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle

was the runner-up, and saxophonist

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

Julian Smith

Julian Smith (saxophonist)

Julian Smith is a British saxophonist and music teacher from Halesowen. He is also known by his stage name Joolz Gianni...

came in third place.

Judges and presenters

Initially, it was announced that the judges for the 2009 series would consist of original judges Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

, Amanda Holden

Amanda Holden

and Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....

with the addition of new judge Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook is an English model, actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and Playboy model.-Early life:...

. However, it was later announced that Brook was to leave the panel after just six days working on the show. It was reported that Cowell felt "very bad" following Brook's exit and that he had offered her a job in another role on the show. It was also reported that Brook would receive her full £100,000 fee for appearing on the show. According to Cowell, the reason given for sacking Brook was because the producers decided the format was "too complicated" with four judges. She has since been referred to as a "guest judge" at only Manchester.

Ant and Dec returned as hosts of the main show on ITV

ITV

. Stephen Mulhern

Stephen Mulhern

Stephen Daniel Mulhern is a British TV presenter, entertainer, and former magician. He began presenting in the studio on CITV in May 1998 and became a leading presenter until he left in August 2002. He has presented a number of shows, including SMTV Live, Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown and...

also returned as host of the sister-show Britain's Got More Talent.

Auditions

The application process took place throughout January and February 2009. First the judges visited Manchester

Manchester

for three days where they saw a total of 120 auditioners. They then visited Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

for a day, viewing a total of 40 auditioners. They then headed back down south to England, and to Birmingham

Birmingham

for three days, watching a further 120 auditioners.

The next stop was London, where the judges saw a total of 128 acts over three days from Wednesday 28 January to Friday 30 January. Finally, the judges went to Cardiff

Cardiff

for a day on Monday 3 February, where they saw 40 auditioners attempt to win their vote. Auditions were also to be held in Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, but were cancelled just days beforehand.

Semi-finalists

On 23 May, the 40 semi-finalists selected from the almost 200 successful auditions in the First Round Call-Backs were revealed.

Key	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place	Finalist	Semi-finalist (lost judges' vote)

Name / Name of Act	Age(s)	Genre	Act	From	Semi
2 Grand	12,76	Singing	Grandfather and granddaughter singing duo	Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...	4
Aidan Davis	12 (11 in the audition)	Dancing	Street dancer	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	5
The Barrow Boys	18-27	Dancing	Wheelbarrow dancers	Devon Devon Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...	3
Ben and Becky	18,16 (17,16 in audition)	Dancing	Ballroom dancers	Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...	3
Brit Chix	23-26	Music	Rock band	Boston Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...	4
Callum Francis Callum Francis Callum Rory McKenzie Francis is a child stage actor from Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. In May 2009 he reached the semi-finals of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent...	12	Performing	Musical theatre performer	Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...	4
Darth Jackson	37	Dancing	Darth Vader Darth Vader Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy.... and Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... impersonator	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	1
DCD Seniors	14-21	Dancing	Dance troupe	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	5
Diversity Diversity (dance troupe) Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...	13-25 (12-25 in the audition)	Dancing	Street dancers	London and Essex	1
DJ Talent DJ Talent DJ Talent is a part time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings , and a full set of gold teeth costing...	30	Singing	Rapper	London	2
The Dreambears	29-34	Dancing	Comedy dancers	London	5
Fabia Cerra	35	Dancing	Burlesque Burlesque Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects... dancer	Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...	4
Faces of Disco	24,30	Comedy / Dancing	Comedy dancers	London	1
Flawless	20-31	Dancing	Street dancers	North London North London North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...	2
Floral High Notes	43,46	Singing	Opera singing and flower arranging	Wilmslow Wilmslow -Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury... &Stockport Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...	3
Fred Bowers	73	Dancing	Break dancing pensioner	Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...	4
Gareth Oliver	28	Comedy	Ventriloquism Ventriloquism Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...	Calderdale Calderdale The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...	2
Good Evans	6-42	Singing	Singing family	Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...	5
Greg Pritchard	24	Singing	Countertenor Countertenor A countertenor is a male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or far more rarely than normal, modal voice. A pre-pubescent male who has this ability is called a treble... /Male Soprano Sopranist A sopranist is a male singer who is able to sing in the vocal tessitura of a soprano usually through the use of falsetto vocal production. This voice type is a specific kind of countertenor...	Usk Usk Usk is a small town in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated 10 miles northeast of Newport.The River Usk flows through the town and is spanned by an ancient, arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. A castle above the town overlooks the ancient Anglo-Welsh border crossing - the river can...	5
Harmony	14,16	Singing	Musical theatre performers	Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...	3
Hollie Steel Hollie Steel Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....	10	Singing	Singer	Accrington Accrington Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...	5
Hot Honeyz	16-25	Dancing	Dancers	Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...	2
Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes	40,2	Dancing / Animals	Dog dancing	Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...	4
Jamie Pugh	38 (37 in the audition)	Singing	Singer	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	2
Julia Naidenko	24	Dancing	Belly dancer	London (originally Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... )	1
Julian Smith	40 (39 in audition)	Instrumentalist	Saxophonist	Halesowen Halesowen Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273... , West Midlands West Midlands (county) The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...	4
Kay Oresanya	31	Singing	Human "saxophonist"	Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... (originally Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... )	3
Luke Clements	36	Miscellaneous	Fruit Juggler	Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...	5
Martin "Gos" Matcham	35	Instrumentalist	Guitar player	Dover Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...	5
MD Showgroup	9-17	Dancing	Street dancers	Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...	3
Merlin Cadogan	35	Stunts	Escapologist, Juggler, Breath Holder	Devon Devon Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...	2
Natalie Okri	10	Singing	Singer	South East London South London South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...	1
Nick Hell	26	Stunts	Freak show Freak show A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small, those with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics, people with other extraordinary diseases and... /stunt performer	Sunderland	1
Peter Coghlan (aka Mama Trish)	48	Performer	Drag act	Stafford Stafford Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...	2
Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009...	12	Singing	Singer	Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands... , South Wales South Wales South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...	3
Shaun Smith	17	Singing	Singer	Lichfield Lichfield Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...	2
Stavros Flatley	13,40 (12,40 in audition)	Comedy/Dancing	Comedy Dancers	North London North London North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South... (originally Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... )	3
Sue Son	24	Instrumentalist	Electric violinist Electric violin An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body...	London	1
Susan Boyle Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...	49	Singing	Singer	Blackburn, West Lothian Blackburn, West Lothian Blackburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland next to Bathgate and five miles from Livingston. It is situated about from Edinburgh along the old A8 road between Edinburgh and Glasgow.- History :...	1
Sugarfree	16-23	Dancing	Street dancers	Gravesend, Kent Gravesend, Kent Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. It is the administrative town of the Borough of Gravesham and, because of its geographical position, has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of this part of...	4

Semi-final summary

The "Order" columns lists the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

Key	X Buzzed out	Judges' choice	Won the public vote	Won the judges' vote

Semi-final 1

Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Buzzes and judges' choices
Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Cowell Simon Cowell Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...	Holden Amanda Holden Amanda Louise Holden is an English actress and presenter. Among her roles are Mia Bevan in Cutting It, Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart, and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award...	Morgan Piers Morgan Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....
1	2nd (36.2%)	Diversity	Street dancers
2	4th	Sue Son	Electric violinist
3	7th	Darth Jackson		X
4	3rd	Natalie Okri	Singer
5	5th	Julia Naidenko	Belly Dancer		X
6	8th	Nick Hell	Freakshow/stunt performer	X	X	X
7	6th	Faces of Disco	Comedy dancers	X		X
8	1st (52.1%)	Susan Boyle Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...	Singer

Judge's Vote To Send Through To The Final

Diversity Vs. Natalie Okri

Morgan's Vote: Diversity. Said he chose the act that standed the better chance of winning the show.
Holden's Vote: Natalie Okri. Gave no reason other than the fact that both acts were in her Top 3.
Cowell's Vote: Diversity. Said he had been "Huge Fans" of Diversity from their first audition.

Semi-final 2

Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Buzzes and judges' choices
Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Cowell	Holden	Morgan
1	5th	DJ Talent DJ Talent DJ Talent is a part time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings , and a full set of gold teeth costing...	Rapper
2	4th	Merlin Cadogan	Escapologist
3	8th	Hot Honeyz	Dancers	X		X
4	6th	Jamie Pugh	Singer		X
5	7th	Peter Coghlan (aka Mama Trish)	Drag act	X	X
6	3rd (lost judges' vote)	Gareth Oliver	Ventriloquist	X
7	2nd (37.1%)	Shaun Smith	Singer
8	1st (38.7%)	Flawless	Street dance troupe

Semi-final 3

Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Buzzes and judges' choices
Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Cowell	Holden	Morgan
1	4th	Harmony	Musical theatre performers
2	7th	Kay Oresanya	Human saxophone	X
3	6th	Ben and Becky	Ballroom dancers
4	2nd (26.3%)	Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009...	Singer
5	5th	The Barrow Boys	Wheelbarrow dancers	X		X
6	3rd (lost judges' vote)	MD Showgroup	Dancers
7	8th	Floral High Notes	Opera singing and flower arranging	X
8	1st (50.4%)	Stavros Flatley	Comedy Dancers

Semi-final 4

Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Buzzes and judges' choices
Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Cowell	Holden	Morgan
1	8th	Sugar Free	Dancers
2	7th		Dog act			X
3	3rd (lost judges vote)	Callum Francis	Musical performer
4	5th	Fred Bowers	Break dancer
5	6th	Brit Chix	Rock band	X	X	X
6	1st (56.7%)	Julian Smith Julian Smith (saxophonist) Julian Smith is a British saxophonist and music teacher from Halesowen. He is also known by his stage name Joolz Gianni...	Saxophonist
7		2 Grand	Singers
8	4th	Fabia Cerra	Burlesque dancer

Semi-final 5

Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Buzzes and judges' choices
Order	Finished	Artist	Act	Cowell	Holden	Morgan
1	7th	The Dreambears	Comedy dancers	X
2	6th	Good Evans	Singers			X
3	8th	Luke Clements	Juggler	X	X	X
4 & 7	2nd (26.0%)	Hollie Steel Hollie Steel Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....	Singer
5	5th	Martin Matcham	Singer and guitarist	X
6	1st (50.6%)	Aidan Davis Aidan Davis Aidan Davis is a child street dancer from Birmingham, England who is best known for reaching the final of the third series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He finished fifth place overall...	Dancer
8	4th	DCD Seniors	Dancers
9	3rd (lost judges' vote)	Greg Pritchard	Countertenor Countertenor A countertenor is a male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or far more rarely than normal, modal voice. A pre-pubescent male who has this ability is called a treble... singer	X

Final

Key	Winner	Runner-Up	Third Place

Order	Finished	Percentage of Votes Out of nearly four million votes. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090531/entertainment/centertainment_us_boyle	Artist	Act
1	8th	3.6%	Flawless	Dance Troupe
2	7th	3.8%	Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009...	Singer
3	5th	6.5%	Aidan Davis Aidan Davis Aidan Davis is a child street dancer from Birmingham, England who is best known for reaching the final of the third series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He finished fifth place overall...	Streetdancer
4	10th	1.0%	2 Grand	Duet of "A Whole New World"
5	6th	3.9%	Hollie Steel Hollie Steel Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....	Singer
6	4th	16.3%	Stavros Flatley	Greek/Irish Comedy Dancers
7	9th	3.4%	Shaun Smith	Singer
8	2nd	20.2%	Susan Boyle Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...	Singing "I Dreamed A Dream"
9	1st	24.9%	Diversity Diversity (dance troupe) Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...	Dance Troupe
10	3rd	16.4%	Julian Smith Julian Smith (saxophonist) Julian Smith is a British saxophonist and music teacher from Halesowen. He is also known by his stage name Joolz Gianni...	Saxophonist

Live show chart

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|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|SF 5
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|align="center" bgcolor="gold" rowspan="10"|Final
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Diversity
Diversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...

|align="center" bgcolor="yellow" | JC (36.2%)
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|bgcolor="gold"|Winners (24.9%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...

|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | Win (52.1%)
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|bgcolor="silver"|Second (20.2%)

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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Julian Smith
Julian Smith (saxophonist)
Julian Smith is a British saxophonist and music teacher from Halesowen. He is also known by his stage name Joolz Gianni...

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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | Win (56.7%)
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|bgcolor="#CC9966" |Third (16.4%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Stavros Flatley
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | Win (50.4%)
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|bgcolor="salmon" |4th (16.3%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Aidan Davis
Aidan Davis
Aidan Davis is a child street dancer from Birmingham, England who is best known for reaching the final of the third series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He finished fifth place overall...

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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | Win (50.6%)
|bgcolor="salmon" |5th (6.5%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Hollie Steel
Hollie Steel
Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....

|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
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|align="center" bgcolor="yellow" | JC (26.0%)
|bgcolor="salmon" |6th (3.9%)
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Shaheen Jafargholi
Shaheen Jafargholi
Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009...

|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
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|align="center" bgcolor="yellow" | JC (26.3%)
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|bgcolor="salmon" |7th (3.8%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Flawless
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|align="center" bgcolor="gold" | Win (38.7%)
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="salmon" |8th (3.6%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Shaun Smith
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|align="center" bgcolor="yellow" | JC (37.1%)
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="salmon" |9th (3.4%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|2 Grand
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|align="center" bgcolor="yellow" | JC (24.6%)
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="salmon" |10th (1.0%)
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|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="7"|Semi
Final 5
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Greg Pritchard
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Martin Matcham
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|bgcolor="tomato" rowspan=5|ELIM
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|The Dreambears
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Luke Clements
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|DCD Seniors
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Good Evans
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|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="6"|Semi
Final 4
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Callum Francis
Callum Francis
Callum Rory McKenzie Francis is a child stage actor from Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. In May 2009 he reached the semi-finals of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent...

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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Brit Chix
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|bgcolor="tomato" rowspan=5|ELIM
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Fabia Cerra
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Fred Bowers
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Sugarfree
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|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="6"|Semi
Final 3
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|MD Showgroup
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|bgcolor="grey"|
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Floral Highnotes
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|bgcolor="tomato" rowspan=5|ELIM
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|The Barrow Boys
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Kay Oresanya
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Harmony
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Ben & Becky
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|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="6"|Semi
Final 2
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Gareth Oliver
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
|bgcolor="grey"|
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|DJ Talent
DJ Talent
DJ Talent is a part time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings , and a full set of gold teeth costing...

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|bgcolor="tomato" rowspan=5|ELIM
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|bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Merlin Cadogan
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Jamie Pugh
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Hot Honeyz
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Peter Coghlan
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Final 1
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Natalie Okri
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Sue Son
|bgcolor="tomato" rowspan=5|ELIM
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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Julia Naidenko

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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Darth Jackson

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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Nick Hell

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|align="center" bgcolor="white"|Faces Of Disco

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Ratings

Show	Date	Overnight Rating	Share	Peak	Official Rating
Auditions 1	11 April	10.52m	45.1%	11.81m	11.21m
Auditions 2	18 April	11.86m	50.6%	13.48m	12.95m
Auditions 3	25 April	12.24m	52.3%	13.16m	13.21m
Auditions 4	2 May	10.46m	47.2%	11.46m	11.16m
Auditions 5	9 May	11.12m	48.4%	11.30m	11.98m
Auditions 6	16 May	9.77m	41.0%	11.02m	11.09m
Auditions 7	23 May	11.62m	51.1%	12.94m	12.62m
Semi Final 1	24 May	11.77m	49.2%	13.59m	12.93m
Semi Final 2	25 May	13.64m	51.6%	15.35m	14.66m
Semi Final 3	26 May	12.75m	49.9%	14.87m	13.56m
Semi Final 4	28 May	12.31m	51.2%	13.63m	13.11m
Semi Final 5	29 May	13.14m	57.3%	15.00m	13.84m
Final Performances	30 May	15.32m	71%	18.02m	16.36m
Final Results	30 May	17.33m	67.6%	19.19m	18.29m
Series Average	2009	12.35m	52.4%	13.92m	13.36m
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The 6th auditions programme took a large dip in numbers due to the BBC showing the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

.
The final peaked at 19.19 million (71.6%) making it the most watched non-sporting event since an episode of Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

in 2003. Overall, the final was the fifth most watched programme of the century.
The series officially averaged 13.36m (52.4%), making it the most watched British reality series of the century. It easily surpasses the previous record of 10.51m (42%) gained by The X Factor (UK series 5)
The X Factor (UK series 5)
The fifth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV in 2008. The series started on 16 August and was won by Alexandra Burke on 13 December, with new judge Cheryl Cole emerging as the winning mentor. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges...

.

Performance order

Although the show denies that the 3 judges influence performance order the production company has never confirmed that order is random or based on any objective criteria. The lack of objective criteria is underlined by judge Piers Morgan's comments a few days after the final: "I think Flawless were unlucky to have gone on first. If they had gone last it may have been different. They're both amazing dance groups. Diversity were just very lucky.".

Fabia Cerra

Auditionee Fabia Cerra, a dancer, sparked complaints after her performance in the audition stages was criticised as being unsuitable for a family audience. Cerra undid the top half of her clothing, revealing her breasts, covered with tassels, although the editing of the program included two Union Jack flags as graphics to completely cover her exposed breasts. Despite this, both the producers of the show and ITV

ITV

received 40 complaints.

Fred Bowers

Elderly breakdancer Fred Bowers, who did make into the live semi-finals, was also reported to have made disability claims for his leg, despite having no obvious major problems with it. Since the story emerged in the media, Bowers has vowed to pay all the money back if he is found to be in the wrong.

Natalie Okri

Natalie Okri's performance of Jamelia

Jamelia

Jamelia Niela Davis , best known mononymously as Jamelia, is an English singer-songwriter, model, entertainer, television presenter and actress. She is most famous for her use of a cappella and prolific work in the R&B genre...

's "Superstar"

Superstar (Jamelia song)

"Superstar" is a song by Danish pop singer Christine Milton, released on January 13, 2003 as the lead single from her debut album, Friday . It was written and produced by Cutfather, Joe Belmaati, and Remee, and spent seven weeks at number one on the Danish Singles Chart. The song was later covered...

in the semi-final was criticised by Simon Cowell for being a bad choice of song. After reaching the Top 3 with dance troupe Diversity

Diversity (dance troupe)

in the first semi-final, Okri cried on stage after Simon Cowell chose to put Diversity through to the final instead of her. Following this, Lily Allen

Lily Allen

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...

called the show, and Cowell's decision, "bordering on child cruelty". After the show, Okri and her mother complained that the song choice was made by the producers and they had been given no choice but to accept.

Susan Boyle

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) became concerned by press reports about Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle

's erratic behaviour and speculation about her mental condition, and wrote to remind editors about clause 3 (privacy) of their code of press conduct. The day after the final, Boyle was admitted to The Priory

Priory Group

The Priory Group is an independent provider of mental health care facilities in the United Kingdom. They also manage schools, some for students with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism...

, a private psychiatric clinic in London, TalkbackThames explained "Following Saturday night's show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained." Her stay in hospital attracted widespread attention with the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

, wishing her well.

Hollie Steel

In the fifth and last semi-final, contestant Hollie Steel

Hollie Steel

Hollie Steel is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent....

broke down, crying uncontrollably during her performance of "Edelweiss

Edelweiss

Edelweiss , Leontopodium alpinum, is a well-known European mountain flower, belonging to the sunflower family.-Names:The common name comes from German edel, meaning "noble", and weiß "white", thus signifying "noble whiteness".The scientific name Leontopodium is a Latin adaptation of Greek...

" and was unable to continue singing. After initially being told by Ant & Dec

Ant & Dec

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly , known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England...

that there was not enough time for her to restart her performance, Simon Cowell overruled and she sang the song from scratch again, complete with judges' comments. She also beat Greg Pritchard in the judges' vote on the basis of her bravery, which was again seen as unfair. Steel has been the only act allowed to restart throughout the entire series, and the time that was found for her second performance forced later acts to be rushed into smaller time slots, which may have hampered their performances as a consequence.

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