Britain's Got Talent (series 4)

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Britain's Got Talent
Series 4
Hosted byAnthony McPartlin (ITV)
Declan Donnelly (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
JudgesSimon Cowell
Amanda Holden
Piers Morgan
Louis Walsh (guest)
WinnerSpelbound
Runner-upsTwist and Pulse
Kieran Gaffney
Release
Original networkITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release17 April (2010-04-17) –
5 June 2010 (2010-06-05)
Series chronology
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The fourth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 17 April to 5 June 2010;[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

The fourth series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dance duo Twist and Pulse finishing in second place, and drummer Kieran Gaffney placing 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[]

Walsh was a guest judge in place of Cowell, while he recovered from an illness.

Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2010, within Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Cardiff.[5] 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.[4] 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,[6] 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:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place
  Finalist |   Semi-finalist
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act From Semi-Final [7] Result
A3 13-19 Dance Dance Trio Brothers Swansea 5 Eliminated
Alesia Vazmitsel 30 Dance / Variety Pole Dancer London (originally Belarus) 5 Eliminated
Chloe Hickinbottom 10 Singing Singer Walsall, West Midlands 3 Eliminated
Christopher Stone 28 Singing Singer Harrogate, North Yorkshire 3 Finalist
Connected 13-15 Singing Boyband Manchester 2 Finalist
Dance Flavourz 22-37 Dance Samba & Bollywood Dance Act London 5 Eliminated
Emile Harris 17 Singing Singer & Songwriter Caldicot, Monmouthshire 4 Eliminated
Father and Son 53, 26 Singing Father & Son Duet Bolton, Greater Manchester 5 Eliminated
Ice 12-18 Dance Street Dance Group Rotherham, South Yorkshire 4 Eliminated
Janey Cutler 81 Singing Singer Wishaw, North Lanarkshire 4 Finalist
Jimmy Forde 75 Dance / Variety Leprechaun Irish Dancer Birmingham (originally County Mayo, Republic of Ireland) 3 Eliminated
Josh Barry 16 Singing Singer London 1 Eliminated
Kev Orkian 36 Comedy / Singing Comic Singer & Impersonator London 2 Eliminated
Kevin Cruise 33 Variety Ferry Entertainer Glastonbury, Somerset 1 Eliminated
Kieran Gaffney 13 Music Drummer Kent 5 Third place
Liam McNally 14 Singing Singer New Moston, Greater Manchester 5 Finalist
Mark James 30 Singing "Half & half" Drag Singer Barnoldswick, Lancashire 4 Eliminated
Maxxie Oliver 21 Variety Drag Act London 2 Eliminated
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr 14, 38 Dance Michael Jackson Dancers London 2 Eliminated
Myztikal 10-30 Singing / Dance Vocal Street Dance Troupe London 5 Eliminated
Neil Fullard 42 Singing Singer Wednesbury, West Midlands 2 Eliminated
Olivia Archbold 14 Singing Singer Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside 1 Eliminated
Paul Burling 40 Comedy Impressionist & Impersonator Bristol 3 Finalist
Peridot 21-27 Dance Street Dance Group London 3 Eliminated
Philip Grimmer 57 Dance Drag Dancer Essex 3 Eliminated
Ruby Girls 19-25 Dance Dance Group London 2 Eliminated
Sean Sheehan 66 Variety / Singing Woodcutter and Singer Anglesey, Isle of Anglesey 1 Eliminated
Spelbound 12-24 Acrobatics Acrobatic Gymnasts Ashford, Surrey 1 Winner
Starburst 9-13 Dance Dance Troupe Barry, Vale of Glamorgan 3 Eliminated
Stevie Starr 47 Variety / Danger Professional Regurgitator Glasgow 1 Eliminated
Taboo 7-23 Dance Street Dancers Gravesend, Kent 2 Eliminated
Team Shaolin 8-29 Dance Martial Arts Troupe London 4 Eliminated
The Arrangement 17-18 Music / Comedy Comedic Classical Music Band Cambridgeshire 3 Eliminated
The Chippendoubles 30-48 Variety / Dance Dance Impersonator Various 2 5 Eliminated
The Fusion 15-30 Dance Dance Troupe Glasgow 4 Eliminated
Three Bee 18-30 Dance Bollywood Dance Troupe Manchester 1 Eliminated
Tina and Chandi 37, 11 3 Animals / Dance Dog Dancing Act Shrewsbury, Shropshire 2 Finalist
Tobias Mead 22 Dance Dancer Warminster, Wiltshire 1 Finalist
Twist and Pulse 18, 19 Dance Dance Duo London 4 Runner-up
Tyler Patterson 10 Dance Street Dancer Glasgow 4 Eliminated
  • ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
  • ^2 No precise locations were disclosed for The Chippendoubles - both as a group or for each respective member - during their time on the programme.
  • ^3 The latter value is the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner.

Semi-final summary[]

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' vote |   Won the public vote
  Won the judges' vote |   Lost the judges' vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (31 May)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Diversity

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result [8]
Cowell Holden Morgan
Three Bee 1 6th - Eliminated
Olivia Archbold 2 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Kevin Cruise 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated
Stevie Starr 4 4th - Eliminated
Tobias Mead 5 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
Sean Sheehan 6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
Josh Barry 7 5th - Eliminated
Spelbound 8 1st (Won Public vote)

Semi-final 2 (1 June)[]

Guest Performer, Results Show: Alicia Keys

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result[8]
Cowell Holden Morgan
Taboo 1 4th - Eliminated
Neil Fullard 2 Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Ruby Girls 3 8th - Eliminated
Connected 4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
Kev Orkian 5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 6th - Eliminated
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr 6 5th - Eliminated
Tina and Chandi 7 1st (Won Public vote)
Maxxie Oliver 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (2 June)[]

Guest Performer, Results Show: Pixie Lott

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result [8]
Cowell Holden Morgan
Starburst 1 6th - Eliminated
Chloe Hickinbottom 2 5th - Eliminated
Philip Grimmer 3 8th - Eliminated
Paul Burling 4 1st (Won Public vote)
The Arrangement 5 4th - Eliminated
Jimmy Forde 6 7th - Eliminated
Christopher Stone 7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
Peridot 8 Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)

Semi-final 4 (3 June)[]

Guest Performer, Results Show: Miley Cyrus

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result [8]
Cowell Holden Morgan
Ice 1 5th - Eliminated
Tyler Patterson 2 4th - Eliminated
Emile Harris 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
Twist and Pulse 4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
Team Shaolin 5 7th - Eliminated
Mark James 6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 6th - Eliminated
The Fusion 7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Janey Cutler 8 1st (Won Public vote)

Semi-final 5 (4 June)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: JLS

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result [8]
Cowell Holden Morgan
The Chippendoubles 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 8th - Eliminated
Liam McNally 2 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 2nd (Won Judges' vote)
Alesia Vazmitsel 3 4th - Eliminated
Myztikal 4 5th - Eliminated
Dance Flavourz 5 6th - Eliminated
Father and Son 6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 7th - Eliminated
A3 7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg 3rd (Lost Judges' vote)
Kieran Gaffney 8 1st (Won Public vote)

Final (5 June)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Usher, Dizzee Rascal, and James Corden

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place
Finalist Order Finished [8]
Twist and Pulse 1 2nd
Liam McNally 2 10th
Paul Burling 3 5th
Christopher Stone 4 7th
Tina and Chandi 5 4th
Connected 6 8th
Kieran Gaffney 7 3rd
Tobias Mead 8 6th
Janey Cutler 9 9th
Spelbound 10 1st

Ratings[]

Main article: List of Britain's Got Talent episodes
Episode Air Date Total viewers
(millions) [9] 		ITV 1
Weekly rank [9] 		Viewer Share (%)
Auditions 1 17 April 11.87 1 44.0 [10]
Auditions 2 24 April 11.60 1 45.7 [11]
Auditions 3 1 May 11.84 1 43.9 [12]
Auditions 4 8 May 12.17 1 44.1 [13]
Auditions 5 15 May 10.84 1 43.8 [14]
Auditions 6 23 May 10.68 1 42.8 [15]
Auditions 7 29 May 10.87 1 40.3 [16]
Semi-final 1 31 May 11.82 2 43.1 [17]
Semi-final 1 results 11.32 4 40.3 [17]
Semi-final 2 1 June 11.17 5 41.2 [18]
Semi-final 2 results 10.69 8 39.0 [18]
Semi-final 3 2 June 10.88 6 45.6 [19]
Semi-final 3 results 9.19 13 34.2 [19]
Semi-final 4 3 June 10.37 9 48.2 [20]
Semi-final 4 results 10.34 10 41.7 [20]
Semi-final 5 4 June 10.13 11 46.3 [21]
Semi-final 5 results 9.64 12 39.4 [21]
Live final 5 June 13.50 1 54.6 [22]

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