Britain's Got Talent (series 4)

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]

Britain's Got Talent
Series 4
Hosted byAnt & Dec (ITV)
Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
JudgesPiers Morgan
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
Louis Walsh (guest)
WinnerSpelbound
Runner-upTwist and Pulse
Release
Original networkITV
ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release17 April (2010-04-17) –
5 June 2010 (2010-06-05)
Series chronology
Judges for Britain's Got Talent Series 4
Simon Cowell
Amanda Holden
Piers Morgan
Louis Walsh (Guest)

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
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 |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act Semi-Final[7] Result
A3 13–19 Dance Dance Trio 5 Eliminated
Alesia Vazmitsel 30 Dance Pole Dancer 5 Eliminated
Chloe Hickinbottom 10 Singing Singer 3 Eliminated
Christopher Stone 28 Singing Singer 3 Finalist
Connected 13–15 Singing Boyband 2 Finalist
Dance Flavourz 22–37 Dance Dance Group 5 Eliminated
Emile Harris 17 Singing Singer 4 Eliminated
Father and Son 53 & 26 Singing Singing Duo 5 Eliminated
Ice 12–18 Dance Dance Group 4 Eliminated
Janey Cutler 81 Singing Singer 4 Finalist
Jimmy Ford 75 Dance Dancer 3 Eliminated
Josh Barry 16 Singing Singer 1 Eliminated
Kev Orkian 36 Comedy Comedy Singer 2 Eliminated
Kevin Cruise 33 Variety Entertainer 1 Eliminated
Kieran Gaffney 13 Music Drummer 5 Finalist
Liam McNally 14 Singing Opera Singer 5 Finalist
Mark James 30 Singing Singer 4 Eliminated
Maxxie Oliver 21 Variety Lady Gaga Impersonator 2 Eliminated
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr 14 & 38 Dance Dance Duo 2 Eliminated
Myztikal 10–30 Singing Vocal Group 5 Eliminated
Neil Fullard 42 Singing Singer 2 Eliminated
Olivia Archbold 14 Singing Singer 1 Eliminated
Paul Burling 40 Comedy Impressionist 3 Finalist
Peridot 21–27 Dance Dance Group 3 Eliminated
Philip Grimmer 57 Dance Madonna Impersonator 3 Eliminated
Ruby Girls 19–25 Dance Dance Group 2 Eliminated
Sean Sheehan 66 Variety Woodcutter 1 Eliminated
Spelbound 12–24 Acrobatics Acrobatic Group 1 Winner
Starburst 9–13 Dance Dance Group 3 Eliminated
Stevie Starr 47 Danger Regurgitator 1 Eliminated
Taboo 7–23 Dance Dance Group 2 Eliminated
Team Shaolin 8–29 Acrobatics Martial Arts Group 4 Eliminated
The Arrangement 17–18 Music Orchestra 3 Eliminated
The Chippendoubles 30–48 Dance Dance Group 5 Eliminated
The Fusion 15–30 Dance Dance Group 4 Eliminated
Three Bee 18–30 Dance Dance Group 1 Eliminated
Tina and Chandi 37 & 11 3 Animals Dog Act 2 Finalist
Tobias Mead 22 Dance Dancer 1 Finalist
Twist and Pulse 18 & 19 Dance Dance Duo 4 Runner-up
Tyler Patterson 10 Dance Dancer 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
Buzzed out | 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 7th – Eliminated
Stevie Starr 4 4th – Eliminated
Tobias Mead 5 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Sean Sheehan 6 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 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Ruby Girls 3 8th – Eliminated
Connected 4 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Kev Orkian 5 6th – Eliminated
Michael Fayombo Jnr and Snr 6 5th – Eliminated
Tina and Chandi 7 1st (Won Public Vote)
Maxxie Oliver 8 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 Ford 6 7th – Eliminated
Christopher Stone 7 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Peridot 8 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 8th – Eliminated
Twist and Pulse 4 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Team Shaolin 5 7th – Eliminated
Mark James 6 6th – Eliminated
The Fusion 7 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 8th – Eliminated
Liam McNally 2 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Alesia Vazmitsel 3 4th – Eliminated
Myztikal 4 5th – Eliminated
Dance Flavourz 5 6th – Eliminated
Father and Son 6 7th – Eliminated
A3 7 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
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]		 ITV1
Weekly rank[9]		 Viewer Share (%)
Auditions 1 17 April11.87144.0[10]
Auditions 2 24 April11.60145.7[11]
Auditions 3 1 May11.84143.9[12]
Auditions 4 8 May12.17144.1[13]
Auditions 5 15 May10.84143.8[14]
Auditions 6 23 May10.68142.8[15]
Auditions 7 29 May10.87140.3[16]
Semi-final 1 31 May11.82243.1[17]
Semi-final 1 results 11.32440.3[17]
Semi-final 2 1 June11.17541.2[18]
Semi-final 2 results 10.69839.0[18]
Semi-final 3 2 June10.88645.6[19]
Semi-final 3 results 9.191334.2[19]
Semi-final 4 3 June10.37948.2[20]
Semi-final 4 results 10.341041.7[20]
Semi-final 5 4 June10.131146.3[21]
Semi-final 5 results 9.641239.4[21]
Live final 5 June13.50154.6[22]

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