Britain's Got Talent series 11

Following open auditions held the previous year between October and December,^[8] the Judges' audition took place between January and February 2017, within Blackpool, London, Birmingham and Salford.^[9] Along with discontinuing the use of the Public wildcard format, production staff changed the rules to suspend the use of the Judges' vote – the change meant that the voting system would be purely conducted by a public vote, with the semi-finalists receiving the highest and second-highest tally of votes respectively automatically securing a place in the live final. This change in format was not announced until 27 May 2017;^[5] on 5 June, following the conclusion of the eleventh series, Cowell admitted he disliked this change and had production staff informed it would not be used for the next series.^[6]

Of the participants that took part, only forty made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, singer Sarah Ikumu, dance group MerseyGirls, comedian Daliso Chaponda, comic magician Matt Edwards, and singer Kyle Tomlinson,^[10] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one – returning to the original arrangement before the sixth series – and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was Sarah Ikumu, after she placed 3rd in the public vote in the third semi-final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist

Judges' Wildcard Finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition

Participant	Age(s) 1	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
Angelicus Celtis	12–17	Singing	Choir	4	Eliminated
Code 3	14–16	Dance	Dance Trio	5	Eliminated
Daliso Chaponda	37	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	5	Finalist
David Geaney	22	Dance	Tap Dancer	3	Eliminated
Destiny Chukunyere	14	Singing	Singer	2	Eliminated
Dizzy Twilight	65	Music	DJ	2	Eliminated
DNA	29 & 43	Magic	Mentalist Duo	1	Finalist
Empire Dance Crew	15–27	Dance	Street Dance Group	1	Eliminated
Grace & Ali	17 & 16	Dance	Contemporary Dance Duo	2	Eliminated
Harry Gardner	16	Singing / Music	Singer & Pianist	2	Eliminated
Issy Simpson	8	Magic	Illusionist	2	Runner-Up
Jamie Lee Harrison	24	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Jay Wynn	36	Singing	Singing Robot	3	Eliminated
Jess Robinson	34	Singing / Comedy	Singing Impressionist	5	Eliminated
John Parnell	63	Variety	Hula Hoop Artist	4	Eliminated
Jonny Awsum	39	Comedy / Singing	Comic Singer	4	Eliminated
Josephine Lee	30	Magic	Magician	3	Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson	15	Singing	Singer	1	Finalist
Leah Barniville	14	Singing	Classical Singer	2	Eliminated
London School of Bollywood	18–27	Dance	Bollywood Dance Group	3	Eliminated
Lords of Strut	35 & 36	Comedy / Dance	Comic Dance Duo	5	Eliminated
Martin & Faye	47 & 10	Singing	Opera Singing Duo	3	Eliminated
Matt Edwards	34	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	2	Finalist
MerseyGirls 2	14–17	Dance	Dance Group	4	Finalist
Miss Treat Vibe	19–24	Singing	Girl Band	1	Eliminated
Missing People Choir	32–71	Singing	Choir	5	Finalist
Ned Woodman	8	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	3	Finalist
Niels Harder	26	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	1	Eliminated
Paws With Soul	24–29	Dance	Dance Group	4	Eliminated
PC Dan	33	Dance	Bodypopper	1	Eliminated
Perfect Pitch Creation	8–14	Singing	Choir	5	Eliminated
Reuben Gray	16	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	4	Eliminated
Ryan Tracey	35	Variety	Balloon Artist	4	Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu	16	Singing	Singer	3	Finalist
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh	8–12	Singing	Choir	1	Eliminated
TapTastik	19–62	Dance	Tap Dance Group	2	Eliminated
The Pensionalities 2	84 & 75	Singing	Singing Duo	4	Finalist
TNG Characters	16–25	Dance	Dance Group	5	Eliminated
Tokio Myers	32	Music	Pianist	3	Winner
Tyrone & Mina	36 & 35	Danger	Knife Throwing Duo	1	Eliminated

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
• ^2 Each respective participant(s) auditioned under a different name, before changing them for their semi-final appearance.

Buzzed out |   Advanced – 1st in public vote |   Advanced – 2nd in public vote

  Eliminated – 3rd in public vote |   Eliminated

• Guest performance: Alfie Boe & Dame Vera Lynn ("We'll Meet Again")^[11][12]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
St. Patrick's Junior Choir Drumgreenagh	1					4th – Eliminated
PC Dan	2					5th – Eliminated
Niels Harder	3					8th – Eliminated
Kyle Tomlinson	4					2nd (Won Public Vote)
Empire Dance Crew	5					7th – Eliminated
DNA	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Tyrone & Mina	7					6th – Eliminated
Miss Treat Vibe	8					3rd – (Lost Public Vote)

• Guest performance: Camila Cabello ("I Have Questions"/"Crying in the Club")^[11][14]

• Guest performance: Cast of Bat Out of Hell: The Musical ("I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"/"Dead Ringer for Love")^[11][15]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Josephine Lee	1					4th – Eliminated
London School of Bollywood	2					6th – Eliminated
Martin & Faye	3					5th – Eliminated
Ned Woodman	4					2nd (Won Public Vote)
Jay Wynn	5					8th – Eliminated
Sarah Ikumu 3	6					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
David Geaney	7					7th – Eliminated
Tokio Myers	8					1st (Won Public Vote)

• ^3 Sarah Ikumu was later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

• Guest performance: Richard Jones^[11]

Semi-finalist	Order	Buzzes				Finished [13]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Paws With Soul	1					7th – Eliminated
Angelicus Celtis	2					5th – Eliminated
John Parnell	3	1				8th – Eliminated
Reuben Gray	4					3rd (Lost Public Vote)
Ryan Tracey	5					6th – Eliminated
The Pensionalities	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Jonny Awsum	7					4th – Eliminated
MerseyGirls	8					2nd (Won Public Vote)

• ^1 Cowell asked for his X to be removed during the comments.

• Guest performance: 5 After Midnight ("Up In Here")^[11][16]

• Guest performance: Diversity^[11]

  Winner |   Runner-up