Britain's Got Talent series 13

The judges' auditions took place between January and February 2019, within London and Manchester.^[3][4] During filming of the London auditions, the event was kick-started by a special performance from Susan Boyle to mark her tenth year as a singer since she first made her appearance on Britain's Got Talent's third series.^[5] One of the most notable auditionees for this year's contest was David J. Watson – a participant who had auditioned for ten years for a place on the programme without success. His latest attempt led to the host of Britain's Got More Talent, Stephen Mulhern, triggering a Golden Buzzer for him. This action led to speculation in the media over whether this had been officially allowed , but it was later revealed to have been disallowed on the grounds that it did not fall under the contest rules, as Mulhern had no official allowance to provide a Golden Buzzer act.

This series featured two notable events during its broadcast. The first to take place was the forced withdrawal of an act – extreme magicians Brotherhood – who had secured a spot in the semi-finals. Despite Brotherhood's success in the auditions landing them a place in the fifth and final semi-final, concerns over health and safety were raised about the dangerous nature of their performance, leading to the group of magicians withdrawing their involvement at the request of the production staff and broadcaster, and their place being offered to another act which had been eliminated during auditions.^[6] Additionally, a dance troupe who had made it to the semi final stage also withdrew following the death of one of their members. The group's audition was not broadcast. The second was the surprise revelation that a participant who had operated under anonymity was in reality a former semi-finalist from the previous year's contest who had re-entered the contest for this year in order to emphasise the values of hope and perseverance.

Of the participants that took part, only 40 made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, dancer Akshat Singh, band Chapter 13, choir Flakefleet Primary School, singer Giorgia Borg, and stand-up comedian Kojo Anim^[7] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was dance duo Libby & Charlie, after they lost out in a tied judges' vote in the last semi-final round. 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
4MG	17–19	Magic	Magic Group	2	Finalist
Akshat Singh	13	Dance	Dancer	1	Eliminated
Angels Inc.	23–28	Magic	Illusion Group	3	Eliminated
Barbara Nice	65	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	5	Eliminated
Ben Hart	28	Magic	Magician	4	Finalist
Brian Gilligan	32	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
Chapter 13	14–15	Singing / Music	Band	3	Eliminated
Colin Thackery	89	Singing	Singer	3	Winner
Dave & Finn	42 & 9	Animals / Magic	Mentalist & Dog Handler	1	Finalist
Duo A&J	28 & 26	Acrobatics	Aerial Duo	4	Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters 3	12–26	Dance	Japanese Dance Group	5	Eliminated
Faith Tucker	18	Singing	Opera Singer	2	Eliminated
Flakefleet Primary School	4–11	Singing	Choir	1	Finalist
Giorgia Borg	10	Singing	Singer	2	Eliminated
Gomonov Knife Show	25 & 36	Danger	Knife Throwing Duo	3	Eliminated
Gonzo	33	Music	Tambourinist	5	Eliminated
Graeme Mathews	34	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	4	Eliminated
Jacob Jones	27	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley	64	Comedy	Ventriloquist	4	Eliminated
John Archer	58	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	3	Eliminated
Jonathan Goodwin	39	Danger	Escape Artist	5	Finalist
Kerr James	12	Singing	Singer	4	Eliminated
Khronos Girls	15–18	Dance	Dance Group	1	Eliminated
KNE	22–35	Dance	Dance Group	3	Eliminated
Kojo Anim	39	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	3	Finalist
Leanne Mya	31	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Libby & Charlie 4	11 & 11	Dance	Contemporary Dance Duo	5	Finalist
Lil' Icons 2	7–18	Dance	Dance Group	4	Eliminated
Mark McMullan	23	Singing	Singer	4	Finalist
Matt Stirling	46	Magic	Stunt Magician	2	Eliminated
Rob King	28	Singing	Musical Theatre Singer	3	Eliminated
Rosie & Adam 2	21 & 38	Danger	Rollerskating Duo	1	Eliminated
Siobhan Phillips	42	Comedy / Singing / Music	Comic Singer & Pianist	2	Finalist
State of the Fart 2	26	Music	Manualist	2	Eliminated
The Haunting 2	38	Magic	Horror Magician	1	Eliminated
The Queen	92	Comedy	Drag Comedian	2	Eliminated
Tony Rudd	58	Comedy	Impressionist	1	Eliminated
Ursula Burns	48	Comedy / Singing / Music	Comic Harpist & Singer	4	Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers 3	28 & 30	Acrobatics	Acrobatic Duo	2	Eliminated
X7	47	Magic	Mentalist	5	Runner-Up

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this series.
• ^2 These acts originally auditioned under different names, before changing them for their Semi-Final appearances.
• ^3 These participants each required their coach to act as translator, due to their limited or lack of knowledge on the English language.
• ^4 This participant initially failed to reach the semi-finals, but were later brought back after another semi-finalist was forced to withdraw at the advice of production staff and the broadcaster.
• ^5 Details on both the locations for and ages of each member of The Haunting were not disclosed during their time on the programme.
• ^6 This participant's actual age was not officially disclosed as such during their time on the programme.
• ^7 Marc Spelmann's identity was kept a secret by production staff throughout the series - all details listed here pertain to his unveiling in the final.

Buzzed out | Judges' vote |   Won the public vote

  Won the judges' vote |   Lost the judges' vote |   Eliminated

• Guest performance: Cast Of On Your Feet! & Gloria Estefan ("Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"/"Conga"/"Get on Your Feet")^[8]

Semi-Finalist [9]	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Akshat Singh	1					7th - Eliminated
Tony Rudd	2					6th - Eliminated
Brian Gilligan	3					8th - Eliminated
The Haunting	4					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Flakefleet Primary School	5					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Khronos Girls	6					5th - Eliminated
Dave & Finn	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Rosie & Adam	8					4th - Eliminated

• Guest performance: Cast of Six ("Ex-Wives")^[11]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
The Queen	1					8th - Eliminated
State of the Fart	2					7th - Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers	3					6th - Eliminated
Giorgia Borg	4					5th - Eliminated
Matt Stirling	5					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Siobhan Phillips	6					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
4MG	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Faith Tucker	8					4th - Eliminated

• Guest performance: James Arthur & Freckled Sky ("Falling Like the Stars")^[12]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Angels Inc.	1					5th - Eliminated
Rob King	2					6th - Eliminated
KNE	3					8th - Eliminated
John Archer	4				8	3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Gomonov Knife Show	5					7th - Eliminated
Colin Thackery	6					1st (Won Public Vote)
Kojo Anim	7				8	2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Chapter 13	8					4th - Eliminated

• ^8 Due to the majority vote for Kojo Anim, Walliams' voting intention was not revealed.

• Guest performance: BTS ("Boy with Luv")^[13]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Lil' Icons	1					5th - Eliminated
Ursula Burns	2					8th - Eliminated
Kerr James	3					4th - Eliminated
Graeme Mathews	4					3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Duo A&J	5					6th - Eliminated
Jimmy Tamley	6					7th - Eliminated
Ben Hart	7					1st (Won Public Vote)
Mark McMullan	8					2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)

• Guest performance: Jason Donovan, Sheridan Smith & Cast Of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ("Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat"/"Any Dream Will Do"/"Song of the King"/"Go, Go, Go Joseph")^[14]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and judges' votes				Finished [10]
		Cowell	Holden	Dixon	Walliams
Gonzo	1					6th - Eliminated
X	2					1st (Won Public Vote)
Jacob Jones	3					7th - Eliminated
Fabulous Sisters	4					8th - Eliminated
Leanne Mya	5					5th - Eliminated
Barbara Nice	6					4th - Eliminated
Libby & Charlie9	7					3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote)
Jonathan Goodwin	8					2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)

• ^9 Libby & Charlie were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

• Guest performances: Diversity & DVJ and Susan Boyle & Michael Ball ("A Million Dreams")^[15]

  Winner |   Runner-up