Britain's Got Talent series 17

The seventeenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent began airing on ITV1 on 20 April 2024 and concluded on 2 June 2024. The series was again presented by Ant & Dec, with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli returning to the judging panel.

The seventeenth series was won by singer Sydnie Christmas, with magician Jack Rhodes finishing in second place, and dance duo Abigail & Afronitaaa placing third place. After singers and dancers won 6 of the first 7 series of Britain’s Got Talent, Christmas was just the second singer, also series 13 winner Colin Thackery, to win BGT since Collabro won a decade ago in 2014. The last dance act to win Britain’s Got Talent was in 2013, when Attraction became the first international act to win. Abigail & Afronitaaa were just the second act from an African country to finish in the top-3 on any season, joining Malawian Daliso Chaponda from season 11.

Series overview

Following the conclusion of the previous series, it was announced that the show would return for a seventeenth series. It was also confirmed that the judging panel from the previous series would remain the same, with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli returning to the show. Filming for the auditions began in January 2024. The first teaser for the series was released on social media in March 2024, with the ten-second trailer confirming that the series was "coming soon" to ITV and ITVX, accompanied by the slogan "Britain, we're back".

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<span style="font-size:93%">Judges' Wildcard Finalist</span> | <span style="font-size:93%">Golden Buzzer Audition</span>

• Magicians Assemble is made up of previous contestants Ben Hart and Elizabeth Best of "The Haunting", both of whom were contestants on the thirteenth series, Aidan McCann who was a contestant on the fourteenth series, and Colin Cloud who originally auditioned for the sixth series, before appearing on the twelfth season of America's Got Talent.

Semi-finals summary

<span style="font-size:93%">Buzzed out</span> | <span style="font-size:93%">Judges' vote</span> | |

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Prior to the beginning of the live shows, the semi-finalists were decided following a deliberation stage at the London Palladium.

Semi-final 1 (27 May)

• Guest performance: The Cast of The Lion King ("Circle of Life")

• Cowell did not cast his vote due to the majority support for Ssaulabi Performance Troupe from the other judges, but admitted that his voting intention would have been for this semi-finalist.
• The Trickstars were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.

Semi-final 2 (28 May)

• Guest performance: The Cast of Frozen ("For the First Time in Forever"/"Let It Go")

Semi-final 3 (29 May)

• Guest performance: Calum Scott ("Then There Was You")

Semi-final 4 (30 May)

• Guest performance: The Cast of & Juliet ("Roar")

Semi-final 5 (31 May)

• Guest performance: Alesha Dixon ("All I Want"/"B with Me"/"The Boy Does Nothing"/"Scandalous"/"Ransom")

Final (2 June)

Guest performance: The Cast Of Mamma Mia! ("Mamma Mia"/"Dancing Queen"/"Waterloo")

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• Simon Cowell buzzed Trixy as a part of his act.

Ratings

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