Britain's Got Talent (series 15)

The fifteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent started on ITV from 16 April 2022 presented by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. The judges are the same as the previous series with Simon Cowell returning after missing the previous series live shows due to an electric bike accident where he was replaced by Ashley Banjo.[1]

Britain's Got Talent
Series 15
Presented byAnt McPartlin
Declan Donnelly
JudgesSimon Cowell
Amanda Holden
Alesha Dixon
David Walliams
Release
Original networkITV
Original release16 April 2022 (2022-04-16) 
present
Series chronology

Series overview

The fifteenth series was planned for production and broadcast in 2021, yet ITV, Thames and Syco Entertainment were concerned on how to safely conduct filming in the midst of new Government restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in England. After initially deciding to postpone production until later in the year,[2] all involved parties agreed that they would not produce a new series until the following year, when Government restrictions would be eased and conditions surrounding the pandemic would be favourable for large-scale television production.[3][4]

Auditions were filmed at the London Palladium in January 2022. The series commenced on ITV, on 16 April 2022. All four judges are returning - Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams for their fifteenth, fifteenth, tenth and tenth series, respectively.[5] Cowell returns after missing the live shows during the previous series due to a bicycle accident where he was replaced by Ashley Banjo who won the third series with Diversity.

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist
  Semi-finalist | Golden Buzzer Audition
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act Semi-final Result
Axel Blake 33 Comedy Comedian TBC TBC
Born to Perform 14–24 Dance Dance Group TBC TBC
Loren Allred 32 Singing Singer TBC TBC

Ratings

Episode Air date Total viewers
(millions)[6]
ITV
Weekly rank[6]
Auditions 1 16 April8.312
Auditions 2 17 April6.943
Auditions 3 23 April
Auditions 4 30 April

References

  1. Rajput, Priyanca (2022-04-06). "Britain's Got Talent confirms show will return very soon". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. "Britain's Got Talent - postponement". Press Centre. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. "Britain's Got Talent Series 15 Postponed 'til 2022". ITV. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. "Britain's Got Talent postponed until 2022 over Covid safety fears". BBC News. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. "Britain's Got Talent". Press Centre. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  6. "BARB Weekly Top Programmes on Four Screens". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.
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