Britain's Got Talent (Series 1)

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Britain's Got Talent (series 1)

Genre	Talent show
Presented by	Britain's Got Talent: Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly Britain's Got More Talent: Stephen Mulhern
Judges	Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan
Production
Producer(s)	SYCO TV in association with talkbackTHAMES
Running time	60 minutes (inc. comms)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original run	9 June 2007 – 17 June 2007

Series one of Britain's Got Talent began on 9 June 2007 and ended on 17 June 2007. The first 5 shows concerned the Audition Stages and the final three shows involved the live Semi-Finals and Final. The series was eventually won by opera singer Paul Potts, with ventriloquist Damon Scott coming in second.

The series was intended to air before America's Got Talent but was thoroughly postponed, and was also intentially meant to be host by Paul O'Grady although he resigned shortly after his transfer from ITV to Channel 4. Ant and Dec were later decided as replacement hosts. David Hasselhoff and Cheryl Cole were lined up as judges, but resigned before the program was meant to broadcast, meaning Amanda Holden was brought in as a replacement.

1 Semi-Final Acts
2 Controversy
3 Final Acts
- 3.1 Final
4 Series one ratings
5 Voting
6 See also
7 References
8 Links

[edit] Semi-Final Acts

[edit] Semi-Final 1

Place Came	Artist	Age	From	Act	Buzzers
1st (Won Public Vote)	Paul Potts	37	Bristol	Opera singer	0
2nd (Won Judges' Vote)	Damon Scott	29	Salisbury	Ventriloqist	0
3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)	Dominic Smith			Singer	0
Unknown	MD Productions			Dance Group	0
Unknown	Luke & Charlotte			Dancing Couple	0
Unknown	The Freerunners			Aerobics Act	2
Unknown	Mel's Klever K9'S			Line Dancing Dog Act	3
Unknown	Caroline Boyes			Solo Dancer	2

[edit] Judges Save - Semi-Final 1

Judge	Save
Simon Cowell	Dominic Smith
Amanda Holden	Damon Scott
Piers Morgan	Damon Scott

[edit] Semi-Final 2

Place Came	Artist	Age	Act	Buzzers
1st (Won Public Vote)	Bessie Cursons	11	Singer	0
2nd (Won Judges' Vote)	Kombat Breakers	Several	Dance Group	0
3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)	Craig Womersley		Baton Twirling	0
Unknown	The Mini-Mezzos		Dance Group	1
Unknown	Crazee Horse		Aerobics Act	0
Unknown	Jake Pratt Comedian		Comedian	1
Unknown	Jack Reeve		Tap Dancer	0
Unknown	Victoria Armstrong		Variety Act)	0
Unknown	Richard Bates		Comedy Musical Impressianist	Withdrawn

[edit] Judges Save - Semi-Final 2

Judge	Save
Simon Cowell	Combat Breakers
Amanda Holden	Combat Breakers
Piers Morgan	Craig Womersley

[edit] Semi-Final 3

Place Came	Artist	Age	From	Act	Buzzers
1st (Won Public Vote)	Connie Talbot	6	Streetly,Walsall	Singer	0
2nd (Won Judges' Vote)	The Bar Wizards	Several	Several	Alternative Juggling	0
3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)	Tony Laf			Singer	0
Unknown	Cheeky Bits			Dance Group	0
Unknown	Scott Holtom			Solo Dancer	0
Unknown	Mike Garbutt			Comedian	0
Unknown	Crew 82			Beat boxing group	1
Unknown	Doctor Gore			Alternative Magic/Comedy	3
Unknown	Kit Cat Dolls			Dance/Singing Group	Withdrawn

[edit] Judges Save - Semi-Final 3

Judge	Save
Simon Cowell	The Bar Wizards
Amanda Holden	The Bar Wizards
Piers Morgan	Tony Laf

[edit] Controversy

Series one contestant Richard Bates claimed he quit the show in 2007 after injuring himself in an accident with his electric organ, but in fact the Lancashire Police force had contacted producers to inform them that he was listed on the Sex Offenders Register following an unspecified offence committed in December 2005.^[1]^[2] Lancashire Police stated that they were worried the victim might see Bates on television.

On 16 June 2007 (the last semi-final show of series one), drag act the Kit Kat Dolls were disqualified after the News of the World claimed three of the members were prostitutes.^[3]

Also, Ofcom investigated 21 complaints made about Doctor Gore's rather gruesome magic act, and found the programme to be in breach of their broadcasting code.^[4]

[edit] Final Acts

Paul Potts (Opera singer)
Paul Robert Potts was born on 3 October 1970 in Bristol, England and was the Britain's Got Talent series 1 winner.

Damon Scott (Ventriloqist)
Damon Scott was born in 1979 in Salisbury.

Connie Talbot (Singer)
Connie Talbot was born on 20 November 2000. She is a child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands.

Bessie Cursons (Singer)

Kombat Breakers (Dance group)

The BarWizards (Alternative Juggling)
The BarWizards, constinting of Neil Lowrey and Neil Garner, were surprisingly in the live final.

[edit] Final

Place Came	Artist	Age	Act
1st	Paul Potts	37	Opera singer
2nd	Damon Scott	29	Ventriloqist
3rd	Connie Talbot	6	Singer
Unknown	Bessie Cursons	11	Singer
Unknown	Kombat Breakers	Several	Dance group
Unknown	The Bar Wizards	Several	Alternative Juggling

[edit] Series one ratings

Show 1 (Saturday, 9 June 2007 at 21:25) - 4.9 million (22.7% share)^[5]
Show 2 (Sunday, 10 June 2007 at 20:30) - 6.4 million (28% share)^[6]
Show 3 (Monday, 11 June 2007 at 21:00) - 6.9 million (29.4% share) - peak: 7.3m (30.5%)^[7]
Show 4 (Tuesday, 12 June 2007 at 21:00) - 6.8 million (29.3% share)^[8]
Show 5 (Wednesday, 13 June 2007 at 21:00) - 7.1 million (29.2% share) - peak: 7.9m (33.9%)^[9]
Show 6 - Semi Final 1 (Thursday, 14 June 2007 at 21:00) - 7.9 million (34% share) - peak: 8.9m (40.1%)^[10]
Show 7 - Semi Final 2 (Friday, 15 June 2007 at 21:00) - 8.9 million (38.1% share)^[11]
Show 8 - Semi Final 3 (Saturday, 16 June 2007 at 19:45) - 8.9 million (40.9% share)^[11]
Show 9 - Final: Performances (Sunday, 17 June 2007 at 20:00) - 11.0 million (43.7% share) - peak: 13.5m (51.7%)^[12]
Show 10 - Final: Results (Sunday, 17 June 2007 at 22:00) - 10.6 Million (44.7% share) - peak: 11.2m (48.4%) ^[12]

The average ratings for series one is 8 million (33.6%).^[12]

The audition shows averaged 6.4m (28%) and the live shows averaged 9.5m (40%).

[edit] Voting

Britain's Got Talent bosses were accused of fixing the show by manipulating the viewers’ vote, by the fans. In all five semi-finals of series 2, the semi-finalist performing last won the public vote and made it through to the final. The same thing happened in the first series, with the last performer receiving the top acclaim, including in the final. Readers of the Daily Star say complaints have been flooding in, but bosses have denied all allegations. A spokeswoman for the hit TV show claimed that the pattern noticed by viewers was “nothing more than a coincidence”. She also added: "The judges have no say over the running order on the show."^[13]^[14]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Links

ITV's Britain's Got Talent homepage

v • d • e Britain's Got Talent

Hosts	Ant & Dec · Stephen Mulhern

Judges	Simon Cowell · Piers Morgan · Amanda Holden

Winners	Paul Potts · George Sampson

Runners-up	Damon Scott · Signature

Other alumni	Connie Talbot · The Bar Wizards · Andrew Johnston · Faryl Smith · eScala · Kate and Gin

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