Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, which began broadcasting on ITV on 31 August 2019. The programme functions similar to BGT, but features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, who compete in a series of preliminaries to secure a place in the grand final and a chance to win a large prize and to be crowned Britain's champion within Got Talent.
The spin-off is hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, and is based upon America's Got Talent: The Champions, in that the format is different to the main programme - episodes are pre-recorded, and votes for participants are conducted under a different system. The spin-off series averaged 5.84 million viewers across the 6 episodes during its broadcast.
Production
Following the success of America's Got Talent: The Champions in early 2019, Simon Cowell opted to create a similar spin-off competition for Britain's Got Talent, which, along with the same subtitle, would operate under the same format. Production was green-lighted by the broadcaster ITV, with the contest taking place between July and August of the same year, and using the same presenters and panel of judges as the regular show. Much like the American spin-off, the episodes were pre-recorded – filming of the spin-off took place during the contest's operation, with production staff editing the finalised footage for full broadcast over a weekly basis, towards the end of the Summer TV schedule that year.Contest overview
Around 45 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – both quarter-finalists and semi-finalists – and other notable acts, participated during The Champions contest in 2019, with each of the contest's preliminaries featuring around 9 participants. The following table lists each participants that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, series, and performance – and their overall result in the contest:| Got Talent History Key | AGT – America's Got Talent | AGTC – America's Got Talent: The Champions | ArGT - Arab's Got Talent | AsGT – Asia's Got Talent |
| Got Talent History Key | AuGT – Australia's Got Talent | BGT – Britain's Got Talent | BeGT – Belgium's Got Talent | ČSMT – Česko Slovensko má talent |
| Got Talent History Key | DS – Das Supertalent | FIT – La France a un incroyable talent | GGT - Georgia's Got Talent! | GTE – Got Talent España |
| Got Talent History Key | HGT – Holland's Got Talent | IGT – Italia's Got Talent | InGT – India's Got Talent | MS – Minuta slavy |
| Got Talent History Key | PGT – Pilipinas Got Talent | SAGT — South Africa's Got Talent | UMT – Ukrayina maye talant | Ireland |
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| Participant | Act | Got Talent history | Preliminary | Results |
| 100 Voices of Gospel | Gospel Choir | BGT: 10 - Finalist | 2 | |
| Alex Magala | Sword Swallower | AGT: S8 - Quarter-finalist; IGT: S5 - Finalist; MS: S8 - Winner; UMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S9 - Participant; BGT: S10 - Finalist; ČSMT: S6 - Semi-finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant; AuGT S9 - Participant | 5 | |
| Alexa Lauenburger | Dog Act | DS: S11 - Winner | 2' | ' |
| Antonio Sorgentone | Singer & Pianist | IGT: S9 - Winner | 2 | |
| Ashleigh & Sully | Dog Act | BGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 1 | |
| Bad Salsa | Salsa Dance Duo | InGT: S4 - Winner | 1 | |
| Bars & Melody | Rapper & Singer | BGT: S8 - Third Place | 5' | ' |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | Comic Daredevil Duo | AGT: S12 - Quarter-finalist, S13 - Participant | 1' | ' |
| Ben Hart | Magician | BGT: S13 - Third Place | 5 | |
| Billy & Emily England | Rollerskating Duo | BGT: S9 - Semi-finalist; AGT: S12 - Semifinalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | |
| Bonnie Anderson | Singer | AuGT: S1 - Winner | 4 | |
| Boogie Storm | Dance Group | BGT: S10 - Third Place | 1 | |
| Colin Thackery | Singer | BGT: S13 - Winner | 4 | |
| Collabro | Musical Theatre Group | BGT: S8 - Winner | 5 | |
| Connie Talbot | Singer | BGT: S1 - Finalist | 1 | |
| Cristina Ramos | Opera & Rock Singer | GTE: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 3 | |
| Daliso Chaponda | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S11 - Third Place | 5 | |
| Darcy Oake | Illusionist | BGT: S8 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3' | ' |
| Deadly Games | Knife Throwing Duo | AGT: S11 - Semi-finalist; FIT: S12 - Semi-Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 2 | |
| DJ Arch Jnr | DJ | SAGT: S6 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 3 | |
| DM-X Comvaleñoz | Dance Group | PGT: S5 - Semi Finalist; AsGT : S2 - Runner Up | 5 | |
| Gao Lin & Liu Xin | Acrobatic Duo | BGT: S11 - Participant; AsGT : S1 - Finalist | 2 | |
| Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh | Vocalist | GGT - Participant; UMT: S6 - Finalist; DS: S12 - Finalist | 5 | |
| George Sampson | Breakdancer | BGT: S1 - Participant; S2 - Winner | 4 | |
| Issy Simpson | Illusionist | BGT: S11 - Runner-up; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | |
| Jack Carroll | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S7 - Runner Up | 3 | |
| Jai McDowall | Singer | BGT: S5 - Winner | 2 | |
| Kseniya Simonova | Sand Artist | UMT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Third Place | 1' | ' |
| Lost Voice Guy | Stand Up Comedian | BGT: S12 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | |
| Mayyas | Dance Group | ArGT: S6 - Winner | 3 | |
| MerseyGirls | Dance Group | BGT: S11 - Finalist | 2' | ' |
| Mirror Family | Dance Group | ČSMT: S5 - Finalist | 4 | |
| Paddy & Nico | Salsa Dance Duo | BGT: S8 - Finalist; FIT: S11 - Semi-finalist | 3' | ' |
| Paul Potts | Opera Singer | BGT: S1 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Top 12 Finalist | 1 | |
| Paul Zerdin | Ventriloquist | AGT: S10 - Winner; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 2 | |
| Preacher Lawson | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S12 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Grand-finalist | 4' | ' |
| Richard & Adam | Singing Duo | BGT: S7 - Third Place | 3 | |
| Richard Jones | Close Up Magician | BGT: S10 - Winner | 3 | |
| Stavros Flatley | Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S3 - Finalist | 4' | ' |
| Tape Face | Mime | AGT: S11 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 4 | |
| The Fire | Dance Group | HGT: S9 - Winner | 3 | |
| The Nelson Twins | Comedy Duo | AuGT: S6 - Finalist | 1 | |
| The Sacred Riana | Illusionist | AsGT : S2 - Winner; AGT: S13 - Quarter-finalist | 1 | |
| Twist and Pulse | Comic Dance Duo | BGT: S4 - Runner-up | 5' | ' |
| Vicki Barbolak | Stand Up Comedian | AGT: S13 - Finalist; AGTC : S1 - Participant | 5 |
- The original couple for Deadly Games split up after their last performance together. While the knife-thrower, Alfredo Silva, remained to continue under this name, his partner was replaced by the winner of the 8th series of Poland's Got Talent for this contest.
Grand Final (5 October)
| Finalist | Order | Act | Finished |
| Bars & Melody | 1 | Rapper & Singer | |
| Preacher Lawson | 2 | Stand Up Comedian | |
| Kseniya Simonova | 3 | Sand Artist | ' |
| Darcy Oake | 4 | Illusionist | |
| MerseyGirls | 5 | Dance Group | |
| Bello & Annaliese Nock | 6 | Comic Daredevil Duo | |
| Twist & Pulse | 7 | Comic Dance Duo | ' |
| Alexa Lauenburger | 8 | Dog Act | |
| Stavros Flatley | 9 | Comedy Dance Duo | |
| Paddy & Nico | 10 | Salsa Dance Duo | Finalist |
Ratings
| Episode | Air date | Total viewers | ITV weekly rank |
| Preliminary 1 | 7.20 | 1 | |
| Preliminary 2 | 6.23 | 5 | |
| Preliminary 3 | 5.89 | 8 | |
| Preliminary 4 | 5.07 | 13 | |
| Preliminary 5 | 5.21 | 14 | |
| Final | 5.63 | 13 |