Britain's Got Talent series 4


The fourth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 17 April to 5 June 2010; due to live coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final on 22 May, the sixth audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it. Production on the fourth series during the filmed auditions required Louis Walsh to step in as a guest judge, after Simon Cowell became ill and unable to partake in certain sessions.
The fourth series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dance duo Twist and Pulse finishing in second place and drummer Kieran Gaffney third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 11 million viewers. Episodes of the live rounds were the first in the programme's history to feature guest performers within live result episodes, and were also the first to be broadcast in high definition; both the audition episodes and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent, remained in standard definition until the following year.

Series overview

Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2010, within Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. They also took place within Newcastle upon Tyne, after they were cancelled at the last minute during production of the previous series. The Birmingham auditions were most notable in this series, due to the fact that because Cowell fell ill before he could attend them, marking the first time in the show's history he was unable to attend auditions, Louis Walsh replaced him as a guest judge for these until he had recovered. One significant change made to the programme in this series was towards the scheduling of semi-finals. Both the production staff and the broadcaster decided for the live semi-finals to follow a similar format incorporated in the live final – each set of semi-final performances were held in one episode, followed by a break to allow ITV to air another programme or a news programme, so as to give time for the public vote to be counted. The results would then be aired after this break, in a live results episode, much like the live finals had done in the past three series.
Of the participants that took part, only forty made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals, with eight appearing in each one, and ten of these acts making it into the live final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
ParticipantAge GenrePerformance TypeSemi-FinalResult
A313–19DanceDance Trio5
Alesia Vazmitsel30DancePole Dancer5
Chloe Hickinbottom10SingingSinger3
Christopher Stone28SingingOpera Singer3'
Connected13–15SingingBoy Band2'
Dance Flavourz22–37DanceCarnival Dance Group5
Emile Harris17SingingSinger4
Father & Son53 & 26SingingSinging Duo5
Ice12–18DanceStreet Dance Group4
Janey Cutler81SingingSinger4'
Jimmy Ford75DanceIrish Dancer3
Josh Barry16SingingSinger1
Kev Orkian36Singing / MusicImpressionist & Pianist2
Kevin Cruise33SingingSinger1
Kieran Gaffney13MusicDrummer5Third Place
Liam McNally14SingingBoy Soprano5'
Mark James30SingingHalf & Half Drag Singer4
Maxxie Oliver21SingingLady Gaga Impersonator2
Michael Fayombo Jnr & Snr14 & 38DanceMichael Jackson Dance Duo2
Myztikal10–30Singing / DanceVocal Dance Group5
Neil Fullard42SingingJazz Singer2
Olivia Archbold14SingingSinger1
Paul Burling40ComedyImpressionist3'
Peridot21–27DanceDance Group3
Philip Grimmer57DanceDrag Dancer3
Ruby Girls19–25DanceDance Group2
Sean Sheehan66Singing / VarietySinger & Woodcutter1
Spelbound12–24AcrobaticsGymnastics Group1'
Starburst9–13DanceDance Group3
Stevie Starr47DangerRegurgitator1
Taboo7–23DanceDance Group2
Team Shaolin8–29AcrobaticsMartial Arts Group4
The Arrangement17–18Singing / MusicSinger & Orchestra3
The Chippendoubles30–48DanceCelebrity Impersonators5
The Fusion15–30DanceDance Group4
Three Bee18–30DanceBollywood Dance Group1
Tina & Chandi37 & 11 AnimalsDog Act2'
Tobias Mead22DanceDancer1'
Twist & Pulse18 & 19Comedy / DanceComic Dance Duo4
Tyler Patterson10DanceStreet Dancer4

  • Ages denoted for a participant, pertain to their final performance for this series.
  • No precise locations were disclosed for The Chippendoubles – both as a group or for each respective member – during their time on the programme.
  • The latter value is the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner.

    Semi-final summary

Semi-final 1 (31 May)

  • Guest performance: Diversity

    Semi-final 2 (1 June)

  • Guest performance: Alicia Keys

    Semi-final 3 (2 June)

  • Guest performance: Pixie Lott

    Semi-final 4 (3 June)

  • Guest performance: Miley Cyrus

    Semi-final 5 (4 June)

  • Guest performance: JLS

    Final (5 June)

The Club Is Alive Usher and Dizzee Rascal & James Corden
FinalistOrderPerformance TypePercentageFinished
Twist & Pulse1Comic Dance Duo12.4%2nd
Liam McNally2Boy Soprano3.0%10th
Paul Burling3Impressionist8.7%5th
Christopher Stone4Opera Singer5.1%7th
Tina & Chandi5Dog Act9.0%4th
Connected6Boy Band4.8%8th
Kieran Gaffney7Drummer9.6%3rd
Tobias Mead8Dancer6.9%6th
Janey Cutler9Singer3.6%9th
Spelbound10Gymnastics Group36.9%1st

Ratings


EpisodeAir DateTotal viewers
ITV1
Weekly rank		Viewer Share
Auditions 117 April11.87144.0
Auditions 224 April11.60145.7
Auditions 31 May11.84143.9
Auditions 48 May12.17144.1
Auditions 515 May10.84143.8
Auditions 623 May10.68142.8
Auditions 729 May10.87140.3
Semi-final 131 May11.82243.1
Semi-final 1 results31 May11.32440.3
Semi-final 21 June11.17541.2
Semi-final 2 results1 June10.69839.0
Semi-final 32 June10.88645.6
Semi-final 3 results2 June9.191334.2
Semi-final 43 June10.37948.2
Semi-final 4 results3 June10.341041.7
Semi-final 54 June10.131146.3
Semi-final 5 results4 June9.641239.4
Live final5 June13.50154.6