Britain's Got Talent series 15
{{short description|British talent competition series}}
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| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season
| judges = David Walliams
Alesha Dixon
Amanda Holden
Simon Cowell
| presenter = Ant & Dec
| winner = Axel Blake
| runner_up = Jamie Leahey
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| network = ITV
| first_aired = {{start date|2022|4|16|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2022|6|05|df=y}}
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The fifteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 16 April 2022 to 5 June 2022. Filming of the series was originally planned for 2021, but with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom having led to strict government restrictions on television production, many of the production team, including Simon Cowell, felt it would be wiser to postpone filming until conditions improved. Filming eventually began in January 2022, with Cowell making his return as a judge for the programme following his accident during the previous series.
The fifteenth series was won by stand-up comedian Axel Blake, with ventriloquist Jamie Leahey finishing in second place, and singer Tom Ball placing third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 6.38 million viewers.
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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 the United Kingdom. After initially deciding to postpone production until later in the year,{{Cite web |title=Britain's Got Talent - postponement |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/britains-got-talent-postponement |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Press Centre |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Britain's Got Talent Series 15 Postponed 'til 2022 |url=https://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent/articles/britains-got-talent-series-15-postponed |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=ITV |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2021-01-29 |title=Britain's Got Talent postponed until 2022 over Covid safety fears |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55858326 |access-date=2022-04-10}} Auditions were filmed at the London Palladium in January 2022, with Cowell returning after his bicycle accident during the previous series.
:{{legend2|gold|Winner|border=1px solid #aaa}} | {{legend2|silver|Runner-up|border=1px solid #aaa}} | {{legend2|tan|Third Place|border=1px solid #aaa}} | {{legend2|white|Semi-finalist|border=1px solid #aaa}}
:20px Judges' Wildcard Finalist | 20px Golden Buzzer Audition
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| Participant
!class="unsortable"|Age(s) !Genre !class="unsortable"|Act !Semi-final !Finished |
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| 5 Star Boys | 10–12 | Dance | Dance Group | 4 | Finalist |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Amber and the Dancing Collies 15px | 25 | Animals | Dog Act | 2 | Finalist |
| Andrew Basso
| 36 | Danger | Escape Artist | 2 | Eliminated |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Aneeshwar Kunchala | 7 | Variety | Poet | 5 | Finalist |
| style="background:gold"
| 33 | Comedy | Comedian | 5 | Winner |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Ben Nickless | 40 | Comedy | Impressionist | 2 | Finalist |
| Born to Perform 15px
| 14–24 | Dance | Dance Group | 1 | Eliminated |
| Brian & Krysstal
| 71 & 58 | Comedy / Music | Comedy Music Duo | 5 | Eliminated |
| Dame Nation
| 31–57 | Singing | Vocal Group | 4 | Eliminated |
| Dane Bates Collective
| 12–27 | Dance | Dance Group | 3 | Eliminated |
| Dante Marvin
| 13 | Comedy / Singing | Comic Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Eva Abley | 14 | Comedy | Comedian | 3 | Finalist |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Flintz and T4ylor 15px | 22 & 17 | Singing / Music | Rapper & Pianist | 2 | Finalist |
| IMD Legion
| 11–35 | Dance | Dance Group | 5 | Eliminated |
| Immi Davis
| 9 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
| style="background:silver"
| Jamie Leahey | 13 | Comedy | Ventriloquist | 1 | Runner-Up |
| Junwoo
| 23 | Magic | Magician | 1 | Eliminated |
| Keiichi Iwasaki 15px
| 49 | Magic | Magician | 3 | Eliminated |
| Les Sancho
| 24–31 | Dance | Dance Group | 3 | Eliminated |
| London Community Gospel Choir
| 28–54 | Singing | Gospel Choir | 1 | Eliminated |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| 32 | Singing | Singer | 4 | Finalist |
| Mary P
| 29 | Singing | Mary Poppins Impersonator | 4 | Eliminated |
| Matricks Illusion
| 27 & 29 | Magic | Quick Change Group | 5 | Eliminated |
| style="background:NavajoWhite"
| Maxwell Thorpe | 32 | Singing | Opera Singer | 1 | Finalist |
| Mel Day
| 77 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
| Nick Edwards
| 35 | Singing / Music | Singer/Guitarist | 5 | Eliminated |
| Ranger Chris
| 41 | Dance | Dance Group | 2 | Eliminated |
| Ryland Petty
| 9 | Magic | Magician | 2 | Eliminated |
| Scooter Boys
| 6–10 | Danger | Scooter Stunt Team | 5 | Eliminated |
| Stefano Paolini
| 45 | Comedy | Comedian | 4 | Eliminated |
| Suzi Wild
| 34 | Comedy | Impressionist | 1 | Eliminated |
| The Dots
| 32–38 | Comedy / Singing | Comic Vocal Trio | 3 | Eliminated |
| The Freaks
| 10–36 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Group | 3 | Eliminated |
| The Frontline Singers
| 24–62 | Singing | Vocal Group | 4 | Eliminated |
| The Phantom
| 25 | Magic | Magician | 4 | Eliminated |
| The Witches
| 17–31 | Horror/Magic | Horror Magician | 1 | Eliminated |
| Titan the Robot
| 34 | Comedy | Robot Comedian | 4 | Eliminated |
| style="background:tan"
| Tom Ball | 23 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Third place |
| Voices of Armed Forces Children Choir
| 6–18 | Singing | Choir | 2 | Eliminated |
| Welsh of the West End
| 24–34 | Singing | Vocal Group | 5 | Eliminated |
=Semi-finals summary=
==Semi-final 1 (30 May)==
Guest performers: Moulin Rouge! The Musical ("Welcome to the Moulin Rouge"/"Backstage Romance")
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:17em;"|Semi-Finalist !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" |Order !scope="col" colspan="4" class="unsortable" style="width:24em;"|Buzzes and judges' votes !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;" |Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
| scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Cowell}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Holden}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Dixon}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Walliams}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| Mel Day
| 1 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |6th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| Born to Perform
| 2 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |4th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| Suzi Wild
| 3 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |7th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| London Community Gospel Choir
| 4 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |8th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| The Witches
| 5 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |5th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=silver
!scope="row"| Jamie Leahey | 6 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) |
| bgcolor=#c96
!scope="row"| Junwoo | 7 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) |
| bgcolor=gold
!scope="row"| Maxwell Thorpe | 8 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |1st (Won Public Vote) |
==Semi-final 2 (31 May)==
Guest Performers: Back to the Future: The Musical (with Roger Bart) ("The Power of Love"/"It Works")
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!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:17em;"|Semi-Finalist !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" |Order !scope="col" colspan="4" class="unsortable" style="width:24em;"|Buzzes and judges' votes !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;" |Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
| scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Cowell}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Holden}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Dixon}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Walliams}} |
|---|
| bgcolor=#c96
!scope="row"| Amber and the Dancing Collies | 1 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |2nd (Lost Judges' Vote){{ref|2|2}} |
| scope="row"| Voices of Armed Forces Children Choir
| 2 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |5th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| Ryland Petty
| 3 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |4th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"| Dante Marvin
| 4 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |6th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=silver
!scope="row"| Flintz and T4ylor | 5 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |3rd (Won Judges' Vote) |
| scope="row"| Ranger Chris
| 6 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"|20px |7th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=gold
!scope="row"| Ben Nickless | 7 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |1st (Won Public Vote) |
| scope="row"| Andrew Basso
| 8 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |8th - Eliminated |
- {{note|2|2}} Amber & Her Dancing Collies were later sent through to the final as the judges' wildcard.
==Semi-final 3 (1 June)==
Guest performers: Diversity
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!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:17em;"|Semi-Finalist !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" |Order !scope="col" colspan="4" class="unsortable" style="width:24em;"|Buzzes and judges' votes !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;" |Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
| scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Cowell}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Holden}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Dixon}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Walliams}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|Les Sancho
| 1 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |8th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"|Immi Davis
| 2 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |4th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"|The Freaks
| 3 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |5th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"|Dane Bates Collective
| 4 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |6th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=silver
!scope="row"|Eva Abley | 5 |style="text-align:center;"|{{ref|3|3}} |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |3rd (Won Judges' Vote) |
| scope="row"|The Dots
| 6 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |7th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=#c96
!scope="row"|Keiichi Iwasaki | 7 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| | 2nd (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| bgcolor=gold
!scope="row|Tom Ball | 8 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| | 1st (Won Public Vote) |
- {{note|3|3}}Due to the majority vote for Eva Abley, Cowell's voting intention was not revealed.
==Semi-final 4 (2 June)==
Guest performers: Emeli Sandé and Kseniya Simonova ("Brighter Days")
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!scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" style="width:17em;"|Semi-Finalist !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" |Order !scope="col" colspan="4" class="unsortable" style="width:24em;"|Buzzes and judges' votes !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;" |Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
| scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Cowell}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Holden}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Dixon}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:6em;" |{{sort | 0 | Walliams}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| Dame Nation
| 1 |style="text-align:center;"|20px{{Ref|4|4}} |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |8th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=silver
!scope="row"|5 Star Boys | 2 |style="text-align:center;"| {{ref|5|5}} |style="text-align:center;"| 20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |2nd (Won Judges' Vote) |
| scope="row"|The Frontline Singers
| 3 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |4th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"|Mary P
| 4 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |5th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=#c96
!scope="row"|The Phantom | 5 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| | 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| scope="row"|Stefano Paolini
| 6 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |7th - Eliminated |
| scope="row"|Titan The Robot
| 7 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |6th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=gold
!scope="row|Loren Allred | 8 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| | 1st (Won Public Vote) |
- {{note|4|4}}Cowell requested his X was removed after the act during his comments.
- {{note|5|5}}Cowell did not cast his vote due to the majority support for 5 Star Boys from the other judges, but admitted his voting intention would have been for this semi-finalist.
== Semi-final 5 (3 June) ==
Guest performers: Jon Courtenay, Colin Thackery, D-Day Darlings and D-Day Juniors
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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:17em;" |Semi-Finalist ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Order ! colspan="4" class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:24em;" |Buzzes and judges' votes ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:23em;" |Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
| class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:6em;" |{{sort|0|Cowell}}
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:6em;" |{{sort|0|Holden}} ! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:6em;" |{{sort|0|Dixon}} ! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:6em;" |{{sort|0|Walliams}} |
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| scope="row" |Matricks Illusion
|1 |style="text-align:center;"|20px | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |8th - Eliminated |
| scope="row" |Scooter Boys
|2 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |4th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=#c96
! scope="row" |Welsh of the West End |3 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| bgcolor=silver
! scope="row" |Aneeshwar Kunchala |4 |style="text-align:center;"| {{ref|6|6}} |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |2nd (Won Judges' Vote) |
| scope="row" |Brian & Krysstal
|5 |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |style="text-align:center;"|20px |7th - Eliminated |
| scope="row" |IMD Legion
|6 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |6th - Eliminated |
| scope="row" |Nick Edwards
|7 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |5th - Eliminated |
| bgcolor=gold
! scope="row" |Axel Blake |8 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | |1st (Won Public Vote) |
- {{note|6|6}}Due to the majority vote for Aneeshwar Kunchala, Cowell's voting intention was not revealed.
=Final (5 June)=
Guest performers: Sister Act The Musical ("Raise Your Voice")
:{{legend2|gold|Winner|border=1px solid #aaa}} | {{legend2|silver|Runner-up|border=1px solid #aaa}}
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| class="unsortable" style="width:15em;"| Finalist
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em;"| Order ! data-sort-type="number" style="width:10em;"| Finished{{cite web | url=https://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/622578-britains-got-talent-2022-voting-figures-see-voting-stats-and-percentages-here.html | title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting stats REVEALED | date=6 June 2022 }} |
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| bgcolor=silver
!scope="row"| Jamie Leahey | 1 | 2nd |
| scope="row"| Amber and the Dancing Collies
| 2 | 10th |
| scope="row"| 5 Star Boys
| 3 | 11th |
| scope="row"| Flintz and T4ylor
| 4 | 6th |
| scope="row"| Aneeshwar Kunchala
| 5 | 7th |
| scope="row"| Eva Abley
| 6 | 5th |
| style="background:tan"
!scope="row"| Tom Ball | 7 | 3rd |
| scope="row"| Ben Nickless
| 8 | 8th |
| scope="row"| Loren Allred
| 9 | 9th |
| bgcolor=gold
! scope="row"| Axel Blake | 10 | 1st |
| scope="row"| Maxwell Thorpe
| 11 | 4th |
Ratings
{{Main|List of Britain's Got Talent episodes}}
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!Episode !Air date !Total viewers |
| scope="row" | Auditions 1
| {{dts|16 April}} || 8.31 || 2 |
|---|
| scope="row" | Auditions 2
| {{dts|17 April}} || 6.94 || 3 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 3
| {{dts|23 April}} || 7.03 || 4 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 4
| {{dts|30 April}} || 7.29 || 1 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 5
| {{dts|7 May}} || 6.93 || 1 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 6
| {{dts|14 May}} || 6.55 || 1 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 7
| {{dts|21 May}} || 7.00 || 1 |
| scope="row" | Auditions 8
| {{dts|28 May}} || 5.84 || 1 |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final 1
| {{dts|30 May}} || 5.89 || 2 |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final 2
|{{dts|31 May}} || 5.46 || 3 |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final 3
| {{dts|1 June}} || 5.06 || 9 |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final 4
| {{dts|2 June}} || 4.70 || 11 |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final 5
| {{dts|3 June}} || 5.23 || 6 |
| scope="row" | Final
| {{dts|5 June}} || 7.07 || 1 |
References
{{Britain's Got Talent}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Britain's Got Talent (series 15)}}