Gather the family, whip out your buzzers and prepare to become obsessed with a niche talent you’d never heard of before because BGT is back on our screens. You can watch the talent competition for FREE in the UK on ITVX, but don't worry if you’re away from the UK when it airs, because you can watch Britain’s Got Talent season 17 from anywhere with a VPN.
Simon Cowell leads the judging panel this year alongside Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and former Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli. As always, Ant & Dec are hosting, delivering behind the scenes moments during the auditions and anchoring the live finals.
A whole host of talented individuals are taking to the stage hoping to make it to the Grand Final where the public will crown a winner who’ll receive not only a tidy £250,000 cash but also a spot on the bill at the Royal Variety Performance. Previous winners have included singers, dancers, magicians and even dogs, so the field is wide open for anyone to wow the panel and the public.
Britain’s Got Talent also debuted a new ITVX spin-off this year, BGT Reacts, which airs straight after the main show.
Ready for another blockbuster season of BGT? Here's how to watch Britain’s Got Talent 2024 from anywhere in the world. We've got all the information you'll need below.
What happened on Britain's Got Talent
*Spoilers for BGT 2024*
The most recent BGT 2024 saw a whole host of acts progress in the competition, including a Golden Buzzer for dance troupe CyberAgent Legit from none other than Simon Cowell himself.
Other acts that wowed judges this week included an opera singing Batman, a choir, Northants Sings Out, that took things from Sunday mass to Saturday night and Harrison Pettman, an audience member who delivered an emotional performance of 'With You' from Ghost, surprising his family who thought he'd nipped to the loo.
We also saw 13-year-old street dancer Leon Ung perform to Måneskin's 'Beggin', and comedian Darren Watson, who had "bottled it" last year at the last minute after failing to rouse a smile from Ant & Dec while waiting to take the stage.
Meanwhile, the red buzzers were out in force, with drag artist Ma_Dannii_X getting four "nos" despite a theatrical entrance and drone pilot Tani determinedly continuing his act even after all four crosses had turned red.
How to watch BGT season 17 in the UK
How to watch BGT season 17 in Australia
Britain's Got Talent streams on 7Plus in Australia. There's no confirmed release schedule for BGT season 17 just yet, but we'll update this page when a date is announced.
Channel 7's streaming service is also where you'll find Australia's Got Talent, the Aussie version of the show that has featured former BGT judge David Walliams on its panel.
Aussies traveling abroad can use a VPN to watch Britain's Got Talent 2024 the way they usually would back home, as we explain here.
Can I watch BGT season 17 in the US?
Britain's Got Talent doesn't air Stateside, but fear not because the US is the home of the original iteration of the format, America's Got Talent, which airs on NBC.
NBC can be accessed online through a number of cord-cutting services including FuboTV, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV.
If you're a UK viewer traveling in the US and keen to watch Britain's Got Talent 2024 as it airs, you may want to look at a VPN. More below.
How to watch BGT season 17 from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch Britain's Got Talent season 17 on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN – no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is NordVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
- Download the app at NordVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
When is the Britain's Got Talent season 17 release date?
In the UK, Britain's Got Talent season 17 premiered on ITV on April 20 and continues Saturdays at 7:30 pm UK / 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT / 5:30 am AEDT (Mon).
The episode release pattern has varied over the years but the schedule for the Auditions can be viewed below. The BGT live finals have aired every weeknight leading up to the Saturday night Grand Final in recent years. We'd expect the same in 2024, so check back for updates when we have more info.
Britain's Got Talent season 17 air dates
- Auditions 1: Saturday, April 20 Watch here
- Auditions 2: Sunday, April 21 Watch here
- Auditions 3: Saturday, April 27 Watch here
- Auditions 4: Saturday, May 4
- Auditions 5: Saturday, May 11
- Auditions 6: Saturday, May 18
- Auditions 7: Saturday, May 25
- Auditions 8: Saturday, June 1
