Britain's Got Talent 2024 sees hopefuls from up and down the country taking to the stage in the hopes that they'll impress the judges and win a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
Not only that but there's a £250,000 prize at stake too. This life-changing sum of money will be awarded to whichever act impresses the judges and viewers at home and joins the coveted Britain's Got Talent winners list.
This will be the 17th season for the beloved talent show, which has seen some huge winners such as comedian Lee Ridley, dance troupe Diversity, and dog trick act Ashleigh and Pudsey.
Outside of this, we also saw a spin-off called Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician in 2023 which invited back some spellbinding magicians to compete to win the title, with Eric Chien being crowned winner.
Now, brand new acts will appear on the famous stage before the panel and do everything they can to impress.
Here's what we know about Britain's Got Talent 2024 so far...
Britain's Got Talent 2024 release date
Britain's Got Talent continues on Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
The episode will run until 8:55 pm and will see more performers taking to the stage to try and impress the judges and secure their place in the live semi-finals.
Britain's Got Talent 2024 judges
The judging panel has stayed the same as Britain's Got Talent 2023, with Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell returning to cast their judgement over the new performers.
Britain's Got Talent Golden Buzzers
The first episode also saw our first Golden Buzzers, with Alesha choosing to send through 8-year-old Ravi, who delivered a showstopping performance of A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman as part of his group, Ravi's Dream Team.
Elsewhere, Sydnie Christmas got Amanda's Golden Buzzer for her rendition of Tomorrow from the musical Annie. So both of these acts have been fast tracked to the live shows.
In an exclusive interview with What to Watch, Sydnie revealed: "It doesn't seem like it happened because it happened so quick. One minute, the judges are talking to me, and I was just trying to concentrate on what they were saying, then the next minute, this big, loud noise went off and I realised what had happened. I was in total shock - but happy shock.
Britain's Got Talent 2024 hosts
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will resume hosting duties on Britain's Got Talent 2024, having presented the series since the very beginning.
The duo recently announced that they were taking a break from Saturday Night Takeaway after this year's season, to focus on other projects and spend more time with their families.
Ant told us: "We just thought it was the perfect time with series 20. It seemed a natural point to take a pause. We have rested Takeaway in the past and reaching series 20 felt like it was a good time to take a break and look at how we want the show to look in the future.
"You can’t reimagine it in a different way when you’re in it. So we wanted to come away for a bit and see how we felt. First and foremost we just needed a bit of a break from it."
It is expected they will be focusing on Britain's Got Talent and the next season of I'm a Celebrity.
Britain's Got Talent auditions
Auditions took place in February, with Salford Now reporting about people queuing for them on February 6.
They revealed they spoke to someone called Charlotte Booth, who said: “My daughter is performing today as part of a group. They are cheerleaders from Coventry Dynamite, while the 13-18 age group is called Lady Grenades.
"They are a group of 24 young ladies, they are all under 18 and the you group is 13. They are going to Florida in April to complete in the Cheering Worlds."
We don't have information about any of the other acts at present, but we'll be meeting plenty of them when the series kicks off on ITV!
Is there a trailer for Britain's Got Talent 2024?
Yes, a first look trailer has been released for the new series, teasing the judges, some acts and the Golden Buzzer!
Take a look below...
Who are the previous Britain's Got Talent winners?
You can find full details on the previous BGT winners in this article, but here's an overview of who has been victorious in previous Grand Finals:
- Series 1 (2007) — Paul Potts
- Series 2 (2008) — George Sampson
- Series 3 (2009) — Diversity
- Series 4 (2010) — Spelbound
- Series 5 (2011) — Jai McDowall
- Series 6 (2012) — Ashleigh & Pudsey
- Series 7 (2013) — Attraction
- Series 8 (2014) — Collabro
- Series 9 (2015) — Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse
- Series 10 (2016) — Richard Jones
- Series 11 (2017) — Tokio Myers
- Series 12 (2018) — Lost Voice Guy
- Series 13 (2019) — Colin Thackery
- Series 14 (2020) — Jon Courtenay
- Series 15 (2022) — Axel Blake
- Series 16 (2023) — Viggo Venn
Are there spin-offs of Britain's Got Talent?
BGT has had a number of spin-off shows including Britain's Got Talent: The Champions (2019) which pitted previous winners against one another, a 2020 Christmas special, Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular and the one-off Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician in 2022.
Most regular installments of the show were also accompanied by companion programme Britain's Got More Talent, which ran from 2007-2019. BGMT, hosted by Stephen Mulhern, aired on ITV2 directly after each episode of the main show, featuring unseen acts, backstage footage and interviews with the finalists.
It has been announced that a new spin-off companion show, BGT Reacts, will air alongside season 17 exclusively on ITVX and feature British content creators and influencers reacting to acts featured on the talent show.
Are there international versions of Britain's Got Talent?
The ...Got Talent franchise has been adapted in over 69 countries. Notable English language versions include Canada's Got Talent, Australia's Got Talent and Ireland's Got Talent. The smash hit America's Got Talent (which was the first iteration of the show) famously counted Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne among its judges in its early years and now features BGT judge and format creator Simon Cowell.
There have also been a number of international crossovers such as 2015's Planet's Got Talent.
