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Britain's Got Talent

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 11: Alesha Dixon attends the press launch for the new series of 'Britain's Got Talent' at ICA on April 11, 2013 in London, England.

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About Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television show on ITV and TV3 Ireland, part of the Got Talent series. Presented by Ant & Dec, singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each series receives £100,000 and is given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the Royal Family, including the Queen. The first series of the talent show began on 9 June 2007, and was broadcast daily with a live final on 16 July 2007, in which Paul Potts won. Street-dancer George Sampson went on to win the second series of the show on 31 May 2008. The third series began on 11 April 2009, and ended on 30 May 2009, with Diversity winning the competition, while Susan Boyle, whose audition performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" sparked an Internet sensation, ended up in second place. Series 4 premiered on 17 April 2010, and ended with the live finale shown on ITV on 5 June 2010 in which Spelbound were declared winners. Spelbound are an acrobatic gymnastics group.

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