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Britain's Got Talent

January 2024

  • Electrifying … Diversity.

    Diversity: Supernova review – blazing BGT champs go all out

    The superstar dance troupe from Britain’s Got Talent consistently fill venues across the country – and you can see why

November 2023

  • David Walliams

    David Walliams settles with Britain’s Got Talent production company over leaked comments

    Comedian was suing Fremantle in privacy case after his derogatory and sexually explicit remarks about contestants were leaked

October 2023

  • Walliams’s lawyers say FremantleMedia only withdrew its offer after the Guardian published a story about the comments.

    Britain’s Got Talent company ‘knew of David Walliams’s derogatory remarks when it offered him £1m deal’

    Court papers say FremantleMedia was aware of explicit comments about two contestants when it offered comedian new contract

September 2023

  • David Walliams

    David Walliams files case against Britain’s Got Talent production company

    Case follows Walliams’ exit as BGT judge after transcript surfaced of him making offensive off-air comments about contestants

August 2023

  • Simon Cowell

    Simon Cowell sells London home for £30m below asking price amid safety fears

  • ‘The lowest form of entertainment, even lower than magic’ … Viggo Venn.

    Britain’s Got Talent winner Viggo Venn: ‘I made £10 a gig. But look at me now. New pants!’

April 2023

  • Bruno Tonioli

    The Q&A
    Bruno Tonioli: ‘I’ve never had a celebrity crush – I’d rather go for the plumber’

    The TV judge on growing up gay in a small town, choreographing dancing cows and his love of fried chicken

January 2023

  • Bruno Tonioli taking to the Strictly Come Dancing floor in 2019.

    Bruno Tonioli to replace David Walliams as Britain’s Got Talent judge

    Former Strictly Come Dancing favourite joins ITV talent show panel after Walliams recorded making sexually explicit remarks

November 2022

  • David Walliams on the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel in October 2020

    David Walliams recorded making derogatory remarks about BGT contestants

    Exclusive: Britain’s Got Talent judge made sexually explicit comments about participant, leak shows

July 2022

  • Community advocate Alfred Oyekoya in Swansea

    Guardian angel
    The people making a difference: the public health champion who met his hero, Simon Cowell

    Alfred Oyekoya helped boost vaccine takeup in Swansea’s BAME community – and was rewarded by visiting the set of Britain’s got talenthe man who

June 2022

  • Adam Farrer onstage.

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I watched my mother dance in nipple tassels on TV – and my heart swelled with pride

    Growing up it was my brother I wanted to copy, but watching my mother’s performance taught me to be brave

May 2022

  • Jenny Eclair in Drawers Off: The Big Naked Painting Challenge.

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: amateur artists are in for a nude awakening

    Jenny Eclair hosts a life drawing competition. Plus: Craig Revel Horwood and his fiance tell all. Here’s what to watch today

April 2022

  • Variety is the spice of life: Britain’s Got Talent.

    The watcher
    Britain’s Got Talent: will Simon Cowell ever stop? Not until the sun engulfs the earth

    We’re in danger of the tight-faced vampire king carrying on as long as Bruce Forsyth. But even after all these years, his show’s dark alchemy will make you fully commit

January 2022

  • The finalists in series one of Pop Idol, including Jessica Garlick, Gareth Gates, Will Young, Darius Danesh and Zoe Birkett.

    Life after Will Young: how talent shows shaped Britain

    Love them or loathe them, Pop Idol, The X Factor and their ilk have reshaped British culture

October 2021

  • Ashley Modurotolu Banjo English street dancer, choreographer and actor leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of Britain's Got Tal<br>KDX3JP Ashley Modurotolu Banjo English street dancer, choreographer and actor leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of Britain's Got Tal

    Ashley Banjo on Black Lives Matter, backlash and reality TV: ‘I’m a sceptic of cancel culture’

    There were 30,000 complaints to Ofcom when Banjo and his dance group, Diversity, referenced the death of George Floyd on primetime TV. Now he has followed up the outcry with a film about racism

August 2021

  • Clockwise from top left … Captain Saru; meerkat Aleksandr; the Prince of Wales; Wendy from Bob the Builder; Dipsy the teletubby.

    ‘They wanted my meerkat to sound like a Russian Alan Sugar’ – meet TV’s secret superstars

    They are TV’s unsung heroes, adored yet unrecognised. But do voice artists and mask-wearers ever crave fame? From the man behind the meerkats to Star Trek’s prosthetic-laden Captain Saru, we find out

April 2021

  • Britain's Got Talent

    BLM dance on Britain’s Got Talent in running for Bafta ‘must-see’ award

    Diversity routine that drew 24,500 complaints is up against Nigella, EastEnders and Bridgerton

March 2021

  • ‘A lot of comics just say what everybody wants to hear’ … Nabil Abdulrashid on Britain’s Got Talent.

    BGT standup sensation Nabil Abdulrashid: 'There's so many people to annoy!'

    His routines about race, identity and a black Winston Churchill clocked 3,000 complaints. As he looks forward to touring again, the standup explains why he won’t be toning things down

December 2020

  • Clockwise from top left: Russell Kane, Leslie Jones, Alexei Sayle, Nabil Abdulrashid and Sarah Cooper.

    Best culture 2020
    What a joke: the 10 funniest comedy shows of 2020

    There wasn’t a lot to laugh about as venues closed and gigs were cancelled. But standups still delivered silly, edgy and heartfelt gags. Our critic picks his favourite new material

November 2020

  • Britain’s Got Talent 2020<br>MANDATORY CREDIT REQUIRED: TOM DYMOND/SYCO/THAMES Undated handout photo issued by ITV of Nabil Abdulrashid, performing on Saturday’s edition of Britain’s Got Talent. PA Photo. Issue date: Saturday May 9, 2020. See PA story SHOWBIZ BGT. Photo credit should read: Tom Dymond/Syco/Thames/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid received death threats after routines about race

    Britain’s Got Talent finalist prompted 3,000 complaints to Ofcom with acerbic sets
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