Britain's Got Talent 2022: Release date, time, judges, contestants and news
Here's everything you need to know about this season.
Britain's Got Talent 2022 continues tonight on ITV with more daring, hilarious and – probably – bizarre acts taking to the stage in a bid to impress the judges.
We've already seen three Golden Buzzers awarded, with singer Loren Allred, comedian Axel Blake and dance troupe Born to Perform all securing places in the live semi-finals.
Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon back in their seats this weekend, with Ant and Dec are on hosting duties once more, be keeping an eye out for a deserving recipient of their own Golden Buzzer.
Tonight's line-up includes auditions from Manchester Communication Primary Academy, who perform a sketch as the BGT judges and Ant and Dec, Ranger Chris, who takes to the stage with a group of dinosaurs (you read that right), and an act called The Witch, who does a spine-chilling routine with an unexpected reveal.
Last up, the Voices of Armed Forces Children Choir perform an original song titled Welcome Home.
Read on for everything you need to know about Britain's Got Talent 2022, including what time the show airs on ITV.
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Britain's Got Talent 2022 release date and start time
Britain's Got Talent season 15 kicked off on Saturday 16th April at 8pm BST on ITV and ITV Hub.
The action continues tonight (Saturday 30rth April) with another round of auditions being featured in the second episode, which will get underway on ITV and ITV Hub at 8pm. Tonight's show ends at 9:20pm.
Episodes will air weekly on Saturdays and Sunday throughout season 15.
Britain's Got Talent judges
As per usual, the Britain's Got Talent judges for 2022 are:
- Simon Cowell
- Amanda Holden
- David Walliams
- Alesha Dixon
Asked what it was like to be reunited for the new season, after having to take a year out to due to the pandemic, Simon Cowell said: "Great! It felt really good."
He added: "As much as I didn’t want to not make the show last year, we just couldn’t at that point, it would have been literally impossible. We had to stop it at the last moment – it was a difficult decision to make but it was the right one.
"I think off the back of that, when we did all get back together, we realised how much we enjoy making the show. We did miss each other, we get on and work well together."
Britain's Got Talent hosts
Britain's Got Talent is hosted by presenting duo Ant and Dec.
The pair have been at the helm of the show since the first season in 2007 and were given the same Golden Buzzer rights as the judges in 2014.
Ahead of season 15, the pair opened up about the "vibe" of the new run.
"I would say the vibe of the series is one of gratitude – gratitude from us that the acts are back and gratitude from the acts to be able to perform on stage again, because people haven't worked for so long," Ant revealed.
"In our industry, a lot of performers and singers didn't have anywhere to perform, they couldn't work during the pandemic. We had acts that would never have normally done the show before come down to audition, and acts who would've done BGT have had two years to really work on their act, so the talent was really strong."
What is the Golden Buzzer?
Each judge and Ant and Dec are given one Golden Buzzer act, who will go straight through to the semi-finals.
Throughout the auditions, they each get to hit their buzzer for one act and one act only, whose performance was exceptional.
What is Britain's Got Talent's Golden Moments?
New to the 2022 season, Golden Moments sees unsuspecting individuals in the audience invited to audition on the iconic stage.
They may not have prepared for the show, but their family or friends think they have what it takes to be the next big thing, so secretly applied on their behalf.
Speaking of the new feature, Dec said: "The Golden Moments thing is really lovely in that it's people that wouldn't necessarily put themselves forward or apply themselves, but friends or family or people that know them think that they're good enough to come and audition.
"So each judge surprised that different person who'd been recommended by friends or family and told them they were coming to audition at the Palladium. So we had some really lovely moments!"
Who are the Britain's Got Talent 2022 contestants?
We're still waiting to meet most of this year's contestants, but the opening weekend of the competition did see some very strong additions to the line-up – including Golden Buzzer act Loren Allred.
Nick Edwards, who was an unsuspecting auditionee put forward by his family as part of the show's new Golden Moments feature, won over the judges with his performance of Ernie Halter's 'Daddy's Little Girl'.
Comedian Axel Blake auditioned to great success, getting the Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell, and dance troupe Born to Perform followed suit, getting the fast pass to the semi-finals from David Walliams.
Many more will audition for one of the 40 spaces in the live shows over the coming weeks.
Who won Britain's Got Talent 2020?
Season 14 of Britain's Got talent was won by Ant and Dec's Golden Buzzer act Jon Courtenay, who is a comedian and musician.
He beat sign-language choir Sign Along With Us and comedian Steve Royle, as they finished in second and third respectively.
Britain's Got Talent 2022 continues tonight (Sunday, 23rd April) at 7:35pm. If you’re looking for more to watch check out our TV Guide or visit our dedicated Entertainment hub for the latest news.
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