Who are the Golden Buzzer acts on Britain’s Got Talent 2017? Sarah Ikumu, MerseyGirls, Daliso Chaponda, Matt Edwards and Kyle Tomlinson
Here are all the acts that have automatically made it through to the live semi-finals of BGT
Sarah Ikumu – Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer
The 16-year-old schoolgirl from Milton Keynes blew the judges away with her rendition of And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going – the song made famous by Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls – a song described by Simon Cowell as “one of the biggest songs in the world”.
Just moments after she finished singing, Simon reached over and hit his Golden Buzzer for the teenager, sending her straight into the live semi-finals.
Sarah said: “I’m so excited to get up and perform in front of the judges again for the semi-finals. The reaction so far has been amazing, lots of people have been stopping me in the streets to talk about BGT and my school have been really supportive.
"All my friends are so happy for me and have said they knew I could do it all along. So I just need to prove them right for the semi-final! I have been rehearsing an hour every day after school and I’m hoping to impress the judges with a song that is even bigger and better than my first audition.”
Daliso Chaponda – Amanda Holden’s Golden Buzzer
A 37-year-old comedian and comedy writer from Malawi, Daliso currently lives in Manchester. He went to university in Montreal, Canada (so he’s quite the globe-hopper), where he entered his first open mic night in 2001 – and the rest was history.
Daliso became Amanda Holden's Golden Buzzer act on the third episode of the show after his routine. Amanda said: "You were bloody hilarious. Self-deprecating, funny, relevant - laugh after laugh after laugh. It just kept coming. And I really want you to win the entire series. I think you could and I think you have a golden future."
Daliso said: “I'm extremely excited about being through to the semi-finals. When Amanda pressed the golden buzzer it was nuts! It was so exciting and it was the last thing I expected so I didn't actually react properly for around an hour, I was just overwhelmed.
"It just hadn't sunk in. The reaction so far has been lovely. People have been so supportive, I mean I'm walking down the street and random people yell out 'good luck!' It's wonderful especially as I went into this so afraid about so many silly things - like looking like a fool or just doing badly and it's just been entirely positive.
"So it's wonderful, I'm so glad I took the risk. My next performance will be even funnier, prepare to be surprised. I'm going to go even further! It's going to be great.”
