EVERY year Britain's Got Talent brings fans a whole host of weird and wonderful acts. After multiple rounds of auditions, one act is eventually crowned winner and they get to walk away with a HUGE prize. Over the years Britain's Got Talent has crowned 17 winners.
The BGT champ gets to take home a whopping cash prize of £250,000. The winner is also offered the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Performance. Prior to these generous prizes, the first five winners of Britain's Got Talent were given £100k, but Ashleigh and Pudsey benefitted from the most generous year scooping £500,000 in 2012.
Season 17 of Britain's Got Talent kicked off on April 20, 2024, Throughout the series, Sydnie Christmas was the frontrunner to win the new series. She wowed the audience and the BGT judges with her rendition of Tomorrow from Annie during her first audition. Judge Amanda Holden was so moved that she hit the Golden Buzzer for the talented singer.
, She then sailed through the semi-finals and won the viewers' vote . On June 2, 2024 Sydnie was crowned the winner of Britain's Got Talent . The singer performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow in the grand finale and is now the reigning BGT champ .
The phone salesman-turned-singer won the first series of Britain's Got Talent. After releasing several albums, he was then the subject of a biopic called One Chance starring James Corden as Paul . BGT is not about talent that hasn’t been seen elsewhere - it’s simply about talent.
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