History Series / BritainsGotTalent

* Amanda Holden (2007-present); comedy actress and model ([[MsFanservice Google Image Search will generate underwear]])

* MsFanservice - Amanda Holden

* NamesTheSame - In addition to the aforementioned David J. Watson, ''another'' David Watson auditioned in 2009, this time performing a singing act. Unfortunately, this David Watson was about as good at singing as the first one was at doing impressions. There was one difference between the two however, as David Watson the singer took his failure with good humour and said he still enjoyed the experience, while David Watson the impressionist (and later magician and Dancing Hulk) always seems genuinely shocked when no-one likes his acts.
** In addition, there's the 2008 dancing auditionee David Williams who was far from pleased with Simon's comments and the 2012 judge David Walliams (which is a stage name; his real name indeed being David Williams).
* OddCouple - Simon Cowell and David Walliams.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent - ''Series/AmericasGotTalent''.

* SelfDeprication - Constantly used on ''Britain's Got More Talent''.

'''''Britain's Got Talent''''' is an [[Main/{{ITV}} ITV]] TalentShow where people perform talent acts with the aim of winning a public vote and perform in front of [[TheHouseOfWindsor HM The Queen]] (for the second series HRH The Prince of Wales) at ''TheRoyalVarietyShow''. Each contestant performs in front of three or four judges. The judges have three/four buzzers and can push them if they want the act to stop. All buttons pressed- the act stops. Tolerated primarily for the ridiculous and often hilariously bad auditions and the inevitable scathing responses.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In 2013, impressionist Francine Lewis performs this three times in one act

* AwesomeMccoolname: One series three contestant was named Adrian Pirate. Unfortunately he didn't live up to his name; his act consisted of him randomly riding in on a motorbike, before getting a chainsaw and slicing up fruits impaled on sticks. He didn't even model them into shapes or anything, he was literally just cutting randomly. After swiftly being dealt three "no"s from the judges, he ran off waving his arms in the air like a madman. Nothing involving talent was even attempted.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: David is this: he acts like a campy, goofy poof a good deal of the time, but when it comes to judging, he gives genuinely fair critiques to contestants and is more balanced than the harsher Simon or the nicer Amanda and Alesha.

* {{Determinator}} - David J. Watson, the only person to date who has auditioned for the show on four separate occasions. He [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9E0m3Q0SR8 first appeared]] in 2008, where he did political impersonation act that was hilarious for all the wrong reasons, then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctZCyXbl9iA showed up again]] in 2010 where he performed a bizarre mix of ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' and ''Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy''. His [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL4Gyknf-o appearance]] in 2011 saw him try to pull off "magic trick" that didn't really amount to anything more than a high school science experiment. In his most recent attempt in the 2013 series, he brought back up in the form of two collegues, one of whom seemed not very enthusiastic in being there. His act involved a small comedy sketch where David pretends to drill through a wall and into a person, who then 'comically' spins around. This was achieved by having one guy arc the top half of his body over the wall, and then the other guy waves a pair of fake legs. It was as bad as it sounds. Only David Walliams seemed amused.

*** As his time was running out, Boyd began using his hands. That's right, Boyd cheated and STILL failed.

* FanDisservice: A couple of times, a few auditionees may strip off various amounts of clothing, with varying levels of attractiveness. For one example, a middle-aged man tried to perform a strip act with a chicken codpiece on. Suffice to say, he was buzzed off in short order.
* FlatYes: Happens when Simon disagrees with putting Mamma Trish (a goofy, heavyset drag queen with an... interesting routine) through; he votes no, but is vetoed by Piers and Amanda, which leads to this exchange later:

* HopelessAuditionees: In between the good acts, you'll get these.
* IneptTalentShowContestant: Half the fun of the show to some people is watching these.

* TheMeanBrit - Simon AND Piers. Granted, Piers is a little less negative than on ''AmericasGotTalent''.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, Simon tends to be nicer to younger contestants, while Piers sometimes gives otherwise hopeless acts a chance to continue before pressing his buzzer.

* OddCouple: Simon Cowell and David Walliams.
* RefugeInAudacity: In the "Interval Pub Games" sketch in ''Britain's Got More Talent'' (2012), the winner in the pub game between Ant and Dec becomes the "Top Ranker". Now, understanding what other word ranker sounds like, everyone proceeds to repeatedly chant "Ranker!" at the winner.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent - ''AmericasGotTalent''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The 2013 finale had an impressive performance by singers Richard & Adam [[spoiler: be interrupted by violinist Natalie Holt throwing eggs at Simon Cowell while they were still singing.]]
* SturgeonsLaw: A rare case where this ISN'T a bad thing. It could be argued that this is why the show is tolerated by audiences. They primarily want to see the crap acts, with the REALLY good stuff being a bonus.

** First time is while under the Creator/StaceySoloman: "Rushed out to get a wooly hat, a wooly coat and a '''''passport'''''".
** Second time is using Creator/AmyChilds: "I love Essex, I work in Essex, I live in Essex, '''''It's all about Essex'''''".
** Third time while under Creator/KatiePrice: "I will be nice to you all, the church, the honeymoon and the '''''Divorce Lawyer'''''".

* {{Filler}}

* HopelessAuditionees
* IneptTalentShowContestant

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In 2014, impressionist Francine Lewis performs this three times in one act

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In 2013, impressionist Francine Lewis performs this three times in one act

** First time is while under the Creator/StaceySoloman: "Rushed out to get a wooly hat, a wooly coat and a '''''passport'''''.
** Second time is using Creator/AmyChilds: I love Essex, I work in Essex, I live in Essex, '''''It's all about Essex'''''.
** Third time while under Creator/KatiePrice: "I will be nice to you all, the church, the honeymoon and the '''''Divorce Lawyer'''''.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[Creator/AntAndDec Ant & Dec]] with the martial arts duo Strike from season 2, who mentioned that Strike had, among other things, "...a judge who fancies the pants off them." Actually, come to think of it, Amanda's fangirling over Strike was lampshaded by just about everybody.
** One male act in the 2010 series actually striped off completely naked, and Amanda's reaction was precisely as enthusiastic as you'd expect. Despite the act in question having probably his best ever chance of getting through to the semi-finals, with [[StraightGay Louis Walsh]] standing in for Simon, he wasn't voted through.
* {{Filler}}

* FurryFandom - Bizarrely evoked in one scene of Britain's Got More Talent (Series 3), where Stephen Mulhern inexplicibly greets Ant and Dec dressed in a full body fox costume (fur and all). They were as confused as the viewers (and onlookers, it was right in the entrance hall of the arena) were.

The two hosts of the show are AntAndDec.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[AntAndDec Ant & Dec]] with the martial arts duo Strike from season 2, who mentioned that Strike had, among other things, "...a judge who fancies the pants off them." Actually, come to think of it, Amanda's fangirling over Strike was lampshaded by just about everybody.

The show also airs a spin-off, ''Britain's Got More Talent'', after each episode of the main show on ITV2. This show is hosted by magician/presenter StephenMulhern and focuses more on the backstage elements of the show, with a stronger emphasis on comedy.

'''''Britain's Got Talent''''' is an [[Main/ITV ITV]] TalentShow where people perform talent acts with the aim of winning a public vote and perform in front of [[TheHouseOfWindsor HM The Queen]] (for the second series HRH The Prince of Wales) at ''TheRoyalVarietyShow''. Each contestant performs in front of three or four judges. The judges have three/four buzzers and can push them if they want the act to stop. All buttons pressed- the act stops. Tolerated primarily for the ridiculous and often hilariously bad auditions and the inevitable scathing responses.

'''''Britain's Got Talent''''', having recently finished its sixth series, is a TalentShow where people perform talent acts with the aim of winning a public vote and perform in front of [[TheHouseOfWindsor HM The Queen]] (for the second series HRH The Prince of Wales) at ''TheRoyalVarietyShow''. Each contestant performs in front of three or four judges. The judges have three/four buzzers and can push them if they want the act to stop. All buttons pressed- the act stops. Tolerated primarily for the ridiculous and often hilariously bad auditions and the inevitable scathing responses.

The show also airs a spin-off, ''Britain's Got More Talent'', after each episode of the main show. This show is hosted by magician/presenter Stephen Mulhern and focuses more on the backstage elements of the show, with a stronger emphasis on comedy.

** Having said that, Diversity, the ''actual'' winners of that series have still had the best career out of any BGT finalist to date apart from Susan Boyle. It probably safe to say that had the runner-up of that series been anyone except Boyle, this trope wouldn't have applied.

* RefugeInAudacity: In the "Interval Pub Games" sketch in ''Britain's Got More Talent'', the winner in the pub game between Ant and Dec becomes the "Top Ranker". Now, understanding what other word ranker sounds like, everyone proceeds to repeatedly chant "Ranker!" at the winner.
** Now in the most recent series, "Fairground Fantasy", the title is changed to the [[FromBadToWorse "masterater"]].

** Now in the most recent series, the title is changed to the [[FromBadToWorse "masterater"]].

* AsideGlance - Stephen Mulhern does these on ''Britain's Got More Talent", mostly along the lines of "Have you ever wanted to see... (aside glance) No? Me neither. It may sound repetitive, but they are quite funny when you see his face.