Britain's Got Talent (series 1)

Infobox Television
show_name = Britain's Got Talent (series 1)


genre = Talent show
picture_format = 16:9
runtime = 60 minutes (inc. comms)
presenter = "Britain's Got Talent":
Anthony McPartlin,
Declan Donnelly
"Britain's Got More Talent":
Stephen Mulhern
judges = Simon Cowell,
Amanda Holden,
Piers Morgan
network = ITV
first_aired = 9 June 2007
last_aired = 17 June 2007
producer = SYCO TV in association with talkbackTHAMES

Series one of Britain's Got Talent began on 9 June 2007 and ended on 17 June 2007. The first 5 shows concerned the Audition Stages and the final three shows involved the live Semi-Finals and Final. The series was eventually won by opera singer Paul Potts, with ventriloquist Damon Scott coming in second.

The series was intended to air before America's Got Talent but was thoroughly postponed, and was also intentially meant to be host by Paul O'Grady although he resigned shortly after his transfer from ITV to Channel 4. Ant and Dec were later decided as replacement hosts. David Hasselhoff and Cheryl Cole were lined up as judges, but resigned before the program was meant to broadcast, meaning Amanda Holden was brought in as a replacement.

Semi-Final Acts

Semi-Final 1

Judges Save - Semi-Final 2

Controversy

Series one contestant Richard Bates claimed he quit the show in 2007 after injuring himself in an accident with his electric organ, but in fact the Lancashire Police force had contacted producers to inform them that he was listed on the Sex Offenders Register following an unspecified offence committed in December 2005. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=462326&in_page_id=1770 Forced out, the Britain's Got Talent act who's also got a sordid secret] ] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6759717.stm Police alert over TV contestant] ] Lancashire Police stated that they were worried the victim might see Bates on television. On 16 June 2007 (the last semi-final show of series one), drag act the Kit Kat Dolls were disqualified after the News of the World claimed three of the members were prostitutes. [http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/britains-got-talent/britains-got-talent-kit-kat-dolls-kicked-off-show/ Britain’s Got Talent…For Hire: Kit-Kat Sex] ]

Also, Ofcom investigated 21 complaints made about Doctor Gore's rather gruesome magic act, and found the programme to be in breach of their broadcasting code. [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb91/ Broadcast Bulletin Issue Number 91] ]

Final Acts

Paul Potts (Opera singer)
Paul Robert Potts was born on 3 October, 1970 in Bristol, England and was the Britain's Got Talent series 1 winner.

Damon Scott (Ventriloquist)
Damon Scott was born in 1979 in Salisbury.

Connie Talbot (Singer)
Connie Talbot was born on 20 November 2000. She is a child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands.

Bessie Cursons (Singer)

Kombat Breakers (Dance group)

The Bar Wizards (Alternative Juggling)"'
The Bar Wizards, constinting of Neil Lowrey and Neil Garner, were surprisingly in the live final.

Final

eries one ratings

Show 1 (Saturday, 9 June 2007 at 21:25) - 4.9 million (22.7% share) [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a60638/f1-helps-itv-win-ratings-race.html F1 helps ITV win ratings race] Digital Spy, 11 June 2007]
Show 2 (Sunday, 10 June 2007 at 20:30) - 6.4 million (28% share) [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a60666/bbc-dream-pays-off.html BBC 'Dream' pays off] Digital Spy, 11 June 2007]
Show 3 (Monday, 11 June 2007 at 21:00) - 6.9 million (29.4% share) - peak: 7.3m (30.5%) [ [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowarticle.aspx?intStoryID=169418 Broadcast Now] ]
Show 4 (Tuesday, 12 June 2007 at 21:00) - 6.8 million (29.3% share) [ [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowarticle.aspx?intStoryID=169460 Broadcast Now] ]
Show 5 (Wednesday, 13 June 2007 at 21:00) - 7.1 million (29.2% share) - peak: 7.9m (33.9%) [ [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowArticle.aspx?intStoryID=169526 Broadcast Now] ]
Show 6 - Semi Final 1 (Thursday, 14 June 2007 at 21:00) - 7.9 million (34% share) - peak: 8.9m (40.1%) [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowarticle.aspx?intStoryID=169542]
Show 7 - Semi Final 2 (Friday, 15 June 2007 at 21:00) - 8.9 million (38.1% share) [http://www.viewingfigures.com Viewing Figures The Authority on Television Viewing > Viewing Figures Home ] ]
Show 8 - Semi Final 3 (Saturday, 16 June 2007 at 19:45) - 8.9 million (40.9% share)
Show 9 - Final: Performances (Sunday, 17 June 2007 at 20:00) - 11.0 million (43.7% share) - peak: 13.5m (51.7%)
Show 10 - Final: Results (Sunday, 17 June 2007 at 22:00) - 10.6 Million (44.7% share) - peak: 11.2m (48.4%)

The average ratings for series one is 8 million (33.6%). [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a61704/itv-gets-135m-with-talent.html ITV gets 13.5m with 'Talent'] Digital Spy, 18 June 2007]

The audition shows averaged 6.4m (28%) and the live shows averaged 9.5m (40%).

Voting

Britain's Got Talent bosses were accused of fixing the show by manipulating the viewers’ vote, by the fans. In all five semi-finals of series 2, the semi-finalist performing last won the public vote and made it through to the final. The same thing happened in the first series, with the last performer receiving the top acclaim, including in the final. Readers of the "Daily Star" say complaints have been flooding in, but bosses have denied all allegations. A spokeswoman for the hit TV show claimed that the pattern noticed by viewers was “nothing more than a coincidence”. She also added: "The judges have no say over the running order on the show." [ [http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/39244/TV-talent-show-rigged-say-fans TV Talent Show Rigged, Say Fans] ] [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1022937/Child-opera-star-plumber-sing-way-Britains-Got-Talent-final.html Britain's Got Talent embroiled in rigging scandal: Viewers accuse bosses of fixing show] ]

ee also

*Britain's Got Talent
*Britain's Got Talent (series 2)

References

External links

*itv.com|id=talent|title="Britain's Got Talent"