Britain's Got Talent (Season 6)

Television broadcast
Original title	Britain's Got Talent (Season 6)
Country of production	United Kingdom
year	2012
Production ; company	Thames
length	60 to 150 minutes
Episodes	17 episodes
genre	Casting show
idea	Simon Cowell
Moderation	Anthony McPartlin; Declan Donnelly;
First broadcast	March 24, 2012 on ITV

Ashleigh and Pudsey

The sixth season of Britain's Got Talent was on 24 March 2012 to 12 May 2012 at the British television station ITV broadcast. Victory went to seventeen year old Ashleigh Butler and her dancing dog Pudsey, who performed as the duo Ashleigh and Pudsey .

Jury and moderation

On September 20, 2011, it was reported that Michael McIntyre would not be returning as a juror. On November 29, 2011, David Hasselhoff also said that he was not part of the jury in 2012. In December 2011 it was announced that Simon Cowell would return as a judge. On January 2, 2012, it was announced that singer Alesha Dixon and comedian David Walliams would debut as jurors. Amanda Holden , who has been on the jury since season one, missed auditions in Blackpool , Cardiff and London as she gave birth to her daughter around that time. She was replaced by Carmen Electra . After recovering from childbirth, she returned to Britain's Got Talent. As in previous years, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly took over the moderation .

jury

Moderation

concept

People of all ages can take part in the show. People can appear individually or in a group. The candidates appear in front of the jury and the audience with a program of their choice, such as singing or a dance performance. The judges can operate a red buzzer during the performance to indicate that they do not like the performance. If all jurors have activated the buzzer, the candidate must stop his presentation. At the end of the performance, the jurors rate the candidate with a “Yes” or “No”. If the candidate has received a yes from at least two of the jurors, he may appear again in the next round. At the beginning of the show there are recorded auditions in which the jurors decide on the progress of the candidates. In the last episode before the live shows it will be announced which acts have qualified for the semifinals. Later the viewer can vote on the qualifiers for the final, which takes place on the Sunday of the same week, in live broadcasts, which are broadcast from Monday to Friday. Here the audience can determine the winner of the show. The winner of the show will receive £ 500,000 in prize money and will be allowed to appear in the Royal Variety Performance .

Auditions

This year there were three different ways to apply for the show.

Producer auditions

Candidates who applied online were invited to the so-called producer auditions . They could perform in front of the producers of the competition and thus qualify for the judges' auditions .

Open auditions

In the Open Audition , which took place in London on January 22nd, 2012 , applicants had the opportunity to appear in front of a jury that is not that of the actual show and thus qualify for the Judges' Auditions .

Video auditions

Between January 6th and 22nd, 2012 you had the opportunity to upload a video to YouTube . Viewers were able to choose their five favorites online from 25 applicants selected by the show's producers. The candidates with the most votes were able to qualify for the Judges' Auditions . The group that received the most votes was The TestostaTones . They appeared before the jury in January but did not qualify for the next round.

Judges' auditions

The Judges' Auditions took place in Manchester , Blackpool , Cardiff , London , Edinburgh and Birmingham in January and February 2012 . The first episode aired on March 24, 2012. The last episode with auditions was broadcast on May 5, 2012.

Semifinals

The five semifinals took place from May 6 to May 10, 2012. Every day two acts qualified for the finals, which took place on May 12, 2012. A new feature of this year is the introduction of a wildcard . An act that couldn't qualify for the final was given the chance to appear in the final. The semifinalists were selected by the jury on February 25, 2012.

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 6, 2012. Tulisa Contostavlos , who sang her song Young , served as a filler . The winner of the televoting was the duo Ashleigh and Pudsey . The Only Boys Aloud choir landed in second place , as they received the same number of votes in the jury vote as the group The Mend , but came in second in the audience vote .

placement	Start number	Surname	talent	Votes (in%)	Result	Remarks
1	8th	Ashleigh and Pudsey	dance	50.0%	Qualified for the finals	Televoting winner
2	9	Only Boys Aloud	Choral singing	30.4%	Qualified for the finals	Voices from David Walliams and Amanda Holden; Second in televoting
3	6th	The Mend	singing	11.8%	eliminated	Voices of Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell; Third party in televoting; Wildcard winner
4th	1	Zipparah Tafari	singing	2.3%	eliminated
5	3	Lauren Thalia	singing	1.8%	eliminated
6th	7th	Rachel Knowland	singing	1.2%	eliminated
7th	2	The Jive Aces	Jive singing	1.0%	eliminated
8th	5	Analiza Ching	Playing the violin	0.9%	eliminated
9	4th	United We Stand	Street dance	0.6%	eliminated	Buzzer by Amanda Holden Simon Cowell

Candidate qualified for the final and won the televoting.

The candidate was in the top 3 and won the jury vote.