Britain's Got Talent (Season 9)

Television broadcast
Original title	Britain's Got Talent (Season 9)
Country of production	United Kingdom
year	2015
Production ; company	Thames
length	60 to 150 minutes
Episodes	18 episodes
genre	Casting show
idea	Simon Cowell
Moderation	Anthony McPartlin; Declan Donnelly;
First broadcast	April 11, 2015 on ITV

The ninth season of Britain's Got Talent was from 11 April to 31 May 2015 on the British television station ITV broadcast. The victory went to dog trainer Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse.

Jury and moderation

At the end of season eight, there were a lot of rumors about who will be on the jury next year. On June 7 and 8, 2014, it was reported that Simon Cowell and David Walliams would step down from the jury. However, on October 31, 2014, Amanda Holden confirmed that all four jurors who were on the 2014 jury will return to Britain's Got Talent in 2015 . This was later confirmed by ITV. The moderation also remained unchanged.

Jurors

Moderators

concept

The concept remains the same in the ninth season as in previous years.

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. In the eighth season, the so-called Golden Buzzer was introduced. If this is activated by a jury member, the act concerned immediately qualifies for the semifinals. The golden buzzer can only be pressed once per judge in a season.

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 £ 250,000 in prize money and will be allowed to appear in the Royal Variety Performance .

Auditions

Open auditions

The Open Auditions took place from October 11 to December 9, 2014 in Newcastle , Cardiff , Portsmouth , Birmingham , Leeds , Dublin , Norwich , Glasgow , Bristol , London and Manchester . Here, the candidates applied to the show's producers to appear before the jurors.

Judges Auditions

The Judges Auditions took place in Edinburgh , Manchester, Birmingham and London. Here the candidates appeared in front of the jury in order to qualify for the live shows.

city	date	place
Edinburgh	19th January 2015	Edinburgh Festival Theater
Manchester	January 29th to 31st, 2015	The Lowry
Birmingham	February 5-7, 2015	Birmingham Hippodrome
London	February 11th and 12th, 2015	Dominion Theater
London	February 14, 2015	Dominion Theater

Semifinals

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 25, 2015. Ricky Martin , who sang his song Mr. Put It Down , served as a filler . The winner of the televoting was the Welsh choir Côr Glanaethwy , who sang a cover version of the song The Prayer by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli . The dance group Entity Allstars came in second .

placement	Start number	Surname	talent	Votes (in%)	Result	Remarks
1	5	Côr Glanaethwy	Choral singing	21.9%	Qualified for the finals	Televoting winner
2	1	Entity allstars	dance	12.8%	Qualified for the finals	Voices from Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Alesha Dixon; Third in televoting
3	4th	Henry Gallagher	singing	17.5%	eliminated	Voice of David Walliams; Second in televoting
4th	9	Lorraine Bowen	Singing, comedy	12.3%	eliminated	Buzzer by Simon Cowell
5	3	Mitch & Cally the Wonderdog	World Record Attempt : Dog balloons can burst	11.5%	eliminated
6th	8th	Becky O'Brien	singing	11.4%	eliminated
7th	2	Billy and Emily England	Roller skating	7.6%	eliminated
8th	7th	Andrew Fleming	Voice imitation	2.5%	eliminated	Buzzers by Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon
9	6th	Ruby Red Performers	Burlesque dance	2.5%	eliminated

Candidate qualified for the final and won the televoting.

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