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*Britain's Got Talent*
Britain's Got Talent
Series 1
Hosted by	Ant & Dec (ITV); Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)
Judges	Piers Morgan; Amanda Holden; Simon Cowell
Winner	Paul Potts
Release
Original network	ITV; ITV2 (BGMT)
Original release	9 June –; 17 June 2007
Series chronology
	Next →; Series 2
	List of episodes

Judges and Presenter(s) for Britain's Got Talent Series 1

Piers Morgan

Amanda Holden

Simon Cowell

Ant & Dec (ITV1)

Stephen Mulhern (ITV2)

The first series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 9 to 17 June 2007; it was commissioned following the success of the first season of America's Got Talent, helping to revive production of the British edition after initial development was suspended in 2005. Simon Cowell, the programme's creator, formed the judging panel with both Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden, with Ant & Dec operating as the programme's hosts. Alongside the main programme, the first series was accompanied by a spin-off sister programme on ITV2, titled Britain's Got More Talent, hosted by Stephen Mulhern.

The first series was won by opera singer Paul Potts; as of today, result information on other finalists has yet to be disclosed. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 8.4 million viewers.^[1] The first series faced controversy relating to the involvement of two participants who failed to disclose information that would make them ineligible for participation, alongside receiving criticism from viewers for airing footage that was considered unsuitable during one of the semi-finals.

Series overview

When production on the show resumed, Morgan was brought in as a judge, having been an original choice during the show's initial conception.

After Simon Cowell pitched to ITV his plans for a televised talent competition, production was green-lighted for a full series after a pilot episode was created in mid-2005, with the original panel being Cowell, journalist Piers Morgan and former This Morning presenter, Fern Britton. However, a dispute broke out between Paul O'Grady, the original choice as host for the programme, and the broadcaster, that resulted in O'Grady signing up to another broadcaster. His decision resulted in production being suspended, and did not resume until in the wake of the success of the first series of America's Got Talent. When it did resume, production staff focused on a schedule of ten episodes to begin with for the first series of Britain's Got Talent, with major auditions for potential acts held within the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. The initial choices for judges changed to begin with following O'Grady's decision to switch broadcasters, with it eventually finalised on Cowell, Morgan and actress Amanda Holden rather than Britton as originally intended and the hosts being Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, commonly known as Ant & Dec.

Of the participants who auditioned to be in the contest for this series, only 24 made it into the three live semi-finals, with eight appearing in each one, and six of these acts moving on into the live final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:

Key: Winner | Runner-Up | Finalist | Semi-finalist

Participant	Age(s)	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
Bessie Cursons	11	Singing	Musical Theatre Performer	2	Finalist
Caroline Boyes	48	Dance	Dancer	1	Eliminated
Cheeky Bits	14–29	Dance	Dance Group	3	Eliminated
Connie Talbot	6	Singing	Singer	3	Finalist
Craig Womersley	17	Variety	Baton Twirler	2	Eliminated
Crazeehorse	29–37	Acrobatics	Acrobatic Duo	2	Eliminated
Crew 82	18–32	Music	Beatboxing Group	3	Eliminated
Damon Scott	27	Comedy	Ventriloquist	1	Finalist
Doctor Gore	30	Magic	Gore Magician	3	Eliminated
Dominic Smith	14	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
Jack Reeve	80	Dance	Tap Dancer	2	Eliminated
Jake Pratt	10	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	2	Eliminated
Kombat Breakers	13–25	Dance	Dance Group	2	Finalist
Luke & Charlotte	11 & 11	Dance	Ballroom Dance Duo	1	Eliminated
MD Productions	11–28	Dance	Dance Group	1	Eliminated
Mel's Klever K9’S	10–25	Animals / Dance	Line Dancing Dog Act	1	Eliminated
Mike Garbutt	37	Comedy	Impressionist	3	Eliminated
Paul Potts	36	Singing	Opera Singer	1	Winner
Scott Holtom	21	Dance	Breakdancer	3	Eliminated
The Bar Wizards	26—28	Variety	Juggling Duo	3	Finalist
The Free Runners	17–35	Acrobatics	Free Running Group	1	Eliminated
The Mini-Mezzos	8–11	Dance	Dance Group	2	Eliminated
Tony Laf	26	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	3	Eliminated
Victoria Armstrong	29	Variety	Angle Grinder	2	Eliminated

Semi-final summary

Buzzed out |

Judges' vote | Advanced - Public Vote

Advanced - Judges' Vote | Eliminated - Judges' Vote | Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (14 June)

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' Vote			Result
Semi-Finalist	Order	Cowell	Holden	Morgan	Result
MD Productions	1				Eliminated
Damon Scott	2				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Mel's Klever K9’S	3				Eliminated
Dominic Smith	4				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Luke & Charlotte	5				Eliminated
Caroline Boyes	6				Eliminated
The Free Runners	7				Eliminated
Paul Potts	8				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Semi-final 2 (15 June)

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' Vote			Result
Semi-Finalist	Order	Cowell	Holden	Morgan	Result
Kombat Breakers	1				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Victoria Armstrong	2				Eliminated
Jack Reeve	3				Eliminated
Jake Pratt	4				Eliminated
The Mini-Mezzos	5				Eliminated
Crazeehorse	6				Eliminated
Craig Womersley	7				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Bessie Cursons	8				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Semi-final 3 (16 June)

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' Vote			Result
Semi-Finalist	Order	Cowell	Holden	Morgan	Result
Cheeky Bits	1				Eliminated
Mike Garbutt	2				Eliminated
Doctor Gore	3				Eliminated
Tony Laf	4				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Scott Holtom	5				Eliminated
Crew 82	6				Eliminated
The Bar Wizards	7				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Connie Talbot	8				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Final (17 June)

Finalist	Order	Result
Kombat Breakers	1	Finalist
Damon Scott	2	Finalist
Bessie Cursons	3	Finalist
The Bar Wizards	4	Finalist
Connie Talbot	5	Finalist
Paul Potts	6	Winner

Ratings

Episode	Air date	Total viewers (millions)^[2]	ITV1 Weekly rank^[2]	Viewer share
Auditions 1	9 June	5.20	12	22.7%^[3]
Auditions 2	10 June	6.73	8	28.0%^[4]
Auditions 3	11 June	7.28	15	29.4%^[5]
Auditions 4	12 June	7.39	13	29.3%^[6]
Auditions 5	13 June	7.51	11	29.2%^[7]
Semi-final 1	14 June	8.36	9	34.0%^[8]
Semi-final 2	15 June	9.28	8	38.1%^[9]
Semi-final 3	16 June	9.29	7	40.9%^[9]
Live final	17 June	11.58	1	43.7%^[1]
Live final results	17 June	11.45	2	44.7%^[1]

Criticism & controversies

The first series of Britain's Got Talent found itself marred with controversy over two participants - Richard Bates, and Kit Kat Dolls - that auditioned for the competition, after they were found to have breached rules that required personal details and information that was not "untruthful, inaccurate or misleading".^[10] Bates was removed at the request of Lancashire Police, after they revealed that he had not disclosed being on the UK's Violent and Sex Offender Register at the time of filming for an offence he had committed in 2005,^[11] while the Kit Kat Dolls were disqualified after three of their members were discovered to be secretly working as prostitutes during an undercover investigation by the News of the World.^[12]

When the live rounds took place, viewers criticised the programme for the involvement of magician Doctor Gore. Their complaints focused on the nature of his performance and their presentation, which they deemed as unsuitable for a family-orientated programme that would be watched by young children. Production staff claimed in their defence that the performance was thoroughly reviewed before it was broadcast, but the investigation of regulator Ofcom ruled against Britain's Got Talent for breaching its broadcasting code with regards to protecting young children from unsuitable material.^[13]^[14]