Ping Pong Pang are a dance group from Italy who placed 10th in Series 18 of Britain's Got Talent. They were aged between 15 and 37 at the time of their audition. The group were founded in 2022 by Patrizio Ratto and his sister Rachele and before their performance Patrizio explained that the group had been performing together ever since they were 'Very very young'. When asked what bought them to BGT, Rachel responded 'Dancing in front of the royal family would be a dream come true'.
In their audition, the group performed a dance routine which involved several flips before then transitioning to performing a routine with ping pong panels in a synchronous manner and bouncing ping pong balls on their ping pong panels before culminating their performance by having one member toss a ping pong ball from within their mouth to the mouth of another member of the group. Bruno remarked 'It was a flawless diamond of a performance', with Amanda adding 'Everything was fantastic [and] it was amazing'.
In the Semi-Finals, the group performed a dance routine which involved performing several flips before transitioning to performing with ping pong panels and ping pong balls in a synchronous manner to ‘Party Rock Anthem’ by LMFAO, ‘Run the World (Girls)’ by Beyoncé, Steve Aoki’s extended cover of ‘Get Ready’ by 2 Unlimited and ‘Animals’ by Maroon 5. Alesha remarked ‘The music was sensational [as were] the transitions [and] the technique’, with Simon adding ‘I thought it was brilliant [and] really creative’. They won the Public Vote and advanced directly onto the Final.
In the Final, the group performed a dance routine which involved performing several flips off of apparatus and trampets before transitioning to performing with ping pong balls and ping pong panels in a synchronous manner to ‘Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)’ by Bob Sinclar, ‘It’s Tricky’ by Run-DMC and ‘Summer’ by Calvin Harris. Alesha remarked ‘As a lover of dance I felt this idea was so unique and so original’, with Simon adding ‘There is such a buzz about you right now [as] its original and it’s different’.
Before BGT[]
In 2019, Patrizio Ratto competed on the 14th season of 'America's Got Talent', where he was eliminated in the Judge Cuts.
Additionally in 2019, Patrizio competed on the 6th season of Italian competition series 'Tu Si Que Vales' in which he ultimately placed 3rd overall in the Final.
In 2020, Patrizio auditioned for the 10th season of 'Romania's Got Talent'.
In 2023, Patrizio auditioned for 'Spain's Got Talent: All-Stars', however he failed to reach the Final.
Additionally in 2023, Ping Pong Pang received Khaby Lame’s Golden Buzzer on the 13th season of 'Italia’s Got Talent' before advancing onto the Final.
After BGT[]
Additionally in 2025, the group competed on the 12th season of Italian competition series ‘Tu Si Que Vales’ where they placed 3rd overall in the Final.[1]
In 2026, the group competed on the 11th season of ‘Spain’s Got Talent’.
Trivia[]
- They are the first act alongside the Live Golden Buzzer act to win the Public Vote to the Final which is not a Golden Buzzer act from the auditions after the first four acts.
- They are the first Italian act to reach the Final.