ITV's Official Press Release Photograph for Series 17.
Series 17 of Britain's Got Talent was aired in 2024 from Saturday 20th April to Sunday June 2nd 2024. Hosts Ant & Dec returned as presenters, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon & Bruno Tonioli all returned to the Judging panel.
This series saw a rule change in the Golden Buzzer format, where each judge was given the power to push the buzzer twice in the auditions, once in London and once in Manchester. Despite this, Ant & Dec were still kept at 1 Golden Buzzer which they shared and judge Alesha Dixon opted not to push it for a second time.
Tapings were held from the 24th to the 28th of January 2024 at the London Palladium and The 5th to the 11th of February 2024 at the Lowry. Auditions began airing on Saturday April 20th 2024 with a double bill over the first weekend and then airing weekly episodes each Saturday. For the first time in BGT history, two Golden Buzzer acts featured in the same episode in the premiering audition episode.
This series introduced a new sister show known as "BGT Reacts” which was initially only available via streaming platform ITVX which saw content creators, celebrities and past BGT contestants watch and react to the auditions from the first six episodes worth of auditions and providing both their thoughts and opinions on the performances of each auditionee. This sister show saw each episode become available after each of the first six episodes of the main show were aired, before being uploaded to the Official Britain’s Got Talent YouTube channel individually every Saturday between 9th June 2024 to 13th July 2024 and later being uploaded as a compilation of each episode on Saturday 3rd August 2024.
This series also saw the return of the 'Judges Golden Moments' segment, wherein the judges surprised people who had not had the confidence to Apply for the show by nominating them to perform despite the fact that they never applied for the show, and following this the people will have the time to rehearse their act if needs be before then having to perform in front of Ant & Dec, the judges and the live studio audience. Strangely both Amanda and Alesha and Simon & Bruno shared their Golden Moment acts this series.
In terms of Voting Statistics this Series marks the second series in a row Semi-Finalist where an act who placed 2nd in the Public Vote failed to advance to the Final as they lost the judges vote as Trixy who placed 3rd in his Semi-Final won the Judges Vote against 2nd placed act Denise & Stefan.
This series marks the second time where two acts had the exact same voting percentile following their Semi-Final performances with Ssaulabi Performance Troupe & The Trickstars acquiring 19.6% of the Public Vote with the first occurrence of such happening being in Series 9 following The Neales and Boyband’s Semi-Final performances. Both acts who lost the judges vote were re-instated as the Wildcard for the Final and in the former case the act placed last which was lower than the act who they evenly split votes with in their Semi-Final, however in the latter case the act placed fifth which was higher than the act who they evenly split votes with in their Semi-Final. Ironically both times this occurred an act evenly split votes with one of Ant & Dec’s Golden Buzzer acts and both times Ant & Dec’s respective Golden Buzzer act placed lower than the act who they evenly split votes with in the Final.
The series was won by one of Amanda Holden’s Golden Buzzer acts, singer Sydnie Christmas. This marks the first series since Series 9 to be won by a solo female contestant, and the first ever series to be won by a female contestant who is not a dog act. This is also the first ever series where a female judge’s Golden Buzzer which was acquired by a female act won the series.
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Auditions[]
Main Article: Series 17 Auditions
The auditions for Series 17 were filmed between January and February in both London and Manchester.
Each act that performed in front of the judges was given 2 minutes to demonstrate their talents for the four judges. If an act received four buzzes then their performance is ended early. At least three "Yes" votes from the judges are required for an act to be accepted into the Next Round, otherwise, they are eliminated from the competition. Should one of the judges or Ant & Dec hit the Golden Buzzer for one of the acts, that act will be sent straight to the Semi-Finals.
Deliberation Day[]
From all of the accepted acts from the auditions, 31 were chosen to join the 9 Golden Buzzer acts in the Live Semi-Finals.
Semi-Finals[]
The judges pulled 31 successful acts from the auditions to perform on the Live Semi-Finals with 8 acts being revealed each night including the Golden Buzzer Acts. From the 40 acts, 8 acts performed each night over 5 consecutive nights. Each night, the top act in the public vote advanced immediately on to the Final. The judges voted between the acts placing in 2nd and 3rd for the second spot in the finals each night.
Night 1[]
Main Article: Episode 1709
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| The Trickstars | Dog Act | Eliminated (JC) (3rd)/Wildcard | ||||
| Bikoon! | Novelty Act | 
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Eliminated (7th) |
| Taryn Charles | Singer |
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Eliminated (4th) |
| Ssaulabi Performance Troupe | Martial Arts Group | 
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Moved On (JC) (2nd) |
| Duo Stardust | Roller Skating Duo |
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Eliminated (5th) |
| Trey Braine | Dancer | Eliminated (6th) | ||||
| Sven Smith | Air Guitarist |
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| Innocent Masuku | Opera Singer |
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Moved On |
Night 2[]
Main Article: Episode 1710
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| Lady Grenades | Cheerleading Group | Eliminated (4th) | ||||
| Blitzers | KPop Group | Eliminated (5th) | ||||
| Geneviève Côté | Vocalist |
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| Jack Rhodes | Magician |
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Moved On |
| Ravi's Dream Team | Choir |
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Eliminated (JC) (3rd) |
| Matteo Fraziano | Shadow Artist |
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| Ace Clvrk | Singer |
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| Haribow | Double Dutch Group |
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Moved On (JC) (2nd) |
Night 3[]
Main Article: Episode 1711
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| Duncan Murray | Pogo Stick Act |
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| Magicians Assemble | Magicians | Eliminated (4th) | ||||
| Rask | Variety Act |
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Eliminated (5th) |
| Troll Dancers | Dance Group |
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| Heather Holliday | Sword Swallower |
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| Mike Woodhams | Singer / Impressionist |
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Moved On (JC) (2nd) |
| Leightonjay Halliday | Dancer |
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Eliminated (JC) (3rd) |
| Sydnie Christmas | Singer |
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Moved On |
Night 4[]
Main Article: Episode 1712
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| Andrew Curphey | Entertainer |
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| Abigail & Afronitaaa | Dance Duo |
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Moved On |
| Nabe | Novelty Impressionist | Eliminated (6th) | ||||
| Phoenix Boys | Dance Group |
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Eliminated (JC) (3rd) |
| Itzel Salvatierra | Aerialist |
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Eliminated (5th) |
| Harrison Pettman | Singer | Eliminated (4th) | ||||
| Kevin Finn | Comedian |
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| Northants Sings Out | Choir |
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Moved On (JC) (2nd) |
Night 5[]
Main Article: Episode 1713
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| Gambino Akuboy | Novelty Singer |
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Eliminated (7th) |
| Trixy | Magician |
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| Messoudi Brothers | Jugglers |
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Eliminated (4th) |
| The Dark Hero | Opera Singer |
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| Alex Mitchell | Comedian |
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Moved On |
| AmaSing | Choir |
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Eliminated (6th) |
| CyberAgent Legit | Dance Group |
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Eliminated (5th) |
| Denise & Stefan | Singer & Pianist |
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Eliminated (JC) (2nd) |
Grand Final[]
Main Article: Episode 1714
| Name | Act | Bruno | Alesha | Amanda | Simon | Result |
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| Haribow | Double Dutch Group |
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11th Place |
| The Trickstars | Dog Act |
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5th Place |
| Abigail & Afronitaaa | Dance Duo |
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3rd Place |
| Alex Mitchell | Comedian |
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8th Place |
| Trixy | Magician |
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6th Place |
| Innocent Masuku | Opera Singer |
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4th Place |
| Ssaulabi Performance Troupe | Taekwondo Group |
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10th Place |
| Choir |
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9th Place | |
| Mike Woodhams | Singer / Impressionist |
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7th Place | ||
| Jack Rhodes | Magician |
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2nd Place |
| Sydnie Christmas | Singer |
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Winner |
Trivia[]
- This is the first series to feature 9 Golden Buzzer acts.
- This is the first series to feature a double bill auditions premiere (Saturday 20th April 2024 & Sunday 21st April 2024) and a double bill auditions finale (Saturday 25th May 2024 & Sunday 26th May 2024).
- This Series only featured two Judges Golden Moments with the two female judges sharing a Golden Moment act and the two male judges sharing a Golden Moment act rather than each judge having one of their own as had been the case in the previous two series.
- This is the first series in the show’s history where the judge’s vote tied on 3 consecutive Semi-Final nights.
- This is the first series since Series 14 where the majority of acts who performed last in their Semi-Final did not win the Semi-Final vote.
- Despite this a majority of them still advanced onto the Final by the Judges Vote with but one of these acts failing to advance onto the Final.
- This is the first Series since Series 14 not to be won by a comedian of any kind.
- This is the second series in which the Wildcard act placed higher than the act who initially advanced onto the Final in their place with the first instance of this situation happening in Series 7 which took place 11 years ago.
- This is the first season since Series 9 where the acts that placed 2nd and 3rd in the semi-final received the exact same voting percentage.
- This is the first series since Series 11 where the final results were revealed in reverse order, revealing the placement of each act in the final from 11th to 1st.
- This is the third ever series that was won by a female act.