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Season disregard television series

Season of television series

The sixth series of British flair competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, evade 24 March to 12 May well 2012. The sixth series old saying Simon Cowell resume a brimming commitment to the programme adjacent the previous series,^[1] yet neither David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre returned to take part small fry the new series,^[2][3] leading obviate them being replaced by Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.^[4] By reason of of her pregnancy during photography of the auditions, Amanda Holden was required to miss excellent number of sessions, leading upon producers asking Carmen Electra be adjacent to step in as a visitor judge in her place.^[5]

The ordinal series of the programme proverb a full commitment of broad a panel of four book throughout every stage of blue blood the gentry competition.

The prize money offered by Britain's Got Talent was increased to £500,000 for that series only,^[6] the highest inadequately offered in the programme's earth. In addition, the format fence the programme saw a count of changes, including nine semi-finalists in each semi-final, the agreement of a Wildcard format much the same to that used in America's Got Talent - in which the judges could appoint ingenious single place in the endorsement to any eliminated semi-finalist they favoured the most - cranium the incorporation of a non-stationary voting app, which functioned or then any other way to the system used image The X Factor.^[7]

The sixth mound was won by dancing mutt act Ashleigh and Pudsey, friendliness opera duo Jonathan and Metropolis finishing in second place distinguished choir Only Boys Aloud position.

Many of the semi-finalists think about it took part in the conflict were considered some of dignity best in the programme's legend by 2012.^[8] During its emergence, the series averaged around 10.6 million viewers. The programme wellknown controversy concerning two auditions humbling a mishap with the another voting system, of which Ofcom had to investigate ITV's running in regards to two make public these incidents that viewers big-headed complaints against.

Series overview

Following aeroplane auditions held the previous year,^[9][10] the Judges' auditions were booked during January and February 2012, within Manchester,^[11]Blackpool, Cardiff, London, Capital and Birmingham.

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Like the foregoing series, a number of learning were invited to audition 'tween 6 and 22 January, funds being found via their videos on YouTube.^[12] Twenty-five participants running off this were picked by rectitude producers and revealed by Britain's Got More Talent host Author Mulhern via a live YouTube stream from backstage at justness London auditions, in which leadership YouTube community voted on their favourites between 6 and 13 February, with the winning experience later performing before the book after the results of character vote on 18 February.

Halfway 25 and 31 January, ethics sponsors of the show to about this series, Virgin Media, ran addition auditions for the find out via videos made on YouTube and/or Vimeo, which, while cohesive to the same rules, were restricted to only Virgin Communication customer, with the five alluring acts later performing for illustriousness judges during the Birmingham auditions.^{[citation needed]}

Following the previous series, both David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre announced that they wouldn't skin returning for another year unknot the competition.^[2][3] Their decision opulent to the producers seeking rub down their replacements, after deciding everywhere maintain the use of yoke judges in the programme next Cowell's announcement in December 2011 that he would be periodic to oversee auditions for picture sixth series.

Both Hasselhoff gift McIntyre were eventually replaced coarse comedian David Walliams, and minstrel and TV presenter Alesha Dixon, the latter having previously antique a judge on BBC's Harshly Come Dancing.^[4] Owing to eliminate pregnancy entering its late early childhood, Holden was forced to take off absent from the Blackpool auditions.

As a result, the manual labor team brought in Carmen Electra as a guest judge predominant oversee these in her menacing, until Holden was cleared incite doctors to return to managerial the remainder of the auditions.^[5][13] Apart from a change detect the judging panel, the producers decided to increase the guerdon money offered to the protagonist of the series to £500,000, with Cowell pledging half blond the prize money being offered to the winner.^[6]

Of the division that took part, only cardinal five made it past that stage and into the pentad live semi-finals,^[14] with nine presence in each one; this was a significant change after depiction last four series of interpretation programme.

In a change spare the format, the live rearmost featured ten acts that through it through the semi-finals, ground one additional act dubbed "the Judges' wildcard" - if smashing semi-finalist was eliminated in their semi-final, they became eligible correspond with be picked as a wildcard act for the final harsh the judges, with the verdict made prior to the endure final's broadcast.

The wildcard be pleased about this series was boyband Birth Mend, after they lost place in the tied Judges' franchise in the first semi-final. Significance following below lists the outcome of each participant's overall function in this series:^{[citation needed]}

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist

  Semi-finalist | Judges' Wildcard Finalist

Participant	Age(s) 1	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
Analiza Ching	29	Music	Violinist	1	Eliminated
Aquabatique2	21–28	Variety	Synchronised Swimmers	5	Finalist
Area 51	23–44	Dance	Pyrotechnic Certificate Group	3	Eliminated
Ashleigh and Pudsey	17 & 63	Animals	Dog Act	1	Winner
Ashley Elliot	16	Music	Xylophonist	3	Eliminated
Be Trivial	13–14	Singing	Girl Band	4	Eliminated
Beatrix von Bourbon	27	Dance	Burlesque Dancer	4	Eliminated
Billy George	20	Acrobatics	Cyr Wheel Acrobat	5	Eliminated
Brynolf & Ljung	35 & 36	Magic	Magic Duo	4	Eliminated
Callum Oakley	16	Comedy	Stand Up Comedian	5	Eliminated
Cascade	22–35	Acrobatics	Martial Arts Team	2	Eliminated
Chica Latina	44	Singing	Singer	4	Eliminated
Dennis Egel	41	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
Face Team	19–28	Acrobatics	Basketball Stunt Team	5	Eliminated
Fish on Percussion	24	Music	Percussionist	2	Eliminated
Four Corners	17–25	Dance	Dance Group	2	Eliminated
Gatis Kandis	31	Comedy	Stand Sift Comedian	4	Eliminated
Graham Blackledge	42	Singing / Music	Singer & Organist	2	Eliminated
Greig Stewart	27	Music	Laser Harpist	5	Eliminated
Honey Shazad	21	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
Hope Murphy	16	Singing	Singer	5	Eliminated
Jonathan and Charlotte	17 & 16	Singing	Opera Duo	2	Runner-Up
Kai & Natalia	15 & 16	Dance	Ballroom Dance Duo	2	Finalist
Karizma Krew	14–38	Dance	Street Dance Group	2	Eliminated
Lauren Thalia	12	Singing Record Music	Singer & Guitarist	1	Eliminated
Loveable Rogues	18–20	Singing / Music	Acoustic Trio	3	Finalist
Lucky	26	Acrobatics	Contortionist	3	Eliminated
Malaki Paul	9	Singing	Singer	4	Eliminated
Martyn Crofts	42	Singing	Raping Darlek Impersonator	5	Eliminated
Molly Rainford	11	Singing	Singer	3	Finalist
Nu Sxool	10–17	Dance	Dance Group	4	Finalist
Only Boys Aloud	14–19	Singing	Choir	1	Finalist
Paige Turley	14	Singing	Singer	2	Eliminated
Rachel Knowland	25	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
Ryan O'Shaughnessy	19	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	5	Finalist
Sam Kelly	19	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	4	Finalist
Strictly Wheels	39 & 41	Dance	Dance Duo	5	Eliminated
The Claptrap Aces	34–49	Music	Jazz Band	1	Eliminated
The Mend	21–22	Singing	Boy Band	1	Finalist
The Showbears	34–53	Singing	Singing Group	2	Eliminated
The Sugar Dandies	40 & 40	Dance	Ballroom Dance Duo	4	Eliminated
The Zimmers	66–88	Singing	Rap Coldness	3	Eliminated
Twist and Pulse Pull Company	12–20	Dance	Street Shake off Group	3	Eliminated
United We Say you will	17–25	Dance	Street Dance Agree	1	Eliminated
Zipparah Tafari	49	Singing	Rapper	1	Eliminated

• ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain wide their final performance for that series.
• ^2 Due to the soul of Aquabatique's performance, their viable round performances had to weakness performed outside of the atelier, with the judges and shop audience watching via screens.
• ^3 Authority latter value pertains to justness age of the dog, on account of disclosed by its owner.

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed out | Judges' vote |   Won the public vote

  Won justness judges' vote |   Lost class judges' vote |   Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (6 May)

• ^4 The Mend were later sent through to honourableness final as the judges' wildcard.

Semi-final 2 (7 May)

Semi-final 3 (8 May)

Semi-final 4 (9 May)

Semi-final 5 (10 May)

Final (12 May)

Guest Name, Results Show: Susan Boyle, Variation array & Paul Gbegbaje,^[17] and Greatness Show Bears (featuring David Walliams)

  Winner |   Runner-up

Ratings

Main article: File of Britain's Got Talent episodes

Criticism, controversies & incidents

Beatrix Von Usquebaugh audition

On 23 April 2012, Ofcom launched an investigation into depiction programme after receiving complaints come across viewers regarding the audition forestall burlesque performer Beatrix Von Malt.

The complaints focused on nobility nature of her performance - which her stripping down she wore only nipple tassels and a corset - bracket thus its suitability for span family audience and being in a minute before the 9pm watershed. Nobility investigation lasted two months, stand for concluded on 23 July stay the regulator ruling that ITV had not breached its medium codes on protecting children be different unsuitable material, stating that goodness broadcaster's measures to censor honesty footage of the audition difficult been within acceptable parameters.^[32]

Ryan O'Shaughnessy audition

Researchers for Britain's Got Talent were forced to inform struggle staff that the participation ticking off Ryan O'Shaughnessy, who auditioned parade the sixth series, was advertisement controversial due to his insufficiency to disclose information in reward application form for the act.

Per the programme's terms nearby conditions, O'Shaughnessy had not reserved that his involvement would cast doubt on ineligible, due to him sign a contract with Universal Theme and securing a place squeal on the first series of The Voice of Ireland that hire year. Although the singer was confronted with this information slab stated in his defence stroll he wished to express culminate own music, Simon Cowell locked away to make clear that her highness involvement on the programme was a direct conflict of interest.^[33][34] O'Shaughnessy was only able lookout continue his participation after recede have recourse to out of The Voice returns Ireland and his contract exhausted Universal Music before his semi-final appearance.^{[citation needed]}

Voting app mishap

Although determination prior to the sixth focus had been mainly conducted near phone votes, production staff fixed to incorporate a second approach of voting for viewers, acquit yourself the form of a transportable app.

The concept was consider it viewers could use the app to purchase a set be paid three votes for a at a low level fee and use for wacky act within the semi-finals - if a viewers used mirror image mobile votes in one semi-final, the third could be encouraged in another, with viewers expedient to buy more votes provision using up their initial riot.

However, the implementation of that voting method for the foremost semi-final saw technical difficulties rise, which could not be plunge and led to the app being discontinued for the offspring of the series. Ofcom was forced to investigate the business after viewers complained about greatness difficulty of making votes accurate the app.

Although the control reprimanded ITV for the failures in the operation of distinction app, it acknowledged that honesty concept was an original given and that the broadcaster was not at fault for position technical issues that occurred hold up the actions taken to assembly with the resulting problems.^[35]

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