BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT REVEALS GUEST PERFORMERS FOR LIVE FINALS
Britain’s Got Talent has revealed its amazing line up of guest performers, who will take to the stage across the live semi-finals and grand finale, from Monday 27th May.
As the 17th series of Britain’s Got Talent draws to a close, an incredible array of talent have had their moment on stage, performing in front of judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli, in bid to win a whopping £250,000 cash prize and a spot on the bill of the Royal Variety Performance.
And 2024 has truly been a golden year! A total of 40 acts will perform across five nights, with the public deciding which act will be sent through to the grand finale, and the judges deciding who joins them, between the 2nd and 3rd most popular acts.
On Monday, the West End cast of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King will roar onto stage at the Eventim Apollo to kick off the live semi-finals. The internationally celebrated stage adaptation will mark its 25th anniversary in the West End in October 2024.
More than 19 million people have experienced the breath-taking musical in London, which uses spectacular masks, puppets and costumes to tell the story of Simba's epic adventures.
Prepare to let it go with Disney’s Frozen, the smash hit West End musical as the cast, led by Samantha Barks and Laura Dawkes, will put on a showstopping performance on Tuesday night. Frozen reopened Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in 2021 and will play its final performance on 8 September after three magical years on stage.
On Wednesday, Multi-platinum-selling, BRIT nominated singer-songwriter Calum Scott will premiere a UK exclusive performance of his latest single “Then There Was You” from The Garfield Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Since competing in Britain’s Got Talent in 2015, with his stripped-back cover of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own", Calum continues to captivate hearts worldwide and most recently toured with Ed Sheeran on his Mathematics stadium tour.
In a UK TV exclusive, the cast of the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the global sensation & JULIET, will perform Max Martin and Katy Perry's iconic pop anthem 'Roar’ on Thursday night. The musical hits the road in July opening at the Manchester Opera House, where it opened originally in 2019, led by rising theatre star Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet.
On Friday, Britain’s Got Talent’s very own Alesha Dixon will take to the stage for a very special performance. Since bursting onto the music scene in the early 2000s with ground-breaking girl group Mis-Teeq, Alesha has released a string of hits and become one of the UK's era-defining female MC's.
Celebrating 25 years in London, the West End cast of, feelgood musical MAMMA MIA! will be closing this year's series of Britain's Got Talent in style on Sunday at the grand finale, with a joyous medley that will turn everyone into Dancing Queens! The West End cast is led by Mazz Murray, Kate Graham, Nicola Dawn-Brook and MAMMA MIA! I Have a Dream winners, Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley.
In each live semi-final, the most popular act, as voted for by the public, will head straight to the final, with the second act chosen by the judges from the 2nd and 3rd most popular public vote. Each act will give the performance of their lives in a bid to take the crown, currently held by comedy clown Viggo Venn, who was crowned champion in 2023.
Britain’s Got Talent live semi-finals start on Monday 27th May at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.