Britain's Got Talent: Difference between revisions

 

The judges here are/were:

* Amanda Holden (2007-present); comedy actress and model ([[Ms. Fanservice|Google Image Search will generate underwear]])

* Piers Morgan (2007-2010); former editor of the ''Daily Mirror''; left after the 2010 series to build his career in America

** Morgan is dubbed "Piers Moron" by ''[[Private Eye]]'' as Ian Hislop has a long-standing feud with him, was actually sacked by the paper after running pictures purporting to show Iraqis being abused by British troops. That were in fact mocked up -- in the UK. Military commentators spotted errors very quickly.

* Kelly Brook (2009); model and actress ([[Ms. Fanservice|Google Image search is probably NSFW]]). She was briefly a judge for season three, but four judges was found to be impractical and she was made redundant.

* Louis Walsh (2010-present); one of Cowell's co-judges on ''[[The X Factor]]''; not a regular judge on this show, but occasionally shows up when one of the other judges is ill or otherwise busy

The show also airs a spin-off, ''Britain's Got More Talent'', after each episode of the main show. This show is hosted by magician/presenter Stephen Mulhern and focuses more on the backstage elements of the show, with a stronger emphasis on comedy.

 

 

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* [[Camp Straight]] - David Walliams, the happily married judge who likes to refer to "my Simon" and championing [[Camp Gay]] acts such as the Show Bears and the Sugar Dandies.

* [[Determinator]] - David J. Watson, the only person to date who has auditioned for the show on three separate occasions. He [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9E0m3Q0SR8 first appeared] in 2008, where he did political impersonation act that was hilarious for all the wrong reasons, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctZCyXbl9iA showed up again] in 2010 where he performed a bizarre mix of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy''. His [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL4Gyknf-o most recent appearance] in 2011 saw him try to pull off "magic trick" that didn't really amount to anything more than a high school science experiment.

* [[Drag Queen]] - Simon Cowell half-jokingly asked auditionee Tracy Lee Collins to come back in a dress. He did, and the results were [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xVlemwzcE pretty awesome, actually].

** Lampshaded by the other judges multiple times

* [[Epic Fail]] - James Boyd's act was to try to beat the world record for the number of Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten in one minute. The record was seven, and he managed... four. To make it an even more spectacular failure, Ant tried the same act backstage and beat him by eating five in the same amount of time.

* [[Fan Girl]] - If you're a attractive young man without a shirt on, expect a yes from Amanda.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by [[Ant and Dec|Ant & Dec]] with the martial arts duo Strike from season 2, who mentioned that Strike had, among other things, "...a judge who fancies the pants off them." Actually, come to think of it, Amanda's fangirling over Strike was lampshaded by just about everybody.

* [[Filler]]

* [[Furry Fandom]] - Bizarrely evoked in one scene of Britain's Got More Talent (Series 3), where Stephen Mulhern inexplicibly greets Ant and Dec dressed in a full body fox costume (fur and all). They were as confused as the viewers (and onlookers, it was right in the entrance hall of the arena) were.

* [[Manipulative Editing]] - A specific example: Part of the reason the Susan Boyle story was such a runaway success was the brilliant editing of the clip that introduced her. For the first two minutes, she is set up as a classic [[Hopeless Auditionees|Hopeless Auditionee]]: they seem to find the most unflattering shots of her (the very first one we see is her biting into a sandwich); the background music is a slow, lumbering oom-pah-pah melody; she herself seems rather... quirky ("And that's just one side of me!", followed by a shimmy), if not ''quite'' as deluded as most [[Hopeless Auditionees]]. If anything, the viewer would feel pity for this poor old woman who is about to embarrass herself on national television. [[Subverted Trope|And then, of course, she sings.]] Re-watching the audition (as many, ''many'' people did) gives the opening an entirely different tone: Boyle's unusual self-confidence is now perfectly understandable, and her quirks therefore seem more endearing. But it's clear that the editing is ''actually'' setting her up as the underdog: note the very large number of cynical reaction shots (one of these, the "[[Fan Nickname|girl at 1:24]]", actually [[Memetic Mutation|gained notoriety]] because of this), and the way the goofy music suddenly disappears when Susan delivers her most heartfelt line: "I've always wanted to perform in front of a large audience". Needless to say, it all worked like a charm, and it became one of the biggest pop culture stories of 2009.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]] - Amanda Holden

** In addition, there's the 2008 dancing auditionee David Williams who was far from pleased with Simon's comments and the 2012 judge David Walliams (which is a stage name; his real name indeed being David Williams).

* [[Odd Couple]]: Simon Cowell and David Walliams.

** Having said that, Diversity, the ''actual'' winners of that series have still had the best career out of any BGT finalist to date apart from Susan Boyle. It probably safe to say that had the runner-up of that series been anyone except Boyle, this trope wouldn't have applied.

* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]] - Frequently invoked by the judges, particularly with regard to dance groups. Even otherwise competent acts can get buzzed off near-instantly if they're regarded to be too similar to a previously successful act.

** The judges (excluding Simon, obviously) have had these moments, as well, such as Piers buzzing during a tense audition featuring a man balacing upside down on sword handles, inches above a knife pointed at his face. The buzzer sounding off nearly sent the auditionee facefirst into the blade. The other Judges rightfully called Piers out for it.

 

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