Who are the Britain's Got Talent finalists? Here are the acts who have made it through to the live BGT final
We bring you all of the acts who have made it through to the grand final on Sunday June 4
By Frances TaylorTuesday 30 May 2017 at 8:29PM
We're well underway with the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals, and it's where the 40 acts who made it through are whittled down to just 10 finalists.
But just who are the acts who have made it through to the BGT live grand final on Sunday June 4? Here's all of the finalists we have so far...
1. Matt Edwards
Comedian come magician Matt Edwards was chosen as Ant and Dec's Golden Buzzer act - mainly because Ant thought he was so funny, he nearly peed himself. Throughout Matt’s audition, Ant and Dec kept commenting on how brilliant and hilarious they thought he was. “He’s the Lee Evans of magic,” said Ant.
The 34-year-old magician has also previously starred alongside last year’s BGT winner Richard Jones and Coach Trip’s Brendan Sheerin (yes, really) in panto and regularly performs at holiday camps, cruise ships and other stage productions.
Before his performance in the live semi-final, Matt told RadioTimes.com that he would involve Ant or Dec in his act on Tuesday evening - and actually he ended up roping in both of them to his madcap comedy skit.
2. Issy Simpson
In Issy Simpson's first audition she asked Simon Cowell to pick a card at random from the pack, she returned to the stage and asked him what card he'd chosen before turning round to reveal her t-shirt emblazoned with Cowell's face AND the correct card he'd chosen.
Oh, and that's all before we mention the fact she'd somehow made a box get suddenly really heavy and had correctly predicted that Alesha would choose the word 'Kettle' from a completely random selection. Mind = blown.
“Is it bad for me to call you a witch?” asked Cowell, before saying, “This is like real-life Harry Potter.”
In her semi-final performance (despite nearly being scuppered by Alesha Dixon!) Issy pulled off an amazing trick involving Simon Cowell said that his favourite celebrity was Simon Cowell (no surprises there) and correctly predicting that Amanda Holden would give a time of 6.30pm and David Walliams had counted £2.01 in change from his pocket.
3. Kyle Tomlinson
Kyle Tomlinson become the fifth and final Golden Buzzer act on Britain's Got Talent when David Walliams pushed his button for the 15-year-old Sheffield schoolboy.
Kyle had previously auditioned for the show when he was aged 12, but his audition was televised the first time round. Despite the other three judges being "quite nice" (Kyle's words), it was Walliams who told him after his first audition to go away and work on his voice, so that's exactly what he did.
He's now returned and thoroughly proved David wrong. He even told RadioTimes.com that he has no hard feelings towards David - and that previous BGT runner-up Susan Boyle was his inspiration for entering the show.
KYLLLLLLLL
4. DNA
Friends Andrew, 29, and Darren, 40, blew the judges away in their first audition with some frankly incredible trickery involving Amanda’s phonebook, Simon’s love of celebrity calendars and even their own t-shirts.
The mind readers gave an even more show-stopping performance in Monday's semi-final when they seemed to correctly predict three cards that would be chosen by Simon, Amanda and Alesha. What was even more impressive is that they asked David Walliams to pick any word at random and then instructed Simon as to exactly where it would be in the Dictionary.
We have no idea how they did it, but during the semi-final they said that none of the viewer theories they'd read online had correctly worked out their trick. We've watched and rewound it four times already and we still have no idea.
Britain's Got Talent's live final airs on Sunday June 4 at 7.30pm on ITV.
Britain’s Got Talent 2017: From Tokio Myers to Sarah Ikumu, the third semi-final looks like this
We now know four of the 2017 Britain’s Got Talent finalists – but we’re not done with the semi-finals just yet.
Wednesday night will see the third lot of acts take to the stage in their bid to win one of those coveted spots in Sunday’s grand final, and join Kyle Tomlinson, DNA, Issy Simpson and Matt Edwards in their bid for that spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
So far there’s a whole lot of magic in the semi-final – but will any more illusionists be joining their ranks on Wednesday night, or will it be the turn of music, dance or comedy to make it through?
Here’s who’ll be competing – complete with a brief reminder of how they got there in the first place…
David Geaney
The 22-year-old Irishman combined fancy footwork with technology in the final auditions show of the series to deliver a dance act with a difference. Could he be the first dancer to make it to this year’s final?
Jay Wynn
Aka the support worker whose act involves singing while dressed in a giant robot costume (as you do). Simon Cowell wasn’t remotely impressed by his robotic rendition of A-ha’s Take On Me in the original auditions show, but everybody else seemed to approve (including us).
Josephine Lee
The latest hopeful in this magic-heavy year is 30-year-old Josephine, the illusionist whose sleight of hand in her original audition left everybody asking whether or not she has a twin (she doesn’t). Is there room for one more magician in the final? You never know.
London School Of Bollywood
Simon was sceptical about this bunch when they took to the stage earlier in the series – having seen a lot of Bollywood dance troupes before – but they had a surprise in store. Will it be enough to win them a final place?
Martin and Faye
The father-daughter singing duo are set to bring their operatic talents to the stage once more, after scoring four yeses from the judges – despite that tense moment when Simon suggested 10-year-old Faye might work better as a solo performer. We think they’re pretty darned awesome just as they are.
Ned Woodman
Eight-year-old comedian Ned got proceedings off to a flying start with the very first audition of the series – in which he strode onstage and quipped: ‘Why are people so excited about that talking dog on Britain’s Got Talent? Amanda Holden’s been on it for years!’ The question is – will he have the judges in his sights this time (and can he possibly get any more barbed?)
Sarah Ikumu
Simon’s Golden Buzzer act – 15-year-old Sarah Ikumu – gets her moment in the semi-final spotlight tonight, after wowing everybody with her powerhouse performance of And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going in the first auditions show of the series. We can’t wait to see what she’s got planned this time.
Tokio Myers
Tonight’s line-up is completed by the pianist who delivered a unique spin on Debussy’s Clair de Lune and Ed Sheeran’s Bloodstream during the auditions – and won himself a standing ovation for his efforts (not to mention a stack of tweets from viewers complaining that he didn’t get a Golden Buzzer). Can he and his piano make it all the way to Sunday night?
Britain’s Got Talent’s third semi-final kicks off on ITV at 7.30pm, with the results show at 9.30pm.
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