Britain's Got Talent series 11
The eleventh series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 3 June 2017; because the One Love Manchester concert was to take place on 4 June, the live final was brought forward a day to avoid clashing with it. Following the closure of Fountain Studios the previous year, the live episodes were broadcast from Elstree Studios. The change in location allowed for a revamp of the studio used by both the main programme and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent.
| Britain's Got Talent | |
|---|---|
| Series 11 | |
| Presented by | Ant & Dec (ITV) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2) |
| Judges | David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell |
| Winner | Tokio Myers |
| Runner-up | Issy Simpson |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV ITV2 (BGMT) |
| Original release | 15 April – 3 June 2017 |
| Series chronology | |
For the first time in eleven years, this series featured no judges' vote for each semi-final – instead the acts getting the highest and second-highest tally of public votes would move on to the live final; after the series' conclusion, Cowell admitted that he disliked this format change. In addition to the judges not voting for an act, the Public Wildcard format was dropped from the show, while the number of acts making it into the semi-finals was reduced to 40, returning to the original semi-final format used prior to the sixth series.
The eleventh series was won by pianist Tokio Myers, with magician Issy Simpson finishing in second place and comedian Daliso Chaponda third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.1 million viewers.