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50 free Britain's Got Talent trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Britain's Got Talent has been a fixture of ITV's schedule since 2007, and the judges' desk is as much a part of the show as the acts. Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden have sat there from the start, Alesha Dixon joined in 2012, and the fourth chair has changed hands several times, passing to KSI in 2026. This quiz is built around the panel: who judged and when, who stepped in when a regular was ill or away, who was announced but never made it to air, and what the judges did before the buzzers. It also covers Ant & Dec, the golden buzzer, the venues, and the winners and runners-up people still talk about, from Susan Boyle's audition onwards. It is pitched at regular viewers rather than superfans. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still leaves you with something to bring up during the next live final.
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Q 01Which Les Misérables song did Susan Boyle sing at her 2009 Britain's Got Talent audition?
I Dreamed a Dream
I Dreamed a Dream was watched by over 10 million viewers when the audition aired. Her debut album took the same title and set a UK record for first-week sales by a debut album.
Q 02Which street dance troupe beat favourite Susan Boyle to win the 2009 final of Britain's Got Talent?
Diversity
Diversity won in front of a record audience of 17.3 million viewers. Simon Cowell said theirs was the only performance of the night he would have given a 10.
Q 03Which former Daily Mirror editor judged Britain's Got Talent from 2007 to 2010 before hosting a CNN talk show?
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan replaced Larry King in CNN's evening line-up in January 2011. He had been judging America's Got Talent at the same time as the British series.
Q 04Which American actor left America's Got Talent and then judged Britain's Got Talent for one series in 2011?
David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff, the star of Baywatch and Knight Rider, had been lined up for the original 2007 panel but pulled out before the first series aired.
Q 05Which Carphone Warehouse manager won the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007 by singing opera?
Paul Potts
Paul Potts won with Nessun dorma, the Puccini aria he had sung at his audition. His debut album One Chance went on to top the charts in 13 countries.
Q 06Which dancing dog won Britain's Got Talent in 2012 with his teenage trainer Ashleigh Butler?
Pudsey
Pudsey was a Border Collie, Bichon Frise and Chinese Crested cross, and half of the first dog act to win. Simon Cowell later produced a feature film about him.
Q 07Which vehicle did Simon Cowell fall from in 2020, breaking his back and missing Britain's Got Talent's live shows?
An electric motorcycle
An electric motorcycle threw him as he tested it at his home in Malibu, though many reports called it an electric bicycle. A past winner took his chair for the semi-finals and final.
Q 08Besides prize money, Britain's Got Talent winners earn a slot at which annual televised charity gala?
Royal Variety Performance
The Royal Variety Performance is staged each year before senior members of the royal family. It raises money for a charity that runs a care home for retired entertainers.
Q 09Under which stage names did Britain's Got Talent hosts Ant & Dec score 1990s pop hits?
PJ & Duncan
PJ & Duncan were the characters the pair played in a BBC children's drama, where they first met as child actors in 1990.
Q 10KSI, who became a full-time Britain's Got Talent judge in 2026, co-founded which YouTube group?
The Sidemen
The Sidemen are one of several ventures for KSI, who also co-founded Misfits Boxing and the Prime drinks brand. He first sat on the panel as a guest judge in 2025.
Q 11Which Italian choreographer replaced David Walliams on the Britain's Got Talent judging panel in 2023?
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli stayed for three series before leaving in 2025. His filming commitments in America meant a guest judge had to cover some of his final audition days.
Q 12Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon first found fame in the early 2000s with which garage and R&B girl group?
Mis-Teeq
Mis-Teeq scored seven consecutive UK top 10 singles and sold over 12 million records worldwide before splitting in 2005.
Q 13David Walliams, a Britain's Got Talent judge for a decade, swam which stretch of water for Sport Relief in 2006?
The English Channel
Q 21Which stand-up comedian judged Britain's Got Talent for one series in 2011 while fronting his BBC Comedy Roadshow?
Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre left after a single series, and in 2012 he was the highest-grossing stand-up comedian in the world.
Q 22Which model was added to Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge in 2009 and dropped within a week?
Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook judged only the Manchester auditions before producers decided a four-judge panel was too complicated. A full-time fourth seat finally arrived in 2012.
Q 23Which American actress filled in for new mother Amanda Holden at Britain's Got Talent's London auditions in 2012?
Carmen Electra
The English Channel was one of three charity swims. He also crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and swam the River Thames, raising millions of pounds.
Q 14Which father-and-son duo spoofed Irish dance shows in their Britain's Got Talent audition in 2009?
Stavros Flatley
Stavros Flatley borrowed half their name from Riverdance star Michael Flatley and half from a Harry Enfield kebab shop character. The act was born in the father's Greek restaurant.
Q 15Which Hull singer won Simon Cowell's golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent in 2015 with a Robyn cover?
Calum Scott
Calum Scott finished sixth, then released the cover, Dancing on My Own, as a single. It peaked at number two and was Britain's best-selling single of summer 2016.
Q 16Loren Allred auditioned for Britain's Got Talent in 2022 after singing Never Enough for which hit film musical?
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman used her voice for Jenny Lind, the singer played on screen by Rebecca Ferguson. Amanda Holden gave her a golden buzzer and she went on to reach the final.
Q 17Simon Cowell, creator of Britain's Got Talent, first became famous in 2001 as a judge on which ITV singing contest?
Pop Idol
Pop Idol was a show he had helped its creator Simon Fuller pitch to ITV. It was shelved after he announced the launch of The X Factor in 2004.
Q 18Which 14-year-old street dancer won Britain's Got Talent in 2008 with a routine performed under artificial rain?
George Sampson
George Sampson danced to Mint Royale's remix of Singin' in the Rain. The track went to number one in the UK on download sales alone in the week after his performance.
Q 19Which trick in Jules O'Dwyer's winning 2015 Britain's Got Talent final was secretly performed by a lookalike dog?
Walking a tightrope
Walking a tightrope was left to a second dog, Chase, who looks much like the act's star Matisse. Ofcom later ruled that viewers of the final had been misled.
Q 20Which Chelsea Pensioner became the oldest winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2019, at the age of 89?
Colin Thackery
Colin Thackery served in the Korean War with the Royal Artillery. He moved into the Royal Hospital Chelsea after the death of Joan, his wife of 66 years.
Carmen Electra, who made her name as Lani McKenzie in Baywatch, sat in for the London audition days. It was the first series with David Walliams and Alesha Dixon on the panel.
Q 24Which X Factor judge covered for a flu-stricken Simon Cowell at Britain's Got Talent's Birmingham auditions in 2010?
Louis Walsh
Louis Walsh came back as a stand-in for the London auditions a year later. He went on to be head judge of Ireland's Got Talent when it launched in 2018.
Q 25Which former Britain's Got Talent winner took Simon Cowell's seat for the live shows of the 2020 series?
Ashley Banjo
Ashley Banjo had won in 2009 as leader of a street dance troupe. His group's 2020 guest routine, inspired by Black Lives Matter, drew about 24,500 complaints, which Ofcom rejected.
Q 26Alesha Dixon quit the judging panel of which BBC show to join Britain's Got Talent in 2012?
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing had crowned her its champion in 2007, and she judged it from 2009 before switching channels to sit beside Simon Cowell.
Q 27Amanda Holden of Britain's Got Talent first appeared on television in 1991 as a contestant on which ITV game show?
Blind Date
Blind Date put her on screen years before her run in the ITV comedy drama The Grimleys. She joined the talent show's original panel in 2007.
Q 28Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden won an Olivier Award nomination for the title role in which musical?
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie brought her a Best Actress in a Musical nomination, though the West End production closed earlier than expected in June 2004.
Q 29Which presenter hosted Britain's Got Talent's ITV2 companion show, Britain's Got More Talent, from 2007 to 2019?
Stephen Mulhern
Stephen Mulhern was once the youngest member of The Magic Circle, which later suspended him for revealing a trick on children's television.
Q 30The golden buzzer reached Britain's Got Talent in 2014, but which country's Got Talent show used it first?
Germany
Germany introduced the golden buzzer in 2012 on Das Supertalent, its version of the format. The British series adopted it two years later, sending chosen acts straight to the live rounds.