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TODAY: TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019

Got Talent: The Champions kicks off five

weeks of international performers.

Two acts per show will make it to the

final but only one can be the champion.

Here judges Simon Cowell, Amanda

Holden, David Walliams and Alesha

Dixon, along with presenters Ant and

Dec, give fans the lowdown.

■ Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions,

Saturday, 8pm, ITV.

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BY NICOLA METHVEN

TV Editor

upon them now. We’ve been through

so much over the years.

Has there been anything that’s

worried you about this series?

The downside of only having five

shows before the final is that we’ve

actually seen some amazing talent get

sent home. If we look at doing this

again I’d like to do more heats and a

couple of semi-finals before the final.

What have you enjoyed the most?

It’s being able to return to Paul Potts

and Connie Talbot and George

Sampson, people like that. When they

are not on screen people can forget

about them but actually they’ve

had worldwide careers thanks to

Britain’s Got Talent.

What changes have you

seen over the years?

When I first started making

these shows everybody

wanted to be a pop star. Now

you’ve got kids going, “I want

to be a magician, a comedian, a

dancer...” It’s gone in a direction I

couldn’t have predicted.

COWELL & CO

DAVID WALLIAMS

What did you think when Simon said

he wanted to do a Champions show?

I thought: “I’m going to have to change

my holiday plans!”

What do you think makes a champion?

Originality. BGT is often about doing

something you haven’t seen before. I

don’t mean like standing on one leg and

juggling three small cats, but performing

a song in a way we’ve not heard before

or a dance routine put together in a way

we haven’t seen before.

What’s it been like seeing old clips of

Simon from series one?

Well, he looks younger now, which is

curious. I don’t know how he managed it.

Were there any British acts you were

looking forward to seeing again?

Jack Carroll. He’s a brilliant comedian.

So, I was really looking forward to seeing

him again. Ashley I got to know a little

bit. Obviously she’s back with Sully this

time as we’ve sadly lost Pudsey.

Did you enjoy German Alexa

Lauenberger’s dog routine?

Until you have seen eight dogs doing the

conga you’ve never known joy. Everyone

loves dogs, except my mum who prefers

cats but cats can’t do a conga.

WHEN Britain’s Got Talent launched

13 years ago, few people would have

predicted it would spawn 71 copycat

versions around the globe.

Now it’s time to see how some of the

UK’s best-loved acts compare with the

rest of the world’s most talented enter-

tainers – and it promises to be a treat.

Saturday’s launch show of Britain’s

SIMON COWELL

Have all the judges performed well?

Alesha [who is pregnant] has been

amazing! She could have been putting

her feet up but came to work instead.

Amanda has been with us right from

the beginning and she’s been the most

loyal, easy to work with person that

we’ve ever had. No drama, no

demands, she just turns up, does her

thing, loves the acts and is a great

ambassador for the show.

And David is David! He just loves

being the centre of attention. He’s like

all comics, you know, they

live for that attention.

You’ll never ever

change him. As

annoying as he is, if

he wasn’t there, I

think you’d miss him.

And the

presenters?

I love having the lads

on the show, Ant and

Dec are like my younger

brothers, that’s how I look

LAUGH LINES

Jack Carroll

GREAT VOICE

Tenor Paul Potts