{"id":690816,"date":"2026-05-24T04:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690816\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:35:11","slug":"who-won-the-5th-britains-got-talent-2026-live-semi-final-last-finalist-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690816\/","title":{"rendered":"Who won the 5th Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026 live semi-final? Last finalist revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The winner of the fifth live semi-final of the 2026 series of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tonight&#8217;s semi-final began with a performance from the Royal Shakespeare Company&#8217;s production of Matilda The Musical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eight more acts then took to the stage, battling it out for a place in this year&#8217;s live final next Saturday (May 30):<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Baron &amp; Vesper \u2013 Stunt act<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hawkstone Farmers Choir \u2013 Choir group<\/p>\n<p>The Hawkstone Farmers Choir wins the fifth BGT semi-final for 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celestial was awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/national\/uk-today\/26134432.bgt-golden-buzzer-given-celestial-fifth-semi-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:last golden buzzer of BGT 2026;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;last golden buzzer of BGT 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \">last golden buzzer of BGT 2026<\/a> by all four judges following an &#8220;epic&#8221; drone display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the performance, Dixon said: &#8220;That was one of the most beautiful things I&#8217;ve ever seen on this show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cowell, after initially struggling to find the right words to describe the act, added: &#8220;That was one of the most beautiful, incredible productions we&#8217;ve had on this show for years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it gets better than that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hawkstone Farmers Choir was then named the winner of the fifth semi-final, after receiving the most votes from the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jake Banfield was voted runner-up, while James Miller finished in third.<\/p>\n<p>Who is in the BGT 2026 final?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tonight&#8217;s live semi was the fifth and final of the 2026 series of BGT, meaning the line-up for the final has now been decided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 10 acts performing in the live BGT final next Saturday (May 30) are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matty Juniosa (singer) &#8211; golden buzzer from semi-final one<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anastasiia and Salsa (dog act) &#8211; winner of semi-final one<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LMA (dance group) &#8211; golden buzzer from semi-final two<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fabian Fox (magician) &#8211; winner of semi-final two<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Liwei Yang (fire-juggler) &#8211; golden buzzer from semi-final three<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ted Hill (comedian) &#8211; winner of semi-final three<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sonny Green (poet) &#8211; golden buzzer in semi-final four<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rafferty Coope (magician) &#8211; winner of semi-final four<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celestial (drone art) &#8211; golden buzzer from semi-final five<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hawkstone Farmers Choir (choir group) &#8211; winner of semi-final five<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RECOMMENDED READING:<\/p>\n<p>What does the winner of BGT 2026 get?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There have been 18 winners of BGT since its first series in 2007, with magician Harry Moulding winning last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The winner of BGT 2026 will take home a prize of \u00a3250,000 and will also be given the chance to perform in front of the royal family at the Royal Variety Performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Who do you think is going to win Britain&#8217;s Got Talent in 2026? 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