{"id":550362,"date":"2026-04-25T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550362\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:56:12","slug":"bgt-2026-who-are-the-8-acts-on-tonights-first-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550362\/","title":{"rendered":"BGT 2026: Who are the 8 acts on tonight&#8217;s first semi-final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The long-running ITV talent show returned for a 19th series in February (February 21), once again welcoming a wide array of performers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and KSI have all returned for another season of BGT, along with hosts Ant and Dec.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This year&#8217;s auditions once again unearthed some of the UK&#8217;s top talent, with a host of acts selected to continue through to the semi-finals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nine acts achieved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/national\/uk-today\/26033615.9-bgt-acts-semi-finals-golden-buzzers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golden buzzers in 2026<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p>Paul Nunnari \u2013 para-athlete<\/p>\n<p>  Rafferty Coope \u2013 magician<\/p>\n<p>  Antigravity \u2013 light-up dance\/movement act<\/p>\n<p>  Hawkstone Farmers Choir \u2013 singers<\/p>\n<p>  Ted Hill \u2013 comedian<\/p>\n<p>  Matty Juniosa \u2013 singer<\/p>\n<p>  Braunstone Community Primary School \u2013 dancing\/comedy<\/p>\n<p>  World Wings \u2013 dancers<\/p>\n<p>  Mr Cherry &#8211; strongman<\/p>\n<p>  Who are the 8 acts performing on Britain\u2019s Got Talent tonight?<\/p>\n<p>\n  With the pre-recorded auditions complete, it is now time for the live semi-finals, the first of which airs on ITV1 and ITVX tonight (Saturday, April 25).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The eight acts performing in tonight&#8217;s first live BGT semi-final are:\n<\/p>\n<p>Anastasiia and Salsa<\/p>\n<p>  Celtic Beat<\/p>\n<p>  Christy Coysh<\/p>\n<p>  Fraser Penman<\/p>\n<p>  Matty Juniosa<\/p>\n<p>  Nancy Tilley<\/p>\n<p>  Paul Nunnari<\/p>\n<p>  The Rafikiz<\/p>\n<p>  What does the winner of BGT get?<\/p>\n<p>\n  The semi-finalists will all be competing for a spot in the final, which will take place on Saturday, May 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The winner of BGT takes home a \u00a3250,000 cash prize and also gets the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will be five semi-finals in 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>  When is Britain\u2019s Got Talent on tonight?<\/p>\n<p>\n  The first live semi-final of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026 will air on ITV1 and ITVX from 7pm tonight (Saturday, April 25).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Having already impressed the judges during auditions, each act must now push their claim for a spot in the Grand Finale.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will also be a special guest performance from the cast of I&#8217;m Every Woman &#8211; The Chaka Khan Musical.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Who has been your favourite act on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2026? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long-running ITV talent show returned for a 19th series in February (February 21), once again welcoming a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-550362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}