Winner of Britain's Got Talent 2026 revealed as Ant and Dec crown champions and viewers divided
After months of auditions and weeks of live semi-finals…
Britain’s Got Talent crowned its 2026 winner on Saturday night (May 30) after a tense live grand final.
Ant and Dec hosted proceedings as the 10 finalists gave it their all to win the huge cash prize and a spot on the bill of the Royal Variety Performance.
And, while judge Amanda Holden may have ensured all eyes were on her earlier on in the night with her risqué outfit, when the time came for the winner of Britain’s Got Talent to be announced, Brits only had eyes for one act…
Britain’s Got Talent winner announced
After all the acts had performed, and viewers had cast their votes, it was down to Ant and Dec to announced who’d won.
Poet Sonny Green was favourite at the bookies going into the live final. However, on the night, and after performances from Sinatra The Musical and Alesha Dixon’s newly-reformed Mis-Teeq, Sonny was sadly left trophy-less.
Instead, the winner of Britain’s Got Talent was named as The Hawkstone Farmers Choir – and Jeremy Clarkson was seen in the audience looking entirely thrilled.
Sadly, not everyone felt the same…
Viewers react
Proving that you can’t please all of the people all of the time, audiences watching at home were divided by this year’s Britain’s Got Talent winner.
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One said: “Amateur singers with a boring song win? ITV fails its audience again.”
Another commented: “Makes you wonder just how much Jeremy Clarkson paid for the choir to win.”
A third said: “How the [bleep] did those farmers win?!” “Bunch of toffs singing and singing garbage. Fork off!” said another.
However, not everyone felt the same, with many viewers full of praise for the winning act.
One commented: “The Hawkstone Farmer’s Choir was excellent tonight. I’m delighted they won.”
Another added: “The farmers take it!! The Hawkstone Farmers Choir are the Britain’s Got Talent GRAND CHAMPIONS 2026. They are the 4th golden buzzer act to win BGT, but they are the first choir ever to win this competition. They planted the seeds & reaped the harvest!”
A third said: “Huge congratulations to the Hawkstone Farmers Choir #BGT 2026 winners. So happy for them all they so deserve this What a brilliant original song. Our fave act from day dot.”
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