Britain's Got Talent (series 2)
Participant Age ( s ) Genre Act From Semi-Final Result
Andrew Johnston 13 Singing Boy Soprano Carlisle , Cumbria 2 Third place
Andrew Muir 24 Singing Singer Fauldhouse , West Lothian 4 Finalist
Anya Sparks 42 Dance Dancer London 5 Eliminated
Bang On 34 , 27 Music Urban Percussionists Hounslow , London 2 Eliminated
Boogie Babes 8-12 Dance Dance Troupe Appleby-in-Westmorland , Cumbria 4 Eliminated
Boogie Wonderland 12-21 Dance Dance Troupe Liverpool 1 Eliminated
Caburlesque 22-26 Dance Cabaret & Burlesque Group London 5 Eliminated
Charlie Green 10 Singing Singer Worcestershire 3 Eliminated
Charlie Wernham 13 Comedy Stand-up Comedian Essex 4 Eliminated
Cheeky Monkeys 8 , 9 Dance Junior Dance Duo Burnley , Lancashire 2 Finalist
Craig Harper 35 Singing / Comedy Singer & Impressionist Hull , East Riding of Yorkshire 5 Eliminated
Dean Wilson 18 Singing Musical Theatre Performer Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire 1 Eliminated
Deans of Magic 46 , 38 Magic Erotic Magicians Daventry , Northamptonshire 3 Eliminated
Diva Las Vegas 20-48 Dance Cabaret Dance Group Runcorn , Cheshire 5 Eliminated
Escala 23-26 Music Electric String Quartet London 5 Finalist
Faryl Smith 12 Singing Classical Singer Kettering , Northamptonshire 4 Finalist
Flava 17-28 Dance Hip-hop Dance Group Cornwall 2 Eliminated
George Sampson 14 Dance Breakdancer Warrington , Cheshire 3 Winner
Harlequin Stage School 8-13 Dance Dance Troupe Worcester , Worcestershire 4 Eliminated
Hoop La La 22 , 23 , 24 Dance / Variety Hula Hoopers Inverness 3 Eliminated
Series overview
Following open auditions held the previous year , the Judge 's Auditions took place early in 2008 , within London , Manchester , Birmingham , Cardiff , Glasgow and Blackpool . With the success of the previous series , the production team decided to expand the show 's filming schedule to include more episodes . This led to the addition of two more episodes for auditions and two more live episodes for semi-finals , in turn leading to a direct increase in the number of semi-finalists that the judges could move beyond the auditions stage of the competition . Both the judges and the presenters who took part in the first series agreed to return for the second series , leading to no significant changes in the panel or hosts . Of the participants that took part , only forty made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals , [ 3 ] with eight appearing in each one , and ten of these acts making it into the live final . The following below lists the results of each participant 's overall performance in this series : Winner | Runner-up | Third place Finalist | Semi-finalist
Series Two of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2008, from 12 April to 31 May on ITV. Following the success of its first series, ITV commissioned the programme for additional episodes, which allowed production to increase the number of semi-finals that the competition incorporated, and thus subsequently increase the number of participants that secured a place in the final. Auditions that were filmed took place across a larger variety of cities across the United Kingdom. Both the judges from the first series - Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan - and the hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), returned for the second series, along with Stephen Mulhern returning to front the second series of Britain's Got More Talent on ITV 2. The second series was won by street dancer George Sampson, with dance duo Signature finishing in second place, and singer Andrew Johnston placing third. During its broadcast, the series proved to be a greater ratings success, averaging 10.2 million viewers. ITV was forced to defend the programme during its second series, after viewers criticised the involvement of a professional group in the contest.