Saturday’s episode saw Dixon, who is a judge on the show, wearing a necklace with the letters BLM in gold. [citation needed] Pratt appeared on Lori Kellett's fundraising show Lori's One Night Only at the Spa Theatre on 24 June 2007. He also said that if he made it to the final, he would improve the singing. He failed to get through to the final and was eliminated from the competition. Jake attended Hurtwood House, a sixth form college in Surrey, from 2013 - 2015.

[2], The judges auditions took place between January and February 2020, within London and Manchester. [2][14][15], In the summer of 2008, Pratt worked on a film called Nativity!

The winner of the programme performs in front of the Queen at The Royal Variety Show and receives a cash prize of £250,000.

Everything you need to enjoy our Semi-Finals and Grand Final is right here. The following day, the judges changed their minds after they realised they made a mistake, and decided to put Pratt and a beatboxing group called Crew 82, the two acts they previously rejected, through to the live semi-finals. Coronavirus put the competition on hold after the auditions … [2] He previously attended YMCA Scarborough, and the Scarborough Dance Centre. He has been attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School since his appearance on Britain's Got Talent. In the live semi-final, on 15 June 2007, he performed again a stand-up comedy routine, and sang the chorus of "There's No Business Like Show Business", where this time Cowell buzzed. His performance received positive comments from all three judges, from Piers Morgan's "You've got brilliant, distinctive comic timing", to Amanda Holden's "You're a real star in the making, real showman, great confidence, you were fantastic", with the exception of Simon Cowell, saying "I think you're funnier than Peter Kay", but said that the singing was terrible but the comedy was fantastic. He entered the public eye when he appeared on the first series of the ITV1 television show Britain's Got Talent in June 2007 where he reached the semi-finals, and lost a place in the grand final. Britain’s Got Talent can boast the most stable, and the friendliest judging panel on TV – the line-up, which returns for the show's 13th series on April 11, hasn’t changed in nine years. [3], Production on the series was dramatically impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, which was already affecting media productions across the world. Watch all of the performances from third semi-final online. The advancement of semi-finalists to the final stage of the contest was also changed: instead of the original format used in previous series, judges would have first selection of semi-finalists for advancement, choosing their top three acts in each semi-final and voting on which one of these would be sent to the finals; the remainder from that semi-final, including those not voted for by the judges, would face a public vote to secure an additional place in the live final, with voting conducted across the weekend of the episode's broadcast. [4] In May 2020, Amanda Holden indicated that production on the remainder of the series would resume in Autumn,[5] with producers confirming in August that the remaining episodes would be produced and aired across September and October that year.[6]. This series is most notable for being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which split the series into two parts, both in production and broadcast schedule. He starred in several productions including Jesus Christ Superstar, Love & Money and several other showcases.

Cowell considered firing the producer, but instead gave him a "done" to finish off. The fourteenth series of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK from 11 April 2020. Pratt presented segments about birds.