Who won the 5th Britain’s Got Talent 2026 live semi-final?

Tonight’s semi-final began with a performance from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical.

Eight more acts then took to the stage, battling it out for a place in this year’s live final next Saturday (May 30):

• Baron & Vesper – Stunt act
• Celestial – Drone art
• The Hawkstone Farmers Choir – Choir group
• Jake Banfield – Magician
• James Miller – Singer
• Juan Carlos – Dancer
• Mr. Cherry – Stunt act
• SOS! – Boyband

X wins the fifth BGT semi-final for 2026

Celestial was awarded the last golden buzzer of BGT 2026 by all four judges following an “epic” drone display.

Following the performance, Dixon said: “That was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on this show.”

Cowell, after initially struggling to find the right words to describe the act, added: “That was one of the most beautiful, incredible productions we’ve had on this show for years.”

He continued: “I don’t think it gets better than that.”

The Hawkstone Farmers Choir was then named the winner of the fifth semi-final, after receiving the most votes from the public.

Jake Banfield was voted runner-up, while James Miller finished in third.

Who is in the BGT 2026 final?

Tonight’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.

The 10 acts performing in the live BGT final next Saturday (May 30) are:

• Matty Juniosa (singer) – golden buzzer from semi-final one
• Anastasiia and Salsa (dog act) – winner of semi-final one
• LMA (dance group) – golden buzzer from semi-final two
• Fabian Fox (magician) – winner of semi-final two
• Liwei Yang (fire-juggler) – golden buzzer from semi-final three
• Ted Hill (comedian) – winner of semi-final three
• Sonny Green (poet) – golden buzzer in semi-final four
• Rafferty Coope (magician) – winner of semi-final four
• Celestial (drone art) – golden buzzer from semi-final five
• – winner of semi-final five

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What does the winner of BGT 2026 get?

There have been 18 winners of BGT since its first series in 2007, with magician Harry Moulding winning last year.

The winner of BGT 2026 will take home a prize of £250,000 and will also be given the chance to perform in front of the royal family at the Royal Variety Performance.

Who do you think is going to win Britain’s Got Talent in 2026? Let us know in the comments below.