Britain's Got Talent Voting Figures Reveal Just How Popular Winner Colin Thackery Was With Viewers

It was a big night for the 89-year-old singer.

The full voting figures for this year’s Britain’s Got Talent have been revealed, following Colin Thackery’s win on Sunday night.

It’s been revealed that during this year’s live final, Colin received more than a quarter of all votes cast, particularly impressive when you consider there were 11 acts in the running.

The 89-year-old singer received 25.3% of the votes cast on Sunday night, while his closest competitor, magician X, received 17.8%.

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Colin shortly after his BGT win
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It was a closer race for third place, with Ben Hart, Kojo Anim and Dave & Finn receiving 10.2%, 9.%6 and 9.1% of the final votes respectively.

Colin’s win gives him the highest percentage of votes to win since 2014, when vocal harmony group Collabro sailed to victory.

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X was unmasked as magician Marc Spelmann during the final
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The stats also showed that in each of the semi-finals, the judges opted to save the act who had been the second most popular with voters.

Here are the voting figures for all of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent live shows in full…

Semi-Final 1

Dave & Finn - 29.2%

Flakefleet Primary School - 25.6%

The Haunting - 13.4%

Rosie & Adam - 12.4%

Khronos Girls - 6.8%

Tony Rudd - 5.6%

Akshat Singh - 3.6%

Brian Gilligan - 3.4%

Semi-Final 2

4MG - 28.2%

Siobhan Phillips - 15.9%

Matt Stirling - 14.9%

Faith Tucker - 11.3%

Giorgia Borg - 11.3%

Vardanyan Brothers - 8.9%

State of the Fart - 5.5%

The Queen - 4.0%

Semi-Final 3

Colin Thackery - 29.1%

Kojo Anim - 23.9%

John Archer - 19.0%

Chapter 13 - 16.6%

Angels Inc. - 4.2%

Rob King - 3.3%

Gomonov Knife Show - 2.6%

KNE - 1.3%

Semi-Final 4

Ben Hart - 28.6%

Mark McMullan - 25.4%

Graeme Mathews - 12.5%

Kerr James - 11.3%

Lil Icons - 9.3%

Duo A&J - 6.6%

Jimmy Tamley - 5.7%

Ursula Burns - 0.6%

Semi-Final 5 

X - 27.4%

Jonathan Goodwin - 22.0%

Libby & Charlie - 17.0%

Barbara Nice - 14.1%

Leanne Mya - 8.7%

Gonzo - 7.4%

Jacob Jones - 2.3%

Fabulous Sisters - 1.1%

Final

Colin Thackery - 25.3%

X - 17.8%

Ben Hart - 10.2%

Kojo Anim - 9.6%

Dave & Finn - 9.1%

Flakefleet Primary School - 8.8%

Mark McMullan - 4.6%

Jonathan Goodwin - 4.4%

Siobhan Phillips - 4.0%

Libby & Charlie - 3.9%

4MG - 2.3%

Britain’s Got Talent will return later this year for a special series titled BGT: The Champions.