We were shown each act perform one past time, receive last bits of positive feedback, then clips of them talking about "just how much it meant to all of them".
Following the last performance (dance group Spellbound), phone lines opened and viewers were encouraged to phone in and vote for their favourite. As this happened, much padding was required with Usher singing live and the England World Cup song performed by Dizzee Rascal and Janes Corden (aka Smithy).
Then, after the last ad break, all of the finalists stood out on the stage ready to hear their fate.
Then finally Kieran Gaffney was announced to be third and hence left the stage so close to reaching his dream and yet so far (yet something tells me we’ll be seeing a lot more of him).
Finally, after a nail-biting few weeks the winners were revealed!
The winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2010 were Spellbound!
They performed one more time (the same routine as earlier in the show) before the closing credits ran.
It has been a brilliant series which I’ve really enjoyed. This is the saving grace of a broadcaster which is known to be struggling. Well done ITV!
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