List of Britain's Got Talent finalists (series 8)

The eighth series of Britain's Got Talent started on 12 April 2014 and ended on 7 June 2014. The finalists are given in the order in which they finished.

Collabro

Collabro are a MusicAL theatre boy band. They formed only a month prior to their audition. The group consists of Michael Auger, Richard Hadfield, Jamie Lambert, Thomas J Redgrave, and Matthew Pagan. They auditioned with "Stars" from the musical Les Miserables. For their semi-final performance, they sang "Bring Him Home", also from Les Misérables. They won the show on 7 June after a performance of their audition song "Stars" with 26.5% of the vote.

Lucy Kay

Lucy Kay (born Lucy Kay Allen; 28 November 1989 in Leicester) is an classical singer, originally from Leicester, although she now lives in Glasgow. She spoke of her experiences of being bullied while at school while living in Nottingham due to her love of classical music. She claimed that a few days before the final, her planned performance was changed. She finished in second place after a rendition of "Nessun dorma" in the final.

On 19 June 2014, she signed a multi-album deal with Sony Music. Her debut studio album Fantasia will be released on 24 September 2014.

Bars and Melody

Bars and Melody (B.A.M) are a rapping/singing duo compiled of rapper Leondre Devries (aged 13) from Wales and singer Charlie Lenehan (aged 15) from Bristol. They auditioned with a version of 'Hopeful' with Devries delivering a rap about anti-bullying, written based on his past experiences. They received Simon Cowell's golden buzzer and were sent through to the semi-finals, where they won the public vote and were sent through to the final. In the final they performed their audition piece again, and finished in third place with 14.3% of the vote.

Jack Pack

The Jack Pack are a four-piece swing vocal group, made up of Adam Chandler Diplock (aged 29), Sean Ryder Wolf (aged 33), Alfie Palmer (aged 25) and Andrew Bourn (aged 32). Adam was previously in boy band Futureproof, who were on the fourth series of The X Factor in 2007.

They auditioned with "That's Life", progressing to the semi-final on 31 May where they performed "My Way". They topped the public vote with 57% of the vote and were put straight through to the final on 7 June where they performed "Feeling Good" and finished in fourth place with 10.6% of the vote.

Chandler has since left Jack Pack and been replaced by Martin McCaffrey. The band have also signed a record deal with Syco Music.

Darcy Oake

Darcy Oake is an illusionist from Winnipeg, Canada. His audition making doves and women appear out of thin air. Afterwards, Cowell called Oake "without question the best magician ever on Britain's Got Talent." His audition has been viewed over 37 million times on YouTube.

For his semi-final act, he performed a teleportation illusion. The act placed him in the top three, and after a split judges' vote, it was revealed he was second and sent to the final, making him the first ever magician to make the final of Britain's Got Talent.

His performance in the final was "Time of the Essence" where he was hung upside down within an open human bear trap. He escaped in 52 seconds, right before trap closed, which would have killed him. Oake came 5th overall (8.5%), the closest a magician has come to winning Britain's Got Talent.

James Smith

James Smith (born 9 February 1999) is a 15 year old singer/guitarist from Essex.

Jon Clegg

Jonathan "Jon" Clegg (born 1977/78) is a comedian and impressionist from Horley, Surrey, but is originally from Crawley. In his audition, he did impressions of Alan Carr, Marcus Bentley, Homer and Marge Simpson.

Lettice Rowbotham

Lettice Rowbotham is a violinist from Dorking, Surrey. At four years old, she was given a plastic violin, and was given a real violin shortly after. She has played for Vladimir Putin's daughter among other people. She also has a YouTube channel, uploading videos of her playing the violin. Throughout the series, she became known for her personality along with her unusual name. She gained much popularity for her personality. She also became known for being supposedly hungover at her audition. In the final, she performed "Bring Me to Life". She also sang a verse of the song, surprising everyone.

Paddy & Nico

Paddy & Nico are a salsa dance duo consisting of Sarah Patricia "Paddy" Jones, a 79-year-old widow, and Nicolás "Nico" Espinosa who is from Gandia, Spain. At their audition, Amanda Holden pressed the Golden Buzzer, sending them straight through to the live shows.

The Addict Initiative

The Addict Initiative are a dance group from Leicester. They performed horror dance routines with a storyline.

Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi

Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi are dancers from France, who specialise in dancing in high heels.