Britain’s Got Talent 2011: Voting Figures Revealed

Last night’s Britain’s Got Talent final saw one of the closest races between contestants the show has ever seen. Today the voting figures have been revealed, and they make for interesting reading.

In the second semi-final Two & Half Men came very close to being in the top three, just 1.1% behind 3rd placed David & Karen. Lorna Bliss meanwhile finished bottom of the pile with 1.5% of the vote. Out of the Blue were also close to making the cut in the fourth semi-final, just 1.2% behind Edward Reid in third place.

The figures also revealed that Ronan Parke was the most convincing winner from the week’s semi-final, achieving a whopping 61.6% to top the public vote, eventual winner Jai McDowall  came in second with 42.9%.

The closest top two acts were in the third semi-final, with 5% separating top placed Les Gibson second placed James Hobley.

Out of the four acts that the judges put through, all but one of those decisions agreed with the actual public vote, with Edward Reid being sent home despite coming in second place. Steven Hall was put into the final over the comedian singer, despite Edward receiving nearly 11% more of the votes – so I guest Simon did not know what the public wanted to see after all.

In the final the stats showed that it was  a two horse race between Ronan Parke and Jai McDowall. The duo received more than 50% of all votes cast on the night, with second place Ronan around 18% ahead of third placed New Bounce.

Only 2.4% split Jai and Ronan at the top of the leader board, with the pair receiving 29.1% and 26.7% of the vote respectively. It is quite possible that the Scottish vote might have been the deciding factor between the two acts.