Britain’s Got Talent winners: Where are they now?

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Ever wondered what happened to Attraction? Or fancy checking in with George Sampson? Take a little look at what the winners of Britain's Got Talent have been up to since taking the top prize...

It looks as though the great heatwave of Summer 2018 is over and now we can all retreat back to the comfort of our sofas and catch up on all the great TV we've missed while we've been gallivanting around in the sun.

In case you missed it, this year saw the 12th series ofBritain's Got Talent hit our screens and the incredibly funny Lost Voice Guy bagged the big win.

Seeing as we've been feeling all nostalgic of late, we thought we'd take the time to catch up with the BGT winners of year's gone by.

Have a little scroll through to see what the Britain's Got Talent winners are up to now:

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Britain's Got Talent winners - where are they now?

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Series 1: Paul Potts - Opera Singer

Paul won the first ever series of Britain's Got Talent with his rendition of 'Nessun dorma' for which he received a standing ovation.The opera singer is still enjoying a successful career in music, last year he was on tour in Europe and also held his first photography exhibition in Hungary called Opera Star Around the World.

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Series 2: George Sampson - Dancer

George won BGT at the tender age of 14 in 2008 performing to the Mint Royale version of 'Singin' in the Rain'.Since winning he has appeared on TV a number of times. In 2012 he appeared on the big screen in StreetDance 2 and last year he played the character of Ryan in Emmerdale.

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Series 3: Diversity - Dance Group

Famously beating the incredible Susan Boyle in the live final, Diversity have done a number of tours since winning in 2009.While many of the group have done solo projects the dance troupe continue to tour and Diversity will be on tour again in 2017.

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Series 4: Spelbound - Gymnastic Troupe

Wowing both the public and judges Spelbound took the BGT crown in 2010 with their incredible gymnastics.In the years since winning the series the troupe have changed their line-up a number of times. The last of the original members of the group retired after the Royal Variety performance in November 2012.It's not known what they are up to now as their official website was last updated at the beginning of 2015.

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Series 5: Jai McDowall - Singer

Jai won the series in 2011 and performed a headline sell out show in October of that year.He released his debut album 'Believe' in 2011, but it only reached 54 in the UK charts. Despite limited commercial success Jai has continued to work in the music industry, most recently performing with the Glasgow Philharmonia Orchestra.

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Series 6: Ashleigh and Pudsey - Dancing dog act

Since winning the viewers' hearts and BGT votes in 2012 Ashleigh and Pudsey were in high demand with appearances on TV, stage and even the big screen. Pudsey: The Movie was released in 2014 with David Walliams lending his voice to Pudsey.Last year the duo was at Crufts dog show in Birmingham promoting Drontal and Advantage - The Inseparables.

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Series 7: Attraction - Shadow theatre group

Attraction wowed the audience with their impressive shadow theatre performances, ending with the tribute to Britain which received a standing ovation from all of the judges.In March 2016 Attraction had a one off show of their full length production, The Box at the London Palladium.

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Series 8: Collabro - Classical singers

After belting out songs from Les Misérables to win them the series Collabro signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Music.Since winning, their success has continued with a second studio album released in 2015 and a tour. They have also just been voted Favourite BGT Winners by viewers of Good Morning Britain.

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Series 9: Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse - Musical canine freestyle

For the second time a dog act won BGT, but this time it was less about the routines and more about the storytelling.After some controversy in 2015 surrounding Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse winning the series they seem to have disappeared without any public appearances for quite some time.

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Series 10: Richard Jones - Magician

Richard Jones is a serving soldier and the first magician to win the talent show.Richard is due to star in his own TV show this weekend (Easter 2017) called Operation Magic, he is also about to embark on a UK tour later this month.

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Series 11: Tokio Myers - Pianist

Talented artist Tokio Myers left the audience mesmerised by his incredible piano performances throughout the competition.He went on to win last year after wowing viewers with his rendition of Rag 'n' Bone Man's hit Human.

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Series 12: Lost Voice Guy - Comedian

Lee Ridley aka Lost Voice Guy had BGT viewers in hysterics with his standup routine.Unable to speak, Lost Voice Guym, is the first British standup comedian to use a communication aid in his routine.

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In other Britain's Got Talent news, BGT star Antonio 'Popeye' Francis has sadly passed away at the age of just 54.

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Antonio, who's act involved him popping out his eyeballs to music, died after suffering a stroke and bleeding on the brain, his family have revealed.

Antonio's son said: "A week ago a family friend found him on the floor unconscious where he had a stroke. What's crazy is he was there for at least six days, so he'd survived for at least six days before we got him into the hospital and for the first two days he was breathing by himself."

Our thoughts are with Antonio's family and friends at this sad time.

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