Bookies were forced to completely rethink their odds on who will win Britain's Got Talent this year after the unexpected exit of an early favourite on Monday night.
After a near two hiatus due to coronavirus restrictions, the long-running ITV show has stormed back onto screens for 2022, with a new batch of acts aiming to follow in the footsteps of previous Britain's Got Talent winners like Diversity, Paul Potts, George Sampson and reigning champion Jon Courtenay.
As has become tradition on BGT, all four judges, as well as hosts Ant and Dec get the chance to send an act straight through to the live shows from the auditions and it was David Walliams' Golden Buzzer pick, dance act Born to Perform, who bookies had as the big favourites to win after their first performance.
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The collective were one of the acts who performed in Monday's first semi final but, rather than sailing through to the final as bookmakers and many viewers expected, they are no longer in contention to win, after being knocked out. Instead it was Maxwell Thorpe and Jamie Leahey. who were voted through..
And the outcome of the first semi saw the odds for who will win Sunday's final blown wide open. After all of the semi finals ended, the odds for who will win, according to Betfair are...
Britain's Got Talent winner odds
- Maxwell Thorpe - 2/1
- Eva Abley - 11/4
- Axel Blake - 13/2
- Tom Ball - 13/2
- Loren Allred - 15/2
- Aneeshwar Kunchala - 12/1
- Ben Nickless - 16/1
- Jamie Leahey - 33/1
- 5 Star Boys - 66/1
- Flintz & Taylor - 66/1
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