who was the winner of britain's got talent season 8
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title: Britain's Got Talent (series 8) text: him to be absent during a day of auditions. It was also the first series in the show's history to have a buzzer used during the live final, and was the first to include the "Golden Buzzer" - a format introduced to the programme, which had begun to appear within the "Got Talent" franchise since it was first introduced on "Germany's Got Talent" in 2012. The eighth series was won by boy band Collabro, with opera singer Lucy Kay finishing in second place and singing/rapping duo Bars and Melody in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.8 title: Britain's Got Talent (series 8) text: took part, forty-five made it past this stage and into the five live semi-finals- of these acts, salsa dancing duo Paddy & Nico, hip hop duo Bars & Melody, singer Christian Spridon, girl group REAformed, and stand-up comedian/impressionist Toju, each received a golden buzzer during their auditions - with nine appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was impressionist Jon Clegg, after he lost out in the tied Judges' vote in the first semi-final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance title: Collabro text: Collabro Collabro are a UK-based musical theatre group and winners of the eighth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2014. The group consists of Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J. Redgrave, and previously, Richard Hadfield until his departure from the band in June 2016. Collabro was voted the UK's favourite Britain's Got Talent Winners in a National Poll. The band have a following who they refer to as their "Collaborators" and famous fans include Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix. Their debut album "Stars" was released on 18 August 2014 and debuted at number one in the UK. title: Britain's Got Talent (series 8) text: Britain's Got Talent (series 8) Series Eight of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2014, from 12 April to 7 June on ITV; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a break on 30 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. The series is most notable for holding auditions in Northern Ireland for the first time, instead of Scotland as had been done since the second series, as well as for the hosts Ant & Dec having to stand in for Simon Cowell, after illness forced title: Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (series 8) text: 1 December. The filming of the show wrapped up on April 2012. The prizes for this cycle included a modelling contract with Models 1, a fashion spread and cover feature in "Company" magazine, a contract with Revlon cosmetics, an international fashion campaign for Miss Selfridge, trip to Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai courtesy of Destinology, and an apartment at 51 Buckingham Gate. The winner of the competition was 18 year-old Letitia Herod from Oxshott, Surrey. "(Ages stated are at start of contest)" Amelia Raven - 10 Anita Kaushik - 10 Anne Winterburn - 10 Emma Grattidge - 10 Emma Sharratt