Britain's Got Talent

CT provide video talent to Britain’s Got Talent

For a second consecutive year Talkback Thames looked to Production Designer Dominic Tolfts to create the set design for the second annual series of Britain's Got Talent. The set needed to be dynamic, versatile and portray a strong individual style for the hugely popular television show. Dominic also had to create a flexible design that could cope with 40 different acts, ranging from a large dance group to a sole performer.

With all these facets in mind, Dominic created a design that was predominantly video focused, using the latest LED technology. The graphic content would prove to be key to the success of the concept ensuring the lighting and graphic states were tailored to each act. Considering the amount of LED and the complicated video requirements, Creative Technology was approached to supply and manage the video aspects.

Tolfts commented, "With such a large number of acts to work with I felt it was important to create numerous entrances to the set. Some of these included the large central LED screen that split in the middle and the central mirrored staircase. The LED cladding on the staircase looked outstanding, whilst the tracking ability on the screen worked flawlessly. I think this show heralds the return of variety to our screens, so the set was designed to accommodate this by being infinitely flexible."

The set featured a central 5.4m wide x 4.9m high Ilite 6mm LED screen, positioned on a tracking system to allow the screen to split in the middle for contestant entrances. On either side of the screen, columns and hoops formed of MiTRIX, displayed the content to make the set engaging and visually stimulating.

Andy Reardon comments, "We used over 900 MiTRIX tiles to create the columns, hoops and stage side fills and with only four days to build everything, we were hard pushed, but managed to achieve a great look and a fantastic finish."

Britain’s Got Talent was a great success and proved to be hugely popular with a record amount of viewers tuning in to watch the finals.