Britain's Got Talent series 16

The sixteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 4 June 2023. Following the previous series, David Walliams resigned from the programme in the wake of criticism to comments he had made of contestants during the 2020 series, leading to him being replaced by Bruno Tonioli in January 2023. During auditions, Cowell allowed a change to the Golden Buzzer format, granting more being given than in previous series.

The sixteenth series was won by comedian Viggo Venn, with dancer Lillianna Clifton finishing in second place, and magician Cillian O’Connor placing third. During its broadcast, the series averaged 5.98 million viewers. Venn became just the 2nd international act, following Hungary’s Attraction over a decade ago, to win Britain’s Got Talent in sixteen series. Additionally, Venn was the third consecutive comedy act to take the first place prize, following Jon Courtenay and Axel Blake. Britain’s Got Talent series 16 would also be the first time that two acts outside of the United Kingdom would place in the top-3, Venn and O’Connor hailed from Norway and the Republic of Ireland, respectively.