Ant and Dec’s Golden Buzzer winner Ted Hill will compete tonight in Britain’s Got Talent’s live show
07:19, 09 May 2026Updated 07:19, 09 May 2026
Ted Hill after he got the Golder Buzzer(Image: ITV)
Comedian Ted Hill hopes to wow Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell tonight – and champion neurodiversity at the same time. The 32-year-old was the golden buzzer choice of Ant and Dec after wowing the boys with a funny audition made of of comedy using a powerpoint presentation and speaking about his real life experiences with autism and ADHD,
And Ted says he is taking their advice and pushing things even further for laughs and success this weekend. Ted said: “I’m really excited and I told Ant and Dec about a couple of different ideas that I had and what direction to go in. And their advice to me was to be weird, to really go for it.
“I’ve decided that I just want to be as authentic to myself as possible, and if I don’t get through because I was too much like myself, then I don’t think I will have any regrets. I’ve decided to fully commit to the weirdness of my personality. And I’ve done something a little bit sciencey that involves my science knowledge to make a special gift for Simon Cowell. Because I got the golden buzzer from Ant and Dec I didn’t get any feedback from Simon in my audition so I’m hoping he will like this one.”
Ant and Dec loved Ted’s unusual style of comedy(Image: ITV)
Ted, who lives in London, will also have the backing of hundreds of school kids because as well as a comedy show, which he had played at the likes of Edinburgh Fringe, Ted also hosts a science roadshow he presents in schools.
He explains: “I work at the Royal Institution. And my job is science in schools presenter, so I go into schools and I perform science shows for kids to sort of teach them, but I’m not really a teacher. I’m an entertainer. I’m there to, like, show them that science is fun, which is, I passionately do believe, and I like, set things on fire and I blow things up.
“I’m like, the sort of cool scientist figure, which is something that I do alongside comedy, those are, like my two big passions. So even if I did win Britain’s Got Talent, I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t stop doing school stuff.
“Since the auditions came out, lots of people have been telling me that they’ve seen me on the TV and that they’re going to vote for me, and that that makes me feel so happy, that fills my heart with joy.”
Ted performs comedy at venues including Edinburgh Fringe and London’s Moth club(Image: Supplied)
Asked what it would mean to win Britain’s Got Talent, Ted hopes it would change his career but also inspire others.
He said: “My dream is to sort of find a bigger audience, to find people out there that like comedy that’s a bit different. Then to be able to go on tours where I can perform in bigger venues.
“I would love to perform PowerPoint comedy for the king. That would make me so happy.
“Also I would love for neurodivergent people to see that, not necessarily that they can be a comedian, but I would just like them to see that the things that make them different can be good as well as bad. Because there are, there are aspects of being neurodivergent that are difficult, but there are lots of ways in which we are better than other people and are more fun than other people.
“And I think an attitude of celebrating neurodivergence, rather than tolerating it, is something that I would love to help other people feel, because I’m very proud to be neurodivergent. I love it.”
Ted faces tough competition from other acts in the semi final including teenage harpist Niamh Noade, choir group Lux City, and street dance troupe Playground.
Britain’s Got Talent is back on ITV and ITVX tonight at 7pm with another live semi final.
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