The 40 acts to make it to the final of this year's Britain's Got Talent have been announced, ahead of the start of the live heats on Sunday. The names of the lucky 40 were revealed at the end of Saturday's show, following the last highlights from the countrywide auditions. And they include singer Susan Boyle, who has found global fame since her audition was shown on the first programme of the series, teenage singer Shaun Smith and dance troupe Flawless, whose audition was described by Simon Cowell as "one of the best things I've ever seen in my life". A whole host of younger performers, including singer-dancer Hollie Steel, dancer Aidan Davis and 10-year-old singer Natalie Okri have also made it through. The full list of finalists is as follows: Aidan Davis - dancer, aged 11, from Birmingham Ben and Becky - ballroom dancers, aged 18 and 16, from Essex Brit Chix - girl band, aged 26, 23 and 25 from Lincolnshire Callum Francis - singer, aged 12, from Hertfordshire Darth Jackson - Darth Vader/Michael Jackson impersonator, aged 37, from Birmingham DCD Juniors - dance troupe aged 14-21, from Cardiff Diversity - dance troupe aged 12-25, from East London and Essex DJ Talent - rapper, aged 30, from London Dreambears - comedy dance trio, aged 28-31, from London Fabia Cerra - burlesque dancer, aged 35, from Oxford Faces of Disco - comedy dance duo, aged 24 and 30, from London Flawless - street dance troupe, aged 20-30, from London Floral Highnotes - flower arranging/opera singing duo, both aged 44, from Cheshire Fred Bowers - breakdancer, aged 73, from Loughborough Gareth Oliver - comedy impersonator, aged 28, from Halifax Good Evans - family singing group, aged 6-38, from Coventry Greg Pritchard - male soprano, aged 24, from South Wales Harmony - singing duo, aged 15 and 16, from Feltham and Essex Hollie Steel - singer/dancer, aged 10, from Accrington Hot Honeyz - dance troupe, aged 18-25, from Maidstone Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes - 'doggie dancer', aged 45, from Oxford Jamie Pugh - singer, aged 37, from Blackwood, Gwent Julia Naidenko - belly dancer, aged 24, from London (via Latvia) Julian Smith - saxophonist, aged 39, from Birmingham Kayode Oresanya - 'human saxophone', aged 31, from Glasgow Luke Clements - juggler/street performer, aged 36, from Cornwall Mama Trish - drag act, aged 48, from Stafford Martin Macham - guitar player, aged 36, from Dover MD Show Group - dance troupe, aged 13-16, from Liverpool Merlin - escapologist, aged 34, from Barnstaple Natalie Okri - singer, aged 10, from South London Nick Hell - street performers, aged 26 and 34, from Sunderland Shaheen Jafargholi - singer, aged 12, from Swansea Shaun Smith - singer, aged 17, from Lichfield Stavros Flatley - father/son comedy dance duo, aged 41 and 12, from North London Sue Son - violinist, aged 24, from London Sugarfree - dance troupe, aged 16-25, from Chelmsford, Essex Susan Boyle - singer, aged 48, from Blackburn, West Lothian The Barrow Boys - 'wheelbarrow dancers' aged 19-27, from Devon 2 Grand - grandfather/granddaughter singing duo, aged 12 and 76, from Doncaster
