The next GENERATION! The Best Young & Child Vocalists of BGT 2026

Hi, how are you doing? I'm good. How are you? Very good. Very good. What's your name and age? My name is Jessie Lou Harvey. I'm 14 years old. And where are you from? I'm from Glasgow in Scotland. Did you bring anyone with you today? I brought my auntie Francis, my uncle Jerry, my dad, my mentor Robert and my mum at the side of the stage. I've got a good feeling about you. I do. Good luck, Jessie Lou. And he has found me in the rain. The pavement shines like silver, all our misty in the river. In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight. And all I see is him and me forever and full. It's only in mocking to myself and not to him. And all for us. I love him. It's just a river. It changes. The trees are barren everywhere. The streets are full of strangers. Jessie, what a voice. That was marvellous. The vibrato in your voice. It was on point. I felt the emotion on every note. It was just glorious. Yeah, it was. It was very, very sincere. That's what came across to me. You're only 14 years old. But yet you sang with such maturity. You held the room. The most important thing as a singer. There was silence in this room. You had every single person's attention. You did that. Well done. Thank you so much. Jessie Lou, I love Les Mis. It's my favourite musical. And your interpretation, however, was like nothing I've heard before. You acted every single moment of that. That was a knockout performance. Lovely. Great moments. You know what? When you have it, you have it, right? And I think if this is your dream to be in the theatre, I have a feeling that great things are going to happen. I do. Okay, you've got to vote. It's a yes from me. Yes from me. It's a yes from me. Four yeses. Thank you so much. Okay, so tell us, what's your name? And where are you from? My name is James. I'm 12 years old and live in Wright, East Sussex. Who have you brought with you today? Mum, Dad, brother, Nan, Grandad. The whole family. Yeah. Grandad's here. He's still looking for money, I think. Are you feeling confident? Yeah, a bit nervous. That's natural. Oh, that's it. Shake it off. Shake it off. We are rooting for you. We're thrilled you're here. Whenever you're ready. Something has changed within me. Something is not the same. I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game. Too late for second guessing. Too late to go back to sleep. It's time to trust my instincts, to close my eyes and leave. Go on James, go on. It's time to try defying gravity. I think I'll try defying gravity. You can't pull me down. So if you care to find me. As someone told me lately, there's no chance to fly. Take a message back from me. No wizard that there is or was is ever gonna bring me. His face, his voice. You do it. Pinky. Everybody loves that big moment at the end. I cannot tell you how many times my children have tried to attempt that last moment. The magic moment. James, I felt like I was watching a Disney kid show. You just absolutely blew everyone away. I cannot believe that a little sausage like you has the pipes for something so huge. Congratulations. Thank you. You think your kids are talented, don't you? And then you're like, no, no, maybe my aunts are talented. When you see people like you, James. Your parents must be absolutely buzzing. My favorite part of your voice is your falsetto. That was absolutely phenomenal. We're gonna take a vote now. I'm gonna start by saying yes. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you. You are a star in the making. What's your name? My name is Yasmina. I'm 11 years old and I'm from Uzbekistan. Oh, anyone with you? With my family. Yes. Amazing. I'm just gonna say, Yasmina, good luck. Thank you. Good luck. I think she's gonna be really good. All the shine of a thousand spotlights. All the stars were steal from the night sky. Oh, my goodness me. Yasmina, the power and control was absolutely out of this world. I loved the contrast that you've created between the quiet moments and then the really powerful moments. I thought that was really clever. It was really, really delicate. And then you projected so beautifully. And I think as the song went on, it got stronger and stronger. And then you were really flying. So well done. KSI. I mean, similar to Alicia. Boy, can you hold a no. Wow. At the end, crazy. Yeah, very, very good. Right, we're gonna vote. KSI. A massive yes from me. Alicia. I'm saying yes. I'm saying yes. Yeah, you've got it. You've got it. Four yeses. Thank you. My name is Niamh and I'm from Ireland. Very lovely name. Thank you. How old are you, Niamh? I'm 17 years old. She liked this. When she gets a camera roll back, she liked this. Have you brought anyone with you today? Yeah, my mom is in the audience somewhere. I don't know Do you think you can win? I mean, I would love to. It'd be absolutely amazing. I think the harp's really unique. So hopefully. All right, well, we are with you. Go for it. Oh, she sings. When you started singing, I was like, oh my, you've got an angelic instrument, an angelic voice. Combining that together was just perfect. Your voice is really special and you're very unique. This is not an act that we see all the time. It was heavenly. A really sort of clean, clear voice. And I'm not going to lie, I do love a harp, but I was so relieved when you started singing as well. Your whole presence, it was beautifully, quietly confident. You've got an amazing voice. I mean, some people are just born with great voices and you have that. And the version I thought of the song was sensational. Seriously, sensational. It's made you like the harp a little bit. Yes. Better than some of the acts we saw earlier. It's a yes from me. Four yeses. How are you feeling, bro? I'm not going to lie to you guys. I am nervous. It means you care. It means you care. I do. What's your name? My name is Finlay and I'm from York and I'm 20 years old. Did you bring anyone with you tonight? I've got my mum and my dad backstage and I've got my family. But bloody hell, they're over there. They were backstage a minute ago. They're over there. Oh, you've got good support. Good support. £250,000 on the line. If you win, what are you going to do with it? I'm going to give half of it to my mum and dad. They're the reason I'm here today. They've put a lot of sacrifice in for me today. All right, well, the floor is all yours. Good luck. You kiss and lift me higher, like the sweet song of a choir. You light my morning sky with burning love. Come on, BGT's. Yeah, let's go. Oh, the crowd love it. Burning love. It's coming closer. The flames are now licking my body. Well, won't you help me? I feel like I'm slipping away. It's hard to breathe. My chest is a-heaving. I really, really like it. With love and mercy, I'm burning a hole where I lay. You kiss and lift me higher, like the sweet song of a choir. You light my morning sky with burning love. With burning love. I'm just a hunk of, hunk of burning love. Just a hunk of, hunk of burning love. A hunk of, hunk of burning love. Just a hunk of, hunk of burning love. I'm nearly gonna cry. Finlay! I don't know. I don't know what I was expecting. I'm guessing that's an original song. No, it's not. It's Elvis. No, I'm kidding. Honestly, Finlay, I loved that. That was amazing. Did your dream come true for me? What I loved most about that audition was how you responded. When you saw the audience get behind you, your confidence grew. It looked like you were having the best time of your life up there. I'm not gonna lie, that is probably the best gig I've ever done in my life. Oh, I see. And we felt it. It's an aerobic workout as well. I'm absolutely knackered from that. I never stopped working out. Simon Cowell, what did you think? You're a nice guy, and this is what you do full-time, yeah? Well, I'm a uni student, but I busk every week in York, and the amount of times I have heard people say that I don't look like how I sound. I love all types of music, but my favourite music to sing is the older generational stuff. And it's not everybody's cup of tea, but it's my cup of tea. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I get it. We Yorkshire, we love a cup of tea around here. Yorkshire? Yorkshire. Cup of Yorkshire tea. Okay, should we take a vote? Let's take a vote. I'm gonna say yes. Thank you. I'm saying yes. The audience love you. You are through. Go and celebrate.