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Attraction have won Britain's Got Talent 2013.



The shadow dance act beat comedian Jack Carroll and singers Richard and Adam into second and third place respectively to win the show's £250,000 prize and a performance on this year's Royal Variety Performance.

The Hungarian act performed a special routine that told the history of Britain from the declaration of the Second World War to the 2012 London Olympics.

They had been favourites to win from their first audition, which moved judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon to tears. Simon Cowell was also visibly moved by their semi-final performance last week (June 1).

They also beat finalists Gabz, Pre-Skool, Luminites, Francine Lewis, Jordan O'Keefe, Arisxandra, Asanda as well as wildcard act Steve Hewlett.

On Attraction's victory, Cowell said that it demonstrated that the British public welcomes talent from all over the world, whilst David Walliams said they are guaranteed to be "superstars".

Cowell added that he was "surprised" by the result. Earlier in the evening, he said that his "heart" wanted Carroll to be crowned champion.

Attraction said: "It's amazing and unbelievable. This is my proudest moment. Thank you very much. Thank you the British public, thank you."

They will now be included on the bill for the Royal Variety Performance, which takes place at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle on November 16.

'Britain's Got Talent': Voting figures revealed



The voting breakdown has been revealed from the Britain's Got Talent live shows.

Viewers saw Hungarian shadow dancers Attraction beat teenage comedian Jack Carroll to claim the top spot in last night's final (June 8). ITV has since confirmed that the winners received 27% of the public vote compared to Carroll's 20.1%.

Singers Richard and Adam - who had their performance interrupted when a woman invaded the stage to throw eggs at Simon Cowell - finished in third place with 15.4% of the vote.

Ventriloquist Steve Hewlett was fourth with 14.7% and former buskers The Luminites were fifth with 6.8%.

Singers Jordan O'Keefe, Gabz Gardiner and Arisxandra Libantino took the next three spots with 3.7%, 3.6% and 2.9% respectively.

Kids' dance troupe Pre-Skool were ninth with 2.8% and impressionist Francine Lewis finished in tenth place with 2%, followed by Asanda Jezile with 1.2%.

See the percentage of votes from each of the semi-final live shows below:

Semi Final 1:
Richard & Adam - 66.0%
Arisxandra Libantino - 13.4%
Youth Creation - 7.2%
Aaron Crow - 5.6%
Philip Green - 3.3%
Band of Voices - 1.9%
J - Unity - 1.5%
Bosom Buddies - 1.0%
Martin Healey - 0.1%

Semi Final 2:
Jack Carroll - 42.5%
Gabz - 22.6%
Jack & Cormac - 15.0%
Alice Fredenham - 12.3%
McKnasty - 2.7%
MD - 2.3%
Meat Diva - 1.5%
Martin & Marielle - 0.6%
Modupe - 0.5%

Semi Final 3:
Luminites - 35.6%
Pre - Skool - 16.9%
Joseph Hall - 16.4%
Rosie O'Sullivan - 15.4%
Robbie Kennedy - 12.6%
MC Boy - 0.9%
Freelusion - 0.9%
Stevie Pink - 0.7%
Thomas Bounce - 0.6%

Semi Final 4:
Francine Lewis - 23.2%
Alex Keirl - 21.4%
Asanda - 19.4%
James More - 14.3%
AJ & Chloe - 12.7%
Shockarellas - 3.4%
Chasing The Dream - 2.2%
Poppin'Ron - 2.1%
Club Town Freaks - 1.3%

Semi Final 5:
Attraction - 59.1%
Jordan O'Keefe - 15.1%
Steve Hewlett - 12.0%
Aliki - 6.6%
Gospel Singers Incognito - 2.5%
Maarty Broekman - 2.0%
CEO Dancers - 1.2%
Glambassadors - 1.1%
Rob's Duelling Pianos - 0.4%