Also, the on-screen judges presided over the initial auditions for the first time.

"I'd just had my wisdom teeth out", Beckinsale later recalled of the initial audition.

The first week of the show documented the initial auditions where one hundred hopefuls, from thousands, were called back to London.

Following initial auditions, in September 2009, around 200 acts attended the boot camp.

According to the official website, registrations for the initial auditions are happening at the moment.

Lee Evans appeared in 1986 but was rejected and did not make it past the initial audition.

Following initial auditions, the "Boot camp" stage took place in September 2008.

Like the first season, 24 contestants were selected after the initial auditions.

During the inordinately long time between the initial auditions and the callbacks, a great deal happens.

That's six for initial auditions, with my panel making final judgment.