Bravo to George Sampson, the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2008. Google didn’t predict his win.

Searches for Britains Got Talent stars in May 2008
George Sampson the schoolboy from Warrington won the hearts of the nation with his fantastic, modern take on the Gene Kelly classic Singing In The Rain.

After an extraordinary final that was watched by over 13 million people on Saturday night, George Sampson was voted by the UK public the most talented after a closely fought battle with fellow dance act Signature (runner up). Andrew Johnston came third and surprisingly Faryl Smith didn’t make the final.

Google trends didn’t predict George Sampson (Blue) to win but predicted he would be in the top three. Andrew Johnston (Red) came third in the final even though more people had searched for his name in Google than George Sampson throughout the weeks coming up to the final. If you went on the proportion of searchers Andrew Johnston look most likely to win. Signature looked like they were going to come second according to Google Trends and this is what happened with lots of searches for front man Suleman Mirza (Green).

Searches for Britains Got Talent stars in 2008

Google Trends indicates that the voters of 'Britains got Talent 2008' were won over by George Sampsons performance on the night. Signitures' and Andrew Johnston's popularity throughout the tournament through Google didn’t mean they beat George Sampson on the final night.