Jeremy Clarkson celebrates after Hawkstone Farmers Choir makes Britain’s Got Talent final

Jeremy Clarkson was over the moon to witness the Hawkstone Farmers Choir make it to the Britain’s Got Talent 2026 final during Saturday night’s show.

In March, the choir – who are using their newfound fame to raise awareness of mental health issues within the farming community – appeared on the ITV talent competition for the first time.

The group were originally put together by Clarkson’s farm star Jeremy, as he wanted to find farmers who could sing so that they could appear in an advert for his Hawkstone beer range.

Speaking on stage at their first audition, choir member Katrina told the judges and their audience: ‘Jeremy Clarkson did a thing, and that thing is the Hawkstone Farmers Choir. Jeremy brought us together to sing, and it’s just really been amazing for us all.’

Having made it through to the live semi-finals, last night they performed Bastille’s song Pompeii, receiving a standing ovation from judges Amanda Holden and KSI as the crowd clapped and cheered.

‘Oh my goodness, beautiful song choice, and I think we’ve touched on this before – farming touches every single person in this country. 

‘Everything that you do, mostly on your own, in tractors, ploughing fields, you’re up early, you barely have people to talk to, and this choir I know has given you solace and joy and comfort and friendship and all of that has created the most amazing music, so well done.’

KSI said that this performance was one of the best choir acts he’d ever heard in his life, adding: ‘Amazing.’

As several of the choir singers broke down in tears, Alesha said: ‘There’s just such genuine love and passion pouring out of every single one of you. We can see how moved all of you are and that’s really infectious. I thought the song choice was fantastic. 

‘There’s something so wholesome about what you’re doing, I loved every single moment of that. Congratulations.’

Simon then piped up to say: ‘Well, I wasn’t there the first time,’ referencing when guest judge Stacey Solomon stepped in to join the panel for their first audition in his absence. 

‘You are one of the favourites to win, you know that?’ he told the choir, informing them that he loves what they ‘stand for’.

‘It might be quite annoying to see Jeremy Clarkson’s smug face, that’s the only downside,’ he quipped, adding: ‘I know. He’s a friend of mine, ish. However, more importantly, this is about you and you did brilliantly well, congratulations.’

Later on, it was confirmed that the Hawkstone Farmers Choir had won the public vote, and so would be soaring through to the live final alongside drone show art group Celestial, who were awarded a golden buzzer by the judges.

Following the result, Jeremy shared a video on Instagram of himself and his Clarkson’s Farm co-star Kaleb Cooper celebrating with their fans.

‘Hawkstones Choir! We did it!’ he yelled, as the crowd around him, and the choir’s Instagram page commented underneath: ‘We just can’t believe it. Thank you all so much. Thank you for believing in us❤️.’

A video has also circulated from The Great British Farm-Fest, where the programme was shown live on the big screen while Kaleb and Jeremy were on stage.

Britain’s Got Talent returns next Saturday at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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