LONDON: A troupe of Hungarian shadow dancers won the television show “Britain’s Got Talent” on Saturday — outshining a slew of homegrown performers and leaving viewers wondering if the program’s name could do with a change. The eight-member dance group, named Attraction, beat ten British acts to win the public vote on the primetime ITV show and walked away from the final with a £ 250,000 ($ 380,000) prize. They had wowed viewers with a series of dance routines performed behind a screen, twisting their bodies to form silhouettes in the shape of everything from Queen Elizabeth II to an elephant.

The Budapest-based group were hot favorites to win — an irony that was not lost on the British press, with The Sun’s front-page headline on Saturday reading: “Er, Hungary’s got talent.” Simon Cowell, the music mogul who is one of four judges on the panel, said of the result: “It just shows that this country welcomes people from all over the world and they obviously loved this act.” Attraction’s leader Zoltan Scuzs described the win as “amazing,” adding: “Thank you to all the British public.” The troupe paid tribute to Britain in their final performance, using the red, white and blue flag as their backdrop and contorting themselves into the shape of the British isles, Winston Churchill and the queen.