'Britain's Got Talent' made a triumphant return to ITV yesterday (April 13), beating their rival, 'The Voice UK' in ratings. 

BGT returned for a new series with judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden.

The first episode of the seventh series averaged 9.35m viewers (36.9%) from 7:00pm, its joint highest launch ratings ever. A further 1.26m (3.5%) watched on ITV+1. Including +1, the show peaked on a massive 13.03m. 

Simon Cowell even reduced a contestant to tears in the first episode of the new series of BGT by being nice to her.

In comparison, 'The Voice' only scored 6.67m (26.8%), reaching 7.7m.

However, BBC sources still congratulated ITV on a strong night, adding that they are delighted that 'The Voice' keeps growing regardless.