Sri Lanka's Got Talent season 1
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Auditions and Show Summary
The preliminary rounds took place at E. L. Senanayake premises, Kandy on October 30, 31 and November 1; at Mahinda College, Galle on November 11 and 12 and at Stein Studios on November 24, 25 and 26.[1]
Throughout the show, the contestants should perform in front of the judges. Audition round held in January 2018 and semifinals were chosen by the judge board. Public was able to vote only in the finals. The first television premier started on 18 March 2018 at 9 p.m.
Three golden buzzer acts were chosen straightly to the live shows by each member of the judge panel. Jackson Anthony pressed the golden buzzer for the fire dance act by Nipuni Sithara. Tillakaratne Dilshan pressed the golden buzzer for traditional Angampora dance act by the Sri Lanka Air Force. Musician N.S. Wageshan won the golden buzzer from judge Soundarie David Rodrigo.
After auditions, the judges further deliberated to reduce the number of contestants who passed the auditions to 56, which included 3 golden buzzer acts. 50 contestants were initially chosen for the quarter finals and 3 wild card acts were later selected by the judges. This session was similar to 'judge cuts' and 'deliberation rounds' held in other got talent franchises. Some acts were required to perform again in order to be confidently chosen for the quarter finals.
The winner of the show will be awarded Rs 10 million [2]
Quarter finals aired from 17 June 2018 and was at Stein Studios, Colombo. 7 acts participated in each quarter final where 3 contestants chosen by the judge board moved onto the semi finals. The top 24 contestants participated in the semi finals, which aired from 12 August 2018. In each semi final, 6 acts participated, where one act was selected by the judge board to advance to the pre finals immediately and the other 2 acts advanced based upon public vote. Lahiru Perera acted as a guest judge in semi finals 1 where Jackson Anthony's golden buzzer act, Nipuni Sithara won the judges' decision to immediately advance to the pre-finals. The guest judge in semi finals 2 was Dilhani Ekanayake and Tillakaratne Dilshan's golden buzzer act, Angampora pool of the Sri Lanka Air Force won the judges' decision to advance to the pre finals immediately. Circus acrobat M.G. Suminda won the judges' decision in semi finals 3, where Bathiya Jayakody of music duo Bathiya and Santhush acted as the guest judge. Rubic Cube Solver, Osindu Nayanajith won the judges' decision in semi finals 4. Pubudu Chathuranga acted as the guest judge in this semi final.
The Pre Finale round consisted of two episodes where six acts participated in each episode. At the end of the second episode, the judge board chose six acts to advance into the Grand Finale. Pre Finals was held on 9th & 16th September 2018.
The Grand Finale was held on 30th September 2018 live from Stein Studios of Sirasa TV. Angampora Pool of the Sri Lanka Air Force won the show [3] where fast mental arithmetic act, Nimna Hiranya was the runner up. Fire dance act Nipuni Sithara received the 2nd Runner Up in the competition.
Top 56 Acts
Key | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place | Pre Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist | ![]() |
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Name of Act | Age(s) | Genre | Act | Hometown | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Pre-Final | Result |
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Angampora Pool ![]() ![]() |
22-33 | Dance | Traditional Angampora Dance | Sri Lanka Air Force | 6 | 2 | 2 | Winner |
Nimna Hiranya | 11 | Variety | Fast Mental Arithmetic | Kiribathgoda | 1 | 2 | 2 | Runner Up |
Nipuni Sithara ![]() ![]() |
17 | Dance | Traditional fire dancer | Galle | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3rd Place |
Three | 17-19 | Singing | Vocal group | Malabe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4th Place |
Thilina Egodage | 24 | Magic | Close-up magician | Ambalangoda | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5th Place |
Osindu Nayanajith ![]() |
14 | Variety | Rubic-Cube solver | Galewala | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6th Place |
Lahiru Maduranga | 25 | Dance | Traditional Fire dancer | Galle | 8 | 4 | 2 | Eliminated |
White Fairies Montessori | 4-5 | Dance | Acrobatic dance group | Kandy | 4 | 2 | 1 | Eliminated |
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) | 32 | Dance | Traditional Angampora dance | Bulathsinhala | 8 | 4 | 1 | Eliminated |
M.G. Suminda ![]() |
40 & 35 | Danger | Circus act | Matale | 7 | 3 | 2 | Eliminated |
Nuwan De Silva | 32 | Magic | Stage magician | Kadawatha | 6 | 3 | 1 | Eliminated |
Lakshitha Deshan | 8 | Variety | Acting | Rabukkana | 1 | 3 | 1 | Eliminated |
Wijeya Ilangakon | 73 | Animal | Parrot tricks | Gampola | 7 | 4 | — | Eliminated |
B.K. Dancing Crew | 11-27 | Dance | UV Dance group | Kiribathgoda | 4 | 3 | — | Eliminated |
Nafaz Sheriff | 27 | Dance | Hip-hop dancer | Panadura | 2 | 2 | — | Eliminated |
Digital Ramod with cool step | 15-25 | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Negambo | 2 | 1 | — | Eliminated |
Duminda Amarasiri | 40 | Danger | Car stunt | Homagama | 8 | 4 | — | Eliminated |
MY Boys Team | 21-34 | Danger | Stunt Act | Kurunegala | 4 | 3 | — | Eliminated |
Team 90 Degrees | 26-28 | Danger | Bike Stunt | Hunupitiya | 5 | 2 | — | Eliminated |
Nimal Nuwarage | 50 | Danger | Extreme Danger | Galaha | 6 | 1 | — | Eliminated |
Sumangala Silva | 49 | Magic | Stage magician | Kalutara | 4 | 1 | — | Eliminated |
N.S. Wageshan ![]() |
37 | Music | Musician | Wellawatte | 7 | 4 | — | Eliminated |
Swasthi Percussion Team | 20-25 | Music | Drum team | Kotte | 8 | 3 | — | Eliminated |
Nadeesha Abegunawardane | 29 | Singing | Singer | Galle | 2 | 2 | — | Eliminated |
Ruban & Blackie | 69 & 9 | Animal | Arithmetic dog act | Madampe | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Beat Bullets | 16-22 | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Ratmalana | 8 | — | — | Eliminated |
Team Chakrayuda | 11-19 | Dance | Traditional dance group | Panadura | 7 | — | — | Eliminated |
Stick it Crew | 18-23 | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Maharagama | 6 | — | — | Eliminated |
Litansiya Dancing Crew | 20-33 | Dance | Shadow dance group | Pannala | 5 | — | — | Eliminated |
Vinusha and Krithvi | 21 & 20 | Dance | Barathanatyam | Kotahena | 4 | — | — | Eliminated |
Ganga Sithara | 15 | Dance | Traditional Raban Dance | kimbulapitiya | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Dhulan Weerasinghe & Team ![]() |
21 | Dance | Story-dance group | Naththandiya | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Wave Dance Studio | 22-25 | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Batticaloa | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Wishwa Punchihewa | 20 | Dance | Multimedia Dancer | Balapitiya | 1 | — | — | Eliminated |
Torrential Dancing Group | 20-30 | Dance | Dance group | Ratmalana | 1 | — | — | Eliminated |
Susantha Perera | 39 | Danger | Karate | Kandy | 7 | — | — | Eliminated |
Saliya Sandaruwan & Team | 6,36 & 40 | Danger | Extreme danger | Wellawaya | 7 | — | — | Eliminated |
Dinidu Chinthaka | 21 | Danger | Threewil stunt | Kuliyapitiya | 6 | — | — | Eliminated |
Raveendra Kumara | 12 | Danger | Balancing | Rathgama | 6 | — | — | Eliminated |
Wasantha Weerarathne | 35 | Danger | Balancing act | Rikillagaskanda | 4 | — | — | Eliminated |
Sunil Shantha | 56 | Danger | Piercing act | Pelmadulla | 4 | — | — | Eliminated |
Saman Pradeep ![]() |
32 | Danger | Balance | Kurunegala | 2 | — | — | Eliminated |
Sugath Kamal & Chandana Prabash | 31 & 46 | Danger | Extreme danger | Bakamuna | 2 | — | — | Eliminated |
Tharindu Namal | 22 | Danger | Contortionist | Ampara | 1 | — | — | Eliminated |
Vihan Malitha | 19 | Magic | Close-up magician | Talawathugoda | 8 | — | — | Eliminated |
Hannibal the magic warrior | 27 | Magic | Close-up magician | Kottawa | 1 | — | — | Eliminated |
Yoshitha Premarathna | 22 | Music | Saxophonist | Kelaniya | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Anish Wijesinghe ![]() |
22 | Music | Guitarist | Colombo | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Blaze Beatbox Team | 18-19 | Singing | Beatbox | Ratmalana | 6 | — | — | Eliminated |
Minimi Samarawickrama | 21 | Singing | Rapper | Nawalapitiya | 2 | — | — | Eliminated |
Asanka Ruwan | 38 | Variety | Circus/comedy | Kurunegala | 8 | — | — | Eliminated |
Indika Marasinghe | 32 | Variety | Cocktail act | Dambulla | 5 | — | — | Eliminated |
Dinusha Bandara | 11 | Variety | Artist | Wattala | 5 | — | — | Eliminated |
Pipena Kekulu Rollerskating Team | 6-16 | Variety | Rollerskating | Kottawa | 5 | — | — | Eliminated |
Bashith Ranaveera | 27 | Variety | Statue Sculpture | Polgahawela | 3 | — | — | Eliminated |
Rifki & Zareek | 22 & 26 | Variety | Artists | Gampola | 2 | — | — | Eliminated |
Quarter Finals Summary
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Advanced (Won Judge's Choice)
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Eliminated (Lost Judge's Choice)
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Quarter Finals 1(17 June)
Quarter Finals 2(24 June)
Quarter Finals 3(1 July)
- Even though the judge board have to send three contestants to the next round, the judge's denied this decision and eliminated all acts in this quarter final saying that they were not satisfied with their performances unlike in the acts of the previous two quarter finals.
Quarter Finals 4(8 July)
- The judge board chose a 4th act in this quarter final to fill the missing spots in the semi final due to elimination of all contestants in the 3rd quarter finals.
Quarter Finals 5(15 July)
Quarter Finals 6(22 July)
Quarter Finals 7(29 July)
- The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semi finals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.
Quarter Finals 8(5 August)
- The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semi finals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.
Semi Finals Summary
- In each Semi Final, 6 acts participated, where one act immediately advanced to the finals based upon judge board decision. Two more acts advanced to the finals based upon public vote.
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Advanced immediately
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Advanced (Won Public Vote)
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Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
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Semi Finals 1(12 August)
Lahiru Perera acted as a guest judge in this semi final. Nipuni Sithara won the judges decision to advance immediately to the pre final round of the competition.
Semi Finals 2(19 August)
Dilhani Ekanayake acted as a guest judge in this semi final. Angampora pool won the judge's decision in this semi finals to immediately advance to the Pre Finals.
Semi Finals 3(26 August)
Bathiya Jayakody acted as a guest judge in this semi final. The Judges' decision was won by M.G. Suminda to immediately advance to the Pre-final round.
Semi Finals 4(2 September)
Pubudu Chathuranga acted as a guest judge in this semi final. The Judges' decision was won by Osindu Nayanajith to immediately advance to the Pre-final round.
Pre Finals (Top 12)
The twelve acts which advanced from the Semi Finals competed against each other to advance to the Grand Finale. In each episode six acts participated. After all twelve acts have showcased their performance, the judge board chose six contestants to advance into the Grand Finale (Top 6).
None of the acts were buzzed in both episodes.
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Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
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Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
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Pre Finals episode 1(9 September)
Pre Finals episode 1(16 September)
Pre-Finals Summary
Grand Finale
The Live Grand Finale was held on 30th September 2018. The 6 acts which advanced competed against each other to win the title. No acts were buzzed in the Grand Finale. The acts were given a score of 50% from the judge board and 50% from the public vote.
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Bottom three
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Bottom 3
Key | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place |
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Finalist | Act | Result |
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Osindu Nayanajith ![]() |
Rubic Cube Solving act | 6th Place |
Thilina Egodage | Rubic Cube magician | 5th Place |
Three | Vocal group | 4th Place |
Top 3
Key | Winner | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
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Finalist | Act | Result |
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Nipuni Sithara ![]() ![]() |
Traditional fire dance | 3rd Place |
Nimna Hiranya | Fast mental arithmetic act | Runner Up |
Angampora pool ![]() ![]() |
Traditional Angampora dance | Winner |
References
- ^ "Cowell's 'Got Talent' franchise is now in Sri Lanka". Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ http://www.stein-studios.com/slgt/.
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