Sri Lanka's Got Talent (Series 1)

The first season of Sri Lankan talent show competition series ''Sri Lanka's Got Talent'' was broadcast on Sirasa TV from 3 March to 30 September 2018. The judge board inncluded Jackson Anthony, Soundarie David Rodrigo and Tillakaratne Dilshan with Lahiru Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake, Bathiya Jayakody and Pubudu Chathuranga serving as the guest judges for each semifinal respectively.

The season was won by the Angampora Pool of the Sri Lanka Air Force, with the fast mental arithmetic act Nimna Hiranya coming in second and the fire dance act Nipuni Sithara placing third.

Production

The preliminary rounds took place at 3 locations in 2017, 30 October - 1 November at E. L. Senanayake premises, Kandy, 11 - 12 November at Mahinda College, Galle and 24 - 26 November at Stein Studios, Colombo. The rest of the season was also held at Stein Studios. The season premiered on 18 March 2018 at 9 p.m in Sirasa TV. Quarterfinals were held from 17 June 2018. Lahiru Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake, Bathiya Jayakody from the music duo Bathiya and Santhush and Pubudu Chathuranga were the 4 guest judges in the semifinals respectively. The Pre Finale was held on 9 and 16 September 2018. The Grand Finale was held on 30 September 2018.

Season overview

The chart below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season,

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: Golden Buzzered Quarterfinalist , Wildcard Quarterfinalist , Judge decided Pre Finalist

Quarterfinals summary

Quarterfinal 1 (17 June)

Quarterfinal 2 (24 June)

Quarterfinal 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 quarterfinal saying that they were not satisfied with their performances unlike in the acts of the previous two quarterfinals.

Quarterfinal 4 (8 July)

* The judge board chose a 4th act in this quarterfinal to fill the missing spots in the semifinal due to elimination of all contestants in the 3rd quarterfinals.

Quarterfinal 5 (15 July)

Quarterfinal 6 (22 July)

Quarterfinal 7 (29 July)

* The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semifinals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.

Quarterfinal 8 (5 August)

* The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semifinals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.

Semifinals summary

* In each Semifinal, 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.

Semifinal 1 (12 August)

Lahiru Perera acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. Nipuni Sithara won the judges decision to advance immediately to the pre final round of the competition.

Semifinal 2 (19 August)

Dilhani Ekanayake acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. Angampora pool won the judge's decision in this semifinals to immediately advance to the Pre Finals.

Semifinal 3 (26 August)

Bathiya Jayakody acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. The Judges' decision was won by M.G. Suminda to immediately advance to the Pre-final round.

Semifinal 4 (2 September)

Pubudu Chathuranga acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. The Judges' decision was won by Osindu Nayanajith to immediately advance to the Pre-final round.

Pre Finale

The twelve acts which advanced from the Semifinals 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.

Pre Finale – episode 1 (9 September)

Pre Finale – episode 2 (16 September)

Pre Finale summary

Grand Finale

The Live Grand Finale was held on 30 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.

Finale standings

Ratings

References

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Sirasa TV original programming
Sri Lankan television shows
Talent shows
Television shows filmed in Sri Lanka