Australia's Got Talent season 8

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Australia's Got Talent
Season 8
Australia's Got Talent Season 8.jpg
From L to R, host Hughes & judges Monk, Dickson, Osbourne, Perfect.
Hosted by Dave Hughes
Judges Eddie Perfect
Kelly Osbourne
Sophie Monk
Ian "Dicko" Dickson
Winner Fletcher Pilon
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release1 February (2016-02-01) 
14 March 2016 (2016-03-14)
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Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. Nine announced that the show would be returning in 2016 for an eighth season. It is the second season to air on Nine after it was axed in 2013. [1] [2] Auditions are open for September and October 2015. [3] On 28 October 2015, it was announced that Kyle Sandilands, Geri Halliwell, Dawn French and Timomatic have been replaced with a new panel of judges, they are Ian "Dicko" Dickson, Sophie Monk, Kelly Osbourne and Eddie Perfect. [4] Julia Morris did not return as host as she is committed to another show and was replaced by Dave Hughes as the host. For the first time, this season introduced the Golden Buzzer. [5] [6] The season premiered on 1 February 2016. [7]

Contents

Changes

Golden Buzzer

This series saw the introduction of the new golden buzzer. During the auditions, as well as the standard buzzers, there was a golden buzzer placed in the centre of the judges' desk. Each judge was allowed to press this buzzer only once, and it would send that auditionee straight through to the live semi-finals regardless of the opinions of the other three judges.

Wildcard

This season will see the introduction of a viewer-voted Wildcard entry to send one lucky performer directly to the Grand Finale. Contestants who are not taken through to the semi-final by the celebrity judges can be voted back into the finals by viewers as Wildcards.

Semi-finalists

Key Winner Runner up Finalist Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer

Playing card club A.svg Wildcard

ParticipantGenreActSemi-finalFinished
Alysha JonesSingingOpera Singer1Semi-Finalist
Bosko & HoneySingingSinging Duo2Semi-Finalist
Callum The Heavy Metal KidSingingSinger4Finalist
CarterDanceDancer2Semi-Finalist
Chris TamowaySingingSinger5Runner-up
Erik The Dog Yellow ffff00 pog.svg VarietyNovelty Act3Finalist
EqualsDanceDance Group4Finalist
Fletcher Pilon SingingSinger5Winner
Gentlemen of DeceitMagicMagicians2Finalist
Irma & SiskoAnimalsDog Act4Semi-Finalist
Jan Van De StoolComedyComedian4Semi-Finalist
Jessie DaleyMagicMagician3Semi-Finalist
King SocialSingingBand3Runner-up
Matt McLarenSingingSinger2Runner-up
Mick & Emma Yellow ffff00 pog.svg AcrobaticsAcrobat Duo1Semi-Finalist
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny TappersSingingDrag Act5Semi-Finalist
NOAMusicRapper5Semi-Finalist
Pardeep KumarDanceDancer1Semi-Finalist
Phly CrewDanceDance Group1Finalist
Raw & Rugged Playing card club A.svg DanceDance GroupN/AFinalist
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot Yellow ffff00 pog.svg VarietyNovelty Act5Semi-Finalist
ShowkoComedyVentriloquist3Semi-Finalist
Sister's DollSingingBand1Runner-up
Subih Brothers Yellow ffff00 pog.svg SingingBand4Semi-Finalist
Sukhjit Kaur KhalsaVarietyPoet2Semi-Finalist
Suzie Jay & Joe AceSingingSinging Duo3Semi-Finalist
The Elliot SistersSingingSinging Trio2Semi-Finalist
The Henry TwinsDanceDance Duo3Semi-Finalist
The Shake ManDanceDancer4Semi-Finalist
TJ Yellow ffff00 pog.svg MusicDrummer5Semi-Finalist
Violeta BozanicSingingSinger1Semi-Finalist

Semi-finals Summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out |   Won Public Vote |   Won Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (22 February)

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Phly Crew1Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Violeta Bozanic2Eliminated
Mick & Emma3Eliminated
Pardeep Kumar4Eliminated
Sisters Doll5Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Alysha Jones6Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (28 February)

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
The Elliot Sisters1Eliminated
Carter2Eliminated
Gentlemen of Deceit3Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Bosko & Honey4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa5Eliminated
Matt McLaren6Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Semi-final 3 (29 February)

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
The Henry Twins1Eliminated
Jessie Daley2 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Susie Jay & Joe Ace3Eliminated
King Social4Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Showko5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Erik The Dog6Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 4 (6 March)

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Irma & Sisko1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Subih Brothers2Eliminated
The Shake Man3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid4Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Jan Van De Stool5Eliminated
Equals6Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 5 (7 March)

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny Tappers1Eliminated
TJ2Eliminated
NOA3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Chris Tamwoy4Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon6Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Finals Summary

Final – Top 11 (13 March)

The top 11, (including Raw & Rugged who received the Judges' wildcard), perfromed once more for a spot in the Grand Finale. An audience vote followed after the show and only 5 acts returned for the Grand Finale with new performances.

FinalistOrderResult
Equals1Eliminated
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid2Eliminated
King Social3Advanced
Gentlemen of Deceit4Eliminated
Matt McLaren5Advanced
Raw & Rugged6Eliminated
Erik The Dog7Eliminated
Chris Tamwoy8Advanced
Phly Crew9Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon10Advanced
Sisters Doll11Advanced

Grand Finale (14 March)

Guest Judge: Jack Black

Guest performer: Cosentino

FinalistOrderResult
Chris Tamwoy1Eliminated
King Social2Eliminated
Matt McLaren3Eliminated
Sisters Doll4Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon5Winner

Ratings

EpisodeOriginal airdateTimeslotViewers
(millions)
Nightly
rank
Source
1"Auditions"1 February 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.86510 [8]
27 February 2016Sunday
7:00 pm
0.9146 [9]
38 February 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.8969 [10]
414 February 2016Sunday
7:00 pm
0.7409 [11]
515 February 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.77510 [12]
621 February 2016Sunday
7:00 pm
0.6339 [13]
7"Semifinals"22 February 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.70314 [14]
828 February 2016Sunday
8:00 pm
0.7489 [15]
929 February 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.67113 [16]
106 March 2016Sunday
8:00 pm
0.63013 [17]
117 March 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.59419 [18]
12"Final – Top 11"13 March 2016Sunday
8:00 pm
0.59911 [19]
13"Grand Finale – Top 5"
"Winner Announced"
14 March 2016Monday
7:30 pm
0.785
0.961
12
7
[20]

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