Sri Lanka's Got Talent season 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 included 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.

Sri Lanka's Got Talent
Season 1
Hosted by
Judges
WinnerAngampora Pool
Runners-up
  • Nimna Hiranya
  • Nipuni Sithara
No. of episodes28
Release
Original networkSirasa TV
Original release18 March (2018-03-18) –
30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)
Season chronology
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Season 2

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

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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.[1]

Season overview

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

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Pre Finalist |   Semifinalist |   Quarterfinalist
  Golden Buzzered Quarterfinalist |   Wildcard Quarterfinalist |   Judge decided Pre Finalist
Participant Age(s) Genre Act From Quarterfinal Result
Angampora Pool     22-33 Dance Traditional Angampora Dance Sri Lanka Air Force 6 Winner
Anish Wijesinghe   22 Music Guitarist Colombo 3 Eliminated
Asanka Ruwan 38 Variety Circus/comedy Kurunegala 8 Eliminated
B.K. Dancing Crew 11-27 Dance UV Dance group Kiribathgoda 4 Semifinalist
Bashith Ranaveera 27 Variety Statue Sculpture Polgahawela 3 Eliminated
Beat Bullets 16-22 Dance Hip-hop dance group Ratmalana 8 Eliminated
Blaze Beatbox Team 18-19 Singing Beatbox Ratmalana 6 Eliminated
Dhulan Weerasinghe & Team   21 Dance Story-dance group Naththandiya 3 Eliminated
Digital Ramod with cool step 15-25 Dance Hip-hop dance group Negombo 2 Semifinalist
Dinidu Chinthaka 21 Danger Threewil stunt Kuliyapitiya 6 Eliminated
Dinusha Bandara 11 Variety Artist Wattala 5 Eliminated
Duminda Amarasiri 40 Danger Car stunt Homagama 8 Semifinalist
Ganga Sithara 15 Dance Traditional Raban Dance kimbulapitiya 3 Eliminated
Hannibal the magic warrior 27 Magic Close-up magician Kottawa 1 Eliminated
Indika Marasinghe 32 Variety Cocktail act Dambulla 5 Eliminated
Lahiru Maduranga 25 Dance Traditional Fire dancer Galle 8 Pre Finalist
Lakshitha Deshan 8 Variety Acting Rabukkana 1 Pre Finalist
Litansiya Dancing Crew 20-33 Dance Shadow dance group Pannala 5 Eliminated
M.G. Suminda   40 & 35 Danger Circus act Matale 7 Pre Finalist
Minimi Samarawickrama 21 Singing Rapper Nawalapitiya 2 Eliminated
MY Boys Team 21-34 Danger Stunt Act Kurunegala 4 Semifinalist
N.S. Wageshan   37 Music Musician Wellawatte 7 Semifinalist
Nadeesha Abegunawardane 29 Singing Singer Galle 2 Semifinalist
Nafaz Sheriff 27 Dance Hip-hop dancer Panadura 2 Semifinalist
Nimal Nuwarage 50 Danger Extreme Danger Galaha 6 Semifinalist
Nimna Hiranya 11 Variety Fast Mental Arithmetic Kiribathgoda 1 Runner-up
Nipuni Sithara     17 Dance Traditional fire dancer Galle 5 3rd place
Nuwan De Silva 32 Magic Stage magician Kadawatha 6 Pre Finalist
Osindu Nayanajith   14 Variety Rubic-Cube solver Galewala 1 Finalist
Pipena Kekulu Rollerskating Team 6-16 Variety Rollerskating Kottawa 5 Eliminated
Raveendra Kumara 12 Danger Balancing Rathgama 6 Eliminated
Rifki & Zareek 22 & 26 Variety Artists Gampola 2 Eliminated
Ruban & Blackie 69 & 9 Animal Arithmetic dog act Madampe 3 Eliminated
Saliya Sandaruwan & Team 6,36 & 40 Danger Extreme danger Wellawaya 7 Eliminated
Saman Pradeep   32 Danger Balance Kurunegala 2 Eliminated
Stick it Crew 18-23 Dance Hip-hop dance group Maharagama 6 Eliminated
Sugath Kamal & Chandana Prabash 31 & 46 Danger Extreme danger Bakamuna 2 Eliminated
Sumangala Silva 49 Magic Stage magician Kalutara 4 Semifinalist
Sunil Shantha 56 Danger Piercing act Pelmadulla 4 Eliminated
Susantha Perera 39 Danger Karate Kandy 7 Eliminated
Swasthi Percussion Team 20-25 Music Drum team Kotte 8 Semifinalist
Team 90 Degrees 26-28 Danger Bike Stunt Hunupitiya 5 Semifinalist
Team Chakrayuda 11-19 Dance Traditional dance group Panadura 7 Eliminated
Tharindu Namal 22 Danger Contortionist Ampara 1 Eliminated
Three 17-19 Singing Vocal group Malabe 5 Finalist
Thilina Egodage 24 Magic Close-up magician Ambalangoda 7 Finalist
Torrential Dancing Group 20-30 Dance Dance group Ratmalana 1 Eliminated
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 32 Dance Traditional Angampora dance Bulathsinhala 8 Pre Finalist
Vihan Malitha 19 Magic Close-up magician Talawathugoda 8 Eliminated
Vinusha and Krithvi 21 & 20 Dance Barathanatyam Kotahena 4 Eliminated
Wasantha Weerarathne 35 Danger Balancing act Rikillagaskanda 4 Eliminated
Wave Dance Studio 22-25 Dance Hip-hop dance group Batticaloa 3 Eliminated
White Fairies Montessori 4-5 Dance Acrobatic dance group Kandy 4 Pre Finalist
Wijeya Ilangakon 73 Animal Parrot tricks Gampola 7 Semifinalist
Wishwa Punchihewa 20 Dance Multimedia Dancer Balapitiya 1 Eliminated
Yoshitha Premarathna 22 Music Saxophonist Kelaniya 3 Eliminated

Quarterfinals summary

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Key   Golden Buzzer (Auditions)   Buzzed   Won Judge's Vote   Lost Judge's Vote
  Advanced (Won Judge's Choice)
  Eliminated (Lost Judge's Choice)

Quarterfinal 1 (17 June)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Nimna Hiranya 1 Fast Mental Arithmetic   1st Advanced
Tharindu Namal 2 Contortionist   7th Eliminated
Osindu Nayanajith 3 Rubic-Cube Solving   2nd Advanced
Lakshitha Deshan 4 Acting   3rd Advanced
Wishwa Punchihewa 5 Multimedia dance   5th Eliminated
Hannibal the magic warrior 6 Close-up magician   4th Eliminated
Torrential Dancing group 7 Traditional Dance   6th Eliminated

Quarterfinal 2 (24 June)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Rifki and Zareek 1 Artistic drawing   4th Eliminated
Minimi Samarawickrama 2 Rap song   6th Eliminated
Digital Ramod with cool step 3 Multimedia dance   3rd Advanced
Sugath & Chandana 4 Extreme danger   5th Eliminated
Nafaz Sheriff 5 Turbo Dance   1st Advanced
Saman Pradeep 6 Balance   7th Eliminated
Nadeesha Abegunawardane 7 Singing   2nd Advanced

Quarterfinal 3 (1 July)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Yoshitha Premarathna 1 Saxophonist   6th Eliminated
Wave Dance Studio 2 Hip-hop dance   5th Eliminated
Bashith Ranaveera 3 Statue Sculpturing   3rd Eliminated
Ruban & Blackie 4 Dog tricks   2nd Eliminated
Dhulan Weerasinghe & Team 5 Story dance   1st Eliminated
Ganga Sithara 6 Raban Dance   4th Eliminated
Anish Wijesinghe 7 Guitarist   7th Eliminated
  • 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)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
White Fairs Montessori 1 Acrobatic dance   2nd Advanced
Sumangala Silva 2 Stage magic   3rd Advanced
MY Boys Team 3 Bike Stunt   4th Advanced
Wasantha Weerarathne 4 Balance & Circus   5th eliminated
Vinusha and Krithvi 5 Barathanatyam   6th Eliminated
Sunil Shantha 6 Snake Swallowing   7th Eliminated
B.K. Dancing Crew 7 Light Dance group   1st Advanced
  • 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)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Pipena Kekulu Rollerskating 1 Rollerskating   5th Eliminated
Three 2 Vocal group   1st Advanced
Nipuni Sithara   3 Traditional Kandyan dance   3rd Advanced
Dinusha Bandara 4 Artist   7th Eliminated
Indika Marasinghe 5 Cocktail act   6th Eliminated
Team 90 degrees 6 Bike Stunt   2nd Advanced
Litansiya Dancing Crew 7 Shadow Theater Dance   4th Eliminated

Quarterfinal 6 (22 July)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Stick it Crew 1 Fire Dance   5th Eliminated
Nuwan De Silva 2 Stage magician   2nd Advanced
Nimal Nuwarage 3 Extreme Danger   3rd Advanced
Angampora Pool   4 Angampora dance   1st Advanced
Raveendra Kumara 5 Hand Balancing   7th Eliminated
Dinidu Chinthaka 6 Threewil Stunt   4th Eliminated
Blaze Beatbox team 7 Beatbox   6th Eliminated

Quarterfinal 7 (29 July)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
N.S. Wageshan   1 Sita music   4th Advanced
Team Chakrayuda 2 Traditional Dance   7th Eliminated
Wijeya Ilangakon 3 Parrot tricks   2nd Advanced
Thilina Egodage 4 Rubic Cube Magic   1st Advanced
Saliya Sandaruwan & Team 5 Extreme danger   5th Eliminated
M.G. Suminda 6 Circus   3rd Advanced
Susantha Perera 7 Karate   6th Eliminated
  • 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)

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Quarter-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Swasthi Percussion Team 1 Drum music   4th Advanced
Beat Bullets 2 Hip hop dance   6th Eliminated
Duminda Amarasiri 3 Car stunt   2nd Advanced
Asanka Ruwan 4 Circus/Comedy   5th Eliminated
Lahiru Maduranga 5 Traditional fire dance   3rd Advanced
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 6 Angampora dance   1st Advanced
Vihan Malitha 7 Close-up magic   7th Eliminated
  • 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

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  • 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.
Key   Golden Buzzer (Auditions)   Buzzed   Judges' decision
  Advanced immediately
  Advanced (Won Public Vote)
  Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)

Semifinal 1 (12 August)

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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.

Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Digital Ramod with cool step 1 Hip-hop dance 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Three 2 Vocal group 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Nipuni Sithara   3 Fire dance   1st Advanced immediately
Thilina Egodage 4 Rubic-Cube magic 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Nimal Nuwarage 5 Extreme danger 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Sumangala Silva 6 Stage magic 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)

Semifinal 2 (19 August)

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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.

Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
White Fairies Montessori 1 Acrobatic dance 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Nimna Hiranya 2 Fast Mental Arithmetic 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Angampora Pool   3 Angampora dance   1st Advanced immediately
Nadeesha Abegunawardane 4 Singer 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Team 90 degrees 5 Bike Stunt 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Nafaz Sheriff 6 Turbo Dance 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)

Semifinal 3 (26 August)

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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.

Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
B.K. Dancing Crew 1 Hip-hop dance 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Nuwan De Silva 2 Close up magician 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Swasthi Percussion Team 3 Drum music 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Lakshitha Deshan 4 Acting 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
MY Boys Team 5 Bike Stunt 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
M.G.Suminda 6 Circus act   1st Advanced immediately

Semifinal 4 (2 September)

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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.

Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
N.S. Wageshan   1 Sita Music 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Duminda Amarasiri 2 Car Stunt 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Osindu Nayanajith 3 Rubic-Cube Solving   1st Advanced immediately
Lahiru Maduranga 4 Fire Dance 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Wijeya Ilangakon 5 Parrot Tricks 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 6 Angampora dance 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Pre Finale

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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.

Key   Golden Buzzer (Auditions)   Judges' Decision (Semifinals)   Standing Ovation (Judges/Audience)   Criticized Performance   Judges' Vote
  Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
  Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)

Pre Finale – episode 1 (9 September)

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Pre-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Audience Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Little Fairies Montessori 1 Acrobatic dance   8th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Nuwan De Silva 2 Close Up magician       12th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Lakshitha Deshan 3 Acting 10th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Osindu Nayanajith   4 Rubic Cube Solving               1st Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Nipuni Sithara    5 Fire Dance       6th Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 6 Angampora dance       7th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)

Pre Finale – episode 2 (16 September)

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Pre-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Audience Finished Result
Jackson Soundarie Dilshan
Three 1 Vocal group       3rd Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Thilina Egodage 2 Close up magic       5th Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
M.G. Suminda   3 Circus act 11th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Nimna Hiranya 4 Fast Mental Arithmetic       4th Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Angampora Pool    5 Angampora dance       2nd Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Lahiru Maduranga 6 Fire dance       9th Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)

Pre Finale summary

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Pre Finalist Act type Position
Nuwan De Silva Close up Magician 12th (Eliminated)
M.G. Suminda   Circus Act 11th (Eliminated)
Lakshitha Deshan Acting 10th (Eliminated)
Lahiru Maduranga Traditional Fire Dancer 9th (Eliminated)
Little Fairies Montessori Acrobatic Dance group 8th (Eliminated)
U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) Traditional Angampora dance group 7th (Eliminated)
Nipuni Sithara    Traditional Fire Dancer 6th (Advanced)
Thilina Egodage Rubic Cube Magician 5th (Advanced)
Nimna Hiranya Fast Mental Arithmetic act 4th (Advanced)
Three Vocal group 3rd (Advanced)
Angampora Pool    Traditional Angampora dance group 2nd (Advanced)
Osindu Nayanajith   Rubic Cube Solving act 1st (Advanced)

Grand Finale

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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.

Key   Golden Buzzer (Auditions)   Judges' Decision (Semifinals)
  Advanced
  Bottom three
Finalist Order Act Result
Nimna Hiranya 1 Fast mental arithmetic act Advanced
Thilina Egodage 2 Rubic Cube magician Bottom 3
Osindu Nayanajith   3 Rubic Cube Solving act Bottom 3
Nipuni Sithara    4 Traditional fire dance Advanced
Angampora pool    5 Traditional Angampora dance Advanced
Three 6 Vocal group Bottom 3

Finale standings

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Bottom 3
Key   4th Place   5th Place   6th Place
Finalist Act Result
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
Finalist Act Result
Nipuni Sithara    Traditional fire dance 3rd Place
Nimna Hiranya Fast mental arithmetic act Runner-up
Angampora pool    Traditional Angampora dance Winner

Ratings

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Episode Title First air date Timeslot (SLST)
1 Auditions Week 1 18 March, 2018 Sunday 9:00 pm
2 Auditions Week 2 25 March, 2018
3 Auditions Week 3 1 April, 2018
4 Auditions Week 4 8 April, 2018
5 Auditions Week 5 15 April, 2018
6 Auditions Week 6 22 April, 2018
7 Auditions Week 7 29 April, 2018
8 Auditions Week 8 6 May, 2018
9 Auditions Week 9 13 May, 2018
10 Auditions Week 10 20 May, 2018
11 Auditions Week 11 27 May, 2018
12 Auditions Week 12 3 June, 2018
13 Auditions Week 13 10 June, 2018
14 Quarterfinals, Week 1 17 June, 2018
15 Quarterfinals, Week 2 24 June, 2018
16 Quarterfinals, Week 3 1 July, 2018
17 Quarterfinals, Week 4 8 July, 2018
18 Quarterfinals, Week 5 15 July, 2018
19 Quarterfinals, Week 6 22 July, 2018
20 Quarterfinals, Week 7 29 July, 2018
21 Quarterfinals, Week 8 5 August, 2018
22 Semifinals, Week 1 12 August, 2018
23 Semifinals, Week 2 19 August, 2018
24 Semifinals, Week 3 26 August, 2018
25 Semifinals, Week 4 2 September, 2018
26 Pre Finale – episode 1 9 September, 2018
27 Pre Finale – episode 2 16 September, 2018
28 Grand Finale 30 September, 2018

References

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  1. ^ "SRI LANka's GOT TALENT - Season 01 கிரீடம் - விமானப்படைக்கு - Newsfirst". 30 September 2018.