Australia's Got Talent
Season 8
From L to R, host Hughes & judges Monk, Dickson, Osbourne, Perfect.
Hosted byDave Hughes
JudgesEddie Perfect
Kelly Osbourne
Sophie Monk
Ian "Dicko" Dickson
WinnerFletcher Pilon
Release
Original networkNine Network
Original release1 February (2016-02-01) –
14 March 2016 (2016-03-14)
Season chronology

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]

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 Golden Buzzer

Wildcard

Participant Genre Act Semi-final Finished
Alysha Jones Singing Opera Singer 1 Semi-Finalist
Bosko & Honey Singing Singing Duo 2 Semi-Finalist
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid Singing Singer 4 Finalist
Carter Dance Dancer 2 Semi-Finalist
Chris Tamoway Singing Singer 5 Runner-up
Erik The Dog Variety Novelty Act 3 Finalist
Equals Dance Dance Group 4 Finalist
Fletcher Pilon Singing Singer 5 Winner
Gentlemen of Deceit Magic Magicians 2 Finalist
Irma & Sisko Animals Dog Act 4 Semi-Finalist
Jan Van De Stool Comedy Comedian 4 Semi-Finalist
Jessie Daley Magic Magician 3 Semi-Finalist
King Social Singing Band 3 Runner-up
Matt McLaren Singing Singer 2 Runner-up
Mick & Emma Acrobatics Acrobat Duo 1 Semi-Finalist
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny Tappers Singing Drag Act 5 Semi-Finalist
NOA Music Rapper 5 Semi-Finalist
Pardeep Kumar Dance Dancer 1 Semi-Finalist
Phly Crew Dance Dance Group 1 Finalist
Raw & Rugged Dance Dance Group N/A Finalist
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot Variety Novelty Act 5 Semi-Finalist
Showko Comedy Ventriloquist 3 Semi-Finalist
Sister's Doll Singing Band 1 Runner-up
Subih Brothers Singing Band 4 Semi-Finalist
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa Variety Poet 2 Semi-Finalist
Suzie Jay & Joe Ace Singing Singing Duo 3 Semi-Finalist
The Elliot Sisters Singing Singing Trio 2 Semi-Finalist
The Henry Twins Dance Dance Duo 3 Semi-Finalist
The Shake Man Dance Dancer 4 Semi-Finalist
TJ Music Drummer 5 Semi-Finalist
Violeta Bozanic Singing Singer 1 Semi-Finalist

Semi-finals Summary

Buzzed Out |   Won Public Vote |   Won Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (22 February)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Phly Crew 1 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Violeta Bozanic 2 Eliminated
Mick & Emma 3 Eliminated
Pardeep Kumar 4 Eliminated
Sisters Doll 5 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Alysha Jones 6 Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (28 February)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
The Elliot Sisters 1 Eliminated
Carter 2 Eliminated
Gentlemen of Deceit 3 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Bosko & Honey 4 Eliminated
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa 5 Eliminated
Matt McLaren 6 Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Semi-final 3 (29 February)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
The Henry Twins 1 Eliminated
Jessie Daley 2 Eliminated
Susie Jay & Joe Ace 3 Eliminated
King Social 4 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Showko 5 Eliminated
Erik The Dog 6 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 4 (6 March)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Irma & Sisko 1 Eliminated
Subih Brothers 2 Eliminated
The Shake Man 3 Eliminated
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid 4 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Jan Van De Stool 5 Eliminated
Equals 6 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 5 (7 March)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Dickson Monk Osbourne Perfect
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny Tappers 1 Eliminated
TJ 2 Eliminated
NOA 3 Eliminated
Chris Tamwoy 4 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot 5 Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon 6 Advanced (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.

Finalist Order Result
Equals 1 Eliminated
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid 2 Eliminated
King Social 3 Advanced
Gentlemen of Deceit 4 Eliminated
Matt McLaren 5 Advanced
Raw & Rugged 6 Eliminated
Erik The Dog 7 Eliminated
Chris Tamwoy 8 Advanced
Phly Crew 9 Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon 10 Advanced
Sisters Doll 11 Advanced

Grand Finale (14 March)

Guest Judge: Jack Black

Guest performer: Cosentino

Finalist Order Result
Chris Tamwoy 1 Eliminated
King Social 2 Eliminated
Matt McLaren 3 Eliminated
Sisters Doll 4 Eliminated
Fletcher Pilon 5 Winner

Ratings

Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions)		 Nightly
rank		 Source
1 "Auditions" 1 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.865 10 [8]
2 7 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm		 0.914 6 [9]
3 8 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.896 9 [10]
4 14 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm		 0.740 9 [11]
5 15 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.775 10 [12]
6 21 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm		 0.633 9 [13]
7 "Semifinals" 22 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.703 14 [14]
8 28 February 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm		 0.748 9 [15]
9 29 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.671 13 [16]
10 6 March 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm		 0.630 13 [17]
11 7 March 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.594 19 [18]
12 "Final – Top 11" 13 March 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm		 0.599 11 [19]
13 "Grand Finale – Top 5"
"Winner Announced"		 14 March 2016 Monday
7:30 pm		 0.785
0.961		 12
7		 [20]

References

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  2. ↑ "Nine to revive Australia's Got Talent in 2016". Mumbrella.com.au. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nine bringing back Australia's Got Talent, The Voice". M.smh.com.au. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (28 October 2015). "Nine Upfronts 2016: Nine goes HD, new lifestyle channel -and Daryl Somers returns – TV Tonight". Tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Back from the Dead! Australia's Got Talent returns to Nine in 2016 – DeciderTV". Decidertv.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hughes to host Australia's Got Talent". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (5 January 2016). "Airdate: Australia's Got Talent". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Knox, David (18 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Monday 1 February 2016". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (18 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 7 February 2016". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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  11. ↑ Knox, David (24 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 14 February 2016". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Knox, David (24 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Monday 15 February 2016". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Knox, David (1 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 21 February 2016". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (1 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Monday 22 February 2016". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  15. ↑ Knox, David (7 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 28 February 2016". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Knox, David (10 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Monday 29 February 2016". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 6 March 2016". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Monday 7 March 2016". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  19. ↑ Knox, David (22 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Sunday 13 March 2016". Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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