India's Got Talent season 3

India's Got Talent
Season 3
Hosted by	Meiyang Chang Gautam Rode
Judges	Dharmendra Sonali Bendre Kirron Kher
Winners	Suresh and Vernon Group
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	29 July (2011-07-29) – 1 October 2011 (2011-10-01)
Season chronology

The third season of the Indian talent show competition series India's Got Talent was broadcast on Colors TV from 29 July to 24 September 2011.[1] Meiyang Chang and Gautam Rode were roped in as the new hosts for season three. Kirron Kher and Sonali Bendre returned for their third season each while Dharmendra joined as the third judge, replacing Sajid Khan.[2]

The season was won by the Suresh and Vernon Group, who were season two's runners-up. They won ₹50,00,000 (50 lakhs INR) along with a trophy.[3][4]

Season overview

No major changes were made to the format of the show except that the wildcard round was removed for this season.

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, forty-eight contestants made it to the quarter-finals, with seven, eight or nine quarter-finalists in each one. Among the forty-eight, only eighteen made it past to the semi-finals with six appearing in each one, and six securing a place in the pre-finale. Only four participants performed in the grand finale. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:

  Winner |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist |   Quarter-finalist

Participant	Age(s)	Genre	Act	From	Quarter-Final	Result

Quarter Finals Summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' Choice |   Won the Public Vote

  Won the Judges' Vote |   Lost the Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (26 August)

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Finished
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Ellyraja	1				Eliminated
Sumit	2				Eliminated
Srikant Ahire & Team	3				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Ali Brothers	4				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Subrat & Esak	5				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Binoy Debnath	6				Eliminated
Bad Salsa	7				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Quarter-final 2 (27 August)

• Special Guest: Salman Khan

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Bombay Rock Project	1				Eliminated
Avjit & Tinku	2				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Pranali	3				Eliminated
Ehsaan Bharti	4				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Sandeep Lathar	5				Eliminated
Vilas Naik	6				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Govind Menon	7				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Amrapali Group	8				Eliminated

Quarter-final 3 (2 September)

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Indian Saber	1				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Pooja Surve	2				Eliminated
Sanjay Dhaka	3				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Tushar Arjun	4				Eliminated
Priyanka Keni	5				Eliminated
Mad It	6				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Ballos Folk	7				Eliminated
Angels & Grooves	8				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Quarter-final 4 (3 September)

• Special Guests: Tusshar Kapoor & Shreyas Talpade

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Kuddroli Ganesh	1				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Digvijay & Ankit	2				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Sabah Bari	3				Eliminated
Faith in Action	4				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Prajwal	5				Eliminated
Prateek Joseph	6				Eliminated
Aditya & Priyanshu	7				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Goutamdas Boul	8				Eliminated

Quarter-final 5 (9 September)

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
DfrenStrokes	1				Advanced
Tarantismo Dance Troupe	2				Eliminated
Sabyasachi & Amar Sen	3				Eliminated
Dunes of Rajasthan	4				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Anchal Kumawat	5				Eliminated
Rayes & Shehla	6				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Devang Pandey	7				Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Siddesh Malankar Group	8				Eliminated
Suresh & Vernon Group	9				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Quarter-final 6 (10 September)

• Special Guests: Katrina Kaif, Imran Khan & Ali Zafar

Quarter Finalist	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Nawaz Sabri & Party	1				Eliminated
Subash Chander	2				Eliminated
Jinu Joy	3				Eliminated
RockStars	4				Eliminated
Madhavas	5				Advanced (Won Public Vote)
The Show Stoppers	6				Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Dance Oceans Group	7				Eliminated
Swarali Sangeet	8				Advanced (Won Public Vote)

Semi-finals Summary

Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Pre Finale

Semi-final 1 (16 September)

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Indian Saber	1				Eliminated
Faith in Action	2				Eliminated
Ali Brothers	3				Eliminated
Sanjay Dhaka	4				Advanced[a]
Subrat & Ishak	5				Eliminated
Vilas Naik	6				Advanced[a]

Semi-final 2 (17 September)

• Special Guest: John Abraham & Genelia Deshmukh

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Avijit & Tinku	1				Eliminated
Ehsaan Bharti	2				Eliminated
Kudroli Ganesh	3				Advanced[a]
Bad Salsa Group	4				Advanced[a]
Angels & Grooves	5				Eliminated
Digvijay & Ankit	6				Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (23 September)

• Special Guests: Sonam Kapoor & Shahid Kapoor

Semi-Finalist	Order	Buzzes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Suresh and Vernon Group	1				Advanced[a]
Madhavas	2				Advanced[a]
Dunes of Rajasthan	3				Eliminated
Rayes & Shehla	4				Eliminated
Swarali Sangeet	5				Eliminated
The Show Stoppers	6				Eliminated

1. No data is available to determine who were the judges' pick and audience pick among these two, so, it is mentioned "Advanced" only.

Finals Summary

  Winner (Top 4 Final Only) |   Advanced (Top 6 Finals only) |   Eliminated (Top 6 Finals only) | Buzzed Out (Top 6 Finals Only)

Pre Finale - Top 6 (24 September)

• Special Guests: Hema Malini and Esha Deol

Pre-Finalist	Order	Buzzes			Result
		Kirron	Sonali	Dharmendra
Vilas Nayak	1				Advanced
Sanjay Dhaka	2				Advanced
Kudroli Ganesh	3				Advanced
Bad Salsa Group	4				Eliminated
Madhavas	5				Eliminated
Suresh and Vernon Group	6				Advanced

Grand Finale (1 October)

• Special Guest: Shah Rukh Khan[5] Rashami Desai[6][7]
• Guest Performances: Shillong Chamber Choir and Prince Dance Group

Grand-Finalist	Result[8]
Suresh and Vernon Group	1st
Vilas Nayak	Grand-finalist
Kudroli Ganesh	Grand-finalist
Sanjay Dhaka	Grand-finalist

References

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