India's Got Talent season 8

India's Got Talent season 8 started on 20 October 2018.[1] Actress Malaika Arora Khan, director and producer Karan Johar, and veteran actress Kirron Kher returned as the judges. Bharti Singh returned to present the show. Rithvik Dhanjani also hosted the show.

India's Got Talent
Season 8
Promotional poster for season 8, featuring judges (L to R) judges Kher, Johar and Arora.
Hosted byBharti Singh
Rithvik Dhanjani
JudgesKirron Kher
Karan Johar
Malaika Arora
WinnerJaved Khan
Runner-upLive 100 Experience
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release20 October (2018-10-20) –
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
Season chronology
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Season 7
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Season 9

Close-up magician Javed Khan was announced as the winner on 29 December 2018.

Season Overview

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The golden buzzer returned for its forth season. The judges were given two golden buzzers this season. Also, for the first time hosts were allowed to use the golden buzzer separately. The following table shows the acts which received the golden buzzer in the audition:

Kirron Kher Karan Johan Malaika Arora Rithvik Dhanjani Bharti Singh
North Eastern Chronicles
Choir Band
Show Stoppers Crew
Contemporary Dance Act
Bishnu Behra (Vishnu Prasad)
Close-up Magician
Ramie Singh
Solo Dance Act
R G Rathod
Comedy & Stunt Act
Crazy Hoppers
Acrobatics Dance Group Act
Navneet Sundar & Rangapriya Sankaranarayan
Violin and Technology Music from iPad & Phones
S. Angels
Flexibility Dance Act

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, thirty-five secured a place in the semi-finals, with nine performing in each (except for the golden buzzer semi-final, were 8 performed). The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist |
  Golden Buzzer - Auditions |
  Golden Buzzer - Pre Finale |
  Public Wildcard
Participant Age(s) Genre Act From Semi-Final Result
Sufi Nizami Brothers 18-38 Singing Kavali Singing Group New Delhi 1 Pre-finalist
Altmas Khan 25 Dance Aerial Act Mumbai 2 Grand-finalist
Bishnu Behra (Vishnu Prasad)   30 Magic Close-up Magician Bhubaneswar 4 Eliminated
Bidisha Mohanta   21 Singing Singer Mumbai 3 Pre-finalist
Mukesh Singh & Rahul Singh 20 & 23 Acrobatics Acrobatic Balance Act Sirsa 2 Grand-finalist
S. Angels   10-11 Dance Flexibility Dance Act Calcutta 4 Eliminated
Live 100 Experience 9-52 Singing 100 Members Band Mumbai 3 Runner-up
North Eastern Chronicles   19-22 Singing Choir Band Guwahati 4 Eliminated
Ramie Singh   23 Dance Solo Dance Act Ranchi & Mumbai 4 Eliminated
R G Rathod   34 Comedy & Stunt Comedy & Stunt Act Nanded, Maharashtra 4 Eliminated
Javed Khan 27 Magic Close-up Magician Mumbai 3 Winner
Navneet & Rangapriya   34 & 20 Instrumental Violin and Technology Music from iPad & Phones Chennai 4 Eliminated
Sujata & Umakant Sahu (Guna) 27 & 28 Acrobatics Mallakhamb Duo Rishikesh 3 Eliminated
Dark Criminals Crew 16-22 Dance Swag Dancing Group Ahmedabad 3 Eliminated
DSR Crew 16-25 Dance Dance Crew Jamshedpur 3 Eliminated
Swagistan 26-43 Singing Fusion Band Jaipur 3 Eliminated
Komal Gandhar 18-24 Dance Transgender Dance Group Kolkata 1 Pre-finalist
Proneita Swargari 25 Dance Twerk Dance Style Assam 3 Eliminated
Gurugram Warriors 11-25 Acrobatics Acrobatic Group with Risky Props Gurugram 3 Eliminated
Show Stoppers Crew   16-19 Dance Contemporary Act Indore 4 Pre-finalist
Pallu Girls 13-22 Dance Dance Act Uttar Pradesh 2 Eliminated
Ismail Langa Group 11-47 Singing Folk Singing Group Jodhpur 2 Eliminated
Om Dance Academy 14-26 Dance Bharatanatyam Fusion Dance Pune 2 Eliminated
Crazy Hoppers     10-27 Dance Acrobatics Dance Group Agra 4 Grand-finalist
Afsana Khan & Razia Sultan 23 & 30 Singing Sisters Singing Duo Bathinda 2 Eliminated
Sarvam Patel 28 Variety Sand Art Mumbai 2 Eliminated
Royal Boys Crew 14-19 Dance Freestyle Dance Crew Chandigarh 2 Eliminated
S. S. T. Warning Crew 8-11 Dance School Dance Group Ahmedabad 2 Eliminated
Swaranjali Music Academy 45-60 Singing House-wife Singing Group Vadodara, Gujarat 1 Eliminated
Brothers Bond Crew 18-22 Dance Dance Group Allahabad 1 Eliminated
J. D. Carbon Crew 8-24 Dance Dance Crew Rohtak 1 Eliminated
Sagar Ovhalkar 20 Acrobatics Mallakhamb Act Chembur 1 Eliminated
B. S. Reddy 37 Magic Illusionist Visakhapatnam 1 Eliminated
Skeleton Crew 20-35 Dance Light-Up Dance Group New Delhi 1 Eliminated
Dream Track Band 20-29 Instrumental Instrumental Band Thrissur, Kerala 1 Eliminated

Semi Finals Summary

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  Buzzed out |
  Won the Judges' Choice |
  Won the Public's Vote |
  Eliminated

Semi-final 1 (9 December)

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Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Kirron Karan Malaika
Sagar Ovhalkar 1 Eliminated
Brothers Bond Crew 2 Eliminated
B. S. Reddy 3 Eliminated
Komal Gandhar 4 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Swaranjali Music Academy 5 Eliminated
Skeleton Crew 6 Eliminated
Sufi Nizami Brothers 7 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
J. D. Carbon Crew 8 Eliminated
Dream Track Band 9 Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (15 December)

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Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Kirron Karan Malaika
S. S. T. Warning Crew 1 Eliminated
Ismail Langa Group 2 Eliminated
Mukesh Singh & Rahul Singh 3 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Pallu Girls 4 Eliminated
Altmas Khan 5 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Sarvam Patel 6 Eliminated
Royal Boys Crew 7 Eliminated
Afsana Khan & Razia Sultan 8 Eliminated
Om Dance Academy 9 Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (16 December)

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Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Kirron Karan Malaika
Gurugram Warriors 1 Eliminated
Live 100 Experience 2 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Proneita Swargari 3 Eliminated
Javed Khan 4 Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Bidisha Mohanta 5 Eliminated
Sujata & Umakant Sahu (Guna) 6 Eliminated
Dark Criminals Crew 7 Eliminated
Swagistan 8 Eliminated
Om Dance AcademyDSR Crew 9 Eliminated

Semi-final 4 (22 December)

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The eight golden buzzer acts performed in this semi-final. The public voting was not opened for this semi-final, the judges chose two acts to perform in the pre-finale.

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Kirron Karan Malaika
Bishnu Behra (Vishnu Prasad) 1 Eliminated
Crazy Hoppers 2 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
North Eastern Chronicles 3 Eliminated
Ramie Singh 4 Eliminated
R G Rathod 5 Eliminated
S. Angels 6 Eliminated
Show Stoppers Crew 7 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Navneet Sundar & Rangapriya Sankaranarayan 8 Eliminated

Finals Summary

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Pre Finale: India Ka Faisla (23 December)

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  Golden Buzzer Advancement |
  Advanced to Top 9 Finalists |
  Public Wildcard

The public voting results of the three semi-finals were announced in the pre-finale. The eight participants, along with a public wildcard, Bidhisha Mohanta, performed to gain public votes for the finale. Additionally, a group golden buzzer was given to Crazy Hoppers to advance them directly to the Top 5.

Pre-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Kirron Karan Malaika
Javed Khan 1 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)
Sufi Nizami Brothers 2 Eliminated
Mukesh Singh & Rahul Singh 3 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)
Crazy Hoppers 4 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Judges' Choice)
Live 100 Experience 5 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)
Altmas Khan 6 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)
Komal Gandhar 7 Eliminated
Bidisha Mohanta   8 Eliminated
Show Stoppers Crew 9 Eliminated

Grand Finale (29 December)

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  Winner |   Runner-up

The top 5 finalists were announced from among the nine pre-finalists, and they performed for the judges' scores out of 10, which would be added to the total public votes received in the pre-finale.

Finalist Order Judges' Scores Result
Kirron Karan Malaika Total
Javed Khan 1 8 8 9 25 1st[a]
Mukesh Singh and Rahul Singh 2 7 7 7 21 Grand-finalist
Crazy Hoppers 3 7 7 9 23 Grand-finalist
Altmas Khan 4 8 7 8 23 Grand-finalist
Live 100 Experience 5 10 10 10 30 2nd[a]
  1. ^ a b Live 100 Experience and Javed Khan were tied in the cumulative judges' scores and public votes. Therefore, based solely on the public votes, the latter was crowned as the winner.

References

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  1. ^ Gourisaria, Saumya (23 August 2018). "India's Got Talent Season 8 to go on air in October". The Live Mirror. Retrieved 4 May 2021.