Australia's Got Talent season 9

Australia's Got Talent
Season 9
From L to R, judges Jacobson, Feildel, Durack, Scherzinger.
Hosted byRicki-Lee Coulter
JudgesManu Feildel
Nicole Scherzinger
Shane Jacobson
Lucy Durack
WinnerKristy Sellars
Runner-upSienna Osborne
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release28 July (2019-07-28) –
22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)
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Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. Seven Network announced that the show would be returning to their network in 2019 for its ninth season. It had previously aired on Seven for six seasons from 2007 to 2012, and on the Nine Network for two seasons in 2013 and 2016.[1][2] It had an all new judging panel of Nicole Scherzinger, Shane Jacobson, Manu Feildel & Lucy Durack,[3] and Ricki-Lee Coulter as series host.[4] The season premiered on 28 July 2019.[5]

The semi-final format changed from previous seasons: finalists were decided by a golden buzzer and judges' vote, with no public vote until the final.

The final was on September 22, and the winner was pole dancer Kristy Sellars.

Semi-finalists

Key  Winner  Runner-up  Finalist  Withdrew

Golden Buzzer (Auditions)

Golden Buzzer (Semi-Final)

Participant Genre Act Age(s) Semi-final Result
Akira Dance Dancer 30 4 Semi-Finalist
AKrobatiKa Acrobatics Acrobatic Group 8-30 4 Grand Finalist
Apollo Jackson Magic Magician 26 5 Semi-Finalist
Captain Ruin Danger Knife Thrower 31 2 Withdrew
Chris Vitnell Dance Dancer 33 5 Semi-Finalist
D. Minor Music Rapper 25 4 Semi-Finalist
Eddie Williams Singing Singer 29 2 Semi-Finalist
Emma Krause Comedy Comedian 42 2 Semi-Finalist
Flipping Disc Dogz Animal Dog Act 34 1 Semi-Finalist
FunSize Dance Dance Group 9-13 1 Semi-Finalist
Gavin Sempel Comedy Comedian 21 1 Semi-Finalist
Gayna Tension Singing Singer N/A 3 Semi-Finalist
Hummingsong Singing Choir 19-83 3 Semi-Finalist
Jael Wena Singing Singer 13 4 Semi-Finalist
Jennifer Anderson Singing Singer 50 3 Runner-up
JJ Pantano Comedy Comedian 7 3 Semi-Finalist
Josh Norbido Magic Magician 29 4 Semi-Finalist
Kristy Sellars Dance Pole Dancer 33 5 Winner
Larisa Magda Dance Dancer 15 5 Semi-Finalist
Lil Kookies Dance Dance Group 9-13 2 Grand Finalist
Lioz Shem Tov Comedy Comedian 42 3 Grand Finalist
Mitch Tambo Singing Singer 29 5 Grand Finalist
Olina Loau Singing Singer 16 1 Runner-up
Paul Kapeleris Singing Singer 22 2 Semi-Finalist
Pretty Boy Swagg Dance Dance Group 15-26 2 Semi-Finalist
Sienna Osborne Dance Dancer 13 1 Runner-up
The Space Cowboy Danger Danger Act 41 1 Semi-Finalist
Taj Farrant Music Guitarist 9 5 Semi-Finalist
Umit Bali Comedy Comedian 34 4 Grand Finalist
Vospertron Dance Dance Group 16-43 3 Semi-Finalist

Semi-final summary

Buzzed Out |   Golden Buzzer |   Won Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (August 19)

Guest Judge: Jessica Mauboy

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Feildel Scherzinger Durack Jacobson
FunSize 1 Eliminated
Olina Loau 2 Advanced (Golden Buzzer)
Flipping Disc Dogz 3 Eliminated
Gavin Sempel 4 Eliminated
The Space Cowboy 5 Eliminated
Sienna Osborne 6 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 2 (August 25)

Guest Judge: Joel Creasey

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Feildel Scherzinger Durack Jacobson
Eddie Williams 1 Eliminated
Pretty Boy Swagg 2 Eliminated
Emma Krause 3 Eliminated
Captain Ruin 4 Advanced (Golden Buzzer)
Paul Kapeleris 5 Eliminated
Lil Kookies 6 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)

Semi-final 3 (September 1)

Guest Judge: Hans

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Feildel Scherzinger Durack Jacobson
Hummingsong 1 Eliminated
Lioz Shem Tov 2 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Vospertron 3 Eliminated
Jennifer Anderson 4 Advanced (Golden Buzzer)
JJ Pantano 5 Eliminated
Gayna Tension 6 Eliminated

Semi-final 4 (September 8)

Guest Judge: Todd McKenney

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Feildel Scherzinger Durack Jacobson
Jael Wena 1 Eliminated
Josh Norbido 2 Eliminated
Akira 3 Eliminated
Umit Bali 4 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
AKrobatiKa 5 Advanced (Golden Buzzer)
D. Minor 6 Eliminated

Semi-final 5 (September 15)

Guest Judge: Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes Result
Feildel Scherzinger Durack Jacobson
Kristy Sellars 1 Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Taj Farrant 2 Eliminated
Chris Vitnell 3 Eliminated
Larisa Magda 4 Eliminated
Apollo Jackson 5 Eliminated
Mitch Tambo 6 Advanced (Golden Buzzer)

Finals summary

In the final, the judges chose a top four, which was then chosen by SMS votes from viewers in the eastern states. The final was pre-recorded, with four different endings filmed, one for each of the four possible winners. The winner of the season was pole dancer Kristy Sellars.[6][7]

The Grand Finale had nine acts because one semi-final golden buzzer act (Captain Ruin) was unavailable.[8]

Guest performers: Samantha Jade, Cosentino

Finalist Order Finished
Sienna Osborne 1 Runner-Up
Lioz Shem Tov 2 Eliminated
Jennifer Anderson 3 Runner-Up
Lil Kookies 4 Eliminated
Umit Bali 5 Eliminated
Mitch Tambo 6 Eliminated
AKrobatiKa 7 Eliminated
Kristy Sellars 8 Winner
Olina Loau 9 Runner-Up

Ratings

Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions) 		Nightly
rank 		Ref.
1 "Auditions" 28 July 2019 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.875 4 [9]
2 29 July 2019 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.694 12 [10]
3 4 August 2019 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.871 4 [11]
4 5 August 2019 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.759 9 [12]
5 11 August 2019 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.879 4 [13]
6 12 August 2019 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.749 9 [14]
7 18 August 2019 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.917 4 [15]
8 "Semifinals" 19 August 2019 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.691 9 [16]
9 25 August 2019 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.782 5 [17]
10 1 September 2019 0.748 5 [18]
11 8 September 2019 0.742 5 [19]
12 15 September 2019 0.698 4 [20]
13 "Grand Finale"
"Winner Announced" 		22 September 2019 0.791
0.771 		4
5 		[21]

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