Canada's Got Talent season 3

Canada's Got Talent
Season 3
Promotional poster for season 3, featuring (L to R) judges Offishall, Stratus, Mandel, Singh, and host Ell
Hosted byLindsay Ell
Judges
WinnerConversion
Runners-up
  • The Cast
  • The Turnbull Brothers
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkCitytv
Original releaseMarch 21 (2023-03-21) –
May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)
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The third season[a] of Canada's Got Talent, is a reality television series.[2] The season premiered on March 21, 2023.[3][4][5]

The season was won by Conversion, a dance group from Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Format

Auditions

The auditions took place in front of the judges and a live audience. At any time during the audition, the judges showed their disapproval of the act by pressing a buzzer, which lights a large red "X" on the stage. If all the judges pressed their buzzers, the act must end. Voting worked on a majority-of-three basis, where three positive votes from the judges were required. The Golden Buzzer is placed in the center of the stage, and each judge (or the host) can only press the Golden Buzzer once, sending an act straight to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals and final were broadcast through three episodes, two semi-finals and one finale. Judges could still end a performance early with four Xs. The acts competed for three judge votes that sent them straight to the finals, and the rest competed for a Canada-wide vote that dictated the rest of the finalists. The judges were asked to express their views on each act's performance. Phone lines, Twitter, Facebook, texting and online voting platforms opened for one-hour after all acts were performed. The public voted for the act they thought was the best. Voters could submit a total of fifty votes (ten in each platform). After the votes were counted, the act that polled the highest number of public votes, automatically was placed in the final. The judges then chose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts were then eliminated from the competition.

Judges and host

Judges for Canada's Got Talent (season 3)
Howie Mandel
Kardinal Offishall
Lilly Singh
Trish Stratus

The show premiered with the same judges and host as the previous season.

Season overview

Judge Lilly Singh gave her Golden Buzzer to aerial acrobatics duo Woody & Fenton in the fifth episode. Due to an injury, the act had to withdraw from the competition.[6]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   4th place |
  Finalist |   Semi-finalist | Golden Buzzer (Auditions)
Participant[7] Genre Act From[7] Semi-Final Result
Alexandra Côté Animals Dog Act Thetford Mines, QC 1 Eliminated
Anica Singing Singer Grand-Barachois, NB 2 Eliminated
Atsushi Ono Magic Magician Calgary, AB 1 Finalist
Beatrice Love Singing Singer Edmonton, AB 1 Eliminated
Conversion Dance Dance Group Trois-Rivières, QC 1 Winner
Cool Giraffes Dance Dance Group Edmonton, AB 1 Finalist
Curran Dobbs Comedy Comedian Victoria, BC 2 Eliminated
GBA Acrobatics Acrobatic Group Montreal, QC 2 Eliminated
Geneviève Coté Music Vocalist Laval, QC 2 Finalist
Katherine Lynn-Rose Singing Singer Burlington, ON 2 Eliminated
Magic Ben Magic Magician Whitehorse, YT 2 Eliminated
Maya Gamzu Singing Singer Richmond Hill, ON[8] 1 Eliminated
Meave Singing Singer Niagara Falls, ON 2 Fourth place
Mr. Cuddles Comedy Ventriloquist Gibsons, BC 1 Eliminated
Paola Troilo Singing Opera Singer Laval, QC 1 Eliminated
Raymond Salgado Singing Singer Vancouver Island, BC 2 Finalist
The Cast Dance Dance Group Lévis, QC 2 Runner-up
The Turnbull Brothers Singing Singing Duo Glace Bay, NS 1 Third place

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed Out |   Advanced (Won the Judges' Vote) |   Advanced (Won the Public's Vote)

Semi-final 1 (May 2)

Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Mandel Singh Stratus Offishall
Alexandra Côté 1 Eliminated
Maya Gamzu 2 Eliminated
Cool Giraffes 3 Advanced
The Turnbull Brothers 4 Advanced
Atsushi Ono 5 Advanced
Beatrice Love 6 Eliminated
Paola Troilo 7 Eliminated
Mr. Cuddles 8 Eliminated
Conversion 9 Advanced

Semi-final 2 (May 9)

Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Mandel Singh Stratus Offishall
The Cast 1 Advanced
Raymond Salgado 2 Advanced
GBA 3 Eliminated
Katherine Lynn-Rose 4 Eliminated
Meave 5 Advanced
Magic Ben 6 Eliminated
Curran Dobbs 7 Eliminated
Anica 8 Eliminated
Geneviève Coté 9 Advanced

Live Finale (May 16)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   4th place |   Finalist
Finalist Result (May 16)
The Cast Runner-up
The Turnbull Brothers Third place
Meave Fourth place
Geneviève Coté Finalist
Conversion Winner
Atsushi Ono Finalist
Cool Giraffes Finalist
Raymond Salgado Finalist

Production

On September 14, 2022, Canada's Got Talent confirmed filming a new season, with Lindsay Ell hosting the show, and the same judges from the previous season.[9] Production remained at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, but was re-located to its newly-opened OLG Stage concert hall.[10] The auditions started on October 19, and concluded on October 23. All shows were reportedly sold-out.[11]

Ratings

Order Episode Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(night) 		Rank
(week)
1 "Prepare to Be Amazed!" 0.539[12] — —
2 "The Magic Continues" 0.574[13] — —
3 "So Many Emotions" TBA TBA TBA
4 "Kids in the House" TBA TBA TBA
5 "World Class" TBA TBA TBA
6 "For the People" TBA TBA TBA
7 "1st Semi-Final" 0.476[14] — —
8 "2nd Semi-Final" TBA TBA TBA
9 "The Finale" TBA TBA TBA

Footnotes

  1. ^ Promoted by Citytv as season 2, treating the run that began in 2022 as a distinct series from the version that aired in 2012.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rogers Sports and Media (September 14, 2022). "Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, Kardinal Offishall, Trish Stratus, and Lindsay Ell Return for Another Exciting Season of Citytv's Hit Series Canada's Got Talent" (Press release). Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jeanick Fournier From Chicoutimi Quebec Crowned Champion of Citytv's Canada's Got Talent" (Press release). Rogers Sports & Media. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via GlobeNewswire.
  3. ^ Law, John (June 14, 2022). "'Canada's Got Talent' returning to Niagara Falls for Season 2". Niagara Falls Review. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  4. ^ O'Rourke, Jill (January 2, 2023). "'Canada's Got Talent' Season 2 Will Premiere in March". Talent Recap. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  5. ^ O'Rourke, Jill (February 6, 2023). "'Canada's Got Talent' Season 2 Gets March 21 Premiere Date". Talent Recap. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  6. ^ "Top Performances from Tonight's Episode of Canada's Got Talent on Citytv, Now Available to Share" (Press release). Rogers Sports & Media. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via GlobeNewswire.
  7. ^ a b "Canada's Got Talent Reveals All Performers Heading to the Semifinals, Beginning May 2 on Citytv" (Press release). Rogers Sports & Media. April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via GlobeNewswire.
  8. ^ Liberal, Melissa Wallace Richmond Hill (May 25, 2023). "Richmond Hill teen impresses at Canada's Got Talent, wins coveted golden buzzer". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  9. ^ O'Rourke, Jill (September 14, 2022). "'Canada's Got Talent' Judges Returning for Season 2 — How to Get Tickets". Talent Recap. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  10. ^ Law, John (September 14, 2022). "'Canada's Got Talent' returns to open Fallsview Casino's new theatre". Niagara Falls Review. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  11. ^ O'Rourke, Jill (October 18, 2022). "'Canada's Got Talent' to Start Filming Sold-Out Auditions in New Venue". Talent Recap. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "Season 2 of Canada's Got Talent shows that Citytv got viewers – brioux.tv".
  13. ^ "Canada's Got Talent grows in Week 2 overnight numbers – brioux.tv".
  14. ^ "Leafs-Panthers open to 3.3M on CBC+Sportsnet – brioux.tv".