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. 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.
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.
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:
ParticipantAge(s) GenreActFromQuarter-FinalResult
Quarter Finals Summary
Buzzed Out | Judges' Choice |
Quarter-final 1 (26 August) Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesFinishedKirronSonaliDharmendraEllyraja1EliminatedSumit2EliminatedSrikant Ahire & Team3Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Ali Brothers4Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Subrat & Esak5Advanced (Won Public Vote)Binoy Debnath6EliminatedBad Salsa7Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Quarter-final 2 (27 August)
Special Guest: Salman Khan Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraBombay Rock Project1EliminatedAvjit & Tinku2Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Pranali3EliminatedEhsaan Bharti4Advanced (Won Public Vote)Sandeep Lathar5EliminatedVilas Naik6Advanced (Won Public Vote)Govind Menon7Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Amrapali Group8Eliminated
Quarter-final 3 (2 September) Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraIndian Saber1Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Pooja Surve2EliminatedSanjay Dhaka3Advanced (Won Public Vote)Tushar Arjun4EliminatedPriyanka Keni5EliminatedMad It6Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Ballos Folk7EliminatedAngels & Grooves8Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Quarter-final 4 (3 September)
Special Guests: Tusshar Kapoor & Shreyas Talpade Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraKuddroli Ganesh1Advanced (Won Public Vote)Digvijay & Ankit2Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Sabah Bari3EliminatedFaith in Action4Advanced (Won Public Vote)Prajwal5EliminatedPrateek Joseph6EliminatedAditya & Priyanshu7Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Goutamdas Boul8Eliminated
Quarter-final 5 (9 September) Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraDfrenStrokes1AdvancedTarantismo Dance Troupe2EliminatedSabyasachi & Amar Sen3EliminatedDunes of Rajasthan4Advanced (Won Public Vote)Anchal Kumawat5EliminatedRayes & Shehla6Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Devang Pandey7Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Siddesh Malankar Group8EliminatedSuresh & Vernon Group9Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Quarter-final 6 (10 September)
Special Guests: Katrina Kaif, Imran Khan & Ali Zafar
Quarter FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraNawaz Sabri & Party1EliminatedSubash Chander2EliminatedJinu Joy3EliminatedRockStars4EliminatedMadhavas5Advanced (Won Public Vote)The Show Stoppers6Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)Dance Oceans Group7EliminatedSwarali Sangeet8Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Semi-finals Summary Buzzed Out |
Semi-final 1 (16 September) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraIndian Saber1EliminatedFaith in Action2EliminatedAli Brothers3EliminatedSanjay Dhaka4AdvancedSubrat & Ishak5EliminatedVilas Naik6Advanced
Semi-final 2 (17 September) Special Guest: John Abraham & Genelia Deshmukh Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraAvijit & Tinku1EliminatedEhsaan Bharti2EliminatedKudroli Ganesh3AdvancedBad Salsa Group4AdvancedAngels & Grooves5EliminatedDigvijay & Ankit6Eliminated
Semi-final 3 (23 September) Special Guests: Sonam Kapoor & Shahid Kapoor Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraSuresh and Vernon Group1AdvancedMadhavas2AdvancedDunes of Rajasthan3EliminatedRayes & Shehla4EliminatedSwarali Sangeet5EliminatedThe Show Stoppers6Eliminated
Finals Summary
| | | Buzzed Out (Top 6 Finals Only)
Pre Finale - Top 6 (24 September)
Special Guests: Hema Malini and Esha Deol
Pre-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronSonaliDharmendraVilas Nayak1AdvancedSanjay Dhaka2AdvancedKudroli Ganesh3AdvancedBad Salsa Group4EliminatedMadhavas5EliminatedSuresh and Vernon Group6Advanced
Grand Finale (1 October) Special Guest: Shah Rukh Khan Rashami Desai Guest Performances: Shillong Chamber Choir and Prince Dance Group Grand-FinalistResultSuresh and Vernon Group1stVilas NayakGrand-finalistKudroli GaneshGrand-finalistSanjay DhakaGrand-finalist
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