The seventh season of India's Got Talent premiered on 30 April 2016. Bharti Singh and Sidharth Shukla returned to present the show. Malaika Arora Khan and Karan Johar returned for their fourth season, while Kirron Kher returned for her seventh season.
The seventh season was won by the flautist Suleiman being declared as the season's winner winning ₹50,00,000 (50 lakhs) along with a trophy and a Maruti Suzuki Celerio car from the title sponsor.
Season overview
Following the conclusion of the previous season, Colors announced that the show would return for a seventh season with the same judging panel. Bharti Singh and Siddharth Shukla, who hosted the latter half of the previous season, would continue as hosts.
Once again, the logo was used somewhat similar to the America's Got Talent, instead of the regular Britain's Got Talent styled.
There were no major changes to the format of the show. The semi-finals were reduced to three rounds, with a separate one for the golden buzzer auditions. Three contestants from each semi-final would advance to the finals: one chosen by unanimous judges' choice among all the participants of that semi-final, and two by public vote. The results for each semi-final were announced the same way as in season six, with the judges' choice revealed the same day, and the public vote winners announced during the pre-final.
The golden buzzer returned for its third season. The judges were given two golden buzzers this season, unlike the previous one where they were given only one. However, Kirron Kher pressed her third golden buzzer for the Brijwasi Brothers during the final auditions. The following table shows the acts which received the golden buzzer in the audition: Kirron KherKaran JoharMalaika Arora KhanThe Manganiyar SeductionRajasthani Folk SingersAishwarya PanditSingerPapai and AntaraDance DuoNrityam AngelsTrio Dance ActSuleimanFlautistPallabi HalderAerial Dance ActBrijwasi BrothersSinging Group colspan="2" Of the participants who auditioned for this season, twenty-eight secured a place in the semi-finals, with eleven, ten and seven participants performing in each. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
| | | Golden Buzzer Audition
ParticipantAge(s)GenreActSemi-finalFinished
Semi-finals Summary Buzzed | | |
Semi-final 1 (25 June) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes Result Kirron Karan MalaikaIncredible Mallakhamb1Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)Rangers Army2EliminatedBiwash3EliminatedTrishna The Band4Advanced (Won Public Vote)Akash and Atharva5Advanced (Won Public Vote)Sajiterious Group6 EliminatedBappa Excel7EliminatedAbhishek Majhithia8EliminatedShooter Dadis9EliminatedRishabh Verma10Eliminated
Semi-final 2 (26 June) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronKaranMalaikaRajiv Gidde1EliminatedRock On Crew2Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)Raju and Sachin3Advanced (Won Public Vote)Magnetiax Crew4EliminatedMalket5EliminatedAnuj Kumar6 EliminatedNirmal Kumar7EliminatedNitish and Group8Advanced (Won Public Vote)Happy Feet9EliminatedBadri10EliminatedRajkumar Tiwari11Eliminated
Semi-final 3 (2 July) The seven golden buzzer acts performed in this semi-final. The public voting was not opened for this semi-final, the judges initially had to choose three acts to advance, but instead they chose four. Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronKaranMalaikaBrijwasi Brothers1Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)Pallabi Halder2EliminatedSuleiman3Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)Papai and Antara4Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)The Manganiyar Seduction5Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)Nrityam Angles6 EliminatedAishwarya Pandit 7Eliminated
Finals Summary Pre Finale : India ka Faisla (3 July)
Special guest: Salman Khan & Anushka Sharma
Pre-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKirronKaranMalaikaRock On1EliminatedAkash & Atharva2Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)Brijwasi Brothers3EliminatedIncredible Mallkhamb4EliminatedNitish & Group5Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)Suleiman6 Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)Raju & Sachin 7EliminatedPapai & Antra8Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)Trishna The Band9Advanced to Top 5 (Won Public Vote)The Manganiyar Seduction10Eliminated
Grand Finale (9 July)
The top 5 finalists were announced from among the ten 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.
Special Guest: Anil Kapoor from 24 and Cast of Dishoom (Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan & John Abraham) Guest performance: Rajiv Gidde
Grand-FinalistOrderJudges' ScoresResultKirronKaranMalaikaTotalPapai & Antra188925Grand-finalistNitish & Group277721Grand-finalistSuleiman3101010301stAkash & Atharva477721Grand-finalistTrishna The Band588824Grand-finalist
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