The first season of Sri Lankan talent show competition series Sri Lanka's Got Talent was broadcast on Sirasa TV from 3 March to 30 September 2018. The judge board included Jackson Anthony, Soundarie David Rodrigo and Tillakaratne Dilshan with Lahiru Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake, Bathiya Jayakody and Pubudu Chathuranga serving as the guest judges for each semifinal respectively.
The season was won by the Angampora Pool of the Sri Lanka Air Force, with the fast mental arithmetic act Nimna Hiranya coming in second and the fire dance act Nipuni Sithara placing third.
Production The preliminary rounds took place at 3 locations in 2017, 30 October - 1 November at E. L. Senanayake premises, Kandy, 11 - 12 November at Mahinda College, Galle and 24 - 26 November at Stein Studios, Colombo. The rest of the season was also held at Stein Studios. The season premiered on 18 March 2018 at 9 p.m in Sirasa TV. Quarterfinals were held from 17 June 2018. Lahiru Perera, Dilhani Ekanayake, Bathiya Jayakody from the music duo Bathiya and Santhush and Pubudu Chathuranga were the 4 guest judges in the semifinals respectively. The Pre Finale was held on 9 and 16 September 2018. The Grand Finale was held on 30 September 2018.
Season overview The chart below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season,
Golden Buzzered Quarterfinalist | Wildcard Quarterfinalist | Judge decided Pre Finalist
Participant Age(s) Genre Act From Quarterfinal Result Angampora Pool 22-33 Dance Traditional Angampora Dance Sri Lanka Air Force 6 Anish Wijesinghe 22 Music Guitarist Colombo 3 Asanka Ruwan 38 Variety Circus/comedy Kurunegala 8 B.K. Dancing Crew 11-27 Dance UV Dance group Kiribathgoda 4 Bashith Ranaveera 27 Variety Statue Sculpture Polgahawela 3 Beat Bullets 16-22 Dance Hip-hop dance group Ratmalana 8 Blaze Beatbox Team 18-19 Singing Beatbox Ratmalana 6 Dhulan Weerasinghe & Team 21 Dance Story-dance group Naththandiya 3 Digital Ramod with cool step 15-25 Dance Hip-hop dance group Negombo 2 Dinidu Chinthaka 21 Danger Threewil stunt Kuliyapitiya 6 Dinusha Bandara 11 Variety Artist Wattala 5 Duminda Amarasiri 40 Danger Car stunt Homagama 8 Ganga Sithara 15 Dance Traditional Raban Dance kimbulapitiya 3 Hannibal the magic warrior 27 Magic Close-up magician Kottawa 1 Indika Marasinghe 32 Variety Cocktail act Dambulla 5 Lahiru Maduranga 25 Dance Traditional Fire dancer Galle 8 Lakshitha Deshan 8 Variety Acting Rabukkana 1 Litansiya Dancing Crew 20-33 Dance Shadow dance group Pannala 5 M.G. Suminda 40 & 35 Danger Circus act Matale 7 Minimi Samarawickrama 21 Singing Rapper Nawalapitiya 2 MY Boys Team 21-34 Danger Stunt Act Kurunegala 4 N.S. Wageshan 37 Music Musician Wellawatte 7 Nadeesha Abegunawardane 29 Singing Singer Galle 2 Nafaz Sheriff 27 Dance Hip-hop dancer Panadura 2 Nimal Nuwarage 50 Danger Extreme Danger Galaha 6 Nimna Hiranya 11 Variety Fast Mental Arithmetic Kiribathgoda 1 Nipuni Sithara 17 Dance Traditional fire dancer Galle 5 Nuwan De Silva 32 Magic Stage magician Kadawatha 6 Osindu Nayanajith 14 Variety Rubic-Cube solver Galewala 1 Pipena Kekulu Rollerskating Team 6-16 Variety Rollerskating Kottawa 5 Raveendra Kumara 12 Danger Balancing Rathgama 6 Rifki & Zareek 22 & 26 Variety Artists Gampola 2 Ruban & Blackie 69 & 9 Animal Arithmetic dog act Madampe 3 Saliya Sandaruwan & Team 6,36 & 40 Danger Extreme danger Wellawaya 7 Saman Pradeep 32 Danger Balance Kurunegala 2 Stick it Crew 18-23 Dance Hip-hop dance group Maharagama 6 Sugath Kamal & Chandana Prabash 31 & 46 Danger Extreme danger Bakamuna 2 Sumangala Silva 49 Magic Stage magician Kalutara 4 Sunil Shantha 56 Danger Piercing act Pelmadulla 4 Susantha Perera 39 Danger Karate Kandy 7 Swasthi Percussion Team 20-25 Music Drum team Kotte 8 Team 90 Degrees 26-28 Danger Bike Stunt Hunupitiya 5 Team Chakrayuda 11-19 Dance Traditional dance group Panadura 7 Tharindu Namal 22 Danger Contortionist Ampara 1 Three 17-19 Singing Vocal group Malabe 5 Thilina Egodage 24 Magic Close-up magician Ambalangoda 7 Torrential Dancing Group 20-30 Dance Dance group Ratmalana 1 U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 32 Dance Traditional Angampora dance Bulathsinhala 8 Vihan Malitha 19 Magic Close-up magician Talawathugoda 8 Vinusha and Krithvi 21 & 20 Dance Barathanatyam Kotahena 4 Wasantha Weerarathne 35 Danger Balancing act Rikillagaskanda 4 Wave Dance Studio 22-25 Dance Hip-hop dance group Batticaloa 3 White Fairies Montessori 4-5 Dance Acrobatic dance group Kandy 4 Wijeya Ilangakon 73 Animal Parrot tricks Gampola 7 Wishwa Punchihewa 20 Dance Multimedia Dancer Balapitiya 1 Yoshitha Premarathna 22 Music Saxophonist Kelaniya 3
Quarterfinals summary Key Golden Buzzer (Auditions) Buzzed Won Judge's Vote Lost Judge's Vote
Quarterfinal 1 (17 June) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Nimna Hiranya 1 Fast Mental Arithmetic 1st Advanced Tharindu Namal 2 Contortionist 7th Eliminated Osindu Nayanajith 3 Rubic-Cube Solving 2nd Advanced Lakshitha Deshan 4 Acting 3rd Advanced Wishwa Punchihewa 5 Multimedia dance 5th Eliminated Hannibal the magic warrior 6 Close-up magician 4th Eliminated Torrential Dancing group 7 Traditional Dance 6th Eliminated
Quarterfinal 2 (24 June) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Rifki and Zareek 1 Artistic drawing 4th Eliminated Minimi Samarawickrama 2 Rap song 6th Eliminated Digital Ramod with cool step 3 Multimedia dance 3rd Advanced Sugath & Chandana 4 Extreme danger 5th Eliminated Nafaz Sheriff 5 Turbo Dance 1st Advanced Saman Pradeep 6 Balance 7th Eliminated Nadeesha Abegunawardane 7 Singing 2nd Advanced
Quarterfinal 3 (1 July) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Yoshitha Premarathna 1 Saxophonist 6th Eliminated Wave Dance Studio 2 Hip-hop dance 5th Eliminated Bashith Ranaveera 3 Statue Sculpturing 3rd Eliminated Ruban & Blackie 4 Dog tricks 2nd Eliminated Dhulan Weerasinghe & Team 5 Story dance 1st Eliminated Ganga Sithara 6 Raban Dance 4th Eliminated Anish Wijesinghe 7 Guitarist 7th Eliminated
Even though the judge board have to send three contestants to the next round, the judge's denied this decision and eliminated all acts in this quarterfinal saying that they were not satisfied with their performances unlike in the acts of the previous two quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal 4 (8 July) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult White Fairs Montessori 1 Acrobatic dance 2nd Advanced Sumangala Silva 2 Stage magic 3rd Advanced MY Boys Team 3 Bike Stunt 4th Advanced Wasantha Weerarathne 4 Balance & Circus 5th eliminated Vinusha and Krithvi 5 Barathanatyam 6th Eliminated Sunil Shantha 6 Snake Swallowing 7th Eliminated B.K. Dancing Crew 7 Light Dance group 1st Advanced The judge board chose a 4th act in this quarterfinal to fill the missing spots in the semifinal due to elimination of all contestants in the 3rd quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal 5 (15 July) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Pipena Kekulu Rollerskating 1 Rollerskating 5th Eliminated Three 2 Vocal group 1st Advanced Nipuni Sithara 3 Traditional Kandyan dance 3rd Advanced Dinusha Bandara 4 Artist 7th Eliminated Indika Marasinghe 5 Cocktail act 6th Eliminated Team 90 degrees 6 Bike Stunt 2nd Advanced Litansiya Dancing Crew 7 Shadow Theater Dance 4th Eliminated
Quarterfinal 6 (22 July) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Stick it Crew 1 Fire Dance 5th Eliminated Nuwan De Silva 2 Stage magician 2nd Advanced Nimal Nuwarage 3 Extreme Danger 3rd Advanced Angampora Pool 4 Angampora dance 1st Advanced Raveendra Kumara 5 Hand Balancing 7th Eliminated Dinidu Chinthaka 6 Threewil Stunt 4th Eliminated Blaze Beatbox team 7 Beatbox 6th Eliminated
Quarterfinal 7 (29 July) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult N.S. Wageshan 1 Sita music 4th Advanced Team Chakrayuda 2 Traditional Dance 7th Eliminated Wijeya Ilangakon 3 Parrot tricks 2nd Advanced Thilina Egodage 4 Rubic Cube Magic 1st Advanced Saliya Sandaruwan & Team 5 Extreme danger 5th Eliminated M.G. Suminda 6 Circus 3rd Advanced Susantha Perera 7 Karate 6th Eliminated
The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semifinals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.
Quarterfinal 8 (5 August) Quarter-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Swasthi Percussion Team 1 Drum music 4thAdvanced Beat Bullets 2 Hip hop dance 6th EliminatedDuminda Amarasiri 3 Car stunt 2nd Advanced Asanka Ruwan 4 Circus/Comedy 5th Eliminated Lahiru Maduranga 5 Traditional fire dance 3rd Advanced U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 6 Angampora dance 1st Advanced Vihan Malitha 7 Close-up magic 7th Eliminated
The judge board chose 4 contestants in this round to advance to the semifinals in order to fill the vacant three spots due to all contestants being eliminated in 3.
Semifinals summary In each Semifinal, 6 acts participated, where one act immediately advanced to the finals based upon judge board decision. Two more acts advanced to the finals based upon public vote. Key Golden Buzzer (Auditions) Buzzed Judges' decision
Semifinal 1 (12 August) Lahiru Perera acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. Nipuni Sithara won the judges decision to advance immediately to the pre final round of the competition. Semi-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult Digital Ramod with cool step 1 Hip-hop dance 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Three 2 Vocal group 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Nipuni Sithara 3 Fire dance 1st Advanced immediately Thilina Egodage 4 Rubic-Cube magic 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Nimal Nuwarage 5 Extreme danger 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Sumangala Silva 6 Stage magic 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Semifinal 2 (19 August) Dilhani Ekanayake acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. Angampora pool won the judge's decision in this semifinals to immediately advance to the Pre Finals. Semi-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult White Fairies Montessori 1 Acrobatic dance 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Nimna Hiranya 2 Fast Mental Arithmetic 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Angampora Pool 3 Angampora dance 1st Advanced immediately Nadeesha Abegunawardane 4 Singer 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Team 90 degrees 5 Bike Stunt 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Nafaz Sheriff 6 Turbo Dance 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote)
Semifinal 3 (26 August) Bathiya Jayakody acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. The Judges' decision was won by M.G. Suminda to immediately advance to the Pre-final round. Semi-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult B.K. Dancing Crew 1 Hip-hop dance 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Nuwan De Silva 2 Close up magician 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Swasthi Percussion Team 3 Drum music 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Lakshitha Deshan 4 Acting 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote) MY Boys Team 5 Bike Stunt 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) M.G.Suminda 6 Circus act 1st Advanced immediately
Semifinal 4 (2 September) Pubudu Chathuranga acted as a guest judge in this semifinal. The Judges' decision was won by Osindu Nayanajith to immediately advance to the Pre-final round. Semi-FinalistOrder Act Buzzes and judges' votesFinishedResult N.S. Wageshan 1 Sita Music 6th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Duminda Amarasiri 2 Car Stunt 4th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) Osindu Nayanajith 3 Rubic-Cube Solving 1st Advanced immediately Lahiru Maduranga 4 Fire Dance 3rd Advanced (Won Public Vote) Wijeya Ilangakon 5 Parrot Tricks 5th Eliminated (Lost Public Vote) U.D.D. Sampath (& STF) 6 Angampora dance 2nd Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Pre Finale