Australia's Got Talent (series 7)

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The seventh and final series aired on the Nine Network from 11 August 2013 until 10 November 2013.^[1] Kyle Sandilands returned as a judge for his fourth series, and was joined by Dawn French, Timomatic and Geri Halliwell,^[2][3] as well as Julia Morris as the new host; French, Timomatic and Halliwell replaced original judge Dannii Minogue and Brian McFadden, while Morris replaced Grant Denyer. It was the first time that the show was hosted on another network, following its axing from the Seven Network in October 2012. The auditions took place from March–April 2013.^[4]

Auditions

In December 2012, it was announced that the auditions would take place from March 2013.^[1] There were various options for auditioning, such as attending the correct venue on the correct day with the questionnaire (which could be found on the website or completed on audition day), sending a DVD in with the act on it, or applying online.^[5] The following list contains all of the cities, venues and dates of the auditions. The auditions took place from March—April 2013.^[5]

Semi-final summary

The live shows began on September 22. It featured the 43 semifinalists passed through from the auditions. There were six semifinals and a grand final featuring the 12 acts with the most votes from the semifinals.

Semi-final 1

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers and Judges' Choice				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
Swagamama	1	Dance Group					Advanced
Natalie and Julia	2	Singing Duo					Eliminated
Darren Carr	3	Ventriloquist					Lost Judges' Choice
Chantelle and Benji	4	Acrobatic Dancers					Eliminated
Louise Kennedy	5	Musical Theatre Performer					Eliminated
Aydan Calafiore	6	Singer					Eliminated
Scott Carnes	7	Comedic Dancer					Eliminated
The Other Superman	8	Extreme Wheelchair Aerialist					Won Judges' Choice

• The judges vote was a tie meaning that the act who polled second place was sent through to the grand final.

Semi-final 2

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers and Judges' Choice				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
Leon Lee	1	Singer					Eliminated
Raymond Crowe	2	Entertainer					Won Judges' Choice
Loretta and Jackson	3	Dog Trick Act					Eliminated
Reuben Koops	4	Singer					Lost Judges' Choice
Flying Fruit Fly Circus	5	Extreme Acrobatic Act					Eliminated
The Funky Bunny	6	Costumed Bass Guitarist/Singer					Eliminated
Tommy Franklin	7	Novelty Dancer					Advanced

Semi-final 3

This live final was shown a day later than its normal time. This was the first live show to not have any buzzes.

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
Academy of Brothers	1	Dance Group					Won Judges' Choice
Michael Boyd	2	Illusionist					Eliminated
Girl Class	3	Acrobatic Singing Group					Eliminated
The Rybka Twins	4	Contortionists					Lost Judges' Choice
Seaton Kay-Smith	5	Comedian					Eliminated
Yu Hui	6	Dancer					Eliminated
Angel Tairua	7	Singer					Advanced

Semi-final 4

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
X-Treme Team	1	Martial Arts Demo Team					Eliminated
Miles Elkington	2	Singer					Eliminated
The Brassholes	3	Comedic Brass Musicians					Eliminated
Lee Academy	4	Gymnastics Troupe					Lost Judges' Choice
The Foenander Brothers	5	Singing Duo					Won Judges' Choice
Miss Friby and the Fribbles	6	Entertainers					Eliminated
Dean Brady	7	Child Singer					Advanced

Semi-final 5

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
Dapper	1	Dance Group					Lost Judges' Choice
Paris Morgan	2	Singer					Eliminated
Juan and Angela	3	Ballroom Dancers					Eliminated
The Real Fruit Ninja	4	Fruit Variety Act					Eliminated
Team KSTP	5	Gymnastics Troupe					Eliminated
Oscar and Joshua Han	6	Piano/Violin Duo					Won Judges' Choice
Uncle Jed	7	Singing Group					Advanced

• The judges vote was a tie meaning that the act who polled second place was sent through to the grand final.

Semi-final 6

Act	Order	Performance description	Buzzers				Result
			Kyle	Geri	Timomatic	Dawn
Sam Powers	1	Magician					Won Judges' Choice
Chloe Marlow	2	Musical Theater Singer					Eliminated
Joanna Littlewood-Johnson	3	Pole Dancer					Lost Judges' Choice
Julius Firdaus	4	Opera Singer					Eliminated
Ministry Of Dance	5	Dance Group					Eliminated
Valere	6	Singer					Eliminated
Greg Gould & The Chase	7	Band					Advanced

• The judges vote was a tie meaning that the act who polled second place was sent through to the grand final.

Finals summary

Final

Changes

In October 2012, original host Grant Denyer confirmed he would not return to the show.^[7] In November and December 2012, it was also confirmed that Dannii Minogue, Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands would all not return to the judging panel following the show's reboot.^[8] Nine stated that it was looking for a 'fresh, new panel', ruling out original judge Minogue who had sat on the panel since the show's debut in 2007.^[9] This will be the first series in the show's history to feature four judges.

On 17 March 2013, it was announced that Melanie Brown of Spice Girls would replace Minogue as a judge.^[2] A day later, it was announced that comedian Dawn French would replace McFadden on the panel.^[10] On 19 March 2013, it was announced that former participant Tim Omaji, otherwise known as Timomatic, had signed up to the panel.^[3] On 20 March 2013, it was announced that Sandilands would return to reprise his role on the panel despite constant rumors that he would be leaving the show.^[3] Later that day, Julia Morris was confirmed as the host of the new season.^[11]

On 20 March 2013, it was reported that Seven, the show's former network, had won a legal injunction preventing Brown from signing onto any shows airing on Nine until 31 January 2014, thus putting her role on the show in doubt.^[12] Producers were forced to look for a new fourth judge after a Supreme Court judge ruled that the injunction preventing Brown from working for any Australian network other than Seven was to remain in place. On 29 April 2013, Nine confirmed that Geri Halliwell would replace Brown as the fourth judge.^[13]

This season's judges table and X's on the stage look identical to the ones on Britain's Got Talent. In addition, the sound of the fourth judge's buzzer sound identical to on America's Got Talent when an act has been buzzed out, while the others sound identical to on Britain's Got Talent.

Ratings

References