India's Got Talent (season 9)
India's Got Talent 9, is the ninth the Indian reality TV series India's Got Talent. It premiered from 15 January 2022 on Sony TV.[1][2] Kirron Kher judging the show for the ninth time[3] along with Manoj Muntashir, Shilpa Shetty and Badshah[4] who were the judges of the season 9.[5] This season was hosted by Arjun Bijlani.
| India's Got Talent | |
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| Season 9 | |
 Promotional Poster for season 9, featuring (L to R) judges Muntashir, Kher, Shetty and Badshah. | |
| Hosted by | Arjun Bijlani |
| Judges | Manoj Muntashir Shilpa Shetty Kundra Badshah Kirron Kher Malaika Arora Khan (guest) |
| Winner | Divyansh and Manuraj |
| Runner-up | Ishita Vishwakarma Bomb Fire Crew |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Release | |
| Original network | SET India |
| Original release | 15 January – 17 April 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
Flute & beat-box duo Divyansh & Manuraj was announced as the winner on 17 April 2022.
Season Overview
Unlike previous seasons, the judge cuts episode was merely reduced to 10 minutes discussion between the judges. They selected other 6 acts which would compete along with 8 golden buzzers in quarter-finals. And later in the season, six acts along with eight golden buzzer acts compete in a weekly competition with act(s) eliminating each week till the season finale.
The wildcard act chosen by the judges was dance group Euphony, after they lost judges' vote. Another wildcard act i.e. Krish and Shalini were chosen by the public using SonyLIV application on their phones. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
Winner | Runner-up | Third Place | Finalist
Quarter-finalist | 
Judges' Wildcard Quarter-finalist | 
Public Wildcard Quarter-finalist
Golden Buzzer (Auditions)
| Contestant(s) | Genre | Act | Hometown | Result |
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| Bad Salsa 2.0 | Dance | Salsa | Kolkata, West Bengal | Eliminated (quarter-final 5) |
| Bomb Fire Crew |
Dance | Acro Dance | New Delhi, Delhi | 2nd Runner-up |
| B.S. Reddy | Magic | Magic Act | Visakhapatnam, AP | Finalist |
| Crazy Hoppers Crew |
Dance | Acrobatic Dance | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated (quarter-final 8) |
| Demolition Crew |
Dance | Acro Dance | Ambarnath, Maharashtra | Finalist |
| Divyansh & Manuraj |
Music | Beat Box & Flute | Rajasthan | Winner |
| Euphony |
Music | Instrumental Band | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Eliminated (quarter-final 6) |
| Ishita Vishwakarma |
Music | Vocals | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | 1st Runner-up |
| Nitish Bharti |
Performance Art | Sand Animation | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Quitted (quarter-final 7) |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | Music | Vocals | Amritsar, Punjab | Finalist |
| Sathi Dey |
Dance | Hair Aerial Act | Bardhaman, West Bengal | Eliminated (quarter-final 2) |
| Shalini & Krish |
Dance | Fire Aerial Act | Rohtak, Haryana | Eliminated (quarter-final 7) |
| Sufi Nizami Brothers | Music | Qawwali | New Delhi, Delhi | Eliminated (quarter-final 2) |
| Warrior Squad | Calisthenics | Calisthenics Act | Gurugram, Haryana | Finalist |
| Workout Warriors |
Acrobatics | Acrobatic Balance Act | Jahangirpuri, Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated (quarter-final 3) |
Golden Buzzer Summary
Golden buzzer returned for its fifth series. This year the golden buzzer acts went straight to Top 14. In Finals, "Golden Buzzer" was used as an appreciation key.
| Judges | |||
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| Kirron Kher | Badshah | Shilpa Shetty Kundra | Manoj Muntashir |
| Crazy Hoppers Acrobatic Dance Crew |
Bomb Fire Dance Crew |
Demolition Crew Acrobatic Dance Crew |
Sathi Dey Hair Aerial Dancer |
| Workout Warriors Balancing Group |
Divyansh & Manuraj Beatboxer & Flautist |
Nitish Bharti Sand Animator |
Ishita Vishwakarma Singer |
Grand Premiere (Ep. 9 - 10)
Along with 8 Golden Buzzer Acts, 6 other Acts advanced to the Top 14.
Guests: Symphony Legends Band (Lata Mangeshkar world tour team)
Suresh Mukund (Choreographer of Kings United India & Winner of Season 3).
Appreciation Golden Buzzer
Buzzed
| Order | Act | Performance type | Buzzers | |||
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| Kher | Badshah | Shetty | Muntashir | |||
| 1 | Euphony | Instrumental Band | |
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| 2 | Bomb Fire | Acrobatics Dance Crew | ||||
| 3 | Workout Warriors | Acrobatics Group | ||||
| 4 | Crazy Hoppers | Acrobatics Dance Crew | ||||
| 5 | Ishita Vishwakarma | Singing | | |||
| 6 | B.S. Reddy | Magic Act | ||||
| 7 | Bad Salsa 2.0 | Salsa Duo | ||||
| 8 | Sathi Dey | Hair Aerial Dance | ||||
| 9 | Demolition Crew | Acrobatics Dance Crew | |
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| 10 | Divyansh & Manuraj | Beat Boxing & Bansuri | ||||
| 11 | Warrior Squad | Acrobatics Group | |
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| 12 | Rishabh | Singing | ||||
| 13 | Nitish Bharti | Sand Art | ||||
| 14 | Sufi Nizami | Qawwali Group | ||||
Quarter Finals Summary (Ep. 11 - 25)
Appreciation Golden Buzzer
Buzzed | 
Judges' Vote
Judges' Wild Card
Advanced
Won Judges' Vote (Safe)
Lost Judges' Vote (Eliminated)
Quarter Final 1 (12-13 February)
Guest: Dharmendra
This episode featured 'The HE Man', Dharmendra, and so, was called, 'Dharmendra Ji Special'. All the Top 14 Quarter Finalists performed on his songs and requested the audience to vote for them at the end of their performances.
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Results (20 February) | ||||
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| Kirron | Dharmendra | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 1 | Advanced | |||||
| Demolition Crew | 2 | Advanced | |||||
| Nitish Bharti | 3 | |
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| Workout Warriors | 4 | Advanced | |||||
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | |
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| Euphony | 6 | Won Judges' Choice | |||||
| Sufi Nizami | 7 | Lost Judges' Choice | |||||
| Sathi Dey | 8 | Lost Judges' Choice | |||||
| Warrior Squad | 9 | Advanced | |||||
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 10 | Advanced | |||||
| Bomd Fire | 11 | Advanced | |||||
| B.S. Reddy | 12 | Advanced | |||||
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 13 | |
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| Crazy Hopper | 14 | Advanced | |||||
Quarter Final 2 (19-20 February)
Guest: Jackie Shroff
| Act | Order | Buzzers | Results (27 February) | ||||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Jackie | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 1 | Won Judges' Vote | |||||
| Euphony | 2 | Lost Judges' Vote | |||||
| Bomb Fire | 3 | Advanced | |||||
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 4 | Advanced | |||||
| Workout Warriors | 5 | Lost Judges' Vote | |||||
| Nitish Bharti | 6 | Advanced | |||||
| B.S. Reddy | 7 | Advanced | |||||
| Crazy Hoppers | 8 | Advanced | |||||
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 9 | |
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| Demolition Crew | 10 | |
Advanced | ||||
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 11 | |
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| Warrior Squad | 12 | Advanced | |||||
| Sufi Nizami | 13 | Eliminated | |||||
| Sathi Dey | 14 | Didn't perform due to health issues | Eliminated | ||||
Quarter-final 3 (26-27 February)
Guests: Rohit Shetty & The Fame Game Cast
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Results | ||||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Madhuri | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| 1 | Crazy Hoppers | Advanced | |||||
| 2 | Rishabh Chaturvedi | Advanced | |||||
| 3 | Warrior Squad4 | |
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| 4 | Divyansh & Manuraj5 | |
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| 5 | Bomb Fire6 | |
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| 6 | Nitish Bharti | Advanced | |||||
| 7 | Krish and Shalini7 |
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| 8 | Workout Warriors | Lost Judges' Vote | |||||
| 9 | Euphony | Lost Judges' Vote | |||||
| 10 | Demolition Crew | Advanced | |||||
| 11 | Ishita Vishwakarma8 | |
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| 12 | B.S. Reddy | Advanced | |||||
| 13 | Bad Salsa 2.0 | |
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Quarter-final 4 (Ep. 17 & 18)
Guests: Govinda, Karishma Kapoor & Devi Sri Prasad
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Result | |||||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Karishma | Govinda | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
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| 9 | Warrior Squad | |||||||
| 10 | Rishabh Chaturvedi | |||||||
| 11 | Nitish Bharti | |||||||
Quarter-final 5 (Ep. 19)
Guest Judge: Malaika Arora Khan (Replaced Shilpa)
Guests: Sikandar Kher (Kirron's Son), Prema Shukla (Manoj's Mother) & Tamanna Bhatia and Bappi Lahiri's Family
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Result | |||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Malaika | Manoj | |||
| 1 | Euphony |
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| 2 | Crazy Hoppers | |
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| 3 | Ishita Vishwakarma | |
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| 4 | Demolition Crew | |
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| 5 | Krish and Shalini | Advanced | ||||
| 6 | Nitish Bharti | Safe | ||||
| 7 | Bad Salsa 2.0 | Lost Judges' Vote | ||||
| 8 | Rishabh Chaturvedi | |
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| 9 | Bomb Fire | |
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| 10 | Warrior Squad | Advanced | ||||
| 11 | Divyansh and Manuraj | |
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| 12 | B.S. Reddy | Advanced | ||||
Quarter-final 6 (26 March)
Guests: Attack Cast (John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez & Rakul Preet Singh) and Terence Lewis & Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Result | |||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| 1 | Krish and Shalini | |
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| 2 | Rishabh Chaturvedi | |
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| 3 | Warrior Squad | |
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| 4 | Crazy Hoppers | Advanced | ||||
| 5 | B.S. Reddy | Advanced | ||||
| 6 | Euphony | Lost Judges' Vote | ||||
| 7 | Ishita Vishwakarma | Advanced | ||||
| 8 | Bomb Fire | |
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| 9 | Divyansh & Manuraj | |
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| 10 | Demolition Crew | |
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| 11 | Nitish Bharti | |
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Quarter-final 7 (2 April)
Guests: Dasvi Cast (Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam) and Jersey Cast (Shahid Kapoor & Mrunal Thakur)
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Result | |||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| 1 | Crazy Hoppers | Advanced | ||||
| 2 | Divyansh & Manuraj | |
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| 3 | Warrior Squad | |
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| 4 | Ishita Vishwakarma | |
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| 5 | Demolition Crew | |
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| 6 | Rishabh Chaturvedi | |
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| 7 | Bomb Fire | |
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| 8 | B.S. Reddy | |
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| 9 | Krish & Shalini | Lost Judges' Vote | ||||
| 10 | Nitish Bharti | Didn't perform due to health issues | Quit | |||
Quarter-final 8 (9 April)
| Order | Act | Buzzers | Result | |||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | |||
| 1 | Crazy Hoppers | |
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| 2 | Demolition Crew | |
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| 3 | Divyansh & Manuraj | |
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| 4 | Warrior Squad | |
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| 5 | Bomb Fire | Won Public Vote | ||||
| 6 | Ishita Vishwakarma | Advanced | ||||
| 7 | Rishabh Chturvedi | Advanced | ||||
| 8 | B.S. Reddy | Advanced | ||||
Semi Finale (10 April)
Appreciation Golden Buzzer
Guest: Jubin Nautiyal
| Pre-Finalist | Order | Buzzers | |||
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| Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | ||
| Rishabh Chtaurvedi | 1 | |
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| Divyansh & Manuraj | 2 | |
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| Bomb Fire | 3 | |
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| Warrior Squad | 4 | |
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| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | ||||
| B.S. Reddy | 6 | ||||
| Demolition Crew | 7 | ||||
Pre Finale (16 April)
Pre-Finale episode had no judges. Bijli (Arjun Bijlani) & Julie (Sugandha Mishra) presented the show in a comedic way. The Top 7 finalists showcased their pre-recorded acts & were talked about the conditions when they returned to their hometown i.e. how people welcomed them. No voting took place in this episode.
Guest: Sugandha Mishra
| Pre-Finalist | Order | Performed on
Song |
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| Rishabh Chtaurvedi | 1 | Gulabi Aankhen |
| Demolition Crew | 2 | Mera Wala Dance |
| Warrior Squad | 3 | Tattad Tattad |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 4 | Hai Rama |
| Bomb Fire | 5 | All Songs in Previous Finals |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 6 | Mhare Hiwde Me & Morni Baga Me |
| B.S. Reddy | 7 | -- |
Grand Finale (17 April)[6]
Winner | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up
Guests: Heropanti 2 Cast, Superstar Singer 2 Cast and Sugandha Mishra.
| Finalist | Finished |
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| Rishabh Chaturvedi | -- |
| Demolition Crew | -- |
| Bomb Fire | 3rd |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 2nd |
| Warrior Squad | -- |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 1st |
| B.S. Reddy | -- |
Ratings
| Episodes | Air dates | TRP | SET Weekly rank |
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| Episode 1 & 2 | 15 & 16 January | 2.3 | 1 |
| Episode 3 & 4 | 22 & 23 January | 2.2 | 1 |
| Episode 5 & 6 | 29 & 30 January | 1.9 | 1 |
| Episode 7 & 8 | 5 & 6 February | 1.8 | 1 |
| Episode 9 & 10 | 12 & 13 February | 1.8 | 1 |
| Episode 11 & 12 | 19 & 20 February | 1.8 | 1 |
| Episode 13 & 14 | 26 & 27 February | 1.6 | 1 |
| Episode 15 & 16 | 5 & 6 March | 1.6 | 1 |
| Episode 17 & 18 | 12 & 13 March | 1.6 | 1 |
| Episode 19 & 20 | 19 & 20 March | 1.3 | 1 |
| Episode 21 & 22 | 26 & 27 March | 1.3 | 1 |
| Episode 23 & 24 | 2 & 3 April | 1.1 | 1 |
| Episode 25 & 26 | 9 & 10 April | 1.1 | 1 |
| Episode 27 & 28 (final) | 16 & 17 April | 1.3 | 1 |
References
- "India's Got Talent Season 9 to air on Sony TV, not Colors". India Today. 8 June 2021.
- "India's Got Talent set to air on Sony TV". 8 June 2021.
- "Kirron Kher returns to work, will join India's Got Talent as judge after blood cancer diagnosis: 'Like coming back home'". Hindustan Times. 9 November 2021.
- "Poetic Justice: Manoj Muntashir joins panel of judges on 'India's Got Talent'". Times of India. 2 December 2021.
- "Badshah delighted to join Shilpa Shetty as judge on India's Got Talent 9". India Today. 13 October 2021.
- "India's Got Talent 9 Winner 2022, IGT 9 Results, Prize Money Runner Up 1st 2nd". www.tellybest.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.