Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2009 and ended on 22 April 2009. The Grand Finale followed the same format as the 2008 one: acts were eliminated in pairs, as well as each judge picking their favourite act to reappear on the show once more. Mark Vincent won the season, while Jal Joshua became the runner-up.

On the grand finale, international opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent series one, Paul Potts performed live in the studio. The season was won by Opera Singer, Mark Vincent, who received $250,000.

The "Order" columns lists the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

Semi-finalists Key Winner Runner up Finalist Semi-finalist (lost judges' vote)

Name GenreActSemiPosition reached AnonMS & Perplex Music Rappers 3 Semi-Finalist Aron Carvalho Dance Dancer 2 Semi-Finalist Ashley Brophy Acrobatics Acrobat 2 Semi-Finalist Australian Martial Arts Acrobatics Martial Arts Team 3 Semi-Finalist Bobby Harrison Music Musician 3 Semi-FinalistCameo RascaleAcrobaticsAcrobat Duo3Finalist Chelsea Castillo Singing Singer 4 Semi-FinalistDaniel LeMusicPianist4Semi-FinalistDanik AbishevAcrobaticsAcrobat 1FinalistDean AtkinsonComedyVentriloquist1Semi-FinalistDavid SplattMusicSaw Player3Finalist Duke Dreamer Variety Storyteller 4 Semi-Finalist Etags Singing Choir 1 Semi-Finalist Hamish & Amelia Acrobatics Acrobat Duo 4 Semi-Finalist Hype Dancers Dance Dance Group 1 Semi-FinalistJal JoshuaSingingSinger2Runner-Up James Bustar Juggling Juggler 2 Semi-Finalist James Corona Singing Opera Singer 4 Semi-Finalist JP & His One Man Bad Music Musician 3 Semi-Finalist Kobe White Singing Singer 3 Semi-Finalist Lu'isa Helu Singing Opera Singer 2 Semi-Finalist Luke Ha Danger Danger Act 3 Semi-Finalist Macy & David Dance Dance Duo 1 Semi-Finalist Mahony Brothers Singing Singing Duo 4 Semi-Finalist Maree & MutleyAnimalsDog Act2Semi-Finalist Mark VincentSingingOpera Singer1Winner Maske Music Musicians 1 Semi-Finalist Mick Lowenstein Comedy Comedian 1 Semi-Finalist Mt Cotton Hot Shots Acrobatics Jump Rope Team 1 Semi-Finalist Nobel LakaevDanceDancer2FinalistRed Hot RhythmDanceDance Group4Finalist Red Jane Show Singing Band 2 Semi-Finalist Sandy Gandhi Comedy Comedian 2 Semi-Finalist Short Back & Sides Singing A Cappella Group 4 Semi-Finalist SoundCheckSingingSinging Trio4Semi-Finalist The Space Cowboy Danger Danger Act 4 Semi-Finalist Tyron & McKaylah Dance Dance Duo 4 Semi-Finalist William CampbellJugglingJuggler4Finalist Whips Australia Danger Whip Crackers 1 Semi-Finalist

Semi-final summary Buzzed Out | Judges' choice

Semi-final 1

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult Hype Dancers 1 Dean Atkinson 2 Danik Abishev 3 Macy & David 4 Whips Australia 5 Maske 6 Mt Cotton Hot Shots 7 Etags 8 Mick Lowenstein 9 Mark Vincent 10

Semi-final 2

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult Red Jane Show 1 Ashley Brophy 2 Jal Joshua 3 Maree & Mutley 4 Sandy Gandhi 5 James Bustar 6 Aron Carvalho 7 Lu'isa Helu 8 Nobel Lakaev 9

Semi-final 3

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult Cameo Rascale 1 Bobby Harrison 2 Australian Martial Arts 3 Daniel Le 4 JP & His One Man Band 5 AnonMS & Perplex 6 Luke Ha 7 Kobe White 8 David Splatt 9

Semi-final 4

Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult SoundCheck 1 Red Hot Rhythm 2 Duke Dreamer 3 Hamish & Amelia 4 Chelsea Castillo 5 Short Back & Sides 6 William Campbell 7 Mahony Brothers 8 The Space Cowboy 9 Tyron & McKaylah 10 James Corona 11

Finals summary

Finalist Order Finished Mark Vincent 1 Jal Joshua 2 Nobel Lakaev 3 William Campbell 4 Red Hot Rhythm 5 Cameo Rascale 6 Danik Abishev 7 David Splatt 8

Reception Viewership

Episode Airdate Timeslot Viewers NightRank Source 1 "Auditions" 4 February 2009 Wednesday 7:00 pm 1.314 3 2 11 February 2009 1.328 4 3 18 February 2009 1.417 2 4 25 February 2009 1.370 2 5 4 March 2009 1.342 4 6 11 March 2009 1.344 2 7 18 March 2009 1.325 3 8 25 March 2009 1.322 3 9 "Recap" 1 April 2009 1.176 5 10 "Finals" 8 April 2009 1.057 11 11 15 April 2009 1.510 1 12 22 April 2009 1.610 1

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