The first series of the Irish talent competition series Ireland's Got Talent began broadcasting in Ireland during 2018, from 3 February to 24 March 2018 on TV3 and was hosted by Lucy Kennedy.
The judges for the first series were Denise van Outen, Jason Byrne, Michelle Visage and Louis Walsh.
The inaugural series was won by the dance troupe RDC.
According to the Irish Times, the debut episode attracted 521,800 viewers.
Series overview The judges' auditions were taped in November 2017 at the TLT Concert Hall & Theatre, Drogheda. The live shows were held at The Helix, Dublin which started on 19 March 2018, continuing at 21 March until the 24th for the final.
Name of act Age(s) Genre Act Semi-final ResultAaron J. Hart24Singing Rapper3FinalistAffia Ni Fhaolain18Singing / Music Singer & Pianist3EliminatedAtlantic RhythmN/ADanceDance Group3Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Christopher King 29SingingSinger1EliminatedDeaftones13-22SingingChoir2Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Double Impact9 & 12DanceContemporary Dance Duo2FinalistEvelyn Williams 81SingingSinger3EliminatedFKFTN/ADanceHip Hop Dance Group1Runners-upGrim Squeaker33DangerSideshow Act3EliminatedKeeva Air Candy32AcrobaticsAerialist1EliminatedLinda McLoughlin 38SingingSinger1FinalistMartin McGuinness 51SingingDrag Act2EliminatedMatt Dodd 68SingingSinger1FinalistMini Puppet PopstarsN/AComedyPuppeteer Group1EliminatedPaul Ryder30SingingDrag Act1Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)Philip Murphy72SingingSinger3EliminatedRDC12-22DanceDance Group2WinnerRonan Brady31AcrobaticsCyr Wheel Acrobat3EliminatedSean Hegarty34ComedyComedian2EliminatedShaniah Rollo13SingingSinger2EliminatedSteve Barry31SingingOpera Singer2EliminatedTamara Operi28Singing Rapper1EliminatedXquisite 8-11DanceDance Group3Runners-upZacc Milne 19DanceDancer2Finalist
Semi-finals summary Buzzed out | Judges' vote | |
Semi-final 1 (19 March) Guest performance: Tokio Myers Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and judges' votesResultFKFT 1 Matt Dodd 2 Tamara Operi 3 Keeva Air Candy 4 Christopher King 5 Mini Puppet Popstars 6 Linda McLoughlin 7 Paul Ryder 8 Visage did not cast her vote due to the majority support for Linda McLoughlin from the other judges, but admitted on Ireland's Got Mór Talent that her voting intention would have been for Paul Ryder.
Semi-final 2 (21 March) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and judges' votesResultRDC 1 Steve Barry2 Double Impact3 Martin McGuinness4 Shaniah Rollo5 Sean Hegarty6 Deaftones7 Zacc Milne8 Van Outen did not cast her vote due to the majority support for Double Impact from the other judges, but admitted that her voting intention would have been for Deaftones.
Semi-final 3 (22 March) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and judges' votesResultAtlantic Rhythm 13rd (Lost Judges' Save)Affia Ni Fhaolain2EliminatedXquisite31st (Won Public Vote)Ronan Brady 4EliminatedEvelyn Williams 5EliminatedGrim Squeaker 6EliminatedAaron J. Hart72nd (Won Judges' Vote)Philip Murphy8Eliminated Visage did not cast her vote due to the majority support for Aaron J. Hart from the other judges, but admitted that her voting intention would have been for this semi-finalist.
Final (24 March) Contestant Order Finished Double Impact 1 Bottom 5 Linda McLoughlin 2Bottom 5 RDC 3Winner FKFT 4Top 3 Aaron J. Hart 5Bottom 5 Matt Dodd 6Bottom 5 Xquisite 7Top 3 Zacc Milne 8Bottom 5
References
External links Official website Ireland's Got Talent on Facebook