# 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. Kirron Kher judging the show for the ninth time along with Manoj Muntashir, Shilpa Shetty and Badshah who were the judges of the season 9. This season was hosted by Arjun Bijlani.
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.

### 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.
| 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 |

### Top 14

The following list includes the Top 14 quarter-finalists and their respective results in the season. Ages of the contestants were not revealed.
Winner | Runner-up | Third Place | Finalist
Quarter-finalist | Judges' Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Public Wildcard Quarter-finalist Golden Buzzer (Auditions)
| Contestant(s) | Genre | Act | From | Last Quarter-final | Result |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | Dance | Salsa | Kolkata, West Bengal | 5 | Eliminated |
| Bomb Fire Crew | Dance | Acro Dance | New Delhi, Delhi | 8 | 2nd Runner-up |
| B.S. Reddy | Magic | Magic Act | Visakhapatnam, AP | 8 | Finalist |
| Crazy Hoppers Crew | Dance | Acrobatic Dance | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | 8 | Eliminated |
| Demolition Crew | Dance | Acro Dance | Ambarnath, Maharashtra | 8 | Finalist |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | Music | Beat Box & Flute | Rajasthan | 8 | Winner |
| Euphony | Music | Instrumental Band | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 6 | Eliminated |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | Music | Vocals | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 1st Runner-up |
| Nitish Bharti | Performance Art | Sand Animation | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 7 | Withdrew |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | Music | Vocals | Amritsar, Punjab | 8 | Finalist |
| Sathi Dey | Dance | Hair Aerial Act | Bardhaman, West Bengal | 2 | Eliminated |
| Shalini & Krish | Dance | Fire Aerial Act | Rohtak, Haryana | 7 | Eliminated |
| Sufi Nizami Brothers | Music | Qawwali | New Delhi, Delhi | 2 | Eliminated |
| Warrior Squad | Calisthenics | Calisthenics Act | Gurugram, Haryana | 8 | Finalist |
| Workout Warriors | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Balance Act | Jahangirpuri, Uttar Pradesh | 3 | Eliminated |

### Grand Premiere (12-13 February)

Buzzed | Appreciation Golden Buzzer
| Top 14 | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes |
| Top 14 | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj |
| Euphony | 1 | | | | |
| Bomb Fire | 2 | | | | |
| Workout Warriors | 3 | | | | |
| Crazy Hoppers | 4 | | | | |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | | | | |
| B.S. Reddy | 6 | | | | |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 7 | | | | |
| Sathi Dey | 8 | | | | |
| Demolition Crew | 9 | | | | |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 10 | | | | |
| Warrior Squad | 11 | | | | |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 12 | | | | |
| Nitish Bharti | 13 | | | | |
| Sufi Nizami Brothers | 14 | | | | |

### Quarter-finals Summary

Buzzed | Appreciation Golden Buzzer  Advanced to next quarter-final  Won Judges' Choice  Lost Judges' Choice  Eliminated after performing

#### Quarter-final 1 (12-13 February)

Special Guest: Dharmendra
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results (20 February) |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Dharmendra | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | Results (20 February) |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 1 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Demolition Crew | 2 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 3 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Workout Warriors | 4 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | | | | | | Advanced |
| 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 |
| Bomb Fire | 11 | | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 12 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 13 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Crazy Hopper | 14 | | | | | | Advanced |

#### Quarter-final 2 (19-20 February)

Special Guest: Jackie Shroff
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results (27 February) |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Jackie | Shilpa | Manoj | Results (27 February) |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 1 | | | | | | Won Judges' Choice |
| Euphony | 2 | | | | | | Lost Judges' Choice |
| Bomb Fire | 3 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Workout Warriors | 4 | | | | | | Lost Judges' Choice |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 6 | | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 7 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Crazy Hoppers | 8 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 9 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Demolition Crew | 10 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 11 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 12 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Sufi Nizami | 13 | | | | | | Eliminated |
| Sathi Dey | 14 | Did not perform due to health issues | Did not perform due to health issues | Did not perform due to health issues | Did not perform due to health issues | Did not perform due to health issues | Eliminated |

#### Quarter-final 3 (26-27 February)

Special Guests: Rohit Shetty & The Fame Game cast
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results (6 March) |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Madhuri | Shilpa | Manoj | Results (6 March) |
| Crazy Hoppers | 1 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 2 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 3 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 4 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 5 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 6 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Krish & Shalini | 7 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Workout Warriors | 8 | | | | | | Eliminated |
| Euphony | 9 | | | | | | Eliminated |
| Demolition Crew | 10 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 11 | | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 12 | | | | | | Advanced |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 13 | | | | | | Advanced |

#### Quarter-final 4 (Ep. 17 & 18)

Special Guests: Govinda, Karishma Kapoor & Devi Sri Prasad
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Karishma | Govinda | Shilpa | Manoj | Results |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 1 | | | | | | | Lost Judges' Choice |
| Demolition Crew | 2 | | | | | | | Won Judges' Choice |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 3 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Crazy Hoppers | 4 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Krish & Shalini | 5 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 6 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 7 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 8 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 9 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 10 | | | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 11 | | | | | | | Advanced |

#### Quarter-final 5 (Ep. 19)

Guest Judge: Malaika Arora Khan in absence of Shilpa Special Guests: Tamannaah Bhatia & Bappi Lahiri's Family
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Malaika | Manoj | Results |
| Euphony | 1 | | | | | Lost Judges' Choice |
| Crazy Hoppers | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Demolition Crew | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| Krish & Shalini | 4 | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 6 | | | | | Won Judges' Choice |
| Bad Salsa 2.0 | 7 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 8 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 9 | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 12 | | | | | Advanced |

#### Quarter-final 6 (26 March)

Special Guests: John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Rakul Preet Singh, Terence Lewis & Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | Results |
| Krish & Shalini | 1 | | | | | Lost Judges' Vote |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Crazy Hoppers | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 4 | | | | | Won Judges' Vote |
| Euphony | 6 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 8 | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 9 | | | | | Advanced |
| Demolition Crew | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Nitish Bharti | 11 | | | | | Advanced |

#### Quarter-final 7 (2 April)

Guests: Dasvi Cast (Abhishek Bachchan, Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam) and Jersey Cast (Shahid Kapoor & Mrunal Thakur)
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | Results |
| Crazy Hoppers | 1 | | | | | (No Judge Vote)- Lost Public's Vote |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| Demolition Crew | 4 | | | | | (No Judge Vote)- Won Public's Vote |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 7 | | | | | (No Judge Vote)- Won Public's Vote |
| B.S. Reddy | 8 | | | | | Advanced |
| Krish & Shalini | 9 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Nitish Bharti | 10 | Didn't perform due to health issues | Didn't perform due to health issues | Didn't perform due to health issues | Didn't perform due to health issues | Withdrew |

#### Quarter-final 8 (9 April)

| Quarter-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Results for Top 7 |
| Quarter-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj | Results for Top 7 |
| Crazy Hoppers | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Demolition Crew | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Divyansh and Manuraj | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Warrior Squad | 4 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bomb Fire | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| B.S. Reddy | 8 | | | | | Advanced |

### Semi-final (10 April)

Appreciation Golden Buzzer
Guest performer: Jubin Nautiyal
| Semi-finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes |
| Semi-finalist | Order | Kirron | Badshah | Shilpa | Manoj |
| Rishabh Chtaurvedi | 1 | | | | |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 2 | | | | |
| Bomb Fire | 3 | | | | |
| Warrior Squad | 4 | | | | |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 5 | | | | |
| B.S. Reddy | 6 | | | | |
| Demolition Crew | 7 | | | | |

### Grand Finale

Winner | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up
Guests: Heropanti 2 Cast, Superstar Singer 2 Cast and Sugandha Mishra.
| Finalist | Result |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | Finalist |
| Demolition Crew | Finalist |
| Bomb Fire | 3rd |
| Ishita Vishwakarma | 2nd |
| Warrior Squad | Finalist |
| Divyansh & Manuraj | 1st |
| B.S. Reddy | Finalist |

## Ratings

These ratings are sourced from BARC and are limited to television only, OTT platforms views or ratings are not counted.
| Episodes | Air dates | TRP | SET Weekly rank |
| 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 |