Asia's Got Talent (season 3)
The third season of Asia's Got Talent premiered on February 7, 2019 at 8:30 pm. The winner of this season will receive a grand prize of US$100,000.
The show is hosted by Alan Wong and Justin Bratton, both returning from the previous season. David Foster, Anggun, and Jay Park returned as judges for this season.
The show's official sponsor for this season is Princess Cruises.
Taiwanese close-up magician, Eric Chien, was declared as the third season winner, making him the first winner from outside Southeast Asia as well as the first winner from a country with no separate Got Talent franchise.
Auditions
Open auditions
The open auditions for the third season will take place in key cities in Asia. Open auditions will be held in Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The open auditions will be judged by Asia's Got Talent producers.Auditionees are also allowed to submit their audition videos online via the show's official website. Entries will be accepted from May 16 to July 9, 2018. Due to popular demand, the online auditions were extended for another week until July 16, 2018. Those who will pass will proceed to the live judges' auditions.
Judges' auditions
The judges' auditions were taped from September 19 to 27, 2018 at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor, Malaysia like the previous seasons.The judges' auditions once again feature the Golden Buzzer. Each judge would have one chance to use the Golden Buzzer. The hosts also get an opportunity to press the golden buzzer. The so-called Golden Acts, those on whom the Golden Buzzer is used, would automatically advance to the semifinals. Jay Park pressed his golden buzzer for the Singaporean digital magician, TK Jiang, on the first episode. Anggun pressed her golden buzzer for the Taiwanese hiphop dance group, Maniac Family, on the second episode. Alan & Justin pressed their golden buzzer for the hand shadow performer, Shadow Ace, from the Philippines, on the third episode. Lastly, David Foster gave his golden buzzer to Eleana Gabunada, a musical singer also from the Philippines, on the fourth episode.
Below are the acts who are confirmed within the show to have received at least two Yes votes and thus had successfully passed their auditions, as well as the Golden Acts. The list does not cover everyone who had passed. Due to time constraints, some acts, named or otherwise, are seen with their fates partially known or edited out completely from broadcast and are thus not listed.
| Successful auditionees of Asia's Got Talent season 3 |
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| NOTE: Please be guided that the successful auditionees are listed according to their order of appearance. Golden acts are italicized. This list contains the aired auditions only. |
Semifinals
Like the previous season, the deliberation round was held at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor, Malaysia. It was shown at end of the final auditions episode. Throughout the entire auditions, 99 acts received at least 2 yeses from the judges, including the four golden buzzer acts. Aside from the four acts that received the golden buzzer, the judges chose 20 more acts who would compete in semifinals. The four golden buzzer acts and the judges' picks would bring the total number of semifinalists to 24. The first eight semifinalists were announced after the deliberation round, with the others to be revealed gradually as the semifinal rounds progress.The semifinal rounds were taped on December 6, 10, and 13, 2018 at the same studio as the judges' auditions.
Just like in the previous season, only online voting methods are available, but the Facebook hashtag voting was dropped. The audience may vote through Facebook Messenger and Google search. A maximum of 10 votes per day, per user, per platform is implemented.
;Facebook Messenger
- The viewer must search for Asia's Got Talent on Facebook Messenger. A photo carousel will appear with the pictures of the week's semifinalists. Click the picture to assign 1 to 10 votes for the chosen act.
- The user must have a Google account first. The phrase "Asia's Got Talent vote" must be typed on the search box. The photos of the week's acts will appear. Click the photo to choose the act. The slider on the right assigns 1 to 10 votes for that act.
| Name of act | Genre | Act | Hometown | Semifinal Week | Result |
| Eric Chien | Magic | Close-up magician | Taiwan | 2 | ' |
| Yaashwin Sarawanan | Variety | Human calculator | Malaysia | 2 | ' |
| Power Duo | Dance | Contemporary acrobatic duo | Philippines | 3 | ' |
| Maniac Family | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Taiwan | 1 | ' |
| Siti Saniyah | Singing | Singer | Indonesia | 1 | ' |
| Shadow Ace | Variety | Hand shadow performer | Philippines | 1 | ' |
| Yang Shih Hao | Dance | Cyr wheel performer | Taiwan | 3 | ' |
| Junior Good Vibes | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Philippines | 2 | ' |
| Nama | Singing | Quartet | Malaysia | 3 | |
| Ale Funky | Music | Electric guitarist | Indonesia | 1 | Eliminated |
| Awesome Junior | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Thailand | 2 | Eliminated |
| Eleana Gabunada | Singing | Singer | Philippines | 2 | Eliminated |
| Fabulous Sisters | Dance | Contemporary dance group | Japan | 1 | Eliminated |
| Frans Sisir | Music | Combophonist | Indonesia | 3 | Eliminated |
| Hanoi XGirls | Dance | Hip-hop dance group | Vietnam | 3 | Eliminated |
| HK Sisters | Singing | Soprano & alto duet | Philippines | 3 | Eliminated |
| J&K Voices | Singing | Duet | Indonesia | 2 | Eliminated |
| Once Upon a Time | Acrobatics | Acrobatic duo | Vietnam | 1 | Eliminated |
| The Painters | Variety | Dancing painters | South Korea | 2 | Eliminated |
| Rock Opong | Singing | Singer/guitarist | Philippines | 1 | Eliminated |
| Sudhir.R | Music | Flute player/beatboxer | India | 3 | Eliminated |
| Takumi Takahashi | Magic | Close-up magician | Japan | 1 | Eliminated |
| TK Jiang | Magic | Digital magician | Singapore | 3 | Eliminated |
| YuiYui | Dance | Robotic dancer | Japan | 2 | Eliminated |
Semifinals summary
Semifinals 1 (March 14)
Voting for this round took place exclusively through Google Search due to technical problems experienced on Facebook services by users in numerous countries several hours before the episode aired.Semifinals 2 (March 21)
Semifinals 3 (March 28)
Finals
The finals, like the previous season, will be held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, over a span of two episodes, a performance night and a results night.The winner will receive a grand prize of US$100,000 and one-year complimentary flights from VietJet Air.
The opening production consists of the 9 finalists dancing to "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.
David Foster played the piano for Fernando Varela and Pia Toscano, who sang "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban and "All by Myself" by Eric Carmen, respectively. Anggun performed a duet with Luciano Pavarotti to "Caruso" in a virtual concert. While Jay Park performed his newest single entitled "K-Town".
| Act | Order | Performance description | Result |
| Maniac Family | 1 | Performed a dance routine simulating a virtual reality experience, starting with a world similar ancient China and then switching to a world in the distant future. Tied to this change in setting, the lead female dancer wore an Chinese empress-styled costume, then stripped to reveal a futuristic get-up underneath. | Fourth place |
| Siti Saniyah | 2 | Sang "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne. | Middle two |
| Shadow Ace | 3 | Performed a shadow play routine about a gay man's journey from heartbreak after a previous relationship into becoming a successful trans woman performer while facing prejudice and the like along the way. Songs used in the performance were "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, "One Night Only", and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," the latter two from the musical Dreamgirls. | Middle two |
| Yaashwin Sarawanan | 4 | Started with an opener a la The Matrix, correctly guessed the days of the week of the Petronas Towers' opening and the Apollo 11 moon landings, and released the hosts who were locked in a cage by correctly answering an addition equation, the cube root of 19,683, and a gradually long calculation equation, all within a time limit of two and a half minutes. | Runner-up |
| Eric Chien | 5 | Performed two sets of close-up magic routine. The magician first magically switched a silver coin and a copper coin, with one coin firmly inside Park's hand. The magician then poured colored chocolate buttons into a bowl, from which he produced a small Rubik's Cube, which host Alan Wong scrambled, and a larger cube, also scrambled then solved instantaneously; the smaller Rubik's cube was also found solved under Wong's hand. Both cubes were then transformed back into chocolate buttons. | Winner |
| Junior Good Vibes | 6 | Performed a baseball-themed routine which also included a cheerleading portion to the tune of "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift. | Bottom three |
| Yang Shih Hao | 7 | Performed a space and flowers routine to the tune of "Take On Me" by A-ha. At the end of the performance, Shih Hao left the cyr wheel and suspended himself above the stage as the words "You see it when you believe it" appeared at the sides. | Bottom three |
| Power Duo | 8 | Performed an interpretative dance and acrobatics routine to the tune of "Come What May" from the film Moulin Rouge! | Third place |
| Nama | 9 | Sang "Freedom! '90" by George Michael. | Bottom three |
Contestants who appeared on previous shows or seasons
| Name of Act | Television show | Season | Result | Notes |
| TK Jiang | Asia's Got Talent | 2 | Auditionee | His audition was part of the montage of rejected acts |
| Ariane | Asia's Got Talent | 2 | Semifinalist | Part of The Sisters |
| Anne-Sophie | Asia's Got Talent | 2 | Semifinalist | Part of The Sisters |
| Raisa Putri | The Voice Kids Indonesia | 2 | Eliminated in the Sing-offs | Two-chair turner and joined Team Tulus |
| J&K Voices | The Voice Kids Indonesia | 2 | Jordan: Eliminated in the Blind Auditions Kezia: Eliminated in the Battle Rounds | Jordan: Non-chair turner Kezia: Two-chair turner and joined Team Tulus |
| Zeexhie | Little Big Shots | 1 | – | |
| Zeexhie | Eat Bulaga! | – | Finalist | Hype Kang Bata Ka!, a talent contest segment for kids |
| Power Duo | Pilipinas Got Talent | 5 | Winner | Received a golden buzzer during the auditions |
| Shadow Ace | Pilipinas Got Talent | 5 | Semifinalist | Auditioned under his real name, Philip Galit; got 4 yeses during the auditions |
| Angelisa del Rosario | Pilipinas Got Talent | 6 | Auditionee | Got 4 yeses but not selected in the Judges' Cull |
| ZooDiva | Pilipinas Got Talent | 6 | Auditionee | Appeared in Season 6 of Pilipinas Got Talent. |
| Rock Opong | The Voice Kids | 2 | Eliminated in the Battles | Three-chair turner and joined Team Sarah |
| Rock Opong | Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids | 1 | Daily Winner | Participated in wildcard round but was eliminated |
| Rock Opong | Little Big Shots | 1 | – | |
| Meleena | I Can See Your Voice | 1 | Winner | Joined in November 5, 2017 as Mara Santos and she won a duet with KZ Tandingan |
| Oge Arthemus | The Master | :id:The Master Musim Kelima|5 | Winner | |
| Fabulous Sisters | World of Dance | 2 | Divisional Finalist | Competed under the Junior Team category |
| :ja:ボヨンボヨン_|Boyon Boyon | Various | – | N/A | Appeared in Waratte Iitomo! and Oha Suta among others |
| TanBA | Britain's Got Talent | 11 | Auditionee | Got 4 yeses but not selected in the Judges' Decisions |
| TanBA | 5 | Non-Fooler | ||
| TanBA | The Grand Master Asia | – | Eliminated in the Top 4 | |
| Nadzri | The Grand Master Asia | – | Eliminated in the Top 6 | |
| Eleana Gabunada | The Voice Kids | 3 | Eliminated in the Battles | Three-chair turner and joined Team Lea |
| Eleana Gabunada | Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids | 1 | Daily Winner | Participated in wildcard round but was eliminated |
| PP Anapat | Little Big Shots ตัวเล็ก...โชว์ใหญ่ | 1 | – | |
| Que Jianyu | Little Big Shots | 1 | – | |
| :ja:ウエスP|Suzuki of BAD x TEN | Nichieri | 6 | Semifinalist | As "Naked Comedian"; received the golden buzzer during auditions |
| :ja:ウエスP|Suzuki of BAD x TEN | Britain's Got Talent | 12 | Semifinalist | As "Mr. Uekusa" |
| :ja:ウエスP|Suzuki of BAD x TEN | America's Got Talent | 13 | Auditionee | As "Wes-P"; did not pass audition |
| :ja:ウエスP|Suzuki of BAD x TEN | La France a un incroyable talent | :fr:Saison 13 de La France a un incroyable talent|13 | Finalist | As "Uekusa"; received the golden buzzer during auditions |
| Siti Saniyah | The Voice Indonesia | 2 | Eliminated in the Knockouts | Four-chair turner and joined Team Agnez |
| Siti Saniyah | Rising Star Indonesia | 2 | Eliminated in the Final Duels | Lost with a percentage of 43%; got 3 nos and 1 yes from the experts |
| Techno Circus | America's Got Talent | 10 | Semi-finalist | As "Siro-A"; received the golden buzzer during the Judge Cuts |