India's Got Talent is a televised Indian Hindi language talent show series and is part of the Got Talent franchise. The program is produced and distributed by Fremantle. The show aired on Colors TV till season 8; since season 9 the show is airing on Sony Entertainment Television. Format Auditions Since season 9, the general selection process begun with Sony Liv online auditions, those that make it through the initial stage, become participants in the "judges' auditions," which are held in select cities across the country. At the end of a performance, the judges give constructive criticism and feedback about what they saw, whereupon they each give a vote - a participant who receives a majority vote approving their performance, moves on to the next stage, otherwise they are eliminated from the show. Also the show's presenter(s) stands in the wings of stage to interview and give personal commentary on a participant's performance. Each judge has a buzzer, and may use it during a performance if they are unimpressed, hate what is being performed, or feel the act is a waste of their time; if a participant is buzzed by all judges, their performance is automatically over and they are eliminated. A "golden buzzer" was introduced in season 5; in season 9 it is used by judges to select and send the act directly to the "top 14," escaping judges' cuts. Judge cuts Many acts that move on may be cut by in judge's cuts and may forfeit due to the limited slots available. Finals According to season 9, after the judge's cuts, the selected acts along with golden buzzer acts and wild cards compete against each other in a weekly competition for viewers' and judges' votes. Acts which do not secure a sufficient number of votes by the public and/or the judges, are eliminated from the competition. Selected acts moves to the semi-final round, when they compete against each other to get the spot in finale via viewers votes and to win the trophy. Judges and hosts Notes Farah Khan replaced Malaika Arora midway. VJ Andy replaced Mantra Midway. Malaika Arora served as guest judge in absence of Shilpa Shetty. Season overview Season 1 (2009) Season 1 was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Ayushmann Khurrana and the special segment called "India's Got More Talent" was hosted by Roshni Chopra. The show was judged by Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher and