Canada's Got Talent season 4
| Canada's Got Talent | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
 Promotional poster for season 3, featuring (L to R) judges Stratus, Offishall, Mandel, host Ell, and Singh | |
| Hosted by | Lindsay Ell |
| Judges | |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Citytv |
| Original release | March 19, 2024 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of the Canadian talent show competition series Canada's Got Talent premiered on March 19, 2024.[1]
Format[edit]
Auditions[edit]
The auditions took place in front of the judges and a live audience. At any time during the audition, the judges showed their disapproval of the act by pressing a buzzer, which lights a large red "X" on the stage. If all the judges pressed their buzzers, the act must end. Voting worked on a majority-of-three basis, where three positive votes from the judges were required. The Golden Buzzer is placed in the center of the stage, and each judge (or the host) can only press the Golden Buzzer once, sending an act straight to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals[edit]
The semi-finals and final were broadcast through three episodes, two semi-finals and one finale. Judges could still end a performance early with four Xs. The acts competed for three judge votes that sent them straight to the finals, and the rest competed for a Canada-wide vote that dictated the rest of the finalists. The judges were asked to express their views on each act's performance. Phone lines, Twitter, Facebook, texting and online voting platforms opened for one-hour after all acts were performed. The public voted for the act they thought was the best. Voters could submit a total of fifty votes (ten in each platform). After the votes were counted, the act that polled the highest number of public votes, automatically was placed in the final. The judges then chose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts were then eliminated from the competition.
Judges and host[edit]
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The show premiered with the same judges and host as the previous two seasons.
Season Overview[edit]
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
- Finalist | The Eliminations |
Golden Buzzer (Auditions) | 
Golden Buzzer (The Eliminations)
| Participant | Genre | Act | From | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eshan Sobti | Singing | Singer | Mission, BC | |
| Funkanometry | Dance | Dance Duo | Vancouver Island, BC | Finalist |
Jade Mathieu 
|
Singing | Singer | Longueuil, QC | Eliminated |
| Luka and Jenalyn | Dance | Dance Duo | Toronto, ON | |
Mark Clearview 
|
Magic | Magician | Toronto, ON | Finalist |
| Mark Lewis
|
Magic | Magician | Toronto, ON | Eliminated |
| Mat and Mym
|
Danger | Rollerskate Duo | Quebec City, QC | Finalist |
| Matthew Cooper | Singing | Opera Singer | Carbonear, NL | |
| Natalie Morris
|
Singing | Singer | Toronto, ON | Finalist |
| Rebecca Strong
|
Singing | Singer | Prince Albert, SK | Finalist |
| Sterling V. Scott
|
Comedy | Comedian | Edmonton, AB | |
| Together For Peace
|
Variety | Sand Art Duo | Lévis, QC | Eliminated |
| Travis Lindsay | Comedy | Comedian | Halifax, NS | Finalist |
| Troy James | Acrobatics | Contortionist | Brampton, ON | Eliminated |
The Eliminations summary[edit]
Buzzed Out | Advanced (Golden Buzzer) | Advanced (Won the Judge's Vote) | Advanced (Won the Public's Vote)
The Eliminations (May 7th)
The judges could not decide between four acts (Eshan Sobti, Luka and Jenalyn, Matthew Cooper, Sterling V. Scott) who should advance, so decided to put it up to a Public Vote to determine which two would become finalists.
| Participant | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandel | Singh | Stratus | Offishall | |||
| Mat and Mym | 1 | Advanced | ||||
| Luka and Jenalyn | 2 | |||||
| Jade Mathieu | 3 | Eliminated | ||||
| Troy James | 4 | 
|
Eliminated | |||
| Eshan Sobti | 5 | |||||
| Matthew Cooper | 6 | |||||
| Together For Peace | 7 | Eliminated | ||||
| Natalie Morris | 8 | Advanced | ||||
| Funkanometry | 9 | Advanced | ||||
| Travis Lindsay | 10 | Advanced | ||||
| Sterling V. Scott | 11 | |||||
| Rebecca Strong | 12 | Advanced | ||||
| Mark Lewis | 13 | Eliminated | ||||
| Mark Clearview | 14 | Advanced | ||||
Production[edit]
In May 2023, Citytv announced that it had renewed Canada's Got Talent for a new season to premiere in 2024, and that the season would increase its grand prize to a million dollars, courtesy of Rogers, making it the biggest guaranteed cash prize in Canadian television history. In addition, for the first time in franchise history, recipients of a Golden Buzzer during the auditions would also receive a $25,000 prize from CIBC.[2][1] Filming began at OLG Stage at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort on October 23, 2023.[3]
Ratings[edit]
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Million Dollar Season!" | TBD | — | — |
| 2 | "You Belong Here" | TBD | — | — |
| 3 | "A Good Day" | TBD | — | — |
| 4 | "We Love Surprises" | TBD | — | — |
| 5 | "It’s Always a Good Time" | TBD | — | — |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hudson, Greg. "Canada's got Talent is offering the biggest cash prize in Canadian television history". Media in Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "Citytv announces $1-million cash prize for 'Canada's Got Talent' Season 3". thestar.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ Law, John (September 13, 2023). "'Canada's Got Talent' is back at Niagara Fallsview Casino this fall". Niagara Falls Review. Retrieved March 13, 2024.