Ireland's Got Talent (series 2)

The second and final series of Ireland's Got Talent, an Irish talent competition series, began broadcasting in Ireland on 2 February 2019 on Virgin Media One and is hosted by Lucy Kennedy.[1]

Ireland's Got Talent
Series 2
Hosted by	Lucy Kennedy
Judges	Louis Walsh Michelle Visage Denise van Outen Jason Byrne
Winner	BSD
Runner-up	Fly Youth Rebel Acro
Release
Original network	Virgin Media One
Original release	2 February – 7 April 2019
Series chronology

Louis Walsh, Michelle Visage, Denise van Outen, and Jason Byrne return as judges for the second series.[2]

The series was won by Dublin dance group BSD. They had received the golden buzzer from Jason Byrne. Dance group Fly Youth and gymnastics group Rebel Acro finished in the runner-up position.

Series overview

The judges auditions were taped in November 2018 at The Helix, Dublin.

•   Winner
•   Runners-up
•   Finalist
•   Semi-finalist (lost judges' or public vote)
• Golden buzzer
• Wildcard (previously eliminated act reinstated to the final)

Name of act	Age(s)	Genre	Act	Semi-final	Result
Aidan McCann	9	Magic	Magician	1	Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Barry Darcy	38	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
BSD	10-17	Dance	Dance Group	2	Winner
Declan Colgan	20	Singing	Singer/Pianist	1	Eliminated
Fionn McMorrow	10	Dance	Dancer	3	Finalist (Won Public Vote)
Flair	31-36	Acrobatics	Aerial Group	3	Eliminated
Fly Youth	13-18	Dance	Dance Group	1	Runners-up
Hiphopical	5-18	Dance	Hip-Hop Dance Group	2	Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Iveta Tumasonyte	14	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
Jake O'Shea	25	Dance	Dancer	3	Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)
Johnny Quinn	60	Music	Yodeller	2	Eliminated
Julie McCabe	30	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Liv Gregorio	8	Singing	Singer	1	Eliminated
MC Daycent	25	Music	Rapper	1	Eliminated
MC Notn	39	Music	Beatboxer	3	Eliminated
One Island Clan	21-28	Acrobatics	Parkour Group	1	Eliminated
Rebel Acro	10-18	Acrobatics	Acrobatic Group	2	Runners-up
Robyn Diamonds	25	Singing	Drag Act	2	Eliminated
Rodelle Borja	29	Singing	Singer	2	Eliminated
Sea Of Change	34-70	Singing	Choir	2	Finalist (Wildcard)
Sharon & Brandon	41 & 19	Singing	Singing Duo	1	Finalist (Wildcard)
Sharyn Ward	33	Singing	Singer	1	Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)
Storm	22	Singing	Singer	3	Eliminated
Tara Jamieson	23	Singing	Singer/Pianist	2	Eliminated

Semi-finals summary

Won the public vote   Won the judges' vote (or public vote if split decision)   Lost the judges' vote (or public vote if split decision)   Wildcard (previously eliminated act reinstated to the final)

Golden buzzer Buzzed out Judge's vote

Semi-final 1 (30 March)

• Guest performer: Mabel ("Don't Call Me Up")

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Result
			Walsh	Visage	Byrne	Outen
MC Daycent	1	Rapper					Eliminated
Declan Colgan	2	Singer/Pianist					Eliminated
One Island Clan	3	Parkour Group					Eliminated
Liv Gregorio	4	Singer					Eliminated
Fly Youth	5	Dance Group					1st (Won Public Vote)
Sharon & Brandon	6	Singing Duo					Wildcard
Aidan McCann	7	Magician					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Sharyn Ward	8	Singer					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)

Semi-final 2 (31 March)

• Guest performer: Riverdance

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Result
			Walsh	Visage	Byrne	Outen
Hiphopical	1	Hip-Hop Dance Group					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Tara Jamieson	2	Singer/Pianist					Eliminated
BSD	3	Dance Group					1st (Won Public Vote)
Johnny Quinn	4	Yodeller					Eliminated
Rodelle Borja	5	Singer					Eliminated
Rebel Acro	6	Acrobatic Group					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Sea Of Change	7	Choir					Wildcard
Robyn Diamonds	8	Drag Act					Eliminated

Semi-final 3 (6 April)

• Guest performer: Aslan

Contestant	Order	Act	Buzzes and judges' votes				Result
			Walsh	Visage	Byrne	Outen
Storm	1	Singer					Eliminated
Flair	2	Aerial Group					Eliminated
Barry Darcy	3	Singer					Eliminated
Iveta Tumasonyte	4	Singer					Eliminated
Fionn McMorrow	5	Dancer					1st (Won Public Vote)
MC Notn	6	Beatboxer					Eliminated
Julie McCabe	7	Singer					3rd (Lost Judges' Vote)
Jake O’Shea	8	Dancer					2nd (Won Judges' Vote)

Final (7 April)

• Guest Performer: RDC (Series 1 winners) with Lyra, and Lewis Capaldi

Contestant	Order	Act	Finished
Rebel Acro	1	Acrobatic Group	Top 3
BSD	2	Dance Group	Winner
Sharon and Brandon	3	Singing Duo	Bottom 5
Jake O’Shea	4	Dancer	Bottom 5
Sea of Change	5	Choir	Bottom 5
Sharyn Ward	6	Singer	Bottom 5
Fionn McMorrow	7	Dancer	Bottom 5
Fly Youth	8	Dance Group	Top 3

References

1. Shekleton, Rebecca. "Watch A Teaser For Ireland's Got Talent". www.98fm.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
2. https://extra.ie/2019/05/12/entertainment/movies-tv/irelands-got-talent