Youth with Talent - Generation Next

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Youth with Talent - Generation Next
Hosted by	Dilshan Pathirathna
Judges	Rookantha Gunathilake Nadeesha Hemamali Umara Sinhawansa Kishu Gomes Chitral Somapala
Winner	Janaka Kanchana
Release
Original network	ITN
Original release	October 2017 (2017-10) – January 2018 (2018-01)

'Youth with Talent - Generation Next' is a Sri Lankan reality talent contest which was aired on ITN (Independent Television Network) in 2017.

The show brought together contestants between the ages of 15 and 35 to participate in a talent competition.^[1] The show was hosted by Dilshan Pathirathna and directed by musical and tele-drama director Sandaruwan Jayawickrama. Additional contributors included Saman Athaudahetti, Chairman of ITN, and Eranda Weliange, Chairman of NYSC.

Auditions were held throughout Sri Lanka and the best acts were selected to be telecast on television.

20 participants competed in each audition round and the judges selected 10 contestants for the next round.

Golden buzzer acts were sent directly to the grand finale.

Round 1 was held from 09/09/2017 to 16/12/2017.

Round 2 was held from 23/12/2017 to 27/01/2018.

Guest Judge : Chandani Seneviratne

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Umesha Alahakon	23	Anuradhapura	1	Solo dancer					Eliminated
Emil Tharanga	29	Colombo	2	Close up/stage magician					Advanced
Praveen Melroy	19	Matara	3	Bike stunt performer					Advanced
Janith Dimuthu	23	Rajanganaya	4	Extreme danger act					Advanced
Dilip			5	Artist					Advanced
Chameera			6	Danger act					Advanced
Name not announced			7	Dance group					Advanced
Wasanthi			8	Contortionist and danger act					Advanced

• Janith Dimuthu won "Talent of the Day" unanimously.
• At the beginning of the show, the host announced there were 11 contestants on the day.

Guest Judge: Rukshi Gamage

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Vindya De Alwis	22	Colombo	1	Close up and stage magician					Advanced
Vihan Aponso	19	Ratmalana	2	Beat boxer					Advanced
Three sisters	16/11/8	Mullaitivu	3	Gymnastics					Advanced *
Issai Archanai	14/17	Colombo	4	Instrumentalists					Advanced
Rajitha Lakshitha	20	Homagama	5	Hip-hop dancer					Advanced
Ranatunga		Panduwasnuwara	6	Karate act					Eliminated
Farshan			7	Stunt					Eliminated
Rasith			8	Bike stunt					Eliminated
Sentry			9	Traditional and western dance group					Advanced

• Three sisters advanced with guest judge vote.
• Sentry won "Talent of the Day" unanimously.
• At the end of the show, the host announced 6 contestants were advanced among 12 contestants.

Guest Judge: Indika Upamali

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Ruwan Chamara	26	Elpitiya	1	Bike stunt					Advanced
Geeth Prasanna	32	Kandy	2	Singer					Advanced
Z & R	22-26	Mawanella / Gampola	3	Artists					Advanced *
Nishfahan			4	Mathematician					Advanced
Sujeetharan			5	Dance group					Advanced
Dinesh			6	Gymnastics					Advanced *
Name not announced			7	Magician					Advanced *
Nadeesha			8	Solo dancer					Advanced
K. Samarakoon	29	Polonnaruwa	9	Danger act					Advanced *

• Advanced with guest judge vote.
• Nifan won "Talent of the Day" unanimously.
• At the end of the show the host announced 8 contestants advanced and 4 were rejected, but on air, 9 contestants advanced.

Guest Judge: Dannielle Kerkoven

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Wheel Fighters	16/25	Panadura	1	Bike stunt					Advanced
Janaka			2	Danger act					Advanced
Dhammika Susantha Kumara	27	Medawachchiya	3	Highest kick					Advanced
Name not announced (a Kid)			4	Solo traditional dance					Eliminated
Name not announced			5	Magician					Advanced
Dimuthu			6	Act with fire "Gini Sisila"					Advanced
Heshan Tharanga			7	Singer					Advanced
Oshantha			8	Magician					Advanced
Saumya			9	Instrumentalist and singer					Advanced
Hansaka Shehan	14	Nuwara Eliya	10	Unicycle circus					Advanced *

• Advanced with guest judge vote.
• Heshan received 3 votes from judges and won "Talent of the Day", while Dammika receives a single vote from Kishu.
• At the end of the show, the host announced 9 contestants were advanced among 14 contestants.

Guest Judge: Sangeetha Weeraratne

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Tharindu Rumayantha	24	Avissawella	1	Balancing Act					Advanced
Tharumaraja Thuwaragan	22	Jaffna	2	Musical Instrument					Advanced
Kawindya Jayasinghe	14	Kandy	3	Solo Traditional Dance					Advanced
Nimesh Madhuwantha	17	Ratmalana	4	Dance Act					Advanced
Chamara Madhushanka Dissanayake	26	Horowpathana	5	Danger Act					Advanced
Subha			6	Act with Fire "Gini Sisila"					Advanced

• Chamara won "Talent of the Day" unanimously.
• At the end of the show, the host announced 6 contestants were advanced among 14 contestants.

• This round consisted of 12 contestants who were not among the original 61527 applicants for the show.
• At the beginning of the show, the host announced only 1 contestant will be selected to advance to the semifinals.

Guest Judge: Srimali Fonseka

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Act Type	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Beat Bullets	17-25	Maharagama	1	Dance Act					Eliminated *
Udaya Madhusanka	25	Bandarawela	2	Magician					Selected to the pool and later Eliminated
Chamara Thusitha Bandara	30	Kurunegala	3	Stunt					Selected to the pool and later Advanced
Sujeewa Lakmal	31	Matara	4	Stunt					Eliminated
Thilindika Kumari			5	Dance Act					Selected to the pool and later Eliminated
Name not announced (4 kids)			6	Dance Act					Eliminated

• Eliminated with guest judge vote.
• Nadeesha, Chitraal and Umara voted to eliminate Thilindika from the pool. Chitraal and Nadeesha voted for Thusitha, while Umara and Kishu voted for Udaya to advance for the next round. Thusitha advanced to the next round and won "Talent of the Day", with guest judge vote.

• Samare & Samare who were the runner up in Youth with Talent Season 1 featured in this episode.
• This episode was a recap of some of the quarterfinalists including Emil Tharanga, Nimesh Madhuwantha, Nishwahan, Wheel fighters, Three sisters, Subha, Janith Dimuthu, Praveen Melroy, Tharumaraja Thuwaragan, Janakajeewa, Dhammika Susantha Kumara and Chamara Thusitha Bandara and some sneak peek of the semifinals which begins on February 10, 2010.

Semifinals will be started on February 10, 2018. There will be 38 contestants and only 6 will be selected by the judge panel. Each semifinals will consist of 19 contestants. Results are based on judge decisions.

Guest Judge : TBA

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Performance description	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Ruwan Chamara	26	Elpitiya	1	Bike Stunt ; Performed various types of stunts using a motor bicycle.					Advanced
Wheel fighters	16 & 25	Panadura	2	Bike stunt group ; Performed various types of stunts using bicycles.					Advanced
Emil Eranga	29	Colombo	3	Clairvoyant/Magician ; First identified a number Nadeesha has written on a piece of paper, after which he identified the color of the cube Chithraal had on his palm. Later performed a close up card trick and an on stage magic trick.					Advanced
Sentry	13-22	Kolannawa	4	Dance group ; Performed a light based dance routine and then a western dance routine.					Advanced
Nimesh Maduwantha		Ratmalana	5	Dancer and contortionist ; Performed a war themed dance routine along with a group					Advanced*
Praveen Melroy	19	Matara	6	Bike stunt ; Performed various stunt tricks using a bicycle					Advanced
Nishfahan			7	Mathematician ; Told the numbers used in a calculation given by an answer for a calculation by the judge board.					Advanced
Janith Dimuthu	23	Rajanganaya	8	Danger act ; Performed danger act using motor bicycles					Advanced
Three sisters	8, 11 & 16	Mullaitivu	9	Gymnastics ; Performed gymnastic routines on a hanging wire from the ceiling.					Advanced

Guest Judge: TBA

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Performance description	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Tharindu Rumayantha	24	Avissawella	1	Circus act ; Performed various circus tricks using a hanging swing along with another partner.					Advanced
Ushantha Madhuwantha	19	Badulla	2	Close up magician ; Performed a magic trick where he identified pictures drawn by judges and later performed a basic algorithmic magic trick.					Advanced
Hansaka Shehan	14	Nuwara Eliya	3	Unicycle ; Performed various tricks using unicycles along with his brothers.					Advanced
Subha Hansani	19	Kandy	4	Fire dancer ; Performed a dance routine using fire.					Advanced
Nimesh Maduwantha		Ratmalana	5	Dancer and contortionist ; Performed a war themed dance routine along with a group					Advanced*
Praveen Melroy	19	Matara	6	Bike stunt ; Performed various stunt tricks using a bicycle					Advanced
Nishfahan			7	Mathematician ; Told the numbers used in a calculation given by an answer for a calculation by the judge board.					Advanced
Janith Dimuthu	23	Rajanganaya	8	Danger act ; Performed danger act using motor bicycles					Advanced
Three sisters	8, 11 & 16	Mullaitivu	9	Gymnastics ; Performed gymnastic routines on a hanging wire from the ceiling.					Advanced

• Held on 3 March 2018^[2]
• Guest Judge: Hemal Ranasinghe
• The top 10 contestants participated in the competition including the golden buzzer acts.

Key	Top 3	Top 10

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Order	Performance description	Buzzes				Result
					Kishu	Umara	Chithraal	Nadeesha
Emil Eranga	29	Colombo	1	Magician ; Performed first card trick magics and then a routine of different ticks. Finally showed a trick where the magician helper was put inside a box and struck with pointed arrows whilst without any harm.					Top 10
Janaka Kanchana Mudunnayake	32	Haghuranketha	2	Strong man act ; Bent various objects including metal wires and lifted bicycles, sand bags etc. Finally ended the act with breaking a world record.					Top 3
Upul Ranjith	26	Medawachchiya	3	Dance and balance act ; Performed a dance routine based on the theme "Do not force animals". Also performed a balance act on balancing on tables placed on top of each other by water bottles.					Top 10
Janaka		TBA	4	Balance and danger act ; Performed a circus act. However act was stopped by the judge board due to a technical failure as the balanced individual fell on to the stage.					Top 10
Nimesh Maduwantha	17	Ratmalana	5	Dancer and contortionist, bone breaker ; Performed a dance along with bone break routines.					Top 3
Janith Dimuthu	23	Rajanganaya	6	Bike stunt ; Performed various stunt tricks using a bicycle					Top 10
Nishfahan			7	Mathematician ; Squared five digit numbers and then performed BODMAS calculations on head given by the judges.					Top 3
Janaka Jeewa	23	TBA	8	Danger;First performed with scorpions on body and later based an act with a snake where snake was used to perform the danger acts.					Top 10
Dhilanga and Chamodh	15 & 13	Anuradhapura	9	Danger; Included a performance with balancing, as well as with swords and many other varieties of danger acts.					Top 10
Subha Hansani	19	Kandy	10	Fire dancer ; Performed a fire based dance routine					Top 10

Key	Winner	Runner-up	2nd Runner-up

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Act	Percentage Votes	Result
						Nimesh Maduwantha	17	Ratmalana	Contortionist,bone breaker and dancer	7.4%	2nd Runner-up
Nishfahan		Nawalapitiya	Mathematician	39.7%	Runner-up
Janaka Kanchana Mudunnayake		Hanguranketha	Strong man	52.9%	Winner

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Top 10	Eliminated at pool (semifinals)	Eliminated at pool (quarterfinals)	Golden buzzer	Talent of the day	Judges' wild card (semifinals)

Name of Contestant(s)	Age(s)	Genre	Act	Hometown	Round 2	Semifinal	Result
Dhilanga and Chamodh	15 & 13	Danger	Circus	Anuradhapura	—	—	Finalist
Janaka Kanchana Mudannayake	32	Variety	Strong man	Haghuranketha	—	—	Finalist
Janaka Jeewa		Danger	Danger varieties		04	02	Finalist
D. L. E. Upul Ranjith	26	Dance	Solo dancer	Medawachchiya	—	—	Finalist
Janaka		Danger	Balance act		—	—	Finalist
Emil Eranga	29	Magic	Closeup/stage magician	Colombo	01	01	Finalist
Nimesh Madhuwantha	17	Dance	Solo dancer & Contortionist	Ratmalana	05	01	Finalist
Subha		Dance	Fire dancer		05	02	Finalist
Nishfahan		Variety	Mathematician		03	01	TBA
Janith Dimuthu	23	Danger	Extreme danger act	Rajanganaya	01	01	Finalist
Hansaka Shehan	14	Danger	Unicycle	Nuwara Eliya	04	01	Eliminated
Tharindu Rumayantha	24	Danger	Balancing	Avissawella	05	02	Eliminated
Sentry		Dance	Traditional Dance group		02	01	Eliminated
K. Samarakoon	21	Danger	Circus	Polonnaruwa	03	02	Eliminated
Wheel Fighters	16/25	Danger	Stunt	Panadura	04	01	Eliminated
Chamara Thusitha Bandara	25	Danger	Stunt	Bandarawela	Challenge	02	Eliminated
Praveen Melroy	19	Danger	Stunt	Matara	01	01	Eliminated
Three sisters	8,11 & 16	Danger	Gymnastics	Mullaitivu	02	01	Eliminated
Vindya De Alwis	22	Magic	Closeup/stage magician	Colombo	02	02	Eliminated
Ruwan Chamara	26	Danger	Stunt	Elpitiya	03	01	Eliminated
Tharumaraja Thuwargan	22	Music	Instrumentalist	Jaffna	05	02	Eliminated
Name not announced		Variety	Artist		01	02	Eliminated
Chameera		Danger	Danger circus		01	—	Eliminated
Name not announced		Dance	Dance group		01	—	Eliminated
Wasanthi		Danger	Contortionist/balance		01	—	Eliminated
Vihan Aponso	19	Singing	Beat-boxer	Ratmalana	02	—	Eliminated
Issai Archanai	14 & 17	Music	Instrumentalists	Colombo	02	—	Eliminated
Geeth Prasanna	32	Singing	Singer	Kandy	03	—	Eliminated
Z & R	22-26	Variety	Artists	Manawella / Gampola	03	—	Eliminated
Sujeethran		Dance	Dance group		03	—	Eliminated
Dinesh		Danger	Gymnastics		03	—	Eliminated
Name not announced		Magic	Magician		03	—	Eliminated
Nadeesha		Dance	Solo dancer		03	—	Eliminated
Dhammika Susantha Kumara	27	Danger/Guinness	Highest kick	medawachchiya	04	—	Eliminated
Name not announced		Magic	Magician		04	—	Eliminated
Dimuthu		Dance	Fire dancer		04	—	Eliminated
Heshan Tharanga		Singing	Singer		04	—	Eliminated
Oshantha		Magic	Closeup magician		04	—	Eliminated
Saumya		Music/Singing	Instrumentalist and singer		04	—	Eliminated
Chamara Madhushanka Dissanayake	26	Danger	Extreme danger	Horowpathana	05	—	Eliminated
Rajitha Lakshitha	20	Dance	Hip hop	Homagama	02	—	Eliminated
Kawindya Jayasinghe	14	Dance	Traditional dancer	Kandy	05	—	Eliminated