Canada's Got Talent season 5

Canada's Got Talent
Season 5
Hosted by	Lindsay Ell
Judges	Kardinal Offishall Katherine Ryan Shania Twain Howie Mandel
Release
Original network	Citytv
Original release	() –  ()
Season chronology

The fifth season of the Canadian talent show competition series Canada's Got Talent will premiere in Spring 2025.

Format

Auditions

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 eliminations.

Semi-finals

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

Judges for Canada's Got Talent (season 5)

Kardinal Offishall

Katherine Ryan

Shania Twain

Howie Mandel

Production

In June 2024, Citytv announced that it had renewed Canada's Got Talent for a new season to premiere in 2025. This season they're keeping the grand prize to CA$1,000,000, which is credited to Citytv owner Rogers Communications. Plus, each recipient of a Golden Buzzer during the auditions would also earn a $25,000 prize from sponsor CIBC. Filming took place at the OLG Stage at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort on October 22–27, 2024.

Ratings

Order	Episode	Viewers (millions)	Rank (night)	Rank (week)