Dannii Minogue, Red Symons and Tom Burlinson will return to the judges' desk when the bigger and better new season of Australia's Got Talent returns to Channel Seven.

Launched at the start of 2007, Australia's Got Talent quickly became Australia's favourite variety hit, averaging 1.5 million viewers each week.

 

Grant Denyer will again host the nationwide talent search - anyone with any talent can enter - with acts lining up for a chance of taking out the $250,000 grand prize.

"I can't wait to see this year's discovery line up to face the warmth of Dannii, the experience of Tom and the sharp tongue of one very tough Red Symons all for an amazingly lucrative prize pool," says Denyer. "If a bloke who blows a gum leaf to John Lennon can make it to last year's Grand Final then everybody's got a chance and that's what I love about the show!"

This year, the three judges will decide who's got talent - and who hasn't - in front of a massive live theatre audience - before the semi-finals begin and Australia helps decide who has enough talent to win the coveted competition.

Last year, Melbourne child singing sensation Bonnie Anderson impressed the judges and the viewers with her knock-out vocal performance, and took home the top prize.

"If you'd thought you'd seen it all last year, you'd be wrong! The flood gates are now well and truly open! Expect bigger, better and more bizarre acts than ever. With Red, Tom and Dannii bravely trying to make sense of it all, this is Aussie variety television at its unpredictable best!" says Channel Seven's Head of Program Development Brad Lyons.

This year, the lure of fame and fortune has more acts lining up to audition - more diverse than the last series - ranging from some amazing, and not so amazing, vocal performances and musicians of all age groups; to dance troupes of varying capabilities; fire breathers; a wood chopper; cheerleaders; contortionists...there is something for everyone in the new series.