The third season of Pilipinas Got Talent aired on ABS-CBN from July 9 to October 23, 2011, and was replaced by '.
The season premiered just two weeks after the previous one concluded, with both seasons produced back-to-back. Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano continued their hosting roles, while Freddie M. Garcia, Kris Aquino, and Ai-Ai delas Alas returned as jury members.
The singing trio Maasinhon Trio from Southern Leyte emerged as the season's winner, followed by 15-year-old singer Khalil Ramos from Parañaque as the runner-up, and the acoustic duo Bringas Brothers securing third place. This marked the third consecutive season where a singer emerged as the winner.
The auditions for the third season took place in key cities in the Philippines. Major auditions were held in Baguio, Manila, Batangas, Cebu, Bacolod, Tacloban, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and General Santos.
There were also mini-auditions in several cities and provinces in the Philippines including Laoag, Vigan, Tuguegarao, Apayao, Isabela, Baguio, Pangasinan, Cabanatuan, Tarlac, Baler, Manila, Laguna, San Pablo City, Lucena, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Mindoro, Puerto Princesa, Kalibo, Roxas City, Catarman, Catbalogan, Borongan, Ormoc, Dumaguete, Bohol, Camiguin, Iligan, Butuan, Bukidnon, Dipolog, Zamboanga, Kidapawan, Marbel, Digos and Mati. These mini-auditions are judged by Pilipinas Got Talent staff and those who passed will make it to the regional auditions.
In addition, online auditions was put up where contestants can upload their own audition video and send it to the website of Pilipinas Got Talent.
The show picked the best act "The One" every airing night to receive P5,000 sponsored by Head & Shoulders. Loverkada Kids became the first recipient of the award.
At the end of the auditions, a total 187 artists made it through the auditions and will proceed to the "Judges Cull".
After the nationwide auditions (including online auditions), 187 acts made it to the next round called "The Judges Cull" where the judges were able to make a review of the contenders who passed the auditions which they are going to choose the top 36 semi-finalists. The Judges' Cull was held in ABS-CBN Studios in Quezon City where 24 acts from Luzon and Mindanao made it to the semi-finals. In addition, the 12 acts from Visayas were visited by the judges as well as Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano in their respective hometowns.
The Semifinals began on September 10, 2011, in PAGCOR Grand Theater in Parañaque, Metro Manila. Each week, performances from six acts took place on Saturday nights, while the results are announced during Sunday nights of which two acts will proceed to the grand finals. Often during results nights, guests are invited live to perform.
The order columns list the order of appearance each act made for every episode.
The Grand Finals was held at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo on October 22 & 23, 2011. Several celebrities graced the show during the grand finals. Christian Bautista, Jed Madela, and Nina performed with the top finalist singers; The shows hosts' Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano performed a dance number; Gary Valenciano and son, Paolo Valenciano, with their rendition of "Come Together" of the Beatles; Kamikazee, a Filipino rock band, sang their own song called "Narda"; and season 2's grand winner Marcelito Pomoy performed a song number.
Television ratings for the third season of Pilipinas Got Talent on ABS-CBN are gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen Philippines and Kantar Media - TNS. AGB Nielsen Philippines covers Mega Manila only, while Kantar Media - TNS covers most of the Philippines.