In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by Guinness World Records.[1] Cowell said: "I am very proud that Got Talent is a homegrown British show. We owe its success to a group of very talented producers all over the world who have made this happen. And of course amazing talent."[2]
History
Got Talent was conceived in 2005 by Simon Cowell, creator and judge on The X Factor. The format's origins can be traced to the British talent shows Opportunity Knocks (on-screen from the 1950s, with the winner using the now-standard method of a telephone vote) and New Faces.[3] Both shows showcased singers, dancers and comedians, as well as performers such as acrobats, animal acts and novelty acts.[3] Cowell said:"I was a fan of variety shows Opportunity Knocks and New Faces, and to be able to update that tradition, really was a buzz".[4]
The concept of the format was for a large-scale televised talent competition where anyone, of any age and background, could participate with any form of talent before an audience and a panel of judges. The concept was first proposed to the British television network ITV, which agreed to a pilot episode of the format.[5] When it proved a success, work began on producing a season of the competition for British television, but was suspended after its intended host had a dispute with ITV and ultimately ended their involvement.[6] Cowell subsequently promoted the concept to American television networks sooner than planned, and secured the interest of American television network NBC to produce a season for their 2006 summer broadcast schedule.[7]
America's Got Talent debuted on 21 June 2006, and was the first international edition of the franchise to be produced and broadcast. The programme proved a success for NBC, who commissioned further seasons, while launching the franchise internationally – among countries where television networks between late 2006 bought up the competition's format to mid-2007 included France, Russia, Sweden, and Australia. Cowell later returned to the UK to continue production of the British edition for ITV, leading to Britain's Got Talent debuting on 9 June 2007.
Golden buzzer
The golden buzzer, which allows each judge to select one act to advance directly to the next round of the competition, was first introduced in 2012 on the sixth season of Germany's Das Supertalent, and was adopted in 2014 on both the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent[8] and the ninth season of America's Got Talent.[9]
Changes in the golden buzzer rules over the years have included allowing the host to award a golden buzzer separately from the judging panel; a "group" golden buzzer whereby the judges and the host can collectively give a golden buzzer to an act without losing their own personal golden buzzers; and an "audience" golden buzzer under which the panel can award a golden buzzer to an act that has generated an especially strong positive reaction from the studio audience.
In 2024, the fourth season of Canada's Got Talent introduced a $25,000 cash prize for each recipient of the golden buzzer, making it the first edition of the franchise to do so.[10] In the same year, both the seventeenth season of Britain's Got Talent and the nineteenth season of America's Got Talent introduced a change whereby each judge will be able to give two golden buzzers rather than one.[11]
Not all versions of the franchise use the golden buzzer.
Proposed global version
In June 2010, following Britain's Got Talent's success at the BAFTA television awards, Cowell voiced his ideas regarding World's Got Talent, a global version of Got Talent. However, he argued that the format would not work with judges as they had all "tried to be him" in previous attempts (such as World Idol), and instead proposed a commentary format, similar to that of the Eurovision Song Contest.[12] During the same week, more details were announced, with Cowell explaining 20 previous winning contestants from global variations of Got Talent would be brought together at the Royal Albert Hall with himself and Jonathan Lopez both having roles in the show. A proposed prize of £1 million was announced a projected global television audience of 300 million, and the intended airdate of 2011.[13]
However, Cowell halted plans for the series because it would conflict with his judging commitments with The X Factor USA and Britain's Got Talent for the years to come. In February 2014, The X Factor USA was cancelled by Fox due to low ratings and Cowell's decision to return to the UK version of that show.[14]
In 2014, ITV first broadcast a series of spin-off shows Planet's Got Talent which showed clips of Got Talent from all over the world. It was later broadcast in Italy on TV8 and Sky Uno. Slovenia made a show as same as the British one. In 2019, Hunan Television produced an unofficial spin-off series, World's Got Talent, whose copyrights were shared by Hunan Television and Fremantle, featuring 61 notable acts from the Got Talent franchise around the world. Currently, a similar version of "World's Got Talent" and "Planet's Got Talent" acts as a YouTube channel, known as "Got Talent Global". The channel uploads clips from "Got Talent" shows worldwide. The channel currently has over 13 million subscribers.[15] A similar channel, called Top Talent uploads clips of The X Factor, Got Talent and Idol from around the world. That channel has over 3 million subscribers.[16]
NBC launched a spin-off series, America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, featuring notable contestants from America's Got Talent alongside acts from the franchises worldwide.[17] The winner of this spin-off series was Canadian-American card magician Shin Lim. In addition, Hunan Television produced an unofficial global version of Got Talent in 2019, the World's Got Talent presented by Eliza Liang and Wong Cho-lam, featuring notable contestants from the Got Talent versions around the world. Following the success of America's Got Talent: The Champions, ITV launched a spin-off series, Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, featuring notable contestants from Britain's Got Talent alongside acts from the franchises worldwide. The winner of this spin-off series was dance act, Twist and Pulse. In 2020, Seven Network launched a spinoff series of Australia's Got Talent called Australia's Got Talent: Challengers & Champions, which was cancelled before production began.
Season 1, 2011: Amr Qatamesh (stand-up satirical poetry) Season 2, 2012: Khawater Al-Zalam (glow-in-the-dark) Season 3, 2013: Sima group (artistic dance) Season 4, 2014–15: Salah Benlemqawanssa(35-year-old popper/b-boy) Season 5, 2017: Emanne Beasha(8-year-old opera singer) Season 6, 2019: Mayyas(Mainly female Dance troupe) Season 7, 2024: Mandalab (dance-troupe) Season 8, TBA:
Cesar 'Kike' Teruel (1–3) Maximiliano Guerra (1–3) Catherine Fulop(1–3)
Season 1, 2008: Martin Bustos (25-year-old comedian/impersonator) Season 2, 2009: Daniel Ferreyra (39-year-old guitarist) Season 3, 2010–11: Diego Gutierrez (23-year-old button accordion player)
Season 1, 2012: Karolien Goris (11-year-old singer) Season 2, 2013: Michael Lanzo (34-year-old singer) Season 3, 2015: Domenico Vaccaro (22-year-old pole dancer) Season 4, 2016: Baba Yega (dance troupe) Season 5, 2018: Tascha & Ian (dancers) Season 6, 2019: Benjamin Ceyssens (19-year-old pianist) Season 7, 2021: De Mini Droids (dance troupe) Season 8, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2010: Bogdana Petrova (17-year-old visually impaired singer) Season 2, 2012: Kristina Arabadzhieva (12-year-old singer) Season 3, 2014: Thomas Tomov (17-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2015: Plamen Lubenov (20-year-old wheelchair breakdancer) Season 5, 2016: Vivo Montana (18–44-year-old musical band) Season 6, 2019: Adriyan Asenov (31-year-old blind imitator) Season 7, 2021: Kaloyan Geshev (9-year-old fast mathematician) Season 8, 2022: Stefan Ivanov (6-year-old bagpiper) Season 9, TBA: Awaiting confirmation
Season 1, 2009: Tihomir Bendelja (15-year-old gymnastics twirler) Season 2, 2010: Viktorija Novosel(21-year-old singer) Season 3, 2011: Promenada Klub (shadow theatre) Season 4, 2016: Petar Bruno Basić (23-year-old pole dancer) Season 5, 2017: Emil & Mateja (dancing duo) Season 6, 2018: Denis Barta (20-year-old blind and autistic singer) Season 7, 2019: Transform Crew (dancing troupe) Season 8, 2021: Anatacha Filimone (18-year-old singer) Season 9, 2022: Magic Leon (27-year-old illusionist) Season 10, 2023: Chritzel Renae Aceveda (12-year-old singer) Season 11, 2024: Tamia Šeme (25-year-old acrobat) Season 12, 2025: Upcoming season
Current David Gránský (7–) Jasmina Alagič (9–) Former Martin "Pyco" Rausch (1–4) Jakub Prachař (1–4) Marcel Forgáč (5–6) Milan Junior Zimnýkoval(5–6) Lujza Garajová-Schrameková (7–8)
Season 1, 2010: DaeMen (hand-to-hand acrobatics) Season 2, 2011: Atai Omurzakov (21-year-old dancer) Season 3, 2012: Jozef Pavlusík (24-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2013: Miroslav Sýkora (25-year-old opera singer) Season 5, 2015: Gyöngyi Bodišová (22-year-old singer) Season 6, 2016: Act 4 Slovakia (acrobatic on bicycles) Season 7, 2018: Nikoleta Šurinová (11-year-old drummer) Season 8, 2019: Margaréta Ondrejková (16-year-old singer) Season 9, 2021: Diamonds (dance group) Season 10, 2022: Nikola Kusendová (18-year-old singer) Season 11, 2023: Anna Slížová (24-year-old singer) Season 12, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Nicolas Espinoza(1) Bianca Salame (1) Henry Bustamante (2) Jonathan Estrada (2–6)
Diego Spotorno(1–2) Karla Kanora (1) Jaime Enrique Aymara(1) Maria Fernanda Rios (2–4) Wendy Vera(2–5) Paola Farias (2–5) Fabrizio Ferretti (3) Fernando Villarroel (4–5) Carolina Jaume(5) Francisco Pinoargotti (5) Lila Flores (6) Ángelo Barahona (6) Carolina Aguirre (6) Martín Guerrero (6)
Season 1, 2012: Luis Castillo (37-year-old street comedian) Season 2, 2013: José Fernando Lara (26-year-old singer) Season 3, 2014: Ledesma Brothers (foldclore singers) Season 4, 2015: Christian Loaiza (30-year-old singer) Season 5, 2016: CAN Group (Talented police dogs) Season 6, 2017: Juventud Bolivarense (Young Music Trio)
Season 1, 2006: Salah Benlemqawanssa(27-year-old popper/b-boy) Season 2, 2007: Junior (26-year-old break dancer) Season 3, 2008: Alex(23-year-old fire artist) Season 4, 2009: Les Echos-liés (comic group) Season 5, 2010: Axel et Alizée (young dancing duo) Season 6, 2011: Marina Kaye(13-year-old singer) Season 7, 2012: Die Mobilés (shadow play) Season 8, 2013: Simon Heule (23-year-old acrobat) Season 9, 2014: Bagad de Vannes (choir) Season 10, 2015: Juliette and Charlie (Dog Act) Season 11, 2016: Antonio (42-year-old magician) Season 12, 2017: Laura Laune (31-year-old comedian/singer) Season 13, 2018: Jean-Baptiste Guégan(35-year-old singer) Season 14, 2019: Le Cas Pucine (20-year-old ventriloquist) Season 15, 2020: Famille Lefèvre (family opera group) Season 16, 2021: Le Chœur de Saint-Cyr (military choir) Season 17, 2022: Rayane (15-year-old pianist) Season 18, 2023: Mega Unity (dancers group) Season 19, 2024: Mathieu Stepson (Magician) Season 20, 2025: Upcoming season
Current Nuki Koshkelishvili (10–) Tako Cohrgolashivili (11–) Former Tika Patsatsia(1–4) Vano Tarkhnishvili(1–8) Giorgi Kipshidze (5–8) Gia Jajanidze (9) Giorgi Bakhutashvili (10)
Season 1, 2010: Levan Shavadze (singer) Season 2, 2011: Vano Pipia (13-year-old singer) Season 3, 2012: Nona Giunashvili (sand artist) Season 4, 2013: City Band Group (musical band) Season 5, 2014: Temo Da Qeti (dancer and wheelchair dancer) Season 6, 2015: Barbara Samkharadze (singer) Season 7, 2016–17: Eka Abuladze (singer) Season 8, 2017–18: The boys chapel and youth team (choir) Season 9, 2020: Lasha Gelashvili (illusionist) Season 10, 2022: Davit Lekashvili (excavator operator) Season 11, 2024: Current Season
Season 1, 2007: Ricardo Marinello (19-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2008: Michael Hirte (44-year-old harmonica player) Season 3, 2009: Yvo Antoni & PrimaDonna (dog act) Season 4, 2010: Freddy Sahin-Scholl(57-year-old two-voice singer) Season 5, 2011: Leo Rojas(27-year-old panpipe player) Season 6, 2012: Jean-Michel Aweh (20-year-old singer and pianist) Season 7, 2013: Lukas Pratschker & Falco (dog act) Season 8, 2014: Marcel Kaupp (26-year-old drag queen and singer) Season 9, 2015: Jay Oh (29-year-old singer) Season 10, 2016: Angel Flukes (28-year-old singer) Season 11, 2017: Alexa Lauenburger & her mixed-breed dogs (dog act) Season 12, 2018: Stevie Starr(56-year-old professional regurgitator) Season 13, 2019: Christian Stoinev & Percy (Acrobatics with dog training) Season 14, 2020: Nick Ferretti (30-year-old singer and guitarist) Season 15, 2021: Elena Turcan (10-year-old opera singer) Season 16, 2024: Alexander Doghmani (17-year-old opera singer) Season 17, 2025: Upcoming season
Season 1, 2007: Christos Zacharopoulos(12-year-old singer) Season 2, 2009: Kiss Madiam(band) Season 3, 2010: Nikos Georgas (55-year-old singer) Season 4, 2012: Stelios Legakis (14-year-old singer) Season 5, 2017: House of Drama (Group of dancers) Season 6, 2018: En Xoro (Group of dancers) Season 7, 2022: Konstantinos Tsamados (14-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2013–14: Brynjar Dagur (15-year-old dancer) Season 2, 2014–15: Alda Dís (22-year-old singer) Season 3, 2016: Johanna Ruth (14-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2009: Prince Dance Group Season 2, 2010: Shillong Chamber Choir Season 3, 2011: Suresh and Vernon Group Season 4, 2012: Bad Salsa[21] Season 5, 2014: Ragini Makkhar & Naadyog Group Indore Season 6, 2015: Manik Paul (22-year-old aerial dancer) Season 7, 2016: Flautist Suleiman (13-year-old flute player) Season 8, 2018: Javed Khan (27-year-old close-up magician) Season 9, 2022: Divyansh & Manuraj (Beatbox and flute duo) Season 10, 2023: Abujmarh Mallakhamb and Sports Academy (modernized mallakhamb group) Season 11, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2009–10: Carmen Masola (39-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2011: Fabrizio Vendramin (49-year-old painter) Season 3, 2012: Stefano Scarpa (21-year-old acro pole flag man) Season 4, Spring 2013: Daniel Adomako(22-year-old singer) Season 5, Autumn 2013: Samuel Barletti (50-year-old ventriloquist) Season 6, 2015: Simone Al Ani (27-year-old manipulator dynamic) Season 7, 2016: Moses Concas (26-year-old harmonica player) Season 8, 2017: Trejolie (Triple-duo-Comedian) Season 9, 2019: Antonio Sorgentone (31-year-old singer/pianist) Season 10, 2020: Andrea Fratellini (46-year-old ventriloquist) Season 11, 2021: Stefano Bronzato (28-year-old card magician) Season 12, 2022: Antonio Vaglica (18-year-old singer) Season 13, 2023: Francesca Cesarini (16-year-old pole dancer)
Current Mindaugas Stasiulis (2–3, 5–) Mindaugas Rainys (5–) Former Džiugas Siaurusaitis (1–3) Vitalijus Cololo (1) Marius Repšys (4) Ramūnas Cicėnas (4)
Season 1, 2009: Mikas Stankevičius (22-year-old teeth player) Season 2, 2010: Martynas Levickis (20-year-old piano accordion player) Season 3, 2011: Marius Petrauskas (26-year-old singer) Season 4, 2014: Project Mayhem(street gymnasts) Season 5, 2017: Kasparas Bujanauskas (18-year-old juggler) Season 6, 2019: Edgaras Kerpė (19-year-old dancer) Season 7, 2022: Vaida Aleksandravičiūtė (27-year-old pole dancer) Season 8, 2023: Ignas Tamuli (18-year-old dancer) Season 9, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Current Gianni Zammit (2–) Former Gordon Bonello (1)
Current Sarah Zerafa (1–) Ray Attard (1–) Valentina Rossi (2–) Gordon Bonello (2–) Former Howard Keith Debono (1) Maxine Aquilina (1)
Season 1, 2020: Jomike & Lydon Agius (father and son singing duo) Season 2, 2022: Kyran Bonello (14-year-old opera singer) Season 3, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2014: Pablo López (43-year-old singer) Season 2, 2015: Fernando Badillo (24-year-old violinist) Season 3, 2019: Alexis Pérez (24-year-old musician)
Current Battur (4–) Erdenechimeg (4–) Delgertsetseg (4–) Chuluunbat (4–) Former Rokit Bay (1–3) Haranga(1–2) Chimegee (1–2) Degi (1–2) Ariunbaatar (3) Undarmaa (3) Anujin (3)
Season 1, 2015: Egshiglent Chimee (children's orchestra) Season 2, 2016: Enkh-Erdene (20-year-old country singer) Season 3, 2018: Bilegt (25-year-old magician) Season 4, 2023: Khasar & Naranchimeg (Mother and Son) Season 5, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2014: Wai Yan Naing (danger magician) Season 2, 2015: Jar Jet Aung (13-year-old robot dancer) Season 3, 2016: Jimmy Ko Ko (23-year-old contemporary dancer) Season 4, 2017: Ayar Maung Team (traditional elephant dancing team) Season 5, 2018: Junior Creative (shadow dance group) Season 6, 2019: Phone Myat Min (5-year-old acrobat) Season 7, TBA: Awaiting confirmation
Season 1, 2008: Daniëlle Bubberman (13-year-old contortionist) Season 2, 2009: Tessa Kersten(11-year-old guitarist/singer) Season 3, 2010: Martin Hurkens(57-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2011: Aliyah Kolf (11-year-old singer) Season 5, 2012: DDF Crew (ropeskipping) Season 6, 2013: Amira Willighagen(9-year-old opera singer) Season 7, 2014: León Lissitza (81-year-old crossover singer) Season 8, 2016: Nick Nicolai(18-year-old singer) Season 9, 2017: The Fire (Hip-Hop Dance Group) Season 10, 2019: Shinshan (17-year-old dancer) Season 11, 2020: Tommy & Rowan (16-year-old dance duo) Season 12, 2022: CDK JR (dance troupe) Season 13, 2023: Rik & Aimée (acrobatic duo) Season 14, 2024: World of Afro (dance group) Season 15, 2025: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2008: Erlend Bratland(16-year-old singer) Season 2, 2009: Quick (hip-hop dance group) Season 3, 2010: Kristian Rønning (23-year-old rapper) Season 4, 2011: Daniel Johansen Elmhari (11-year-old dancer) Season 5, 2012: Stine H. Ulla (17-year-old opera singer) Season 6, 2014: Angelina Jordan(8-year-old singer) Season 7, 2015: Odin Landbakk (13-year-old guitarist) Season 8, 2017: Vilde Winge (14-year-old sign language performer) Season 9, 2018: Tuva Lutro (12-year-old singer) Season 10, 2019: Amalie Skeide Sandvik (18-year-old sport drill arcobat) Season 11, 2023: Musikaljentene (dance group) Season 12, 2024: Jump Crew (dance troupe) Season 13, TBA:
Season 1, 2012: Alessandra Aguirre (11-year-old singer) Season 2, 2013: Rod Martin (18-year-old painter) Season 3, 2014: Gianfranco Huanqui (18-year-old Rubik's Cube solver) Season 4, 2022: Fusión Peruana (dance group) Season 5, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2015: The ArtGym Company (acrobatic gymnastic) Season 2, 2016: Micaela Abreu (15-year-old singer) Season 3, 2017: António Casalinho(13-year-old dancer) Season 4, 2018: Ninfas do Atlântico (group of female classical singers) Season 5, 2020: João Pataco and Miguel Tira Picos (acrobats) Season 6, 2021: Fadoalado (fado music group) Season 7, 2022: Acro AAS (acrobatic group) Season 8, 2024: Sofia Rolão (27-year-old gymnast) Season 9, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2011: Adrian Ţuţu (19-year-old rapper) Season 2, 2012: Cristian Gog(31-year-old mentalist) Season 3, 2013: Bruno Icobet (dancing dog act) Season 4, 2014: Brio Sonores (opera singers) Season 5, 2015: Cristian Leana (Rubik's cube solver) Season 6, 2016: Laura Bretan(13-year-old opera singer) Season 7, 2017: Lorelai Mosneguțu (14-year-old armless singer, pianist and painter) Season 8, 2018: Emil Rengle (27-year-old dancer) Season 9, 2019: Ana Maria Pantaze (39-year-old singer) Season 10, 2020: Radu Palaniță (40-year-old singer) Season 11, 2021: Ana-Maria Mărgean (11-year-old ventriloquist/singer) Season 12, 2022: Darius Mabda (13-year-old dancer) Season 13, 2023: Rares Prisacariu (7-year-old spoken word poet) Season 14, 2024: Cristian Ciaușu (15-year-old pan-flute player) Season 15, 2025: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2007: Maxim Tokayev (14-year-old piano accordion player) Season 2, 2007: Dimitry Bulkin a.k.a. Dima Shine (22-year-old gymnastics parade) Season 3, 2008: Grace (ensemble) Season 4, 2009–10: Brothers of Grinchenko (acrobats) Season 5, 2010–11: Viktor Kochkin and Danil Anastasin (breakdancers without legs) Season 6, 2011–12: Igor Butorin (hula hoops) Season 7, 2012–13: "I Team" group (jumping on a trampoline) Season 8, 2013–14: Olga Trifonova (aeralist), Alex Magala (sword swallower) Season 9, 2017: Vardanyan brothers (acrobat duo)
Season 1, 2009: Danijel, Darko and Sandra Piler (young music trio) Season 2, 2011: Milica Dokić and Nenad Mahmutović (deaf dancers) Season 3, 2011–12: Bojana and Nikola Peković (young traditional musicians) Season 4, 2012–13: Katarina Kovačević (21-year-old singer) Season 5: 2016–17: Bar strong (acrobatic team)
Current Peter Poles(1–2, 4–5, 8–) Sašo Stare (7–) Former Jože Robežnik (3) Matej Puc (3) Vid Valič (1–2, 4–6) Domen Valič (6–7)
Current Ana Klašnja (3–) Marjetka Vovk(5–) Lado Bizovičar (5–) Andrej Škufca (10–) Former Brane Kastelic (1–2) Lucienne Lončina (1–2) Branko Čakarmiš (1–9) Damjan Damjanovič (3) Rok Golob(4)
Season 1, 2010: Lina Kuduzović(7-year-old singer) Season 2, 2011: Julija Kramar (35-year-old opera singer) Season 3, 2013: Alja Krušič (16-year-old singer) Season 4, 2014: Jana Šušterič (29-year-old singer) Season 5, 2015: Jernej Kozan (21-year-old dancer) Season 6, 2016: WildArt (Timotej & Lenart) (string duo) Season 7, 2018: Tjaša Dobravec (24-year-old pole art dancer) Season 8, 2021: Tajda Korče (15-year-old gymnast) Season 9, 2023: Domen Kljun (25-year-old singer) Season 10, 2024: Edvard & Frida (mind-readers) Season 11, TBA: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2009: Darren Rajbal (19-year-old deaf hip hop dancer) Season 2, 2010: James Bhemgee (45-year-old opera singer) Season 3, 2012: Botlhale Boikanyo (11-year-old praise poet) Season 4, 2013: Johnny Apple (16-year-old singer) Season 5, 2014: Tholwana Mohale (14-year-old singer and guitarist) Season 6, 2015: DJ Arch Jnr (3-year-old DJ) Season 7, 2016: Kryptonite Dance Academy (Dance Group) Season 8, 2017: AnecNote (A cappella Group)
Season 1, 2016: Cristina Ramos (37-year-old opera and rock music singer) Season 2, 2017: Antonio "El Tekila" (44-year-old rockabilly dancer) Season 3, 2018: César Brandon (24-year-old poet) Season 4, 2019: Murga Zeta Zetas (murga group) Season 5, 2019: Hugo Molina (3-year-old drummer) Season 6, 2021: Celia Muñoz (35-year-old ventriloquist) Season 7, 2021: Dúo Turkeev (acrobatic duo) Season 8, 2022: Jordi Caps (51-year-old magician) Season 9, 2023: Lil Kids (dance group) Season 10, 2024: Current Season
Season 1, 2011: Maya Wirz (49-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2012: Eliane Müller (21-year-old singer) Season 3, 2015: Flavio Rizzello (10-year-old singer) Season 4, 2016: Jason Brügger (22-year-old acrobat)
Season 1, 2009–10: Bilal Avcı and Uğur Karameşe (popping dance) Season 2, 2011: Sefa Doğanay (imitator) Season 3, 2011–12: Ali Yeşilırmak and Max the dog (dog act) Season 4, 2012–13: Atalay Demirci (comedian) Season 5, 2013–14: Burak & Kıvanç (illusion) Season 6, 2014–15: Yunus Karaca (comedian) Season 7, 2015–16: Hayatın Ritmini Yakala (comedian) Season 8, 2017: Catch the Rhythm of Life (orchestra) Season 9, 2018: Queens Of The Dance (kids dance troupe)
Season 1, 2009: Kseniya Simonova(24-year-old sand artist) Season 2, 2010: Olena Kovtun (26-year-old singer) Season 3, 2011: Vitaliy Luzkar (24-year-old illusionist) Season 4, 2012: The team of "Workout" (acrobats) Season 5, 2013: The team of "Lisapetny Battalion" (singers)[31] Season 6, 2014: The Dudnik Family (acrobats) Season 7, 2015: Said Abd Allah Dzhurdi (23-year-old singer) Season 8, 2016: Arina Shuhalevych (2-year-old regional geographer) Season 9, 2017: Veronika Mors'ka (5-year-old singer) Season 10, 2021: Artem Fesko (14-year-old singer)[32] Season 11, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2020: Diego Coronel (26-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2021: Enzo Castro (7-year-old button accordion player) Season 3, 2022: Camila Iza Machado (15-year-old singer) Season 4, 2024: Upcoming Season
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↑ The format is labelled as "British" because although America had the first full season of the format, Britain's Got Talent had its pilot episode conceived and filmed in the first few months of 2006 before America's Got Talent had begun production.
↑ Joint version with India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and other more Asian countries, taking part
↑ Joint version with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan taking part
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK, and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its now-defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.
America's Got Talent is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle USA and Syco Entertainment, and broadcasts on the NBC television network. It premiered on June 21, 2006, after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended, following a dispute within the British broadcaster ITV. Production would later resume in 2007, following the success of the first season. Each season is mainly run during the network's summer schedule, and has featured various hosts over the course of the program's history. The current host is Terry Crews.
The first season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from June 21 to August 17, 2006. The season went into production a year earlier than planned by Got Talent creator Simon Cowell. Cowell intended for Britain's Got Talent to debut before AGT in 2006. However, production was suspended due to internal conflicts within its British television network. David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood and Piers Morgan were the show's first judges, with Regis Philbin as host. This season originally had an early format for live round judging and Wildcard acts, which would be changed after the season's conclusion.
Britain's Got Talent is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, it is produced by both Thames and Syco Entertainment, distributed by Fremantle, and broadcast on ITV every year in late Spring to early Summer. The show was originally intended for production in 2005, but filming was suspended in the wake of a dispute between ITV and the programme's originally planned host. Following the success of America's Got Talent that year, production resumed, and the programme eventually premiered on 9 June 2007.
Syco Entertainment is a British media entertainment and production company, headquartered in London, founded and owned by British entrepreneur and record executive Simon Cowell. The company focuses on TV production. The company was formed in 2005 through Sony Music Entertainment entering a joint venture by purchasing Cowell's shares of his record label S Records and television company Syco Television. In 2009, Sony and Cowell entered a joint venture agreement that covered the joint ownership of Syco's television formats, which include the Got Talent and The X Factor franchises. Until 2020, the company operated television and music projects with Sony Music labels around the world and television production company Fremantle. It employs a staff of more than 50 in offices in London and Los Angeles, and manages a string of television and music brands through partnerships with the label Sony Music and the television production company.
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition, and part of the global X Factor franchise created by Simon Cowell. Premiering on 4 September 2004, it was produced by Fremantle's British entertainment company, Thames, and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment for ITV, as well as simulcast on Virgin Media One in Ireland. The programme ran for around 445 episodes across fifteen series, each one primarily broadcast late in the year, until its final episode in December 2018. The majority of episodes were presented by Dermot O'Leary, with some exceptions: the first three series were hosted by Kate Thornton, while Caroline Flack and Olly Murs hosted the show for the twelfth series.
India's Got Talent is a televised Indian Hindi language talent show series and is part of the Got Talent franchise. The program is produced and distributed by Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. The show aired on Colors TV until season 8. Since season 9 the show is airing on Sony Entertainment Television.
Indonesia's Got Talent is an Indonesian talent variety show on RCTI that began July 23, 2010. It is based on the Got Talent franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO company. Indonesia Mencari Bakat, broadcast on Trans TV, was copied from the original Got Talent format. It had higher ratings than the original format, especially in first and third season.
Canada's Got Talent (CGT) is a Canadian television reality talent show, which debuted on the Citytv network on March 4, 2012. It is part of the global Got Talent franchise.
The Voice UK is a British singing reality competition television series. Created by John de Mol and Roel van Velzen, it premiered on BBC One on 24 March 2012. Based on the original Dutch singing competition The Voice of Holland, and part of The Voice franchise, it has aired twelve series and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent contested by aspiring singers, drawn from public auditions. Presented by Emma Willis since 2014, it was previously presented by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates from 2012 to 2013 and Marvin Humes from 2014 to 2016. The winners receive a recording contract with Universal Music Group. Winners of each series have been: Leanne Mitchell, Andrea Begley, Jermain Jackman, Stevie McCrorie, Kevin Simm, Mo Adeniran, Ruti Olajugbagbe, Molly Hocking, Blessing Chitapa, Craig Eddie, Anthonia Edwards, Jen & Liv and AVA.
The eighth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 12 April to 7 June 2014; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a break on 30 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. Auditions were held in Northern Ireland instead of Scotland for this series, with hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly having to stand in for Simon Cowell, after illness forced him to be absent during a day of auditions. This series was the first in the programme's history to introduce the "Golden Buzzer" format to the competition – an element that was being introduced to the Got Talent franchise since it was first introduced on Germany's Got Talent in 2012.
The ninth series of the British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 11 April to 31 May 2015. The series saw the "Wildcard" format introduced in the sixth series being modified in this series to include a "Public Wildcard" – like the "Judges' Wildcard" any act eliminated in the semi-finals, primarily those that lost out in the Judges' vote, could be reinstated by the public, based on the one that received the most votes from them before the final. Although speculations and rumours began to emerge after the previous series ended, claiming that some of the judges would be leaving before the ninth series, these were later dismissed as being unfounded by ITV, on 16 January 2015.
The tenth series of the British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 9 April to 28 May 2016. To celebrate ten series of the show, the final featured a special performance entitled "Best of Britain’s Got Talent", which featured several participants who had appeared on the show during the previous nine series, including Ashleigh and Pudsey, Attraction, Diversity, Jon Clegg, Stavros Flatley, Collabro and Spelbound. It was the last series to have its live episodes broadcast at The Fountain Studios before the site's closure that year.
The eleventh series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 3 June 2017; because the One Love Manchester concert was to take place on 4 June, the live final was brought forward a day to avoid clashing with it. Following the closure of Fountain Studios the previous year, the live episodes were broadcast from Elstree Studios. The change in location allowed for a revamp of the studio used by both the main programme and its sister show, Britain's Got More Talent.
Sri Lanka's Got Talent is a televised Sri Lankan talent show competition and is part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Stein Studios and Syco Entertainment, and broadcasts on Sirasa TV.
America's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of America's Got Talent, a televised American talent show competition, created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle for the NBC television network, and first premiered on January 7, 2019. The program functions similar to AGT, but involves a variety of participants taken from across both AGT and the Got Talent franchise – including winners, finalists, live round participants and other notable entries – who compete against each other to secure a place in a grand final, in which the winner receives a cash prize and the title of America's chosen "World Champion" within Got Talent.
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, which began broadcasting on ITV on 31 August 2019. The programme functions similar to BGT, but features a selection of participants - winners, finalists and other notable acts - from across the history of both Britain's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, who compete in a series of preliminaries to secure a place in the grand final and a chance to win a large prize and to be crowned Britain's champion within Got Talent.
The fourteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, but in two parts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom during that year which affected production on the programme. The first half consisted of audition episodes that had already been filmed, which were aired between 11 April to 30 May 2020. The second half consisted of the remaining episodes when production could resume, and were aired between 30 August to 10 October 2020. The series was notable for Simon Cowell's absence from the semi-finals and final after he sustained an injury following an accident in August, forcing him to be replaced by Ashley Banjo. He still appeared in the audition episodes as they had been filmed and aired before his injury. Before Cowell's injury, it was intended for him to be virtually present for the semi-finals because of travel restrictions and his commitments to America's Got Talent.
America's Got Talent: All-Stars is an American reality television and talent competition series that premiered on NBC on January 2, 2023. The "all-stars" series is a spinoff featuring winners, finalists, fan favorites, and others from previous seasons of America's Got Talent and across the Got Talent franchise. Terry Crews hosts the series, with Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel serving as judges. In the finale, the winner receives a cash prize of $500,000.
The sixteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 15 April to 4 June 2023. Following the previous series, David Walliams resigned from the programme in the wake of criticism to comments he had made of contestants during the 2020 series, leading to him being replaced by Bruno Tonioli in January 2023. During auditions, Cowell allowed a change to the Golden Buzzer format, granting more being given than in previous series.
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