Australia's Got Talent
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Genre | Reality talent show |
Created by | Simon Cowell Ken Warwick Cécile Frot-Coutaz Jason Raff |
Presented by | Grant Denyer |
Judges | Dannii Minogue Tom Burlinson Red Symons |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 18 (as of June 23 2008) |
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Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
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Network | Seven Network |
Release | February 18, 2007 – Present |
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Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show which premiered on February 18, 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated with America's Got Talent. It is hosted by Grant Denyer, with Dannii Minogue, Tom Burlinson and Red Symons acting as judges. The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved it to a more competitve Tuesday night timeslot at 7:30pm.
The second season began airing from April 29, 2008.[1]
Overview
Australia's Got Talent is a talent show that features amateur singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for a top prize of $250,000 (AUD), although in the first series a "Judges Choice" of $25,000 (AUD) was also awarded. Three judges appear on the show each week to provide feedback for the contestants.
In the first series there were four heats which saw about 20 to 25 acts competing in each heat. Approximately 60 acts in total got the approval from the judges, but only 40 were selected to compete in the semi-finals. In addition, only a fraction of the acts that progress are actually featured in full on the televised episodes.
The logo used for the first series of Australia's Got Talent is similar to the logo used by America's Got Talent. The logo for the second series is similar to that used by Britain's Got Talent.
Series
Series one
The following table lists the grand finalists who were selected to advance from the semi-finals by either the judges' or the viewers' vote:
Semi-final Episode | Judges' Choice | Viewers' Choice |
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1 | Max Foster Pianist |
Herb Patten Gum leaf musician |
2 | Al Miller Contortionist |
Bonnie Anderson Singer |
3 | Col-E-Flower Vegetable musician |
Chase and Lily Dance duo |
4 | Soul Mystique Quick costume change/dance act |
Madeline Perrone Singer |
The two finalists were Herb Patten and Bonnie Anderson, with Bonnie Anderson eventually becoming the winner of the first series of Australia's Got Talent.
Series two
Semi-final Episode | Judges' Choice | Viewers' Choice |
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1 | Jourdian Singer |
Shift-1 Dance troupe |
2 | Deb "Spoons" Perry Spoon musician |
"Smokin'" Joe Robinson Guitarist |
3 | Grace Bawden Singer |
Mietta White Singer |
4 | Aaron Smyth Dancer |
Halls Taekwondo Taekwondo troupe |
The winner of this season is "Somkin" Joe Robinson and runner up Jourdan. ^^ are you some kind of nerd. did you rush on after the show finished just to put it on wikipedia. im your haste you even spelled smokin wrong.