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Got Talent is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format. It has spawned spin-offs in 39 countries, in what is now referred to as the Got Talent format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the Idol format.^{[citation needed]}

The Got Talent franchise is one of the fastest growing international franchises, closing the gap on other successful franchises such as The Weakest Link,The X Factor, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Dancing with the Stars and Idol franchises, all of which also originated in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Original series[link]

Got Talent was a British invention by The X Factor creator Simon Cowell, with comedian and talk show host Paul O'Grady producing a pilot for ITV. O'Grady left the network after disputes with ITV, resulting in Cowell moving the concept to the United States while he and ITV searched for a new show host.

Due to these issues, the Got Talent franchise ended up debuting first as America's Got Talent on NBC on 21 June 2006, with judges David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan. The show's original series was hosted by Regis Philbin. Most recently, the judging panel consists of Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne and Howard Stern, and is hosted by Nick Cannon. The grand prize on America's Got Talent is $1 million, and, since season 3, a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. America's Got Talent proved extremely successful for NBC, pulling in high ratings in both total viewers and the younger 18-49 demographic. The show's initial success in America is credited with the eventual launch of the British series, and the overall global launch of the Got Talent franchise.

ITV eventually debuted Britain's Got Talent on 9 June 2007 with Cowell, Morgan and Amanda Holden as judges, and Ant & Dec as hosts of the show. For series 5, Morgan stepped down after due to commitments hosting Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN and Cowell only attended the live shows as he was busy launching The X Factor USA, so Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff joined the panel with Holden. In October 2011, it was confirmed that McIntyre and Hasselhoff would not return for series 6 and they were replace by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, along with Cowell returning as a judge full time. The top prize was initially £100,000 (changed to £500,000 in series 6), and a performance at the Royal Variety Show in front of Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Charles.

In June 2010, following Britain's Got Talent's success at the BAFTA television awards, Simon Cowell voiced his ideas regarding 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 (see World Idol), and instead proposed a commentary format, similar to that of the Eurovision Song Contest.^[2] 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, along with a projected global television audience of 300 million, and an intended airdate of 2011.^[3] However, Cowell halted plans for the series because it would hamper with his judging commitments with The X Factor USA and Britain's Got Talent for the following years to come.

[edit] Got Talent around the world

Location of different franchises of Got Talent (outdated)

  Own version

[edit] Got Talent series

Country	Name	Channel	Premier	Host(s)	Judges	Season / Winners
Albania	Albanians Got Talent	Top Channel	25 August 2010	Albana Osmani Benet Kaci	Altin Basha Rovena Dilo Armend Rexhepagiqi	Season 1, 2010-2011: Fiqiri Luli
Arab World	Arabs Got Talent	MBC 4	14 January 2011	Raya Abi Rached Qusai Kheder	Najwa Karam Ali Jaber Nasir Al-Gasabi (2012) Amr Adeeb (2011)	Season 1, 2011: Amr Qatamesh (Stand Up Satirical Poetry) Season 2, 2012: Current season
Argentina	Talento Argentino	Telefe	27 July 2008	Mariano Pelufo	Cesar 'Kike' Teruel Maximiliano Guerra Catherine Fulop	Season 1, 2008: Martin Bustos (Humorian Imitation) Season 2, 2009: Daniel Ferreyra (Guitarist)
Armenia	Թաքնված տաղանդ Taknvats taghand	Shant TV	2009	Grigor Aghakhanyan	Nikolai Tsaturyan (2008) Violet Grigoryan Artyom Forums Sergei Danielian	Season 1, 2009: Samvel Davtyan(Singer) Season 2, 2010: Samvel Harutyunyan(Singer)
Australia	Australia's Got Talent	Seven Network	18 February 2007	Grant Denyer	Current Dannii Minogue Kyle Sandilands Brian McFadden Former Red Symons Tom Burlinson	Season 1, 2007: Bonnie Anderson (Singer) Season 2, 2008: "Smokin" Joe Robinson (Guitarist) Season 3, 2009: Mark Vincent (15-year-old-opera singer) Season 4, 2010: Justice Crew (Dance Troupe) Season 5, 2011: Jack Vidgen (14-year-old singer) Season 6, 2012: Current season
Belgium	Supertalent in Vlaanderen	VT4	15 March 2007	Dré Steemans Ann van Elsen	Paul Jambers Martine Prenen Gert Verhulst	Season 1, 2007: Triple E(Sister's Trio)
	Belgium Got Talent (Dutch)	vtm	2012	TBA	TBA	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season
	Belgium's Got Talent (French)	RTL-TVi	2012	TBA	TBA	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season
Bulgaria	България търси талант Balgariya tarsi talant	bTV	1 March 2010	Mariya Ignatova Alexandra Raeva	Hilda Kazasian Luben Dilov - son Krasimir Radkov (2012-present) Magardich Halvadjian (2010-2012)	Season 1, 2010: Bogdana Petrova (Singer) Season 2, 2012: TBA
Canada	Canada's Got Talent	Citytv	4 March 2012	Dina Pugliese	Stephan Moccio Measha Brueggergosman Martin Short	Season 1, 2012: Sagkeeng's Finest (tap dance troupe)
Chile	Talento Chileno	Chilevisión	27 September 2010	Julián Elfenbein (2010) Rafael Araneda (2011–)	Rodrigo Díaz Francisca García-Huidobro Antonio Vodanovic	Season 1, 2010: Camila Silva (Singer) Season 2, 2011: Upcoming Season
China	中国达人秀 China's Got Talent	DragonTV Xing Kong	25 July 2010	Cheng Lei	Current Gao Xiaosong Annie Yi Jerry Huang Ni ping Huang Doudou FormerZhou Libo (2010-2012) Cao Kefan(2010) Yang Lan(2011)	Season 1, 2010: Liu Wei (Armless pianist) Season 2, 2011: Zhuo Jun (popper) Season 3, 2011: Pan Qianqian (female baritone singer)
Colombia	Colombia Tiene Talento	Canal RCN	6 February 2012	Santiago Rodríguez	Paola Turbay Alejandra Azcarate Manolo Cardona	Season 1, 2012: Current season
Croatia	Supertalent	Nova TV	25 September 2009	Rene Bitorajac Igor Mešin	Nina Badrić Enis Bešlagić Dubravko Merlić	Season 1, 2009: Tihomir Bendelja (gymnastic twirling) Season 2, 2010: Viktorija Novosel (singer) Season 3, 2011 : Ivan Toric Season 4, 2012 : ''''Current season''''
Czech Republic  Slovakia	Česko Slovensko má talent	TV JOJ TV Prima	29 August 2010	Martin "Pyco" Rausch Jakub Prachař	Jan Kraus (2010) Lucie Bílá (2010–present) Jaro Slávik (2010–present) Martin Dejdar (2011–present)	Season 1, 2010: DaeMen (Hand to Hand Acrobatics) Season 2, 2011: Atai Omurzakov (Dancer) Season 3, 2012 : Current season
Denmark	Talent	DR1	15 August 2008	Felix Schmidt Mikkel Herforth (2008)	Martin Hall (2008) Peter Aalbæk Jensen (2008) Julie Steincke (2008) Jesper Dahl Hella Joof Nikolaj Koppel	Season 1, 2008: Robot Boys (Robot Dancing Duo) Season 2, 2009: Kalle Pimp (Rap) Season 3, 2010: Copenhagen Drummers (Military drummers) Season 4, 2011 : Current season
Ecuador	Ecuador Tiene Talento	Ecuavisa	25 March 2012	Nicolas Espinoza Bianca Salame	Diego Spotorno Karla Kanora Jaime Enrique Aymara	Season 1, 2012 : Current season
Estonia	Eesti talent	TV3	9 October 2010	Eda-Ines Etti Tanel Padar	Kristiina Heinmets-Aigro Valdo Randpere Mihkel Raud	Season 1, 2010-11: Erki-Andres Nuut (Leaf Pill Player) Season 2, 2012 : Current season
Finland	Talent Suomi	Nelonen	1 October 2007	Susanna Laine (2007) Martti Vannas (2007) Jarkko Valtee (2009-) Osku Heiskanen (2009-)	Timo Koivusalo (2007) Sami Saikkonen Katja Ståhl Jaana Saarinen (2009-)	Season 1, 2007: Aleksi Vähäpassi (Beatbox) Season 2, 2009: Miikka Mäkelä (pantomim dance) Season 3, 2011: VIP Bartenders (Flair bartenders)
France	Incroyable Talent	M6 (2006-2011)	6 November 2006	Alessandra Sublet (2006–2008)	Jean Piere Den Bois (2006) Sophie Edelstein (2006–2008-2010-) Gilbert Rozon (2006-) Patrick Dupont (2007–2008) Smaïn (2009) Valérie Stroh (2009) Dave (2010-)	Season 1, 2006: Salah Benlemqawanssa (Popper/B-boy) Season 2, 2007: Junior (break dancer) Season 3, 2008: Alex (fire artist) Season 4, 2009: Les Echos-liés (comic group) Season 5, 2010: Axel and Alizee (young dancing duo) Season 6, 2011 : Marina Dalmas (singer) Season 7, 2012 :Upcoming Season
	La France a un incroyable talent			Sandrine Corman (2009-) Alex Goude (2009-)
Germany	Das Supertalent	RTL Television	20 October 2007	Marco Schreyl Daniel Hartwich (2008-)	Dieter Bohlen Ruth Moschner (2007) André Sarrasani (2007) Sylvie van der Vaart (2008-) Bruce Darnell (2008-2010) Motsi Mabuse (2011-)	Season 1, 2007: Ricardo Marinello (singer) Season 2, 2008: Michael Hirte (harmonica players) Season 3, 2009: Yvo Antoni & Primadonna (dog training) Season 4, 2010: Freddy Sahin-Scholl (two-voice singer) Season 5, 2011: Leo Rojas (panpipe player) Season 6, 2012: Upcoming Season
Greece	Ελλάδα Έχεις Ταλέντο Greece, You Have Talent	ANT1	23 March 2007	Sophia Aliberti (2007) Christos Ferentinos (2009–)	Ilias Psinakis (2007-) Matthildi Maggira (2007–09) Vaggelis Perris (2007-) Eugenia Manolidou (2010-)	Season 1, 2007: Christos Zacharopoulos (Singer) Season 2, 2009: Kiss Madiam (Band) Season 3, 2010: Nikos Georgeas (Singer) Season 4, 2012: Upcoming Season
Hungary	Csillag Születik	RTL Klub	20 October 2007	Current Ördög Nóra (2007-) Lilu (2012-) Former Stohl András (2007–2009) Nagy Sándor (2011)	Current Hernádi Judit(2009-) Hajós András (2012-) Pokorny Lia (2012-) Puzsér Róbert (2012-) Former Fábry Sándor (2007) Falusi Mariann (2007) Náray Tamás (2007) Keleti Andrea (2007) Oroszlán Szonja (2009-2011) Fáy Miklós (2009-2011) Szirtes Tamás (2009-2011)	Season 1, 2007: Utasi Árpád (Comedian) Season 2, 2009: Tabáni István (Singer) Season 3, 2011: Attila László (Singer) Season 4, 2012: Current season
India	India's Got Talent	Colors	27 June 2009	Nikhil Chinappa Ayushmann Khurrana Roshni Chopra Meiyang Chang Gautam Rode present hosts	Shekhar Kapur (2009) Sajid Khan (2010) Sonali Bendre Kirron Kher Dharmendra Singh Deol	Season 1, 2009: Prince Dance Group Season 2, 2010: Shillong Chamber Choir Season 3, 2011: Suresh and Vernon Group
Indonesia	Indonesia's Got Talent	Indosiar	23 July 2010	Tora Sudiro Vincent Rompies	Vina Panduwinata Anjasmara Ria Irawan	Season 1, 2010: Vania Larissa (15-year-old Opera Singer) Season 2, 2011: Upcoming Season
Israel	הדבר הגדול הבא HaDavar HaGadol HaBa	Channel 2 (Reshet)	26 June 2007	Noa Tishby	Motty Reif Yael Bar Zohar Yehoram Gaon	Season 1, 2007: Keren Elnekave and Yaniv Swissa (Aerial acrobatics)
Italy	Italia's Got Talent	Canale 5	12 December 2009	Simone Annichiarico (2009-) Geppi Cucciari (2010-2011) Belén Rodríguez(2012-)	Gerry Scotti Maria De Filippi Rudy Zerbi	Season 1, 2009-2010: Carmen Masola (Opera singer) Season 2, 2011: Fabrizio Vendramin (Painter) Season 3, 2012: Stefano Scarpa (Acro pole flag man)
Lithuania	Lietuvos talentai	TV3 Lithuania	27 September 2009	Mindaugas Stasiulis Džiugas Siaurusaitis	Current Marijonas Mikutavičius Rūta Ščiogolevaitė Vytautas Šapranauskas (2011-present) Former Adolfas Večerskis (2009-2010)	Season 1, 2009: Mikas (Play teeth) Season 2, 2010: Martynas (Playing Accordion) Season 3, 2011: Marius Petrauskas (Singer)
Luxembourg	Wanns de eppes kanns!	RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg	28 February 2009		Sylvia Camarda Pierre Dillenburg Gérard Valerius (2008)[4] Gast Waltzing (2009)[5]	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming Season
Mexico	Mexicos Got Talent[6]	XEW	12 February 2010	Aimee Garcia	Roberto Levermann Lorena Herrera Irán Castillo[7]	Season 1, 2010: Jamie Maughan, Football Legend Season 2, 2011: Upcoming Season
Netherlands	Holland's Got Talent	SBS 6 (2008–2009) RTL 4 (2010–present)	28 March 2008	Gerard Joling (2008–2009) Robert ten Brink (2010–present)	Current Gordon Heuckeroth (2010-) Patricia Paay Dan Karaty (2010-) Former Henkjan Smits (2008–2009) Robert Ronday (2008–2009)	Season 1, 2008: Daniëlle Bubberman (Contortionist) Season 2, 2009: Tessa Kersten (Guitarist/Singer) Season 3, 2010: Martin Hurkens (Opera Singer) Season 4, 2011: Aliyah Kolf (Singer) Season 5, 2012: DDF Crew (Ropeskipping) Season 6, 2013: Upcoming season
New Zealand	New Zealand's Got Talent	Prime Television	8 September 2008	Andrew Mulligan Jason Reeves	Miriama Smith Paul Ellis Richard Driver	Season 1, 2008: Chaz Cumming (Dancer)
Norway	Norske Talenter	TV 2	22 February 2008	Marte Stokstad Sturla Berg-Johansen (2008) Pia Lykke (2009)	Jan Fredrik Karlsen (2008–2009) Thomas Giertsen(2008–2010) Mia Gundersen(2008-) Alex Rosén (2010-) Adil Khan (2011-)	Season 1, 2008: Erlend Bratland (16-year-old singer) Season 2, 2009: Quick (hip-hop dancer) Season 3, 2010: Kristian Rønning (Rapper)
Philippines	Pilipinas Got Talent	ABS-CBN	20 February 2010	Billy Crawford Luis Manzano	Freddie M. Garcia Kris Aquino Ai-Ai Delas Alas	Season 1, 2010: Jovit Baldivino (16-year-old singer) Season 2, 2011: Marcelito Pomoy (25-year-old Falsetto singer) Season 3, 2011: Maasinhon Trio (Singing Trio)
Poland	Mam talent!	TVN	13 September 2008	Marcin Prokop Szymon Hołownia	Current Małgorzata Foremniak Agnieszka Chylińska Robert Kozyra Former Kuba Wojewódzki (2008–2010)	Season 1, 2008: Mellkart Ball (duo acrobatics) Season 2, 2009: Marcin Wyrostek (accordion's player) Season 3, 2010: Magdalena Welc (12-year-old singer) Season 4, 2011: Kacper Sikora (19-year old singer) Season 5, 2012: Upcoming Season
Portugal	Aqui Há Talento	RTP1	28 January 2007	Sílvia Alberto	Joaquim Monchique Sílvia Rizzo Paulo Dias	Season 1, 2007: Abstractin' (Breakdance)
	Portugal Tem Talento	SIC	30 January 2011	Bárbara Guimarães	Conceição Lino José Diogo Quintela Ricardo Pais	Season 1, 2011: Filipe Santos (Beatbox)
Romania	Românii au talent	PRO TV	18 February 2011	Smiley Pavel Bartoș	Andra Mihai Petre Andi Moisescu	Season 1, 2011: Adrian Ţuţu (Rapper) Season 2, 2012: Cristian Gog (Mentalist) Season 3, 2013: Upcoming Season
Russia	Минута славы Minuta slavy	Channel 1	17 February 2007	Alexander Oleshko Yuliya Kovalchuk	Leonid Parfyonov Alexander Maslyakov Renata Litvinova	Season 1, 2007: Maxim Tokayev (musician) Season 2, 2008: Dimitry Bulkin a.k.a. Dima Shine (gymnastics parade) Season 3, 2009: Grace (ensemble) Season 4, 2010: Brothers of Grinchenko (Acrobats) Season 5, 2011: Viktor Kochkin and Danil Anastasin (breakdancers without legs) Season 6, 2011: Current Season
Serbia  Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ја имам таленат Ja imam talenat	RTV Pink (first season) RTS (from second season)	21 September 2009	Ivana Bajić Vladimir Aleksić	Ivan Tasovac Aleksandar Milić Mili Danica Maksimović(2009–2011) Mina Lazarević (2012–)	Season 1, 2009: Danijel, Darko and Sandra Piler (young music trio) Season 2, 2011: Milica Dokić and Nenad Mahmutović (deaf dancers) Season 3, 2012: Bojana and Nikola Peković (young traditional musicians)
Slovakia	Slovensko má talent	Markíza	21 September 2008	Maroš Kramár Barbora Rakovská	Jan Kraus Adela Banášová Palo Habera	Season 1, 2008: Old School Brothers (hip-hop breakers)
Slovenia	Slovenija ima talent	POP TV	21 March 2010	Peter Poles Vid Valič	Brane Kastelic Lucienne Lončina Branko Čakarmiš	Season 1, 2010: Lina Kuduzović (7 years old songbird) Season 2, 2011: Julija Kramar (opera singer)
South Africa	SA's Got Talent	SABC2	1 October 2009	Rob van Vuuren Anele Mdoda	Shado Twala Randall Abrahams Ian van Memerty	Season 1, 2009: Darren Rajbal (a deaf hip hop dancer)
South Korea	코리아 갓 탤런트 Korea's Got Talent	tvN Asia	4 June 2011	Noh Hong-cheol Shin Young-il	Kolleen Park Jang Jin Song Yun-ah	Season 1, 2011: Joo Ming-Jong (Poppin Dance)
Spain	Tienes Talento	Cuatro	2 January 2008	Nuria Roca Eduardo Aldán	Natalia Millán Miqui Puig Josep Vicent	Season 1, 2008: Salva (flamenco dancer)
Sweden	Talang	TV4	13 April 2007	Peppe Eng (2007–2008) Kodjo Akolor (2008) Tobbe Blom (2009-) Markoolio (2009-)	Bert Karlsson Hanna Hedlund (2007) Tobbe Blom (2007–2008) Sofia Wistam (2008) Charlotte Perrelli (2009-) Johan Pråmell (2009-)	Season 1, 2007: Zillah & Totte (Ventriloquism) Season 2, 2008: Zara Larsson (Singer) Season 3, 2009: Charlie Caper (Magician) Season 4, 2010: Jill Svensson (Opera Singer) Season 5, 2011: Simon Westlund (Rubik's Cube Solver)
Switzerland (German)	Die grössten Schweizer Talente	SF1	29 January 2011	Sven Epiney & Andrea Jansen	DJ Bobo Christa Rigozzi Roman Kilchsperger	Season 1, 2011: Maya Wirz (Singer) Season 2, 2012: Upcoming Season
Thailand	Thailand's Got Talent	Channel 3	6 March 2011	Krit Sribhumset Ketseptsawat Palakrawong Na Ayutthaya[8]	Current Phinyo Rootham Pornchita Na Songkhla Jirayut Wattanasin Former Nirut Sirijanya	Season 1, 2011: Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy (Singer) Season 2, 2012:Upcoming Season
Turkey	Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye!	Show TV	13 November 2009	Acun Ilıcalı Tanem Sivar(2009)	Acun Ilıcalı Ali Taran (2009) Hülya Avşar Oylum Talu (2009) Sergen Yalçın (2011)	Season 1, 2009-10: Bilal Avcı and Uğur Karameşe (Popping dance) Season 2, 2011: Sefa Doğanay (Imitator) Season 3, 2011-12: Current season
Ukraine	Україна має талант Ukrayina Maye Talant	STB	3 April 2009	Oksana Marchenko	Vlad Yama Slava Frolova Igor Kondratyuk	Season 1, 2009: Kseniya Simonova (Sand artist) Season 2, 2010: Olena Kovtun (Songstress) Season 3, 2011: Vitaliy Luzkar (Illusionist) Season 4, 2012: Current season
United Kingdom	Britain's Got Talent	ITV ITV2 (Britain's Got More Talent)	9 June 2007	Ant & Dec (Britain's Got Talent) Stephen Mulhern (Britain's Got More Talent)	Current Simon Cowell Amanda Holden Alesha Dixon (2012-) David Walliams (2012-) Former Piers Morgan (2007–2010) Kelly Brook (2009) Michael McIntyre (2011) David Hasselhoff (2011)	Season 1, 2007: Paul Potts (opera singer) Season 2, 2008: George Sampson (street dancer) Season 3, 2009: Diversity (dance troupe) Season 4, 2010: Spelbound (gymnastics troupe) Season 5, 2011: Jai McDowall (singer) Season 6, 2012: Ashleigh and Pudsey (Dancing Dog act)
United States	America's Got Talent	NBC	21 June 2006	Regis Philbin (2006) Jerry Springer (2007–2008) Nick Cannon (2009–present)	Current Howie Mandel (2010-) Sharon Osbourne (2007-) Howard Stern (2012-) Former David Hasslehoff(2006-09) Brandy Norwood(2006) Piers Morgan(2006-11)	Season 1, 2006: Bianca Ryan (singer) Season 2, 2007: Terry Fator (singer / ventriloquist) Season 3, 2008: Neal E. Boyd (singer) Season 4, 2009: Kevin Skinner (singer) Season 5, 2010: Michael Grimm (singer) Season 6, 2011: Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. (singer) Season 7, 2012: Current season
Vietnam	Tìm kiếm tài năng: Vietnam's Got Talent	VTV MTV Vietnam	18 December 2011	Chi Bảo Quyền Linh	Thành Lộc Thúy Hạnh Huy Tuấn	Season 1, 2011-12: Đăng Quân & Bảo Ngọc (dancers)

Descriptions[link]

Arab world[link]

Arabs Got Talent debuted on 14 January 2011 on MBC4. The show proved very successful and very popular in the Arab world. The judges are Najwa Karam, Nasser Al Qasabi, and Ali Jaber. The live shows started on 25 February 2011. The winner of the first series was the Egyptian poet Amro Qotamesh (in Arabic عمرو قطامش) Season 2 start in 2012.

Argentina[link]

The Argentine version called Talento Argentino (Argentine Talent) debuted on Sunday 27 July 2008 on the Telefé network. Judges are Cesar 'Kike' Teruel, Maximiliano Guerra and Catherine Fulop, and the host is Mariano Peluffo. The prize is $100,000. The first season was won by 25-year-old amateur humorist Martín Bustos. The second season started on 23 July 2009. A third season started on 23 October 2010.

Australia[link]

In February 2007, Australia's Got Talent debuted on Seven Network.^[9] Grant Denyer is the host, with Dannii Minogue, Red Symons and Tom Burlinson judging the performances. As of the fourth season the judging panel has changed with the removal of Red Symons and Tom Burlinson. The two new judges are Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden. The prize is A$250,000 (Jul 2007, approximately £164,000; US$274,000). 12-year-old country singer Bonnie Anderson was the first winner of the grand prize. The second season began airing from 29 April 2008 with 16-year-old guitarist Smokin' Joe Robinson as the winner of the grand prize. A third season, which aired on Wednesday nights, began on 4 February 2009 with 15-year-old opera singer Mark Vincent as the winner of the grand prize. The fourth season began on 13 April 2010, airing on Tuesday nights, which saw Sydney dance group Justice Crew as the winners of the grand prize. It continued for a fifth season which resulted in 14-year old Jack Vidgen as the winner of the grand prize. Furthermore, a sixth season is likely to be aired somtime in the Summer of 2012.

Belgium[link]

The Belgian (Flemish) version called Supertalent in Vlaanderen.^[10] (Supertalent in Flanders) aired on VT4. It was hosted by the late Dré Steemans ("Felice", who also hosted the Belgian version of Deal or No Deal. Deceased in October 2009.) and Ann van Elsen (2002 Miss Belgium). On the jury were Paul Jambers, Martine Prenen, and Gert Verhulst. The prize €50,000 was won by female singing trio Triple E. The Walloon version will be broadcast on RTL-TVI[[5]], a french speaking broadcasting company.

Canada[link]

Judged by Martin Short, Measha Brueggergosman, and Stephan Moccio, and hosted by Dina Pugliese, the first season was won by Sagkeeng's Finest, a dance group.

Chile[link]

The Chilean version called Talento Chileno (Chilean Talent), the Judges are Antonio Vodanovic, Francisca García-Huidobro, Rodrigo Díaz, and the host is Julián Elfenbein. The first season began on 27 September 2010 and finished in 13 December 2010 on Chilevisión. The winner of the first series was the singer Camila Silva. The seacond season is expected to debut on May 2011.

China[link]

In April 2010, SMG announced a licensed spin-off show of the Britain's Got Talent, 中国达人秀 (English: China's Got Talent). The show started airing on DragonTV on 25 June 2010, the pre-audition will not be aired on the network.^[11] but the pre-audition can be seen on the official website. The audition began on 25 July 2010. Shanghainese stand-up comedian Zhou Libo, Taiwanese singer-actress Annie Yi and mainland pop composer Gao Xiaosong will make up the jury panel for the final rounds of "China's Got Talent."^[12] The winner will get a performing contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music Entertainment. He or she also has the chance to perform at Las Vegas for three months and be invited on Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai's world tour concert as a guest performer.^[13] The first winner was armless pianist Liu Wei. The second series winner is Zhuo Jun, a popper from Guangxi. The third series winner was Pan Qianqian, a female baritone singer.

Colombia[link]

The Colombia version is called "Colombia tiene talento".

Croatia[link]

The Croatian version called Supertalent aired on Nova TV in Fall 2009. Actors Rene Bitorajac and Igor Mešin host the show. Judges are: an actor Enis Bešlagić, singer Nina Badrić and journalist Dubravko Merlić. 15-year-old twirler Tihomir Bendelja won first Croatian Got Talent and also he got 200.000 kuna's. Singer Monica Rogić was second, and the dance group Atomic Dance Factory was third. The new season of the show started in September 2010 and was won by the singer Viktorija Novosel. Accordion player Aleksandar Olujić finished second, and the dog trainer Maja Terzić and her dog Nessa finished third.

Czech Republic / Slovakia[link]

TV Nova and TV Markíza (the biggest private players on the Czech and Slovak TV markets and both owned by CME) missed its chance to obtain the license from FremantleMedia. Both TV stations immediately came up with the very same concept of their own. They called it Talentmania and it was broadcast on the same day as original Got Talent show during season one. The original licence for Got Talent show got TV Prima and TV JOJ (second biggest TVs on Czech and Slovak TV markets). First season of the show called Česko Slovensko má talent ("Czechia Slovakia Got Talent") started to air on 29 August 2010 with hosts Martin Pyco Rausch and Jakub Prachař, the jury consisted of Jan Kraus (also judge of Slovakia's Got Talent in 2008), Lucie Bílá and Jaro Slávik. Main prize was contract for a headline performance show in Las Vegas and amount of 100'000 € (around 2'500'000 CZK). Due to a great success, the show was renewed for its second season which was aired in 2011. Main prize, the hosts and judges remained with one exception - Jan Kraus was replaced by Martin Dejdar.

Denmark[link]

In the fall of 2008, Denmark's Got Talent (named Talent 08, followed by Talent 09 in 14 August 2009) aired on the Danish broadcast corporation, Danmark's Radio's DR1. Castings ran April through June, and auditions were taped in late June. Martin Hall, Peter Aalbæk Jensen and Julie Steincke the judges.^[14] Due to the origin of the name of the show, it was renamed into "Talent 2008", supposedly to make it easier to communicate in the danish language. Felix Schmidt and Mikkel Herforth are the hosts.^[15] The first programme aired on 15 August and the live semi finals commenced on 26 September with the grand final on 24 October where male popping dance duo Jeppe & Nick also known as Robotdrengene won the top prize of DKK250,000.

For the second season in 2009 the judges were changed to Hella Joof, Jokeren (a.k.a. Jesper Dahl) and Nikolaj Koppel.For the first time, a rapper called Kale Pimp win a got talent show in history.

Finland[link]

Finland started its version of the show in autumn 2007. The show is called Talent Suomi (Talent Finland) and aired on Nelonen. Susanna Laine and Martti Vannas were the hosts. Judges were movie director Timo Koivusalo, professional dancer Sami Saikkonen and Finnish Suosikki-magazine former chief director, Katja Ståhl. The main prize was €30,000. 18-year-old beatboxer Aleksi Vähäpassi was the first winner of the grand prize. The second season started in autumn 2009. The show kept its name and aired in same channel. This season the show was hosted by Jarkko Valtee and Osku Heiskanen. Actress Jaana Saarinen replaced Timo Koivusalo as a judge. The main prize was €30,000. Second season's winner was "music-pantomimic" Miikka Mäkelä.

France[link]

On 2 November 2006, M6 debuted their adaptation of the show, named Incroyable Talent (Incredible Talent).^[16] Alessandra Sublet is the host and Jean-Pierre Domboy (Agent), Sophie Edelstein (Artistic director for Circus Pinder) and Gilbert Rozon (A Canadian theatrical producer) were the judges. The €150,000 top prize (July 2007, approximately US$205,000) was won by 28-year-old popper/b-boy Salah Benlemqawanssa. The second season was won by 27-year-old b-boy Junior. In the second season, ballet dancer Patrick Dupont replaced Jean Piere Den Bois as one of the judges. The third season aired on October–November 2008 and was won by 23-year-old fire artist Alex. The fourth season was renamed "La France a un incroyable talent". Judges Sophie Edelstein and Patrick Dupont were replaced by actress Valérie Stroh and humorist Smaïn respectively. The prize was won by Les Echos-Liés, an humoristic breakdance group. On the fifth season, Smaïn was replaced by the singer Dave, and Sophie Edelstein came back to replace Valérie Stroh. It was was won by young dancers Axel and Alyzée (8 years old). The sixth season (2011) was won by Marina a singer who was 13.

Georgia[link]

Germany[link]

For the new season 2007/2008 RTL Television, one of the main German TV stations, announced Das Supertalent (The Supertalent). The prize is €100,000. The show is presented by Marco Schreyl, who is also the host of Deutschland sucht den Superstar - the German version of Pop Idol. The first jury consisted of Dieter Bohlen (also a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar), comedian Ruth Moschner, and circus director André Sarrasani. RTL Television is the main broadcasting arm of RTL Group, which also owns the "Got Talent" production company FremantleMedia. 19-year-old opera singer Ricardo Marinello was the first winner of the grand prize. The second season started on 18 October 2008, and saw Sylvie van der Vaart (a Dutch TV presenter and wife of footballer Rafael van der Vaart) and Bruce Darnell (an American model and choreographer who also judges Germany's Next Topmodel) join Bohlen in the judging panel and Daniel Hartwich became Schreyl's co-host. The winner of the second season was 44-year-old harmonica player Michael Hirte. The third season was aired from 16 October 2009 to 20 December 2009 with 11 Shows every Saturday. The Winner of the third season was Ivo Antony and his dog Primadonna. The castings for the fourth season will start in Spring 2010. The first episode will be screened on 24 September.

Greece[link]

Ellada Eheis Talento (Greek: Ελλάδα Έχεις Ταλέντο; English: Greece's Got Talent) premiered on 23 March 2007 on ANT1. The first season was hosted by actress and television presenter Sophia Aliberti, and judged by Greek show business personalities Ilias Psinakis, Vaggelis Perris and Matthildi Maggira. The second season and third seasons were hosted by television presenter Christos Ferentinos.

Hungary[link]

Csillag Születik premiered on 20 October 2007, at same time as the German counterpart Das Supertalent did, on the RTL group's Hungarian channel, RTL Klub. The first season's grand prize, 12 million Hungarian Forints, was won by Utasi Árpád, a 10 years old Serbian-Hungarian boy who told tales in a humorous manner. The show went on a break for the 2008 season, returning only on 10 October 2009 with a new line-up of judges.

India[link]

The Indian version of the show called India's Got Talent started in Mid 2009 on India's hit TV Channel Colors. The panel of three judges consists of director Shekhar Kapoor, actress Kirron Kher, and actress Sonali Bendre. The show has been won by Prince Dance Group - a dance group consisting of construction workers from the state of Orissa. The three judges for India's Got Talent season 3 were Sajid Naddiawala, Kirron Kher and Sonali Bendre. The Season 2 was won by Shillong Chamber Choir, based in Shillong, in the state of Meghalaya.

Indonesia[link]

"Indonesia's Got Talent" first aired on Indosiar on 23 July 2010. The judges are Vina Panduwinata, Anjasmara, and Ria Irawan and the hosts are Tora Sudiro and Vincent Rompies. The prize is Rp100.000.000 and a chance to compete with the other winners of the Got Talent series in World's Got Talent. This show has ended their episodes on 26 December 2010 with Vania Larissa, 15 y.o Opera Singer is the winner.

Italy[link]

The Italian version of the show called Italia's Got Talent is airing on Canale 5 between 12 December 2009 and 17 May 2010.It is hosted by Simone Annichiarico and Geppi Cucciari. The judges are the host of Chi vuol essere milionario? (Who Wants to be a Millionaire?) Gerry Scotti, Maria De Filippi and Rudy Zerbi.