SA's Got Talent

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SA's Got Talent
Genre Interactive reality television talent show
Created by Simon Cowell
Presented by Tats
Judges Shado Twala
Kabelo Molane
Ian van Memerty
Country of origin South Africa
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 10 (as of series 1)
Production
Running time 60 minutes (inc. comms)
Broadcast
Original channel

SABC 2 (Seasons 1 and 2)

e.tv (Season 3)(Season 4)
Original run 1 October 2009 – present

SA's Got Talent is a South African television show on SABC 2 and part of the Got Talent series. Presented by Tats, singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each series receives R250,000. The first series of the talent show began on 1 October 2009, and was broadcast weekly with a live semi-finals and final on 12 November 2009.

Format

The auditions take place in front of the judges and a live audience at a different city across South Africa. At any time during the audition the judges may show disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights that lights a red X near them. If all the judges press their buzzers, the act ends immediately. To advance to the second round, auditionees needed to get at least two yes votes or they would be sent home.

After the auditions the judges have to whittle almost 200 successful acts down to just 21 . All of the performers are called back to discover if they have progressed to the semi-finals.

The remaining acts perform across a number of live semi-finals, with the two most popular acts from each semi-finals winning a position in the final. Unlike the American version, judges may still end a performance early with three Xs in the finals, as with the American version, the judges cannot buzz an act after the semi-finals. The judges are again asked to express their views on each act's performance.

After all acts have performed, phone lines open for a short time. After the votes have been counted, the act that has polled the highest number of public votes is automatically placed in the final. The judges then choose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts are then eliminated from the competition.

Judges and presenters

Presenters

Years Presenter
2009 Rob van Vuuren
2009 Anele Mdoda

Judges

Years Judge
2009 Shado Twala
2009 Randall Abrahams
2009 Ian Von Memerty

Series 1

Series 1 of SA's Got Talent began on 1 October 2009 and ended on 12 November 2009. The first six shows covered the audition stages and the final four shows were the live semi-finals and final. Altogether, 21 acts performed in the semi-finals, seven acts in each episode. The first winner was Darren Rajbal a 19 year old deaf dancer from Durban.

Year Finalists Background
2009 Darren Rajbal (winner) a deaf hip-hop dancer from Durban
2009 George Avakian a beat-box artist from Johannesburg
2009 Cleo Filander an 8-year-old singer from Vereeniging
2009 Willem and Louis van der Merwe two opera singing brothers from Stellenbosch
2009 Kalon Badenhorst a 12-year-old hip-hop/contemporary dancer from Johannesburg
2009 Louwtjie Rothman a guitarist from Cape Town

Season 2

The second series ran from 16 September 2010-28 October 2010

The highlight of the season was James Bhemgee, who won SA's Got Talent Season 2 with his indescribable signing talent.[1] [2]

Series 3

The third series ran on 30 August 2012 on e.tv .[3] and was won by 11 year old inspirational poet Botlhale Boikanye [4]

Season 4

The 4th season winner was Johnny Apple, a singer.

International versions

References

  1. ↑ "James Bhemgee - Nessun Dorma". YouTube. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2013-11-09. 
  2. ↑ "James Bhemgee Wins SA's Got Talent 2". Tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2013-11-09. 
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Botlahle - Winner Of South Africa's Talent". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-11-09. 

External links

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