SA's Got Talent
SA's Got Talent | |
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Genre | Interactive reality television talent show |
Created by | Simon Cowell |
Presented by | Tats Nkonzo |
Judges |
Shado Twala (2009-) DJ Fresh (2014-) Lalla Hirayama (2014-) Ian Von Memerty (2009-2013) Randall Abrahams (2009-10) |
Country of origin | South Africa |
No. of series | 5 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes (inc. comms) |
Broadcast | |
Original channel |
SABC 2 (Seasons 1 and 2) e.tv (Season 3-present) |
Original run | 1 October 2009 – present |
SA's Got Talent is a South African television show on e.tv 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 18 . 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.
Series overview
Season | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Judges | Hosts |
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1 | October 1, 2009 | November 12, 2009 | Darren Rajbal | Shado Twala Randall Abrahams Ian Von Memerty | |
Rob van Vuuren Anele Mdoda | |||||
2 | September 16, 2010 | October 28, 2010 | James Bhemgee | ||
3 | August 30, 2012 | October 18, 2012 | Botlhale Boikanyo | Shado Twala Kabelo Mabalane Ian Von Memerty |
Tats Nkonzo |
4 | August 29, 2013 | October 17, 2013 | Johnny Apple | Shado Twala Kabelo Mabalane Ian Von Memerty |
Tats Nkonzo |
5 | September 7, 2014 | November 9, 2014 | Tholwana Mohale | Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama |
Tats Nkonzo |
6 | 2015 | 2015 | TBA | Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama |
Tats Nkonzo |
Season 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 |
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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]
Season 3
The third series ran on 30 August 2012 on e.tv .[3] and was won by 11 year old inspirational poet Botlhale Boikanyo [4]
Season 4
The 4th season winner was Johnny Apple Banana, a singer.
Season 5
Season 5 Auditions took in Durban (24 May 2014), Cape Town (31 May- 1 June 2014) and Johannesburg (7 June- 8 June 2014). The season started on 7 September 2014. It is confirmed that Kabelo Mabalane and Ian von Memerty are leaving SA’s Got Talent and Shado will stay. Lalla Hirayama and DJ fresh are joining the judging panel this year. The host is Tats Nkonzo. The season was won by singer and guitarist, Tholwana Mohale, from Northern Cape, South Africa
International versions
- Got Talent
- America's Got Talent
- Britain's Got Talent
- China's Got Talent
- Australia's Got Talent
- India's Got Talent
References
- ↑ "James Bhemgee - Nessun Dorma". YouTube. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ "James Bhemgee Wins SA's Got Talent 2". Tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ http://www.etv.co.za/shows/reality/sas-got-talent
- ↑ "Botlahle - Winner Of South Africa's Talent". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
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