Românii au talent

Românii au talent (English: Romania's got talent) is a TV show which began airing on 18 February 2011. The project acts as a Romanian version of the franchise Got Talent, developed by Simco Limited. The show is hosted by Smiley and Pavel Bartoș, while the opening judge panel consisted of singer Andra, presenter Andi Moisescu, and dancer Mihai Petre; following Petre's exclusion for the fifth season, TV presenter Mihaela Rădulescu and actor Florin Călinescu joined the panel. The winner of "Românii au talent" is awarded with €120,000.

Auditions

The auditions take place in front of the judges and a live audience at different cities across Romania. Unlike X Factor, at any time during the audition, the judges may show disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights a large red "X" on the stage, indicating that they particularly dislike the act and do not wish the performance to continue. If all the judges press their buzzers, the act must end immediately.

Callbacks

After the auditions, the judges have to whittle almost 200 successful acts down to just 48 (series 1), 60 (series 2 ). All of the performers are called back to discover if they have progressed to the live semi-finals.

Season synopses

Season 1 (2011)

The first commercials for the show were first aired in the Summer of 2010. The application process started on 2 July 2010. The judges firstly visited Constanța, Piatra Neamț, Timișoara, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.^[1] The show first aired on 18 February 2011. The first episode was a big success for the ratings. Pro TV not only managed to have the biggest audience during the show, but managed to make "Romania's Got Talent" the most viewed television show since 2004 in Romania, beating its own records for the show Dansez pentru tine (Dancing with the Stars), another popular show in Romania broadcast by Pro TV.^[2]

Smiley

Out of hundreds of contestants, only 200 won the local selection, having 1 or no X-es. The jury decided only 48 finalists. According to Pro TV's website, each contestant that qualified for the semifinals, were voted by the general public through text messages.^[3] The semi-finals were broadcast in four editions: In 1 April, 2 April respectively 8–9 April 2011. In each edition, twelve contestants had to pass the juries and get as many votes from the general public in order to proceed further to the finals, the last step to the grand prize.^[4] Twelve acts were qualified for the grand final. The votes were given only by phone or sms, the voting started after the last semifinal, stopped during the final performances, and started again after the last performance.

The award, the winner of the first season, was rapper Adrian Țuțu.

Season 2 (2012)

For the second season, ProTV kept the same team, Smiley and Pavel Bartoș presenters, Andra, Mihai Petre and Andi Moisescu jurors. The season started with a bigger audience than the first. The first episode from auditions had a 21.8 rating, compared to 18 points for the similar episode of the first season. The auditions were extended to six cities. Constanța, Timișoara, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca were kept, and Iași and Craiova were added. The auditions took place between August and September 2011.^[5] The first episode was broadcast on 17 February and it was again a big hit for ProTV. They decided to air seven auditions episodes, instead of six for the first season. Also, the number of contestants qualified for the semifinals was extended from 48 to 60. There were five semifinals, three acts from each semifinal qualified for the final, two voted via phone or sms and the third voted by the jurors. Comparing to the first season, the second had three more acts in the final, the total number being 15. The voting system was kept, the lines were opened after the last semifinal, closed during the final performances, and opened again after the last performance in the final.

The winner of the second season, was magician Cristian Gog.

Season 3 (2013)

Auditions for the third season of Romania's Got Talent were in summer 2012. The first episode brought the highest audience for a debut of a season registerred so far, over five million viewers per minute.

The winner of the third season, was dog trainer Bruno Icobeț.

Season 4 (2014)

Season 5 (2015)

Final (12 June)

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Bogdan Dumitraşcu	1	Singer	Unknown
Viorel Scânteie & Bibi	2	Dog act	Unknown
The Beat	3	Child rock band	3	Third place
Bianca Cristina Costiug	4	Tribal fusion dance	Unknown
Robert Tudor	5	Magician	Unknown
Nicoleta Iancu	6	Singer	Unknown
Yeva Shiyanova	7	Bar dance	Unknown
Ion Barbu	8	Singer	Unknown
Oana Zara & Alex Bordea	9	Contemporany dance	Unknown
Alexandru Moraru	10	Singer and guitarist	Unknown
Kid A	11	Dance	Unknown
Elena Carmen Cernea	12	Soprano	Unknown
Speedcubing	11	Speedcubing	1	Winner
Concertino	14	Voice and instrumental artists	Unknown
Bogdan Bolohan	15	Dance	2	Second Place

• Originality prize winner: Cosmin Cioca

Season 6 (2016)

Final (3 June)

Opera singer Laura Bretan was the winner of Season 6

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Florin Bontea	1	Street Dancer	12	Eliminated
Lifestyle	2	Dancing & singing group	10	Eliminated
Cristian Zlatan	3	Dancer	14	Eliminated
Mara Prună	4	Singer	4	Eliminated
Anisia Gafton	5	Comedian	6	Originality prize winner
Bruce & Istvan	6	Dance Duo	15	Eliminated
Florin Zgăvârdici şi Constantin Bardan	7	Singer & Pianist	9	Eliminated
Resciebelle Santiago	8	Singer	11	Eliminated
Cezara Blioju	9	Dancer	13	Eliminated
Laura Bretan1	10	Opera singer	1	Winner
Free Balance	11	Dance Duo	16	Eliminated
Rustin Dust	12	Band	7	Eliminated
Andrei Surdu	13	Pianist	8	Eliminated
Nadia Buduruşi	14	Polo dancer	3	Third Place
Manuel Chivari	15	Singer	5	Eliminated
Fraţii Adrian	16	Dancing duo	2	Second Place

Season 7 (2017)

Final (2 June)

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place		Judges' wildcard		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Beniamin Dumbrăvan	1	Beatbox	9	Eliminated	[6]
Run to Infinity	2	Pole bare acrobatics	11	Eliminated	[7]
George Aghinea	3	Singer	7	Eliminated	[8]
Lorelai Moşneguţu	4	Meromelia singer	1	Winner	[9]
Hera Zăuleţ şi Marius Moldovan	5	Contemporany dance	8	Eliminated	[10]
Aeros	6	Acrobatic and gymnastic	10	Eliminated	[11]
Paula Rad	7	Opera singer	6	Eliminated	[12]
Fang Shuang	8	Singer	3	Third place	[13]
Florin Nae	9	Singer	5	Eliminated	[14]
OK World Wide	10	Stunt troupe	2	Second place	[15]
Eva Timuş	11	Singer	4	Eliminated	[16]

• Originality prize winner: Eduard Antal^[17]

Series summary

Overall ratings summary

The first episode was a big success for the ratings. Pro TV not only managed to have the biggest audience during the show, but managed to make "Romania's Got Talent" the most viewed television show since 2004 in Romania, beating its own records for the show Dansez pentru tine (Dancing with the Stars), another popular show in Romania broadcast by Pro TV.^[2]

Notes

1. Laura Bretan qualified directly into the final without being in the semifinals.

References