Mam talent!

For the current series, see Mam talent! (series 4)

Mam talent!
Format	Talent Show
Created by	Simon Cowell
Directed by	Wojciech Iwański
Presented by	Marcin Prokop Szymon Hołownia
Judges	Agnieszka Chylińska Małgorzata Foremniak Robert Kozyra (2011-present) Kuba Wojewódzki (2008-2010)
Country of origin	Poland
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	37 (as of 28 November 2010 (2010 -11-28)[update])
Production
Executive producer(s)	Katarzyna Szałańska
Location(s)	various (auditions); Farat Film Studio, Warsaw (semifinals)
Running time	80 - 120 mins
Production company(s)	FremantleMedia SYCOtv
Distributor	FremantleMedia Enterprises
Broadcast
Original channel	TVN (also TVN HD and TVN HD+1)
Picture format	576i 16:9(SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13) – Present
External links
Website

Mam talent! (translation: I've got talent!) is the Polish version of the Got Talent series. The aim of the program is to choose the most talented person from people showing their talents. The winner of the show in the first series got €100,000, in the second and third series - 300,000 zlotys. Prizes for people from the second and third place are chosen by producers of the shows. The show is hosted by Marcin Prokop and Szymon Hołownia, and the judges are Agnieszka Chylińska, Małgorzata Foremniak and Robert Kozyra.

Judges and Presenters

Years	Host	Series
2008-present	Marcin Prokop	1–present
2008-present	Szymon Hołownia	1-present

Years	Judges	Series
2008–present	Agnieszka Chylińska	1–present
2008–present	Małgorzata Foremniak	1–present
2011-present	Robert Kozyra	4-present
2008–2010	Kuba Wojewódzki	1–4

Rules of the show

Qualifications

In spring there were preliminary castings (not broadcast on TV) which decided about qualifying participants for the usual presentations with jury, audience and cameras. In the second stage of qualifications, which were hold in five Polish towns (Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław and Warsaw) 4000 people/groups appeared. The jury qualified 130 for the next stage. Decisions by the jury are made by giving a positive or negative vote. To be qualified, the participant needs to have two positive votes. If any of the people from the jury thinks that someone's performance wasn't good, he presses a button which switches on a red cross (3 red crosses mean end of performance). From the 130 people jury chose the best 40, who appeared in the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Participants of five semi-finals show their talents in live programs in front of jury (the same as in qualifications), cameras and audience. In every semi-final 8 people/groups of the 40 appear. Jury votes in the same way like before, but the decision about participants going to the next stage is made by viewers, who can call or send a SMS to vote for a participant. The participant who gets the most votes is going to the final stage, and from the two people who got the second and third place in viewers' voting one person which goes to the final is chose by the jury. From the second season of the show the results of incomplete votings are shown on the website of the show. The complete results are shown after the broadcast of program ends.

Final stage

10 participants take part in the final stage, two from each semi-final. The voting is the same as in semi-finals, but there is other way of choosing the winner. At first, people who got the three first places are read in random way. Then the person's who got the third place name is read. At the end, name of the winner is read by hosts and they give him cheque for 300,000 zlotys (100,000 zlotys for person who got the second place is given after the program). After the ceremony of awarding the winner again makes his show.

Winners

Season	Person/group	Talent
I season	Melkart Ball	acrobatics
II season	Marcin Wyrostek	playing on accordion
III season	Magda Welc	singing
IV season [1]

Series

Series 1

I season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from September 13 to November 29, 2008. It consisted of 5 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally - 11 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays from 20:35 to 22:20, only the final episode to 22:35). Winner of the first season was the acrobatics duo Mellkart Ball, Klaudia Kulawik took the second place, and the third place was taken by music group AudioFeels.

Place	Person/group	Talent
1.	Melkart Ball	acrobatics
2.	Kulawik, KlaudiaKlaudia Kulawik	singing
3.	AudioFeels	vocal play
4.	Kadela, KrzysztofKrzysztof Kadela "Blady Kris"	beatbox
5.	Lenda, PaulinaPaulina Lenda	singing
6.	Ewa|Lewandowska	singing
7.	Staszewska, MagdalenaMagdalena Staszewska	rhythmic gymnastics
8.	SwitalskiZiemowit Świtalski	playing the piano
9.	Wąsik, PiotrPiotr Wąsik "Ssnake"	gymnastics
10.	Ziółko, MateuszMateusz Ziółko	singing playing the piano

Series 2

II season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from September 12 to December 5, 2009. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally - 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays - qualifications episodes from 20:35, semi-finals and finals from 20:00). Winner of the second season was Marcin Wyrostek. Alexander Martinez won a trip to the Philippines for him and his wife and daughter (his wife comes from Poland), and also 5,000 zlotys from Itaka travel agency.

Place	Person/group	Talent
1.	Marcin|Wyrostek	playing accordion
2.	Legun, MarcelMarcel Legun Nikodem Legun	singing duo
3.	Martinez, AlexanderAlexander Martinez	singing
4.	Kaczorowski, MichałMichał Kaczorowski "Kaczorex"	popping
5.	Peszko, JadwigaJadwiga Peszko Dominika Drewniak	acrobatic duo
6.	Teliczan, AnnaAnna Teliczan	singing
7.	Krukowski, CezaryCezary Krukowski "Kruk" Wojciech Blaszko "Blacha"	dancing-beatbox duo
8.	Czarkowski, KonradKonrad Czarkowski "Kony"	doll master
9	Marczewski, MarcinMarcin Marczewski "Patenciarz"	pantomime
10.	Merstein, JessicaJessica Merstein	singing

Series 3

Main article: Mam talent! (series 3)

III season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from September 4 to November 27, 2010. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally - 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Winner of the third season was Magda Welc.

Place	Person/group	Talent
1.	Magda Welc	singing
2.	Kamil Bednarek	singing
3.	Piotr Lisiecki	singing
4.	Sabina Jeszka	singing
5.	Me, Myself and I	music band
6.	Paweł Ejzenberg	singing
7.	Patrycja Malinowska	singing
8.	Kasia Sochacka	singing
9	UDS	dancing
10.	Ania & Jacek	dancing duo

Series 4

Main article: Mam talent! (series 4)

Editing planned for autumn 2011 [2]

Number of viewers

Episode	series 1	series 2	series 3	series 4
1	4 167 845 (September 13, 2008)	4 357 743 (September 12, 2009)	4 199 359 (September 4, 2010)	3 723 707 (September 3, 2011)
2	4 502 281 (September 20, 2008)	5 026 596 (September 19, 2009)	4 558 421 (September 11, 2010)	3 690 205 (September 10, 2011)
3	4 855 700 (September 27, 2008)	5 026 692 (September 26, 2009)	4 792 298 (September 18, 2010)	3 844 050 (September 17, 2011)
4	5 267 665 (October 4, 2008)	5 675 511 (October 3, 2009)	5 351 017 (September 25, 2010)	4 688 933 (September 24, 2011)
5	4 122 152 (October 11, 2008)	5 662 442 (October 10, 2009)	5 499 206 (October 2, 2010)
6	4 708 884 (October 18, 2008)	5 744 863 (October 17, 2009)	5 499 206 (October 9, 2010)
7	5 105 134 (October 25, 2008)	4 859 732 (October 24, 2009)	5 769 375 (October 16, 2010)
8	4 488 090 (November 8, 2008)	5 959 888 (October 31, 2009)	5 179 601 (October 23, 2010)
9	4 654 200 (November 15, 2008)	5 240 128 (November 7, 2009)	5 604 377 (October 30, 2010)
10	4 596 335 (November 22, 2008)	5 398 177 (November 14, 2009)	5 648 856 (November 6, 2010)
11	5 590 536 (November 29, 2008)	5 168 758 (November 21, 2009)	5 130 995 (November 13, 2010)
12	-	4 720 044 (November 28, 2009)	5 428 154 (November 20, 2010)
13	-	6 704 752 (December 5, 2009)	5 773 209 (November 27, 2010)
Average number of viewers	4 750 166	5 394 771	5 276 001

Concert tour

From September 8 to 13, 2009 there was Mam Talent! concert tour. All finalists of the second season appeared there live in Lublin, Poznań, Wrocław and Warsaw. Klaudia Kulawik, Paulina Lenda and Ssnake from the final of the first season appeared there. All concerts were hosted by Marcin Prokop.

External links

• Show's official website