Australia's Got Talent

infobox television
show_name = Australia's Got Talent


caption =
genre = Reality talent show
picture_format = 576i SDTV (PAL)
runtime = 60 minutes
"(including commercials)"
creator = Simon Cowell
Ken Warwick
Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Jason Raff
presenter = Grant Denyer
judges = Dannii Minogue
Tom Burlinson
Red Symons
country = AUS
network = Seven Network
first_aired = February 18, 2007
last_aired = "Present"
num_episodes = 20 (as of July 1 2008)
website = http://au.blogs.yahoo.com/talent/
imdb_id = 1000022
tv_com_id = 69984

"Australia's Got Talent" is an Australian reality television show which premiered on February 18, 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the "Got Talent" series format that originated with "America's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got Talent". It is hosted by Grant Denyer, with Dannii Minogue, Tom Burlinson and Red Symons acting as judges.

The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved the show to a more competitive Tuesday night timeslot. The second season aired from April 29, 2008. [ [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/airdate-australias-got-talent.html TVTonight: Airdate: Australia's Got Talent] ]

Overview

"Australia's Got Talent" is a talent show that features amateur singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for a top prize of $250,000 (AUD), although in the first series a "Judges Choice" of $25,000 (AUD) was also awarded. Three judges appear on the show each week to provide feedback for the contestants.

In the first series there were four heats which saw about 20 to 25 acts competing in each heat. Approximately 60 acts in total got the approval from the judges, but only 40 were selected to compete in the semi-finals. In addition, only a fraction of the acts that progress are actually featured in full on the televised episodes.

The logo used for the first series of "Australia's Got Talent" is similar to the logo used by "America's Got Talent". The logo for the second series is similar to that used by "Britain's Got Talent".

eries

eries one

The following table lists the grand finalists who were selected to advance from the semi-finals by either the judges' or the viewers' vote:

The two finalists were Herb Patten and Bonnie Anderson, with Bonnie Anderson eventually becoming the winner of the first series of "Australia's Got Talent".

eries two

The series two grand final featured a slightly different format. The show started with a combined performance by all 8 contestants. After the introduction by the contestants, the acts were progressively eliminated - first Halls Taekwondo and Mietta White, with the pairing of Deb "Spoons" Perry and Grace Bawden and Aaron Smyth and Shift-1 eliminated during the course of the show. The final also saw the judges bringing back their personal favourite acts to perform for one more time.

The two final choices were "Smokin'" Joe Robinson and Jourdain. "Smokin'" Joe Robinson ended up winning "Australia's Got Talent" 2008.

In numerous episodes, judge Dannii Minogue was absent due to the filming for the 5th season of UK reality show The X Factor in which Minogue is a judge.

References

See also

*America's Got Talent
*Britain's Got Talent

External links

* [http://au.blogs.yahoo.com/talent Official Site]
* [http://www.australiasgottalent.com.au/ Official Auditions site]