India's Got Talent
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India's Got Talent is the India
n franchise of the Got Talent series
, and is a cooperative effort between India's TV channel
Colors and Britain's FremantleMedia
. The first episode of India's Got Talent premiered on June 27, 2009. India's Got Talent follows the global Got Talent format, in which contestants audition in front of three judges and a studio audience. Up until the semifinal and final rounds, the judges decide whether or not a contestant advances in the competition. During the semifinal and final rounds, viewers vote on which contestants will advance. It is the first Got Talent format show in Asia, and India's first large-scale televised entertainment variety show, intending to showcase India's best unknown acts and talents. The show travels to different cities across India in search of interesting local talent. The show has no age limit for contestants. Singing, music, dance, impersonation, puppetry, and illusion are all common areas of talent; however, any talent is allowed to compete. The winner receives a cash prize of 5 million rupees (equivalent to approximately US$105,000) and a Maruti Suzuki Ritz
. India's Got Talent is now credited to be Asia's biggest talent show. [China will have its version (and the first) only from July 2010 onwards].
. The special segment called India's Got More Talent is hosted by Roshni Chopra
.
, Orissa
. The group of 56 performed a dance inspired by the Lord Vishnu's Dashavatara.
started from July 30, 2010, and aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm on Colors.
Sree Uppalapati
Footage of the Bir Khalsa Group's performance (popularly known to foreigners as the "Warriors of Goja"), involving extreme feats of physical resistance and pain suppression, became an internet phenomenon in late 2011.
started from July 29, 2011, and aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm on Colors. Amazing Kid's Salsa Performers Akash & Dona, as BAD Salsa Group is till now one of the favourite contenders of the title in the show. Suresh And Vernon group won the show along with cash prize of 50 lacks.
contest, which will see them competing with the 25 winners from various Got Talent series
of different countries. This would be the world's biggest reality TV talent show with a proposed prize money of £1 million and an intended airdate of 2011 with UK serving as the venue.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n franchise of the Got Talent series
Got Talent series
The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format...
, and is a cooperative effort between India's TV channel
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
Colors and Britain's FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...
. The first episode of India's Got Talent premiered on June 27, 2009. India's Got Talent follows the global Got Talent format, in which contestants audition in front of three judges and a studio audience. Up until the semifinal and final rounds, the judges decide whether or not a contestant advances in the competition. During the semifinal and final rounds, viewers vote on which contestants will advance. It is the first Got Talent format show in Asia, and India's first large-scale televised entertainment variety show, intending to showcase India's best unknown acts and talents. The show travels to different cities across India in search of interesting local talent. The show has no age limit for contestants. Singing, music, dance, impersonation, puppetry, and illusion are all common areas of talent; however, any talent is allowed to compete. The winner receives a cash prize of 5 million rupees (equivalent to approximately US$105,000) and a Maruti Suzuki Ritz
Suzuki Splash
The Suzuki Splash is a city car introduced in model year 2008 and jointly developed between Suzuki Motor Corporation and Opel/Vauxhall — which will also market their version as the Agila. It debuted as a concept car at the 2006 Paris Auto Show and the production model debuted at the 2007...
. India's Got Talent is now credited to be Asia's biggest talent show. [China will have its version (and the first) only from July 2010 onwards].
Host
| Years | Presenter | Series | Show |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Nikhil Chinapa | 1–2 | |
| 2009-2010 | Ayushmann Khurrana Ayushmann Khurrana Ayushmann Khurrana : Former Radio Jockey and now a Video Jockey and Television Anchor and soon to become Actor, Ayushmann Khurrana began as a contestant of the reality show MTV Roadies Season 2 which catapulted him to fame and he moved on to become a VJ on MTV as well as anchoring popular shows and... |
1–2 | |
| 2011 | Meiyang Chang | 3 | |
| 2011 | Gautam Rode Gautam Rode Gautam Rode also known as Gautam Rhode is an Indian actor and a former model, working in the Hindi Film Industry and TV serials.-Career:... |
3 |
Judges
| Years | Judge | Series |
|---|---|---|
| 2009–present | Sonali Bendre Sonali Bendre Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films but has acted in many Telugu films as well as a number of Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent... |
1–present |
| 2009–present | Kiron Kher | 1–present |
| 2009 | Shekhar Kapoor | 1 |
| 2010 | Sajid Khan Sajid Khan (director) Sajid Khan is an Indian film-maker, actor, film director, script writer, talk show host and presenter and the younger brother of Bollywood choreographer and director Farah Khan.-Family and life:... |
2 |
| 2011 | Dharmendra Dharmendra Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime... |
3 |
Judges
- Sonali BendreSonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films but has acted in many Telugu films as well as a number of Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent...
(Indian actress) - DharmendraDharmendraDharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...
(BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor) - Kiron Kher (Indian actress)
Hosts
The first season of the series is hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Ayushmann KhurranaAyushmann Khurrana
Ayushmann Khurrana : Former Radio Jockey and now a Video Jockey and Television Anchor and soon to become Actor, Ayushmann Khurrana began as a contestant of the reality show MTV Roadies Season 2 which catapulted him to fame and he moved on to become a VJ on MTV as well as anchoring popular shows and...
. The special segment called India's Got More Talent is hosted by Roshni Chopra
Roshni Chopra
Roshni Chopra is an Indian actress, television presenter and the winner of NDTV Imagine's reality show, Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl.She is known for playing the role of Pia, the younger sister of protagonist Bani Walia in Ekta Kapoor's Kasamh Se on Zee TV. She was also the presenter of the pre and...
.
Finalists
Eleven finalists were selected through voting by the judges and the viewers. Those finalists competed in the Grand Finale to win the grand prize. The eleven finalists were:- Aslam Khan & Group - traditional folk music
- Lokmanya Tilak Group - MallakhambMallakhambMallakhamb or Malkhamb is a traditional Indian sport in which a gymnast performs feats and poses in concert with a vertical wooden pole or rope. Mallakhamb also refers to the pole used in the sport....
performers (1st runners up) - Msonic - music band from AssamAssamAssam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
- Mandeep Singh and Group - Bhangra Punjabi folk dance
- Piyush Rajani and the Fine Tuners - band playing music through unusual instruments (2nd runners up)
- Prince Dance GroupPrince Dance GroupPrince Dance Group, a dance troupe based in Berhampur, Orissa, India led by T. Krishna Mohan Reddy. It has won a reality show India's Got Talent on an Indian TV channel "Colors" Colors . The group is unique that the members are from a remote part of India and most of them are from disadvantaged...
- dance on unusual concepts (Winning act) - Rajesh Amrale - pole MallakhambMallakhambMallakhamb or Malkhamb is a traditional Indian sport in which a gymnast performs feats and poses in concert with a vertical wooden pole or rope. Mallakhamb also refers to the pole used in the sport....
and balancing act - Rohan & Group - street and hip-hop dancers
- Satyajit PadhyeSatyajit PadhyeCA Satyajit Padhye, son of Indian ventriloquist and puppeteer Ramdas Padhye, is an up-and-coming ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet maker. Having assisted his father, Ramdas Padhye, in various stage shows and plays, he is the third generation of ventriloquists in his family.A Chartered Accountant,...
- ventriloquist and puppeteer - Sneha Kapoor & Richard Tholoor - salsa dancer
- Vaishnavi Patil - Bharatanatyam classical dance style
- Ajeet Singh Chandel - singer
Winning act
The winning act of the first season of India's Got Talent was the Prince Dance Group from BerhampurBerhampur
Brahmapur , nicknamed "The Silk City", is a city located in the eastern coastline of Ganjam district of the Indian state of Orissa, about south to state capital, Bhubaneswar.It is also dubbed as "The Dance City" of Orissa after Prince Dance Group and Harihar Das made the state famous in India's...
, Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. The group of 56 performed a dance inspired by the Lord Vishnu's Dashavatara.
Season 2
India’s Got Talent Season 2India's Got Talent (season 2)
The second season of India’s Got Talent started from July 30, 2010. It will air every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm on Colors.-Judges:Indian actress Sonali Bendre, Bollywood Director/Anchor Sajid Khan, and actress Kiron Kher are the season 2 judges.-Winners:...
started from July 30, 2010, and aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm on Colors.
Judges
- Sonali BendreSonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films but has acted in many Telugu films as well as a number of Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent...
(Indian actress) - Kiron Kher (Indian actress)
- Sajid KhanSajid Khan (director)Sajid Khan is an Indian film-maker, actor, film director, script writer, talk show host and presenter and the younger brother of Bollywood choreographer and director Farah Khan.-Family and life:...
(BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
director and TV anchor)
Finalists
Nine finalists were selected through voting by the judges and the viewers. Those finalists competed in the Grand Finale to win the grand prize. The nine finalists were :Sree Uppalapati
- Bir Khalsa Group (2nd Runner Up)
- Diwakar and Sonia (Acro-Duo)
- Fictitious Group
- Harihar Dash
- Manas Kumar Sahoo and Group
- Shillong Chamber ChoirShillong Chamber ChoirShillong Chamber Choir is an Indian chamber choir based in Shillong; founded in 2001, it shot to fame after it won the a reality talent show, India's Got Talent in October 2010, on Colors TV, part of the Got Talent franchise, where it performed western chorals, as well as choral-style revamps of...
- Sanjay Mandol
- Teji Toko (1st Runner Up)
- Underground AuthorityUnderground AuthorityUnderground Authority , [abbreviated as UA] is an alternative rock/rap rock band from Kolkata, India formed in 2010. Their music is flavoured by a blend of protest poetry, reggae, alternative rock, rap, and hard rock...
Winning act
The winning act of the second season of India's Got Talent was the Shillong Chamber Choir from Shillong, Meghalaya.Shillong Chamber Choir
The Choir is led by Neil Nongkynrieh, an accomplished pianist.Footage of the Bir Khalsa Group's performance (popularly known to foreigners as the "Warriors of Goja"), involving extreme feats of physical resistance and pain suppression, became an internet phenomenon in late 2011.
Season 3
India’s Got Talent Season 3India's Got Talent (season 3)
India's Got Talent Season 3 is the Indian franchise of the Got Talent series. The first episode of India's Got Talent Season 3 premiered on July 29, 2011...
started from July 29, 2011, and aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm on Colors. Amazing Kid's Salsa Performers Akash & Dona, as BAD Salsa Group is till now one of the favourite contenders of the title in the show. Suresh And Vernon group won the show along with cash prize of 50 lacks.
Judges
- Sonali BendreSonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films but has acted in many Telugu films as well as a number of Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent...
(Indian actress) - Kiron Kher (Indian actress)
- DharmendraDharmendraDharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...
(Indian actor)
World's Got Talent
The Prince dance group (winner of the first season) will, in all probability, represent India at the global stage in the first World's Got TalentWorld's Got Talent
World's Got Talent is an upcoming talent television show that puts 25 winners from various Got Talent series to compete against each other. From there, one of them will be crowned the winner of The World's Got Talent and take home a million pound prize...
contest, which will see them competing with the 25 winners from various Got Talent series
Got Talent series
The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format...
of different countries. This would be the world's biggest reality TV talent show with a proposed prize money of £1 million and an intended airdate of 2011 with UK serving as the venue.