Arabs Got Talent
| Arabs Got Talent | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
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| Country of origin | Arab World |
| Original language | Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
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| Running time | 60-120 min |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC |
| Release | January 14, 2011 – April 27, 2019 |
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Arabs Got Talent (Arabic: أرابز غوت تالنت) is an Arab reality television talent show broadcast by MBC 1 in the Arab world; it is produced by the MBC and was first broadcast on 14 January 2011.[1] The show features contestants with a variety of talents, such as singing, break-dancing, comedians, magicians, and rapping. The show features three celebrity judges, popular in the Middle East. They currently are Lebanese singer Najwa Karam; the dean of the journalism school at the American University in Dubai Ali Jaber; and Ahmed Helmy, an Egyptian actor. The show's venue is in Lebanon.
Though entry into the semi-finals is based on the judges' vote, the voting in the semi-finals and final is an audience vote, akin to other Got Talent shows. The grand prize is 500,000 Saudi Riyals and a brand new Chrysler 300 as well as a contract with MBC.[2]
The show finished its second season on June 29, 2012.[3] The third season started airing September 14 moving its timeslot from Fridays to Saturdays.[4] The fourth season began airing on December 20. The fifth season ended May 20, 2017, with eight-year-old opera singer Emanne Beasha winning.
The show is hosted by Saudi rapper and musician Qusai Kheder and Lebanese TV presenter Raya Abirached.
Presenters and judges[edit]
| Presenters | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |
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| Qusai | ||||||
| Raya Abirached | ||||||
| Judges | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Jaber | ||||||
| Najwa Karam | ||||||
| Nasser Al Qasabi | ||||||
| Ahmed Helmy | ||||||
| Amr Adib | ||||||
Selection process[edit]
Producers' auditions[edit]
Contestants are initially chosen at non-televised auditions in the capitals of participating Arab country, such as Doha in Qatar.
Judges' auditions[edit]
Chosen contestants proceed to perform in front of the celebrity judges. It is by the judges' votes that they enter the next round. Judges may terminate a contestant's performance by buzzing in, signifying an X. However, buzzes from all judges are required to stop the performance. These auditions are televised weekly on Saturdays on MBC4.[5]
Live shows[edit]
The semi-finals and final are broadcast live. They feature performances by the contestants, usually on a grander scale. Judges can still stop a performance if all three buzz in, three times. In the semi-final, the winners are chosen by the viewers' voting (by means of texting), though only the most-voted-for contestant proceeds to the final, the second and third placed proceed via a vote by the judges.
In the final, fourteen contestants remain and, after each contestant finishes their performance, the winner is chosen by the viewers' voting.[2]
Seasons overview[edit]
| Season : | Premiere | Final | Winner | Channels |
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1
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February 25, 2011
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April 14, 2011
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Amr Katamesh | MBC1 MBC Masr |
2
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April 6, 2012
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June 29, 2012
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Khawater Al-Zalam | |
3
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September 14, 2013
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December 7, 2013
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Sima group | |
4
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December 20, 2014
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March 7, 2015
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Salah Entertainer | |
5
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March 11, 2017
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May 20, 2017
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Emanne Beasha | |
6
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February 16, 2019
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April 27, 2019
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Mayyas | MBC1, MBC Iraq, LBCI |
References[edit]
- ^ "Arabs Prove They've got Talent". Thenational.ae. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ a b "Egyptian poet Amr Qattamesh talks about winning first Arabs Got Talent". Gulf News. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Arabs Got Talent season 2 planned". Waleg.com. 2011-06-10. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ "AMERICAN IN ARABIA: Arab's Got Talent". Al Bawaba. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ "Arabs Got Talent gives MBC a franchise on stardom | The National". Thenational.ae. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2013-12-29.