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America's Got Talent
Format Reality talent show
Created by Simon Cowell
Ken Warwick
 Cécile Frot-Coutaz
Jason Raff
Judges Piers Morgan
David Hasselhoff
Brandy Norwood (2006)
Sharon Osbourne (2007-Present)
Country of origin United States
No. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer This article refers to Ken Warwick the Television producer and director. Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American Actor and Singer, who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English Music manager and promoter The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 28
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Simon Cowell
Ken Warwick
Running time Varies
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Picture format 480i (NTSC)
Original run June 21, 2006 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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The show concept can be traced back to the British talent contest Opportunity Knocks, which started as a radio programme in 1949 before moving to television in 1956. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Opportunity Knocks is a UK Television Talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green. Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Among its significant features were that it gave an opportunity to talented amateurs or unknown performers, with the results decided by a public vote. [1]

The format was sold by Simon Cowell after he originally produced the show that was to have been called "Paul O'Grady's Got Talent" (as can be seen by the application for a Trademark for this name at [1] ) - but was postponed from 2005 until 2007, and when it was eventually launched in 2007 it was called, "Britain's Got Talent" due to the fact that Paul O'Grady defected from ITV to Channel 4. } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer Paul James O'Grady MBE (born 14 June 1955 Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV (also on TV3 in Ireland and part of the Got Talent series Unlike the British version, Cowell does not appear as a judge due to the conditions of his American Idol contract. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

America's Got Talent began airing season one in the United Kingdom on ITV2 on 22 June 2007, TV3 Ireland in Ireland on July 2007 and in New Zealand on Prime Television New Zealand on 9 July 2007. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ITV2 is a 24 hour a day Free-to-air entertainment Television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. TV3 Ireland was the first independent Television channel in Ireland, entirely funded by revenue from advertising Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Prime Television is the seventh national Free-to-air Television station in New Zealand. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

NBC has announced that America's Got Talent has been renewed for a third season. [2]

Contents

Selection/elimination process

For the audition round, each of the three judges has a button in front of them that they can press when they do not want the act to continue; in season one, the button rings an electronic bell and a large red X with the judge's name lights up over the stage. A louder buzzer indicates the third judge's button was pressed, and the contestant's performance is terminated. In season two, only a buzzer is heard when a judge hits his/her button. If all three judges hit their X in season 2, the performer is illuminated in a lonely blue spotlight, indicating that they've been struck out. This is not as significant as it might be, since the judges occasionally cheat and press one another's buttons to abort even if a consensus of disapproval has not been reached. Then, the judges are asked whether the contestant should continue to the next round, with the approval of two out of three judges required. The button voting is not final, and occasionally a supporting judge can talk a disapproving one into switching sides. From there, the contestant is either rejected or passed to the next round of performance. The process is similar to the classic spoof amateur show The Gong Show, except that an act was ended by just one judge on Gong with no deliberations to follow. This article is about the show which aired in the 1970s and 1980s

The acts who pass the auditions then attend a Las Vegas bootcamp, where they have a chance to perfect their craft. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally At this point, acts are divided into 2 groups, "music", and "variety". The music acts consist of singers and instrument players. The "variety" group consists of other acts. The "music" acts performs first, followed by the "variety" acts. Each act will perform for 3 minutes, and their performance will not be terminated, as the judges have no buttons to press. After each group has finished, the judges will split the groups into lines, either a "yes" line, or a "no" line. The ones who the judges said yes to will go to the short list of 35 acts. The acts which the judges have said no to will go home. After that, the judges will cut the short list of 35 to 20 final acts. In the semifinal episodes, the 20 acts will be first split into 2 groups of 10. America will vote and eliminate 5 out of the first group, then 5 out of the second. The remaining 10 will perform head to head in the next round, where the field will be narrowed each week.

Voting in the Semifinal

Unlike in Season 1, where there is a judges' choice, and a viewers' choice, the voting is completely handed over to the viewers. There will be no checks, but just Xs. The judges may press the Xs if they do not want the act to continue and they may also comment on acts.

Season 1

Main article: America's Got Talent (season 1)

In June 2006, NBC announced the new show. The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded The audition tour took place in June. Auditions were held in the following locations: Los Angeles, California, New York City, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City of New York Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Some early ads for the show implied that the winning act would also headline a show at a casino, possibly in Las Vegas; however, this was replaced with $1,000,000 due to concerns of minors playing in Las Vegas, should one become a champion. A casino is in the modern sense of the word a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of Gambling activities Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally More than 12 million viewers watched the season premiere (which is more than American Idol got during its premiere back in 2002). American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition The two-hour broadcast was the night's most-watched program on U. S. television and the highest-rated among viewers aged 18 to 49 (the prime-time audience that matters most to advertisers), Nielsen Media Research reported. Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio [2]. On the season finale, there was an unaired segment that was scheduled to appear after Aly and AJ. Aly & AJ are a Teen pop band consisting of sisters Alyson Renae "Aly" Michalka and Amanda Joy "AJ" Michalka. The segment featured Tom Green dressing in a parrot costume, and squawking with a live parrot, to communicate telepathically. Michael Thomas "Tom" Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian Actor, Rapper, Writer, Comedian Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions Green then proceeded to fly up above the audience, shooting confetti streamers out of his costume onto the crowd below.

In season one, the show was hosted by Regis Philbin and judged by actor David Hasselhoff, singer Brandy, and journalist Piers Morgan. Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television personality and occasional Actor David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American Actor and Singer, who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the

Winner

Finalists

Season 2

Main article: America's Got Talent (season 2)

After initially announcing in May 2006 that the second season of America's Got Talent would debut in January 2007 at 8 PM on Sunday nights, with no separate results show, the network has changed its mind and pushed the show back to the summer, where the first season had great success. The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition premiered on the NBC May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. This move will keep the show out of indirect competition with American Idol, which has a similar premise and is more popular. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition In AGT's place, another reality-based talent show, Grease: You're The One That I Want, began airing on Sunday nights in the same timeslot on NBC beginning in January. Grease You're the One that I Want! was an NBC Reality television series designed to cast the lead roles of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko [3] In March 2007, NBC announced tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer would succeed Philbin as host,[4] with Sharon Osbourne (already a judge on Cowell's UK show The X Factor) succeeding Brandy as a judge. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. Tabloid talk shows are a genre of American television talk-shows that achieved peak viewership during the late 20th century Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English -born American Television personality, a former Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English Music manager and promoter For versions in other countries see The X Factor (TV series. The X Factor is a British Television This means the show, ironically, has two British judges and one American one.

The second season has no results show, replaced by results on the performance show night instead; in addition, each Tuesday broadcast was repeated (along with The Singing Bee episode that followed the 90-minute editions of AGT) by NBC the following Saturday.

The finale of the season was shown Tuesday, August 21, 2007, and the results are shown below:

Winner

Finalists

Season 3

Main article: America's Got Talent (season 3)

NBC announced in August 2007 that the network had renewed the show for a third season. The third season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition premiered on the NBC network Auditions were and still on going in Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago from January to April. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff returned as judges - as seen on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English Music manager and promoter Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American Actor and Singer, who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Saturday Night Takeaway was a Variety show shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV, presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec Jerry Springer also returned as host. Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English -born American Television personality, a former It will also be shown in the United Kingdom on ITV2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ITV2 is a 24 hour a day Free-to-air entertainment Television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of Oprah Winfrey announced on Monday March 17, 2008 that the new season premieres on NBC on June 24, 2008. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Later, the premiere date was moved up one week to Tuesday June 17, 2008.

Judging styles

In the audition phase, Morgan was usually fastest hitting his X (strike) button, expressing disapproval even when Brandy/Osbourne and Hasselhoff did not (loosely mirroring Simon Cowell's disapproval of the audition when Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson did not on American Idol). } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer Paula Julie Abdul ( "AB-dool" born June 19, 1962) is a Grammy Award -winning American pop Singer Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson (born June 23 1956 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is best known as a judge on American Idol; he is American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition On several occasions after pressing his strike button, he reached over and pressed Brandy's button, and on occasion, stood up to press Hasselhoff's button, singlehandedly stopping the act. Occasionally, Hasselhoff would be the last one who had not hit the X button, letting the act still go on despite Brandy and Morgan having long hit their buttons (Brandy and Morgan attempted a few times to hit Hasselhoff's button to end the act, a couple of times succeeding, but Hasselhoff always tried to block them). Also, when burlesque dancer Michelle L'amour started to strip on one episode, Morgan and Hasselhoff tried to hold back Brandy as she tried to strike their buttons. Michelle L'amour is an American neo-burlesque performer who grew up in Orland Park Illinois. Morgan will often strike his button to see if the noise would break the performer's concentration, even if he approves of the act. For example, when Liang, a Chinese acrobat, started to put her hand which was holding balanced plates on a stick under her leg, Morgan buzzed her. In the end, Liang ended up crying and Hasselhoff had to go up and hug her.

When Osbourne replaced Brandy in Season 2, she became the judge who usually takes the longest time to hit the button (except in the case of musical acts, in which case she sometimes buzzes them well before Morgan and Hasselhoff). The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition premiered on the NBC Judges hitting other judges' buttons became a rare occurrence, although Morgan did hit Osbourne's button once in order to end an act he disliked.

Unlike in Season 1, the panel of judges have allowed fewer children in, possibly in reaction to Bianca Ryan's win. Bianca Taylor Ryan (born September 1 1994 is an American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the debut season of NBC Piers was usually the first to buzz the child acts, although he did like a few, including 14-year old Julienne Irwin, and The Rascals. Sometimes David would follow, but Sharon usually would let the acts finish. Sharon would also constructively criticize the children, while Piers would say their act wasn't worth a million dollars, and David said they weren't ready yet.

On the first semifinal show, after the performance of the Millers, Morgan suggested that the younger brother L. The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded D. should sack his fairly average brother Cole if he wanted to be a superstar, driving L. D. to tears. Nonetheless, the Millers were put through to the finals by the three judges. On the fourth semifinal show, Morgan found fault with the family group Celtic Spring, saying that the group should "sack mum, dad, and [the] little brother," in another case of unequal talent. The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded Celtic Spring is an Irish American dance and fiddle band from California who combine traditional Celtic music with Irish and Cape Breton The youngest brother and sister cried, and the rest of the siblings stood their ground, saying their mom and dad were part of their backup. The viewers put Celtic Spring through to the finals.

In the audition stages of Season 2, the trend continued with The Duttons, consisting of 14 performers from one family. Morgan suggested that if they kept the children off the stage, they could be a winning act. On the other hand, when rapper Abenz was eliminated by the judges, the trio invited backup singer Byrain Winbush to return to the stage for his own audition (he advanced to the second round despite the short notice).

On the wild card show, Morgan criticized the two members of David & Dania - Quick Change, "Are you deaf? Are you dumb? Or are you just so arrogant about that act that you think that's all you have to do?" David responded with a warning not to call him dumb, and pointed out that they were the only act of their kind on the show. The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded Dania later left the stage in tears, and said backstage that his comments were hurtful. Once again, viewers voted for this group to perform in the finals. USA Today said that these moments were among the worst in the show. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. [5]

On the second semifinal show, the judges were unable to reach a unanimous decision for their choice by the end of the episode. The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded On the results show, Morgan revealed that he refused to add a third singing act to the two that had already made it to the finals (The Millers and Taylor Ware), stating "this is not American Idol" and he "wanted a more diverse group of acts for the final". Taylor Marie Ware (born September 17, 1994) is an American singer and Yodeler from Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb The judges chose Realis as a result, and the viewers chose another singing act, At Last, to go through.

During the semifinal rounds of the second season, Morgan, with his new ability to be able to press buttons to interrupt an act, struck his X several times.

Ratings

The performance shows are rated TV-PG and the results shows are rated TV-14.

Ever since the show first aired in 2006, its ratings have outpaced every other broadcast of the night, and occasionally, of the week. Regular TV audiences often total an average of 10 million a night, giving NBC an average 6. 0/10 rating every Tuesday, higher than that of CBS, ABC, and FOX. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Total ratings have exceeded by over one million viewers those of FOX's hit reality show, So You Think You Can Dance, which airs on Wednesday. In 2007, the show was the summer's most watched TV program, averaging 12. 0 million viewers per night on its second season.

International spinoffs

Further information: Got Talent series

International Broadcasts

America's Got Talent airs in the United Kingdom on ITV2. The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell 's SYCO company The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

In the Middle East, America's Got Talent airs on MBC4. MBC 4 is the first Free-to-air channel in the Middle East aired specifically for American programs.

In Norway, America's Got Talent's first season aired on TV 2 in January and February 2008, as an introduction to the Norwegian version Norske talenter. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional TV 2 is Norway 's largest commercial television station Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2

In the Philippines, America's Got Talent airs on ETC 2nd Avenue

In Hong Kong, America's Got Talent airs on TVB Pearl. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders TVB Pearl ( is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World

In Denmark, America's Got Talent airs on TV 2. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe TV 2 is a Danish government-owned Television station broadcasting from Odense on Funen.

See also

References

  1. ^ Press Your Buttons Now! - We look back at talent shows of yesteryear.. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition Rules Auditions Auditions are held in major cities around Australia to find each season's contestants For versions in other countries see The X Factor (TV series. The X Factor is a British Television BBC. Retrieved on 2007-05-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
  2. ^ Reuters
  3. ^ NBC’s mid-season 2006–07 schedule
  4. ^ Popular Television Talk-Show Host Jerry Springer Named Host of NBC's 'America'S Got Talent'
  5. ^ Lopez, Korina. "'America's Got Talent'", USA Today, 21 August 2006

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