Canada's Got Talent
| Canada's Got Talent | |
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| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Written by | Trevor Boris, Sabrina Jalees, Mark Lysakowski |
| Directed by | Joan Tosoni Sue Brophey |
| Presented by | Dina Pugliese |
| Judges |
Stephan Moccio Measha Brueggergosman Martin Short |
| Voices of | Dina Pugliese |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby and Ed Robinson |
| Producer(s) | Mark Lysakowski Paul Becker Trevor Boris Cliff Dempster |
| Running time | 30 - 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
SYCOtv FremantleMedia Insight Productions Talkback Thames |
| Distributor | Rogers Media Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Citytv |
| Original release | March 4 – May 14, 2012 |
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| Related shows |
America's Got Talent Australia's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent Holland's Got Talent |
| External links | |
| Official website | www |
Canada's Got Talent is a Canadian reality talent show series that debuted on the Citytv network on March 4, 2012, and part of the global Got Talent franchise. The logo used for Canada's Got Talent does not follow the logo from America's Got Talent, but instead follows the logo from Britain's Got Talent.
As with other series in the franchise, the program was a competition in which entertainers in various fields competed to win a cash prize of $100,000 and a Nissan GT-R, an opportunity to perform during Citytv's New Year's Eve special, and the possibility of performing at a venue in Las Vegas.
The series only ran for one season, won by the Manitoba-based dance troupe Sagkeeng's Finest; in June 2012, Rogers Media president, Scott Moore, announced that a second series would not be produced, after a "careful consideration of all factors, including the current economic climate".
The auditions took place in front of the judges and a live audience at different cities across Canada. At any time during the audition, the judges may have shown their disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights a large red "X" on the stage. If all the judges pressed their buzzers, the act must end. Voting worked on a majority-of-two basis where two positive votes from the judges were required.
Those that were accepted past the audition round moved on to the Judges Round (also known as "The Cutdown"). This stage of the competition did not feature any audiences and only contained contestants performing in front of the judges. Out of all that made it to this point, thirty-six (36) acts made it through to the next round which was the semi-finals.
The semi-finals and final were broadcast with a varying number of semi-finals, followed by the one final split into two episodes over one night. The remaining acts performed across a number of semi-finals, with the two most popular acts from each semi-final winning a position in the final. Judges may still end a performance early with three X's. The judges were again asked to express their views on each act's performance. After all acts have performed, phone lines, Twitter, Facebook, text and online voting platforms opened for a one hour, while the public voted for the act they think were the best. Voters could submit a total of 50 votes (10 in each platform). After the votes were counted, the act that has polled the highest number of public votes automatically was placed in the final. The judges then chose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts were then eliminated from the competition.
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