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Arabs Got Talent
The Arabs Got Talent logo
GenreReality
Presented byRaya Abirached
Qusai
JudgesAli Jaber
Najwa Karam
Nasser Al Qasabi (2012–present)
Amr Adeeb (2011)
Ahmed Helmi (2013–present)
Country of originArab world
Original languageArabic
No. of seasons3
Production
Running time60–120 min
Original release
NetworkMBC
ReleaseJanuary 14, 2011 (2011-01-14) –
present
Related
Britain's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent
Canada's Got Talent
America's Got Talent

Arabs' Got Talent is an Arab reality television talent show that broadcasts on MBC4 in the Arab world, it is produced by the MBC and debuted on the 14th of January, 2011.[1] The show features contestants of a variety of talents, such as singing, break-dancing, comedians, magicians, 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 [2] and Saudi actor and comedian Nasser Al Qasabi (who replaced Amr Adeeb in season 2), and finally Ahmed Helmi, a famous 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 that on 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.[3] The show finished its second season on June 29, 2012.[4] The third season started airing September 14 moving its timeslot from Fridays to Saturdays.[5]

The show is hosted by Saudi rapper and musician, Qusai and Lebanese TV presenter Raya Abirached.

Selection process

Producers' auditions

Contestants are initially chosen at non-televised auditions in the capitals of participating Arab country, such as Beirut in Lebanon.

Judges' auditions

Chosen contestants proceed to perform in front of the three 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 three judges are required to stop the performance. These auditions are televised weekly on Fridays on MBC4.[6]

Live shows

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 judges 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 wlad proceed via a vote by the judges.

In the final, twelve contestants remain and, after each contestant finishes their performance, the winner is chosen by the viewers voting.[3]

Seasons overview

Season Premiere Final Winner Runner-up Third place Channel
1
February 25, 2011
April 14, 2011
 Egypt Amr Katamesh Morocco Noureddine Benwaqas Saudi Arabia Ahmad Elbayed MBC4
2
April 6, 2012
June 29, 2012
 Saudi Arabia Khawater El-Zalam Algeria Dalia Chihe United Arab Emirates Shama Hamdan MBC4

References

  1. ^ Arabs Prove They've got Talent
  2. ^ Ali Jaber takes his talents to MBC The National
  3. ^ a b "Egyptian poet Amr Qattamesh talks about winning first Arabs' Got Talent". Gulf News. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ Arabs Got Talent season 2 planned
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ [2]
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