Got Talent is a British[a]talent showTV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 69 countries, in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format,[1] similar to that described by Fremantle of the Idol and The X Factor formats. Unlike those shows, Got Talent (influenced by the variety of talent shows Opportunity Knocks and New Faces) showcases other artistic disciplines as well as singers.
In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by Guinness World Records.[1] Cowell said: "I am very proud that Got Talent is a homegrown British show. We owe its success to a group of very talented producers all over the world who have made this happen. And of course amazing talent."[2]
History
Got Talent was conceived in 2005 by Simon Cowell, creator and judge on The X Factor. The format's origins can be traced to the British talent shows Opportunity Knocks (on-screen from the 1950s, with the winner using the now-standard method of a telephone vote) and New Faces.[3] Both shows showcased singers, dancers and comedians, as well as performers such as acrobats, animal acts and novelty acts.[3] Cowell said:"I was a fan of variety shows Opportunity Knocks and New Faces, and to be able to update that tradition, really was a buzz".[4]
The concept of the format was for a large-scale televised talent competition where anyone, of any age and background, could participate with any form of talent before an audience and a panel of judges. The concept was first proposed to the British television network ITV, which agreed to a pilot episode of the format.[5] When it proved a success, work began on producing a season of the competition for British television, but was suspended after its intended host had a dispute with ITV and ultimately ended their involvement.[6] Cowell subsequently promoted the concept to American television networks sooner than planned, and secured the interest of American television network NBC to produce a season for their 2006 summer broadcast schedule.[7]
America's Got Talent debuted on 21 June 2006, and was the first international edition of the franchise to be produced and broadcast. The programme proved a success for NBC, who commissioned further seasons, while launching the franchise internationally – among countries where television networks between late 2006 bought up the competition's format to mid-2007 included France, Russia, Sweden, and Australia. Cowell later returned to the UK to continue production of the British edition for ITV, leading to Britain's Got Talent debuting on 9 June 2007.
Golden buzzer
The golden buzzer, which allows each judge to select one act to advance directly to the next round of the competition, was first introduced in 2012 on the sixth season of Germany's Das Supertalent, and was adopted in 2014 on both the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent[8] and the ninth season of America's Got Talent.[9]
Changes in the golden buzzer rules over the years have included allowing the host to award a golden buzzer separately from the judging panel; a "group" golden buzzer whereby the judges and the host can collectively give a golden buzzer to an act without losing their own personal golden buzzers; and an "audience" golden buzzer under which the panel can award a golden buzzer to an act that has generated an especially strong positive reaction from the studio audience.
In 2024, the fourth season of Canada's Got Talent introduced a $25,000 cash prize for each recipient of the golden buzzer, making it the first edition of the franchise to do so.[10] In the same year, both the seventeenth season of Britain's Got Talent and the nineteenth season of America's Got Talent introduced a change whereby each judge will be able to give two golden buzzers rather than one.[11]
Not all versions of the franchise use the golden buzzer.
Proposed global version
In June 2010, following Britain's Got Talent's success at the BAFTA television awards, Cowell voiced his ideas regarding World's Got Talent, a global version of Got Talent. However, he argued that the format would not work with judges as they had all "tried to be him" in previous attempts (such as World Idol), and instead proposed a commentary format, similar to that of the Eurovision Song Contest.[12] During the same week, more details were announced, with Cowell explaining 20 previous winning contestants from global variations of Got Talent would be brought together at the Royal Albert Hall with himself and Jonathan Lopez both having roles in the show. A proposed prize of £1 million was announced a projected global television audience of 300 million, and the intended airdate of 2011.[13]
However, Cowell halted plans for the series because it would conflict with his judging commitments with The X Factor USA and Britain's Got Talent for the years to come. In February 2014, The X Factor USA was cancelled by Fox due to low ratings and Cowell's decision to return to the UK version of that show.
In 2014, ITV first broadcast a series of spin-off shows Planet's Got Talent which showed clips of Got Talent from all over the world. It was later broadcast in Italy on TV8 and Sky Uno. Slovenia made a show as same as the British one. In 2019, Hunan Television produced an unofficial spin-off series, World's Got Talent, whose copyrights were shared by Hunan Television and Fremantle, featuring 61 notable acts from the Got Talent franchise around the world. Currently, a similar version of "World's Got Talent" and "Planet's Got Talent" acts as a YouTube channel, known as "Got Talent Global". The channel uploads clips from "Got Talent" shows worldwide. The channel currently has over 13 million subscribers. A similar channel, called Top Talent uploads clips of The X Factor, Got Talent and Idol from around the world. That channel has over 3 million subscribers.
NBC launched a spin-off series, America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, featuring notable contestants from America's Got Talent alongside acts from the franchises worldwide.[14] The winner of this spin-off series was Canadian-American card magician Shin Lim. In addition, Hunan Television produced an unofficial global version of Got Talent in 2019, the World's Got Talent presented by Eliza Liang and Wong Cho-lam, featuring notable contestants from the Got Talent versions around the world. Following the success of America's Got Talent: The Champions, ITV launched a spin-off series, Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, featuring notable contestants from Britain's Got Talent alongside acts from the franchises worldwide. The winner of this spin-off series was dance act, Twist and Pulse. In 2020, Seven Network launched a spinoff series of Australia's Got Talent called Australia's Got Talent: Challengers & Champions. The show was set to launch sometime in 2020 but was cancelled before production began.
Season 1, 2011: Amr Qatamesh (stand-up satirical poetry) Season 2, 2012: Khawater Al-Zalam (glow-in-the-dark) Season 3, 2013: Sima group (artistic dance) Season 4, 2014–15: Salah Benlemqawanssa(35-year-old popper/b-boy) Season 5, 2017: Emanne Beasha(8-year-old opera singer) Season 6, 2019: Mayyas(Mainly female Dance troupe)
Cesar 'Kike' Teruel (1–3) Maximiliano Guerra (1–3) Catherine Fulop(1–3)
Season 1, 2008: Martin Bustos (25-year-old comedian/impersonator) Season 2, 2009: Daniel Ferreyra (39-year-old guitarist) Season 3, 2010–11: Diego Gutierrez (23-year-old button accordion player)
Season 1, 2012: Karolien Goris (11-year-old singer) Season 2, 2013: Michael Lanzo (34-year-old singer) Season 3, 2015: Domenico Vaccaro (22-year-old pole dancer) Season 4, 2016–17: Baba Yega (dance troupe) Season 5, 2018: Tascha & Ian (dancers) Season 6, 2019: Benjamin Ceyssens (19-year-old pianist) Season 7, 2022: De Mini Droids (dance troupe)
Season 1, 2010: Bogdana Petrova (17-year-old visually impaired singer) Season 2, 2012: Kristina Arabadzhieva (12-year-old singer) Season 3, 2014: Thomas Tomov (17-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2015: Plamen Lubenov (20-year-old wheelchair breakdancer) Season 5, 2016: Vivo Montana (18–44-year-old musical band) Season 6, 2019: Adriyan Asenov (31-year-old blind imitator) Season 7, 2021: Kaloyan Geshev (9-year-old fast mathematician) Season 8, 2022: Stefan Ivanov (6-year-old bagpiper) Season 9, TBA: Upcoming season
Season 1, 2009: Tihomir Bendelja (15-year-old gymnastics twirler) Season 2, 2010: Viktorija Novosel(21-year-old singer) Season 3, 2011: Promenada Klub (shadow theatre) Season 4, 2016: Petar Bruno Basić (23-year-old pole dancer) Season 5, 2017: Emil & Mateja (dancing duo) Season 6, 2018: Denis Barta (20-year-old blind and autistic singer) Season 7, 2019: Transform Crew (dancing troupe) Season 8, 2021: Anatacha Filimone (18-year-old singer) Season 9, 2022: Magic Leon (27-year-old illusionist) Season 10, 2023: Chritzel Renae Aceveda (12-year-old singer) Season 11, 2024: Upcoming season
Current David Gránský (7–) Jasmina Alagič (9–) Former Martin "Pyco" Rausch (1–4) Jakub Prachař (1–4) Marcel Forgáč (5–6) Milan Junior Zimnýkoval(5–6) Lujza Garajová-Schrameková (7–8)
Season 1, 2010: DaeMen (hand-to-hand acrobatics) Season 2, 2011: Atai Omurzakov (21-year-old dancer) Season 3, 2012: Jozef Pavlusík (24-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2013: Miroslav Sýkora (25-year-old opera singer) Season 5, 2015: Gyöngyi Bodišová (22-year-old singer) Season 6, 2016: Act 4 Slovakia (acrobatic on bicycles) Season 7, 2018: Nikoleta Šurinová (11-year-old drummer) Season 8, 2019: Margaréta Ondrejková (16-year-old singer) Season 9, 2021: Diamonds (dance group) Season 10, 2022: Nikola Kusendová (18-year-old singer) Season 11, 2023: Anna Slížová (24-year-old singer)
Nicolas Espinoza(1) Bianca Salame (1) Henry Bustamante (2) Jonathan Estrada (2–6)
Diego Spotorno(1–2) Karla Kanora (1) Jaime Enrique Aymara(1) Maria Fernanda Rios (2–4) Wendy Vera(2–5) Paola Farias (2–5) Fabrizio Ferretti (3) Fernando Villarroel (4–5) Carolina Jaume(5) Francisco Pinoargotti (5) Lila Flores (6) Ángelo Barahona (6) Carolina Aguirre (6) Martín Guerrero (6)
Season 1, 2012: Luis Castillo (37-year-old street comedian) Season 2, 2013: José Fernando Lara (26-year-old singer) Season 3, 2014: Ledesma Brothers (foldclore singers) Season 4, 2015: Christian Loaiza (30-year-old singer) Season 5, 2016: CAN Group (Talented police dogs) Season 6, 2017: Juventud Bolivarense (Young Music Trio)
Current Mikko Leppilampi(6–) Former Susanna Laine (1) Martti Vannas (1) Jarkko Valtee (2–3) Osku Heiskanen (2–3) Lorenz Backman (4) Sebastian Rejman(4) Heikki Paasonen(5) Elina Kottonen (5)
Season 1, 2006: Salah Benlemqawanssa(27-year-old popper/b-boy) Season 2, 2007: Junior (26-year-old break dancer) Season 3, 2008: Alex(23-year-old fire artist) Season 4, 2009: Les Echos-liés (comic group) Season 5, 2010: Axel et Alizée (young dancing duo) Season 6, 2011: Marina Kaye(13-year-old singer) Season 7, 2012: Die Mobilés (shadow play) Season 8, 2013: Simon Heule (23-year-old acrobat) Season 9, 2014: Bagad de Vannes (choir) Season 10, 2015: Juliette and Charlie (Dog Act) Season 11, 2016: Antonio (42-year-old magician) Season 12, 2017: Laura Laune (31-year-old comedian/singer) Season 13, 2018: Jean-Baptiste Guégan(35-year-old singer) Season 14, 2019: Le Cas Pucine (20-year-old ventriloquist) Season 15, 2020: Famille Lefèvre (family opera group) Season 16, 2021: Le Chœur de Saint-Cyr (military choir) Season 17, 2022: Rayane (15-year-old pianist) Season 18, 2023: Mega Unity (dancers group) Season 19, 2024: Upcoming season
Current Giorgi Bakhutashvili (10–) Nuki Koshkelishvili (10–) Former Tika Patsatsia(1–4) Vano Tarkhnishvili(1–8) Giorgi Kipshidze (5–8) Gia Jajanidze (9)
Season 1, 2010: Levan Shavadze (singer) Season 2, 2011: Vano Pipia (13-year-old singer) Season 3, 2012: Nona Giunashvili (sand artist) Season 4, 2013: City Band Group (musical band) Season 5, 2014: Temo Da Qeti (dancer and wheelchair dancer) Season 6, 2015: Barbara Samkharadze (singer) Season 7, 2016–17: Eka Abuladze (singer) Season 8, 2017–18: The boys chapel and youth team (choir) Season 9, 2020: Lasha Gelashvili (illusionist) Season 10, 2022: Davit Lekashvili (excavator operator)
Season 1, 2007: Ricardo Marinello (19-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2008: Michael Hirte (44-year-old harmonica player) Season 3, 2009: Yvo Antoni & PrimaDonna (dog act) Season 4, 2010: Freddy Sahin-Scholl(57-year-old two-voice singer) Season 5, 2011: Leo Rojas(27-year-old panpipe player) Season 6, 2012: Jean-Michel Aweh (20-year-old singer and pianist) Season 7, 2013: Lukas Pratschker & Falco (dog act) Season 8, 2014: Marcel Kaupp (26-year-old drag queen and singer) Season 9, 2015: Jay Oh (29-year-old singer) Season 10, 2016: Angel Flukes (28-year-old singer) Season 11, 2017: Alexa Lauenburger & her mixed-breed dogs (dog act) Season 12, 2018: Stevie Starr(56-year-old professional regurgitator) Season 13, 2019: Christian Stoinev & Percy (Acrobatics with dog training) Season 14, 2020: Nick Ferretti (30-year-old singer and guitarist) Season 15, 2021: Elena Turcan (10-year-old opera singer) Season 16, 2024: Alexander Doghmani (17-year-old opera singer) Season 17, 2024: Upcoming season
Season 1, 2007: Christos Zacharopoulos(12-year-old singer) Season 2, 2009: Kiss Madiam(band) Season 3, 2010: Nikos Georgas (55-year-old singer) Season 4, 2012: Stelios Legakis (14-year-old singer) Season 5, 2017: House of Drama (Group of dancers) Season 6, 2018: En Xoro (Group of dancers) Season 7, 2022: Konstantinos Tsamados (14-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2013–14: Brynjar Dagur (15-year-old dancer) Season 2, 2014–15: Alda Dís (22-year-old singer) Season 3, 2016: Johanna Ruth (14-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2009: Prince Dance Group Season 2, 2010: Shillong Chamber Choir Season 3, 2011: Suresh and Vernon Group Season 4, 2012: Bad Salsa[17] Season 5, 2014: Ragini Makkhar & Naadyog Group Indore Season 6, 2015: Manik Paul (22-year-old aerial dancer) Season 7, 2016: Flautist Suleiman (13-year-old flute player) Season 8, 2018: Javed Khan (27-year-old close-up magician) Season 9, 2022: Divyansh & Manuraj (Beatbox and flute duo) Season 10, 2023: Abujmarh Mallakhamb and Sports Academy (modernized mallakhamb group) Season 11, 2024: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2018: Tomer Dudai (Magician) Season 2, 2018–19: The Acrobatics Team (4 acrobats team) Children's shows Season 1, 2018: Acrobit (Children's gymnastics team) Season 2, 2018–19: Yael Danon(12-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2009–10: Carmen Masola (39-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2011: Fabrizio Vendramin (49-year-old painter) Season 3, 2012: Stefano Scarpa (21-year-old acro pole flag man) Season 4, Spring 2013: Daniel Adomako(22-year-old singer) Season 5, Autumn 2013: Samuel Barletti (50-year-old ventriloquist) Season 6, 2015: Simone Al Ani (27-year-old manipulator dynamic) Season 7, 2016: Moses Concas (26-year-old harmonica player) Season 8, 2017: Trejolie (Triple-duo-Comedian) Season 9, 2019: Antonio Sorgentone (31-year-old singer/pianist) Season 10, 2020: Andrea Fratellini (46-year-old ventriloquist) Season 11, 2021: Stefano Bronzato (28-year-old card magician) Season 12, 2022: Antonio Vaglica (18-year-old singer) Season 13, 2023: Francesca Cesarini (16-year-old pole dancer)
Current Mindaugas Stasiulis (2–3, 5–) Mindaugas Rainys (5–) Former Džiugas Siaurusaitis (1–3) Vitalijus Cololo (1) Marius Repšys (4) Ramūnas Cicėnas (4)
Season 1, 2009: Mikas Stankevičius (22-year-old teeth player) Season 2, 2010: Martynas Levickis (20-year-old piano accordion player) Season 3, 2011: Marius Petrauskas (26-year-old singer) Season 4, 2014: Project Mayhem(street gymnasts) Season 5, 2017: Kasparas Bujanauskas (18-year-old juggler) Season 6, 2019: Edgaras Kerpė (19-year-old dancer) Season 7, 2022: Vaida Aleksandravičiūtė (27-year-old pole dancer) Season 8, 2023: Ignas Tamuli (18-year-old dancer)
Current Gianni Zammit (2–) Former Gordon Bonello (1)
Current Sarah Zerafa (1–) Ray Attard (1–) Valentina Rossi (2–) Gordon Bonello (2–) Former Howard Keith Debono (1) Maxine Aquilina (1)
Season 1, 2020: Jomike & Lydon Agius (father and son singing duo) Season 2, 2022: Kyran Bonello (14-year-old opera singer) Season 3, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2014: Pablo López (43-year-old singer) Season 2, 2015: Fernando Badillo (24-year-old violinist) Season 3, 2019: Alexis Pérez (24-year-old musician)
Current Battur (4–) Erdenechimeg (4–) Delgertsetseg (4–) Chuluunbat (4–) Former Rokit Bay (1–3) Haranga(1–2) Chimegee (1–2) Degi (1–2) Ariunbaatar (3) Undarmaa (3) Anujin (3)
Season 1, 2015: Egshiglent Chimee (children's orchestra) Season 2, 2016: Enkh-Erdene (20-year-old country singer) Season 3, 2018: Bilegt (25-year-old magician) Season 4, 2023: Khasar & Naranchimeg (Mother and Son)
Season 1, 2014: Wai Yan Naing (danger magician) Season 2, 2015: Jar Jet Aung (13-year-old robot dancer) Season 3, 2016: Jimmy Ko Ko (23-year-old contemporary dancer) Season 4, 2017: Ayar Maung Team (traditional elephant dancing team) Season 5, 2018: Junior Creative (shadow dance group) Season 6, 2019: Phone Myat Min (5-year-old acrobat) Season 7, TBA: Awaiting confirmation
Season 1, 2008: Daniëlle Bubberman (13-year-old contortionist) Season 2, 2009: Tessa Kersten(11-year-old guitarist/singer) Season 3, 2010: Martin Hurkens(57-year-old opera singer) Season 4, 2011: Aliyah Kolf (11-year-old singer) Season 5, 2012: DDF Crew (ropeskipping) Season 6, 2013: Amira Willighagen(9-year-old opera singer) Season 7, 2014: León Lissitza (81-year-old crossover singer) Season 8, 2016: Nick Nicolai(18-year-old singer) Season 9, 2017: The Fire (Hip-Hop Dance Group) Season 10, 2019: Shinshan (17-year-old dancer) Season 11, 2020: Tommy & Rowan (16-year-old dance duo) Season 12, 2022: CDK JR (dance troupe) Season 13, 2023: Rik & Aimée (acrobatic duo)
Season 1, 2008: Erlend Bratland(16-year-old singer) Season 2, 2009: Quick (hip-hop dance group) Season 3, 2010: Kristian Rønning (23-year-old rapper) Season 4, 2011: Daniel Johansen Elmhari (11-year-old dancer) Season 5, 2012: Stine H. Ulla (17-year-old opera singer) Season 6, 2014: Angelina Jordan(8-year-old singer) Season 7, 2015: Odin Landbakk (13-year-old guitarist) Season 8, 2017: Vilde Winge (14-year-old sign language performer) Season 9, 2018: Tuva Lutro (12-year-old singer) Season 10, 2019: Amalie Skeide Sandvik (18-year-old sport drill arcobat) Season 11, 2023: Musikaljentene (dance group)
Season 1, 2012: Alessandra Aguirre (11-year-old singer) Season 2, 2013: Rod Martin (18-year-old painter) Season 3, 2014: Gianfranco Huanqui (18-year-old Rubik's Cube solver) Season 4, 2022: Fusión Peruana (dance group)
Season 1, 2008: Melkart Ball (acrobatics duo) Season 2, 2009: Marcin Wyrostek (28-year-old button accordion player) Season 3, 2010: Magdalena Welc (12-year-old singer) Season 4, 2011: Kacper Sikora(19-year-old singer) Season 5, 2012: Delfina & Bartek (acrobatics duo) Season 6, 2013: Tetiana Galitsyna (28-year-old sand artist) Season 7, 2014: Adrian Makar (15-year-old singer) Season 8, 2015: Aleksandra Kiedrowicz (21-year-old aerial silk artist) Season 9, 2016: Jakub Herfort (20-year-old singer) Season 10, 2017: Lukas Gogol (15-year-old button accordion player) Season 11, 2018: Duo Destiny (hand balancing duo) Season 12, 2019: Marysia And Julian (acrobats duo) Season 13, 2021: Krzysztof Jaros (18-year-old contemporary dancer) Season 14, 2022: Miłosz Bachonko (14-year-old button accordion player) Season 15, 2024: Current season
Season 1, 2015: The ArtGym Company (acrobatic gymnastic) Season 2, 2016: Micaela Abreu (15-year-old singer) Season 3, 2017: António Casalinho(13-year-old dancer) Season 4, 2018: Ninfas do Atlântico (group of female classical singers) Season 5, 2020: João Pataco and Miguel Tira Picos (acrobats) Season 6, 2021: Fadoalado (fado music group) Season 7, 2022: Acro AAS (acrobatic group) Season 8, 2024: Current season
Season 1, 2011: Adrian Ţuţu (19-year-old rapper) Season 2, 2012: Cristian Gog(31-year-old mentalist) Season 3, 2013: Bruno Icobet (dancing dog act) Season 4, 2014: Brio Sonores (opera singers) Season 5, 2015: Cristian Leana (Rubik's cube solver) Season 6, 2016: Laura Bretan(13-year-old opera singer) Season 7, 2017: Lorelai Mosneguțu (14-year-old armless singer, pianist and painter) Season 8, 2018: Emil Rengle (27-year-old dancer) Season 9, 2019: Ana Maria Pantaze (39-year-old singer) Season 10, 2020: Radu Palaniță (40-year-old singer) Season 11, 2021: Ana-Maria Mărgean (11-year-old ventriloquist/singer) Season 12, 2022: Darius Mabda (13-year-old dancer) Season 13, 2023: Rares Prisacariu (7-year-old spoken word poet) Season 14, 2024: Current Season
Season 1, 2007: Maxim Tokayev (14-year-old piano accordion player) Season 2, 2007: Dimitry Bulkin a.k.a. Dima Shine (22-year-old gymnastics parade) Season 3, 2008: Grace (ensemble) Season 4, 2009–10: Brothers of Grinchenko (acrobats) Season 5, 2010–11: Viktor Kochkin and Danil Anastasin (breakdancers without legs) Season 6, 2011–12: Igor Butorin (hula hoops) Season 7, 2012–13: "I Team" group (jumping on a trampoline) Season 8, 2013–14: Olga Trifonova (aeralist), Alex Magala (sword swallower) Season 9, 2017: Vardanyan brothers (acrobat duo)
Season 1, 2009: Danijel, Darko and Sandra Piler (young music trio) Season 2, 2011: Milica Dokić and Nenad Mahmutović (deaf dancers) Season 3, 2011–12: Bojana and Nikola Peković (young traditional musicians) Season 4, 2012–13: Katarina Kovačević (21-year-old singer) Season 5: 2016–17: Bar strong (acrobatic team)
Current Peter Poles(1–2, 4–5, 8–) Sašo Stare (7–) Former Jože Robežnik (3) Matej Puc (3) Vid Valič (1–2, 4–6) Domen Valič (6–7)
Current Branko Čakarmiš Ana Klašnja (3–) Marjetka Vovk(5–) Lado Bizovičar (5–) Former Brane Kastelic (1–2) Lucienne Lončina (1–2) Damjan Damjanovič (3) Rok Golob(4)
Season 1, 2010: Lina Kuduzović(7-year-old singer) Season 2, 2011: Julija Kramar (35-year-old opera singer) Season 3, 2013: Alja Krušič (16-year-old singer) Season 4, 2014: Jana Šušterič (29-year-old singer) Season 5, 2015: Jernej Kozan (21-year-old dancer) Season 6, 2016: WildArt (Timotej & Lenart) (string duo) Season 7, 2018: Tjaša Dobravec (24-year-old pole art dancer) Season 8, 2021: Tajda Korče (15-year-old gymnast) Season 9, 2023: Domen Kljun (25-year-old singer)
Season 1, 2009: Darren Rajbal (19-year-old deaf hip hop dancer) Season 2, 2010: James Bhemgee (45-year-old opera singer) Season 3, 2012: Botlhale Boikanyo (11-year-old praise poet) Season 4, 2013: Johnny Apple (16-year-old singer) Season 5, 2014: Tholwana Mohale (14-year-old singer and guitarist) Season 6, 2015: DJ Arch Jnr (3-year-old DJ) Season 7, 2016: Kryptonite Dance Academy (Dance Group) Season 8, 2017: AnecNote (A cappella Group)
Season 1, 2016: Cristina Ramos (37-year-old opera and rock music singer) Season 2, 2017: Antonio "El Tekila" (44-year-old rockabilly dancer) Season 3, 2018: César Brandon (24-year-old poet) Season 4, 2019: Murga Zeta Zetas (murga group) Season 5, 2019: Hugo Molina (3-year-old drummer) Season 6, 2021: Celia Muñoz (35-year-old ventriloquist) Season 7, 2021: Dúo Turkeev (acrobatic duo) Season 8, 2022: Jordi Caps (51-year-old magician) Season 9, 2023: Lil Kids (dance group) Season 10, 2024: Upcoming season
Season 1, 2011: Maya Wirz (49-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2012: Eliane Müller (21-year-old singer) Season 3, 2015: Flavio Rizzello (10-year-old singer) Season 4, 2016: Jason Brügger (22-year-old acrobat)
Season 1, 2009–10: Bilal Avcı and Uğur Karameşe (popping dance) Season 2, 2011: Sefa Doğanay (imitator) Season 3, 2011–12: Ali Yeşilırmak and Max the dog (dog act) Season 4, 2012–13: Atalay Demirci (comedian) Season 5, 2013–14: Burak & Kıvanç (illusion) Season 6, 2014–15: Yunus Karaca (comedian) Season 7, 2015–16: Hayatın Ritmini Yakala (comedian) Season 8, 2017: Catch the Rhythm of Life (orchestra) Season 9, 2018: Queens Of The Dance (kids dance troupe)
Season 1, 2009: Kseniya Simonova(24-year-old sand artist) Season 2, 2010: Olena Kovtun (26-year-old singer) Season 3, 2011: Vitaliy Luzkar (24-year-old illusionist) Season 4, 2012: The team of "Workout" (acrobats) Season 5, 2013: The team of "Lisapetny Battalion" (singers)[27] Season 6, 2014: The Dudnik Family (acrobats) Season 7, 2015: Said Abd Allah Dzhurdi (23-year-old singer) Season 8, 2016: Arina Shuhalevych (2-year-old regional geographer) Season 9, 2017: Veronika Mors'ka (5-year-old singer) Season 10, 2021: Artem Fesko (14-year-old singer)[28] Season 11, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Season 1, 2020: Diego Coronel (26-year-old opera singer) Season 2, 2021: Enzo Castro (7-year-old button accordion player) Season 3, 2022: Camila Iza Machado (15-year-old singer) Season 4, 2023 : Upcoming Season
^The format is labelled as "British" because although America had the first full season of the format, Britain's Got Talent had its pilot episode conceived and filmed in the first few months of 2006 before America's Got Talent had begun production.
^Joint version with India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and other more Asian countries, taking part
^Joint version with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan taking part
^ abGunter, Barrie (2014). I Want to Change My Life: Can Reality TV Competition Shows Trigger Lasting Career Success?. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 12.
