Australia's Got Talent
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Australia's Got Talent is an Australia
n reality television
talent show
which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network
. The show was based on the Got Talent series
format that originated in the United Kingdom
with Simon Cowell
. It was hosted by Grant Denyer
, with Dannii Minogue
, Tom Burlinson
and Red Symons
acting as judges.
The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved the show to a more competitive Tuesday night timeslot. The second season aired from 29 April 2008. A third season, which aired on Wednesday nights, began on 4 February 2009.
In January 2010 it was confirmed that the show will return in 2010 for a fourth series. Open auditions were held in February 2010.
In February 2010 it was confirmed that former Australian Idol
judge and DJ Kyle Sandilands
and former Westlife
member Brian McFadden
would be joining the judging panel alongside Dannii Minogue
for the show's fourth season. Grant Denyer returned as host for the 4th series in 2010.
250,000
In the first series there were four heats which saw about 20 to 25 acts competing in each heat. Approximately 60 acts in total got the approval from the judges, but only 40 were selected to compete in the semi-finals. In addition, only a fraction of the acts that progress are actually featured in full on the televised episodes. Also in the first series, during the semi-finals stage, each judge buzzed either a cross, or a tick.
The fourth series in 2010 featured a major revamp in the format, now being in tune with the nationwide audition tour conducted in the UK and US versions of the show, where nearly 500 people auditioned in total. In addition, the two existing judges Red Symons
and Tom Burlinson
were replaced by Brian McFadden
and Kyle Sandilands
. The production and filming was moved to Melbournes Docklands, with a larger sound stage and set.
The logo
used for the first series of Australia's Got Talent is similar to the logo used by America's Got Talent
. The logo during the second, third and fourth series is similar to that used by Britain's Got Talent
.
The two finalists were Herb Patten and Bonnie Anderson, with Bonnie Anderson eventually becoming the winner of the first series of Australia's Got Talent and Herb Patten became the runner-up.
The series two grand final
featured a slightly different format. The show started with a combined performance by all 8 contestants. After the introduction by the contestants, the acts were progressively eliminated - first Halls Taekwondo and Mietta White, with the pairing of Deb "Spoons" Perry and Grace Bawden
and Aaron Smyth and Shift-1 eliminated during the course of the show. The final also saw the judges bringing back their personal favourite acts to perform for one more time.
The two final choices were "Smokin'" Joe Robinson
and Jourdain
. "Smokin'" Joe Robinson ended up winning Australia's Got Talent 2008 and Jourdain become the runner-up.
In numerous episodes, judge Dannii Minogue
was absent due to the filming for the 5th season of UK reality show The X Factor
in which Minogue is a judge.
The winners were declared on 22 April 2009. This Grand Finale followed the same format as the 2008 one: acts were eliminated in pairs, as well as each judge picking their favorite act to reappear on the show once more.
Mark Vincent won the series (came first place), while Jal Joshua runner-up the series (came second place). On the Grand Finale, International Opera Singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent
series 1, Paul Potts
performed live in the studio.
continued as host, while radio DJ Kyle Sandilands
and Irish singer Brian McFadden
joined the judging panel as replacements for Red Symonds and Tom Burlinson
. Auditions for the season took place throughout February 2010 in Sydney
, Melbourne
, Brisbane
, Perth
and Adelaide
.
The show was revamped to look more like Britain's Got Talent
, in terms of the stage and the shape of the X's used. The opening was also changed to look similar to Britain's Got Talent opening, with Australian landmarks instead of British landmarks. Previously, the Australia's Got Talent opening was simply a display of the title. The live shows began on 11 May 2010 and ended on 15 June 2010, where dance troupe Justice Crew
were crowned the winners. They were awarded a prize of $250,000, while runner-up Cameron Henderson was awarded a runner-up prize of performing at the 2010 AFL Grand Final
.
, Queensland
, Tasmania
, Victoria
, South Australia
, Western Australia
and the Northern Territory
. The successful acts from the auditions were then invited to a second audition in front of the judges and a live audience. These auditions began in Gold Coast
on 19 February 2011, followed by three days in Melbourne
from 25 February 2011. They also took place in Sydney
on 12–13 March 2011, and ended in Perth
on 20 March 2011.
The season was won by the 14-year-old singer Jack Vidgen
.
and Brian McFadden
will return as judges and Grant Denyer
will return as host.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
. The show was based on the Got Talent series
Got Talent series
The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format...
format that originated in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
. It was hosted by Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
, with Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
, Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year...
and Red Symons
Red Symons
Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
acting as judges.
The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved the show to a more competitive Tuesday night timeslot. The second season aired from 29 April 2008. A third season, which aired on Wednesday nights, began on 4 February 2009.
In January 2010 it was confirmed that the show will return in 2010 for a fourth series. Open auditions were held in February 2010.
In February 2010 it was confirmed that former Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
judge and DJ Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
and former Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
member Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...
would be joining the judging panel alongside Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
for the show's fourth season. Grant Denyer returned as host for the 4th series in 2010.
Overview
Australia's Got Talent is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for a top prize of A$Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
250,000
In the first series there were four heats which saw about 20 to 25 acts competing in each heat. Approximately 60 acts in total got the approval from the judges, but only 40 were selected to compete in the semi-finals. In addition, only a fraction of the acts that progress are actually featured in full on the televised episodes. Also in the first series, during the semi-finals stage, each judge buzzed either a cross, or a tick.
The fourth series in 2010 featured a major revamp in the format, now being in tune with the nationwide audition tour conducted in the UK and US versions of the show, where nearly 500 people auditioned in total. In addition, the two existing judges Red Symons
Red Symons
Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
and Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year...
were replaced by Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...
and Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
. The production and filming was moved to Melbournes Docklands, with a larger sound stage and set.
The logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
used for the first series of Australia's Got Talent is similar to the logo used by America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
. The logo during the second, third and fourth series is similar to that used by Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
.
Series summary
| Season | Winner | Judges | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Anderson | Herb Patten | Grant Denyer Grant Denyer Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist... |
||
| "Smokin'" Joe Robinson | Jourdain | |||
| Mark Vincent Mark Vincent Mark Vincent is an Australian pop opera singer. Vincent won Australia's Got Talent on 22 April 2009. His main inspiration is his late grandfather, Bruno, who raised him and taught him how to sing. Vincent has said that he would like to follow in the footsteps of his idol Anthony Warlow... |
Jal Joshua | |||
| Justice Crew Justice Crew Justice Crew are an all-male hip-hop dance and pop music group based in Sydney. They are most notable for winning the fourth season of Australia's Got Talent in 2010. The group consists of Emmanuel Rodriguez, Samson Smith, Len John Ruela Pearce, John Len Ruela Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paulie... |
Cameron Henderson | |||
| Jack Vidgen Jack Vidgen Jack Vidgen is an Australian singer, best known for winning the fifth season of Australia's Got Talent. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Yes I Am", was released for digital download on 3 August 2011... |
Cosentino | |||
| In progress | ||||
Season one (2007)
The following table lists the grand finalists who were selected to advance from the semi-finals by either the judges' or the viewers' vote:- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Eliminated
Semi-final Episode Judges' Choice Viewers' Choice 1 Max FosterPianist Bonnie Anderson Singer 2 Al MillarContortion Contortionthumb|upright|Contortionist performingContortion is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts...
istHerb PattenGum leaf EucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
musician3 Col-E-FlowerVegetable musician Chase and LilyDance duo 4 Soul MystiqueQuick costume change/dance act Madeline PerroneSinger
The two finalists were Herb Patten and Bonnie Anderson, with Bonnie Anderson eventually becoming the winner of the first series of Australia's Got Talent and Herb Patten became the runner-up.
Season two (2008)
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Eliminated
| Semi-final Episode | Judges' Choice | Viewers' Choice |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JourdainSinger | Shift-1Dance troupe |
| 2 | Deb "Spoons" PerrySpoon Spoon A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery , especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for serving. Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients... musician |
"Smokin'" Joe RobinsonGuitarist |
| 3 | Grace Bawden15 year old Opera Soprano | Mietta White5-year-old Dancer |
| 4 | Aaron SmythDancer | Halls TaekwondoTaekwondo Taekwondo Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"... troupe |
The series two grand final
Grand Final
Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...
featured a slightly different format. The show started with a combined performance by all 8 contestants. After the introduction by the contestants, the acts were progressively eliminated - first Halls Taekwondo and Mietta White, with the pairing of Deb "Spoons" Perry and Grace Bawden
Grace Bawden
Grace Bawden is an Australian classical crossover singer, who has been dubbed "Australia's greatest operatic discovery", after becoming the Judge's Choice Grand Finalist on the TV talent show Australia's Got Talent in 2008...
and Aaron Smyth and Shift-1 eliminated during the course of the show. The final also saw the judges bringing back their personal favourite acts to perform for one more time.
The two final choices were "Smokin'" Joe Robinson
Joe Robinson (musician)
Joe Robinson , is an Australian guitar player. Robinson is most famous for his fast-paced fingerpicking style and being the winner of the 2008 series of Australia's Got Talent.-Biography:...
and Jourdain
Jourdain
Jourdain is a surname.People with the surname Jourdain:* Francis Charles Robert Jourdain , British ornithologist and oologist* Francis Jourdain , painter...
. "Smokin'" Joe Robinson ended up winning Australia's Got Talent 2008 and Jourdain become the runner-up.
In numerous episodes, judge Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
was absent due to the filming for the 5th season of UK reality show The X Factor
The X Factor (UK series 5)
The fifth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV in 2008. The series started on 16 August and was won by Alexandra Burke on 13 December, with new judge Cheryl Cole emerging as the winning mentor. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges...
in which Minogue is a judge.
Season three (2009)
Auditions for the third series started in late 2008 and successful contestants were notified in December 2008. Filming began on 15 January 2009.- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Eliminated
| Semi-final Episode | Judges' Choice | Viewers' Choice |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danik Abishev23 year old hand balancer | Mark Vincent Mark Vincent Mark Vincent is an Australian pop opera singer. Vincent won Australia's Got Talent on 22 April 2009. His main inspiration is his late grandfather, Bruno, who raised him and taught him how to sing. Vincent has said that he would like to follow in the footsteps of his idol Anthony Warlow... 15 year old opera singer |
| 2 | Nobel Lakaev16 year old dancer | Jal Joshua10 year old pianist |
| 3 | Cameo RascaleFamily acrobatic quartet | David Splatt27 year old saw player |
| 4 | Red Hot RhythmMale "tap vs irish" dancing quartet | William Campbell16 year old diabolist |
The winners were declared on 22 April 2009. This Grand Finale followed the same format as the 2008 one: acts were eliminated in pairs, as well as each judge picking their favorite act to reappear on the show once more.
Mark Vincent won the series (came first place), while Jal Joshua runner-up the series (came second place). On the Grand Finale, International Opera Singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
series 1, Paul Potts
Paul Potts
Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries...
performed live in the studio.
Season four (2010)
The fourth season of Australia's Got Talent returned on 13 April 2010. Grant DenyerGrant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
continued as host, while radio DJ Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
and Irish singer Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...
joined the judging panel as replacements for Red Symonds and Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year...
. Auditions for the season took place throughout February 2010 in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
and Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
The show was revamped to look more like Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
, in terms of the stage and the shape of the X's used. The opening was also changed to look similar to Britain's Got Talent opening, with Australian landmarks instead of British landmarks. Previously, the Australia's Got Talent opening was simply a display of the title. The live shows began on 11 May 2010 and ended on 15 June 2010, where dance troupe Justice Crew
Justice Crew
Justice Crew are an all-male hip-hop dance and pop music group based in Sydney. They are most notable for winning the fourth season of Australia's Got Talent in 2010. The group consists of Emmanuel Rodriguez, Samson Smith, Len John Ruela Pearce, John Len Ruela Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paulie...
were crowned the winners. They were awarded a prize of $250,000, while runner-up Cameron Henderson was awarded a runner-up prize of performing at the 2010 AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
.
Season five (2011)
The fifth season of Australia's Got Talent returned on 3 May 2011. All judges (Kyle Sandilands, Dannii Minogue and Brian McFadden) returned for the season, including host Grant Denyer. The producer auditions took place in 16 cities, throughout New South WalesNew South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
and the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
. The successful acts from the auditions were then invited to a second audition in front of the judges and a live audience. These auditions began in Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
on 19 February 2011, followed by three days in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
from 25 February 2011. They also took place in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
on 12–13 March 2011, and ended in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
on 20 March 2011.
The season was won by the 14-year-old singer Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen is an Australian singer, best known for winning the fifth season of Australia's Got Talent. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Yes I Am", was released for digital download on 3 August 2011...
.
Season six (2012)
Auditions began in October 2011 and due to conclude in December 2011. Danni Minogue, Kyle SandilandsKyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
and Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...
will return as judges and Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
will return as host.
See also
- Got Talent: the franchise, listing the countries with their own shows
- America's Got TalentAmerica's Got TalentAmerica's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
- Britain's Got TalentBritain's Got TalentBritain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
- China's Got TalentChina's Got TalentChina's Got Talent is a British-owned Chinese reality television series on Dragon TV and a part of the Got Talent franchise, hosted by Cheng Lei. It is a talent show that features all different kinds of performances of all ages competing for performing contract with Fremantle Media and Sony Music...
- Pilipinas Got TalentPilipinas Got TalentPilipinas Got Talent is a Philippine talent show on ABS-CBN that began February 20, 2010. It is based on the Got Talent franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO company. "Pilipinas" is the Filipino word for Philippines. Anyone can join and showcase their talents...
- New Zealand's Got TalentNew Zealand's Got TalentNew Zealand's Got Talent was a New Zealand reality television show which premiered on 8 September 2008 on Prime Television New Zealand, New Zealand. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated with America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent...
- SA's Got TalentSA's Got TalentSA's Got Talent is a South African television show on SABC 2 and part of the Got Talent series. Presented by radio personalities Rob van Vuuren and Anele Mdoda, singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each...
(South Africa)