America's Got Talent is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle USA and Syco Entertainment, distributed by the former, and broadcast on the NBC television network, premiering on June 21, 2006, after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended following a dispute within the British broadcaster ITV; production would later resume in 2007, following the success of the first season. Each season is mainly run during the network's summer schedule, and has featured various hosts over the course of the program's history; the current host is Terry Crews.
The first season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2006, from June 21 to August 17 on NBC. The season went into production a year earlier than planned by Got Talent creator Simon Cowell, who had intended for Britain's Got Talent to debut in 2006, until its production was suspended following internal conflicts within its tv network. For this season, production staff appointed David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan to be the program's first judges, and its first host to be Regis Philbin.
The second season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2007, from June 5 to August 21 on NBC; the network originally intended for it to run during its winter schedule that year, but opted against it following concerns over it clashing with other major broadcasts at that time. In the wake of the success of the first season, additional episodes were commissioned by NBC, with production staff making changes to the program's format for the new season. These included the addition of a "bootcamp" stage of auditions, and amendments to the involvement of the judges and the use of their buzzers to match that with other editions across the Got Talent franchise, in particular the British edition.
Got Talent is a British talent show TV 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, similar to that described by Fremantle of the Idol and The X Factor formats. Unlike those shows, Got Talent showcases several artistic disciplines in addition to singing. In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by the Guinness World Records.
So You Think You Can Dance is an American reality television dance competition show that airs on Fox in the United States and is the flagship series of the international So You Think You Can Dance television franchise. It was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions The series premiered on July 20, 2005, with over ten million viewers and ended the summer season as the top-rated show on television. The first season was hosted by American news personality Lauren Sánchez. Since the second season, it has been hosted by former British children's television personality and game show emcee Cat Deeley.
The fourth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2009, from June 23 to September 16 on NBC. Following the previous season, Jerry Springer was forced to leave the program due to other commitments, and was replaced as host by Nick Cannon. A number of changes were also made to the program before filming commenced, which included replacing the "bootcamp" stage with a round similar in format to that used by Britain's Got Talent, changing the Buzzer format to match that being used by the Got Talent franchise, and the live rounds having their results aired in a separate episode the following day – broadcast over a one-hour period and featuring performances by guest stars.
Hassan El Hajjami, also known as Haspop, is a French stage director, choreographer and dancer.
Ashley Glazebrook and Glen Murphy, better known by their stage name (s) Twist and Pulse, are an English street dance duo based in London. They were the runners-up of the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2010, coming second to Spelbound in the live final, but later won the spinoff show Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, becoming the Champion of Champions.
The Voice is a reality talent show. The series is part of the franchise The Voice and is based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands, The Voice of Holland. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, with Alison Haislip serving as the backstage and social networking correspondent, and the coaches, all well-known musicians, were Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. The inaugural season premiered April 26, 2011 and ended on June 29, 2011 on the live finale.
The eighth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2013, from June 4 to September 18 on NBC. Following the previous season, Sharon Osbourne left the program following a dispute with the network, leading to production staff replacing her with Heidi Klum, while the judging panel was expanded to include four judges, with Mel B brought on as the new fourth judge. Alongside the changes with the judging panel, the live rounds for this season were filmed from Radio City Music Hall in New York, instead of at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Tímea Papp is a Hungarian dancer and choreographer who can be recognized for her work in the Hungarian Film and Television Industry. Apart from graduating from both the Rotterdam Dance Academy and the Hungarian Dance Academy she participated in dance courses all around the world. Thanks to her knowledge and experience in many genres of dance from ballet through broadway and jazz all the way to contemporary dance she contributed to the success of award-winning feature films, theatrical productions like Chicago (musical), television shows such as Britain's Got Talent, America's Got Talent, Eurovision and Fake Off in addition to advertisements and other creative projects worldwide. Since 2004 she has been working on developing a special technique where she combines dancing with videomapping projections to create an interactive choreography supplemented by visual elements. From 2009 using videomapping technique has been a kind of "trademark" in her work. She is currently the artistic director and choreographer of the dance team called Freelusion.
Colin Cloud is a Scottish stage mentalist who describes himself as a forensic mind reader. In 2017 he appeared on America's Got Talent.
Alex Joseph Pritchard is a British dancer and choreographer. In 2013, he auditioned for the seventh series of Britain's Got Talent along with professional partner Chloe Hewitt, where they reached the semi-finals. From 2016 to 2019, Pritchard appeared as a professional dancer on the BBC One dance series Strictly Come Dancing. In 2020, he participated in the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
The thirteenth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2018, from May 29 to September 19 on NBC. The season saw no major changes in format, nor with the host and judging panel. The guest judges for Judge Cuts this season included Ken Jeong, Olivia Munn, Martina McBride, and Chris Hardwick.
America's Got Talent: The Champions is a spin-off of America's Got Talent, a televised American talent show competition, created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle for the NBC television network, and first premiered on January 7, 2019. The program functions similar to AGT, but involves a variety of participants taken from across both AGT and the Got Talent franchise – including winners, finalists, live round participants and other notable entries – who compete against each other to secure a place in a grand final, in which the winner receives a cash prize and the title of America's chosen "World Champion" within Got Talent.
Zurcaroh is an acrobatic show group based in Götzis, Vorarlberg (Austria), and directed by Brazilian choreographer Peterson da Cruz Hora. The group became internationally known after they won a golden buzzer on the 2017 season of France's Got Talent and again in 2018 on season 13 of America's Got Talent, when they finished second overall.
The second season of American reality competition television series World of Dance premiered May 29, 2018, on NBC. Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges. Jenna Dewan also returned as the host for her second and final season.
Kai Widdrington is an English dancer and choreographer. On 11th May, 2021, he received the nickname 'Kia Widdrington' following a confusion from one of his 'Kweens'. In 2012 he reached the final of the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent. He is also one of the professional dancers on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.
The fourteenth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, was broadcast in the United States during 2019, from May 28 to September 18 on NBC. Following the previous season, Tyra Banks, Mel B and Heidi Klum left the program to focus on other projects, leading to them being replaced by Terry Crews as the new host, having hosted America's Got Talent: The Champions earlier that year, and Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough as new judges. The guest judges for Judge Cuts this season included Brad Paisley, Dwyane Wade, Ellie Kemper, and Jay Leno, with the semi-finals also involving two additional guest judges, a first in the program's history: Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah.
The fifteenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 26, 2020, and concluded on September 23, 2020. Following the previous season, both Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union were let go from the program, leading to the producers replacing one of the pair with Sofía Vergara, and bringing back Heidi Klum in her former role. This season was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the United States in 2020, alongside other television programs that year.
