Faegheh Atashin, known professionally as Googoosh, is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.
Arash Labbaf is an Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer, and producer.
Alona Tal is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Veronica Mars as cheerleader Meg Manning, in Supernatural as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, as Sonya Lebedenko in the final season of Burn Notice, and in SEAL Team as grad student Stella Baxter.
Amin Hayai is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.
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, and broadcasts on the NBC television network. It premiered 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.
Taraneh Alidoosti is an Iranian actress. She is best known internationally for her role in The Salesman (2016), which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 89th Academy Awards. In a poll conducted among 130 film critics by Sanate Cinema magazine, she was voted the best Iranian movie actress of the decade. In 2012, a similar poll by the Film magazine also chose her as the best actress of the decade.
Mahnaz Afshar is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film Cease Fire (2006). Afshar is one of Iran's highest-paid actresses, She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, two Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Ebrahim Hamedi, better known by his stage name Ebi (ابی), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran and Karaj, gaining fame as part of a band, and later as a solo performer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, two years before the 1979 revolution in Iran, and continued his career in exile. Over 50 years, Ebi has released nearly 200 singles and over 30 albums.
Googoosh Music Academy is an Iranian television reality music competition to find new singing talent. The show began airing from London on 22 January 2011 and was broadcast by Manoto.
Jasmine Karolina Kara Khatib-Nia, known by her stage name Jasmine Kara, is a Swedish-Iranian singer, songwriter, and author. Her breakthrough came in the summer of 2010, when she released her debut album Blues Ain't Nothing But a Good Woman Gone Bad, sang in Allsång på Skansen, and at a concert held in connection with the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. Since then, she has frequently appeared in Swedish music TV shows such as Let's Dance on TV4, Lotta på Liseberg, and Moraeus Med Mera. Jasmine had P3 Gold nominations, performed at the Swedish Grammy awards, and has toured in Sweden, Japan, UK and the United States.
Arash Sobhani is an Iranian musician and television host. He is the lead singer and guitarist of underground rock band Kiosk and the host of OnTen, a satirical news program that airs on VOA Persian.
Persian Talent Show is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented acts across the Iranian diaspora. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages. The program is broadcast internationally on the GLWiZ program, and is judged by Shahram Shabpareh, Behrouz Vossoughi and Faramarz Aslani. The first couple seasons have been aired from Dubai with plans to expand to locations in Europe and North America.
Mehdi Ghayedi is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward or second striker for UAE Pro League club Ittihad Kalba on loan from Shabab Al Ahli and the Iran national team. Known for his high speed, agility, and flair, he is nicknamed the "Neymar of Asia".
Light Balance are a Ukrainian LED dance troupe formed in 2012 and based in Dnipro, Ukraine. They are best known for television appearances in competition shows.
Persia's Got Talent with acronym PGT is a spin-off of the British talent show Got Talent aimed at Persian-speaking audiences across the world, mainly in Iran. It is produced outside Iran and is aired on MBC Persia, part of the Middle East Broadcasting Center, since 31 January 2020.
Nazanin Nour is an American actress, model and writer. She has appeared on several television films and shows, including Madam Secretary. She is one of the judges of the first season of Persia's Got Talent, the Persian spin-off of the British talent show Got Talent, produced in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tara Grammy is an Iranian-Canadian actress and playwright.
New Era is an Iranian talent television competition. The program was produced by Ehsan Alikhani and launched on IRIB TV3 on 16 February 2019. The second season of the program began on 25 February 2020. And the third season of this contest started on 21 March 2022, coinciding with Nowruz, and is still being broadcast. New Era is one of the most popular programs in IRIB.
Farzan Athari is a Swedish Iranian, TV host, model and actor. He has worked in the fashion and entertainment industry in 23 different countries and collaborated with over 100 brands, he has also had leading roles in movies and hosted television shows.
The 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League is the 39th season of Iran's Football League and 21st as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal won the league with a record 68-point through an unprecedented unbeaten campaign. The season featured 14 teams from the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2020–21 Azadegan League: Fajr Sepasi and Havadar.
