Indonesia's Got Talent


Indonesia's Got Talent is an Indonesian talent variety show on SCTV that began July 23, 2010. It is based on the Got Talent franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO company. Indonesia Mencari Bakat, broadcast on Trans TV, was copied from the original Got Talent format. However, Indonesia Mencari Bakat was more successful than the original format in terms of TV Ratings.
Viewers are able to join through text and online registration via Internet. Auditions are held in key cities such as Surabaya, Medan, Bandung, Jakarta, Palembang, Jogjakarta, Makassar, Padang, Bali, and Banjarmasin.

Judges and Presenters

Season 1
Indonesia's Got Talent season 1 was hosted by Tora Sudiro and Vincent Rompies. The judges panel was made up of an Indonesian diva Vina Panduwinata, actor Anjasmara, and a senior actress Ria Irawan.
Season 2
In December 2013 Fremantle Media and SCTV announced that season 2 would launch in 2014 with a new host broadcaster on SCTV, new hosts and a stellar line up of judges. Anggun, Ari Lasso, Indy Barends and Jay Subiyakto are the new judging panel and with Evan Sanders and Ibnu Jamil as hosts.
The new look series will be based on Britain's Got Talent with X Factor Indonesia and Indonesian Idol Executive Producer, Glenn Sims as show runner and Sacha Watimena as Executive Producer
The prize for Season two is the biggest ever offered on an Indonesian Television TV series with an IDR 500,000,000 cash prize for the winner together with a management contract with Sony Entertainment and Syco.

Overview

First Round (Auditions)

It all starts at the audition process, which took place throughout April and May 2010. The first round was judges by independent judges to choose the best talent and brought them to Jakarta to meet the 3 judges. This phases made 450 best talent going to Jakarta to the next round.

Second Round (Judges' Choice)

Hundred acts have passed to the Second Round; the "Judges' Choice". Only 56 acts will be entered the live semi-finals.

Third Round (Live Semi-Finals/TOP 56)

Semi Finals Round was held on September 25, 2010. The selected 48 acts that won their way to the third round will be separated into groups of six that will perform live in front of a studio audience. Eight acts will compete each week and only two will manage to pass. Top three finalists will be chosen from the public's highest three choices, and one else finalist chosen by the judges for the contestants who placed in fourth or fifth from the public's votes. So, there are four acts manage to next round every week until the sixth semifinal, until make top 24 acts to pass next semifinal round. The judges made surprise during the second semifinal round that the judges added more eight wild card acts that eliminated in the judge's cull round to pass the semifinal, and make the number of semifinal's contestants are 56 semifinalists, and so make the number for the next round contestants is 28 contestants. In semifinal 3, the judges make new decision that will added more 8 contestants to passed the semifinal round, it means that would be 56 contestants in semifinal round, and would be 28 acts passed the next round.

Fourth Round (Live Finals/TOP 28)

The 28 acts managed to pass round separated into 4 groups that will perform live once again. Seven acts will performed every week, and only 3 of them will pass the Go To Grand Final Round, until found the Top 12 acts to pass the next round.

Fifth Round (Live Go To Grand Finals/TOP 12)

The TOP 12 began on Saturday, December 11. The 12 acts that have passed the previous round separated into 2 groups that consist of 6 acts per week. The rest of the format is the same as the previous weeks of competition.

Final Round (Live Grand Finals/TOP 6)

The 6 acts that managed to pass through the first five eliminations will compete on a live grand finale event for the final performance of the show. This time, the winner will be up to the hands of the public as the grand champion will be announced as the contestant will the most number of public votes.

Seasons

Season 1

The first season began on July 23, 2010. It was held in some major cities in the Indonesia.

Top 56 (Semi-Finals)

The semi-finals began on September 25, 2010. Eight acts performed each week. A three-hour performance episode each Saturday was followed by an also three hour results show on Sunday, where four of the eight acts from the previous night remained in the competition. The judges' choice remained, as the judges got to decide whether the contestant who placed either in fourth or fifth place got to advance to the next round.
Elimination Table, Week 1
The performance episode aired on September 25, 2010.
The results episode aired on September 26, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice
Elimination Table, Week 2
The performance episode aired on October 2, 2010.
The results episode aired on October 3, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice
Elimination Table, Week 3
The performance episode aired on October 9, 2010.
The results episode aired on October 10, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice
Elimination Table, Week 4
The performance episode aired on October 16, 2010.
The results episode aired on October 17, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card.
Elimination Table, Week 5
The performance episode aired on October 23, 2010.
The results episode aired on October 24, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice
Elimination Table, Week 6
The performance episode aired on October 30, 2010.
The results episode aired on October 31, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice
Elimination Table, Week 7
The performance episode aired on November 6, 2010.
The results episode aired on November 7, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Top 28 (Finals)

The first episode of the Top 28 performance was broadcast on November 13, 2010. Seven acts performed each week. A three-hour performance episode each Saturday was followed by an also three hour results show on Sunday, where three of the seven acts from the previous night remained in the competition. The judges' choice remained, as the judges got to decide whether the contestant who placed either in third or fourth place got to advance to the next round.
Elimination Table, Week 1
The performance episode aired on November 13, 2010.
The results episode aired on November 14, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.
Elimination Table, Week 2
The performance episode aired on November 20, 2010.
The results episode aired on November 21, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.
Elimination Table, Week 3
The performance episode aired on November 27, 2010.
The results episode aired on November 28, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.
Elimination Table, Week 4
The performance episode aired on December 4, 2010.
The results episode aired on December 5, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.

Top 12 (Go To Grand Final)

The TOP 12 began on December 11, 2010. Six acts performed each week. A three-hour performance episode each Saturday was followed by an also three hour results show on Sunday, where three of the six acts from the previous night remained in the competition. The judges' choice remained, as the judges got to decide whether the contestant who placed either in third or fourth place got to advance to the next round.
Elimination Table, Week 1
The performance episode aired on December 11, 2010.
The results episode aired on December 12, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.
Elimination Table, Week 2
The performance episode aired on December 18, 2010.
The results episode aired on December 19, 2010.
Key Buzzed out Judges' choice

Italics indicate the act was a wild card. Order indicates when the act performed during the performance episode.

Grand Final

The Grand Final aired on Saturday, December 25, 2010, 2 hour.
The season finale aired on Sunday, December 26, 2010, 3 hours and featured performances from finalist who have been eliminated on previous rounds: IGT Dancers, IGT Band, Beauty Fiction, and IGT Tenors.
Key

Season 2

Controversy

Many people think that Indonesia's Got Talent imitates Indonesia Mencari Bakat which aired by Trans TV. Though, actually IGT has been planned since 2008 but held in the year 2010. IMB on Trans TV is a talent show with a similar format to the Got Talent franchise. IGT is owned by FremantleMedia and Indosiar has bought the license to broadcast it officially in Indonesia.

The Prize

Winner of IGT will receive a cash amount which is Rp 100.000.000,-. In addition, the winner of IGT will be officially signed by the Sony Music and will be sent to the "Got Talent" Asian level then finally to World's Got Talent.