Thailand's Got Talent
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Thailand's Got Talent is a Thai reality television
series on the Channel 3
television network
, and part of the global British Got Talent series
. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The three judges Nirut Sirijanya, Benz Pomchita Na Songkla, and Pinyo Rutham join hosts Krit Sribhumisret and Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. As of now, the first season has concluded airing and the show is currently on hiatus for its second season.
The winner of the first season is Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy, a 13 year old singer, who took home the first place prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000).
"The fun and enticing aspects of the show lie within the variety of performances on stage. Moreover, the judges have the liberty to stop the performance immediately by pressing the X button. The quality of the performance can be assessed as follows:-
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...
series on the Channel 3
Channel 3 (Thailand)
Thailand Colour Television Channel 3 is a Thailand television channel. The headquarters are located in Bangkok, Thailand. The channel was established in 1970.The owner of the channel is BEC-TERO.- Ident :-Broadcast times:...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
, and part of the global British 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...
. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The three judges Nirut Sirijanya, Benz Pomchita Na Songkla, and Pinyo Rutham join hosts Krit Sribhumisret and Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. As of now, the first season has concluded airing and the show is currently on hiatus for its second season.
The winner of the first season is Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy, a 13 year old singer, who took home the first place prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000).
Show Format
According to the show's official website, twelve finalists will have the opportunity to participate in future activities with Unilever (Thailand) Ltd."The fun and enticing aspects of the show lie within the variety of performances on stage. Moreover, the judges have the liberty to stop the performance immediately by pressing the X button. The quality of the performance can be assessed as follows:-
- The performance with no X can be deemed as great
- X is deemed as fair
- XX depends upon the judges’ decision for the participants to move on to the next round
- With XXX, the contestants must stop their performance immediately