No. of episodes 115 First episode date 13 September 2008 Program creators Simon Cowell, Ken Warwick | Directed by Wojciech Iwański No. of series 9 Executive producer(s) Katarzyna Szałańska Network TVN | |
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Cast Similar Britain's Got Talent, X Factor, Got Talent, Dzień Dobry TVN, Idol Profiles | ||
Mam talent! (English: I have talent!) is the Polish version of the Got Talent series. The aim of the program is to choose the most talented person from people showing their talents. The winner of the show in the first series got €100,000, in the second and third series – 300,000 złotys. Prizes for people from the second and third place are chosen by producers of the shows. The show is hosted by Marcin Prokop and Szymon Hołownia, and the judges are Agnieszka Chylińska, Małgorzata Foremniak and Agustin Egurrola.
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Qualifications
In spring, there were preliminary castings (not broadcast on TV) which chose qualifying participants for the usual presentations with jury, audience and cameras. In the second stage of qualifications, held in five Polish towns (Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław and Warsaw), 4000 people/groups appeared. The jury sent 130 through to the next stage. Decisions by the jury were made by casting a positive or negative vote. To continue on in the competition, the participant needed to receive two positive votes. If any of the jury members does not like a performance, they can press a button which switches on a red cross; 3 red crosses ends the performance. From the 130 qualifying acts, the jury chose 40 to appear in the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Participants of five semi-finals show their talents in live programs in front of jury (the same as in qualifications), cameras and audience. In every semi-final 8 people/groups of the 40 appear. Jury votes in the same way like before, but the decision about participants going to the next stage is made by viewers, who can call or send a SMS to vote for a participant. The participant who gets the most votes is going to the final stage, and from the two people who got the second and third place in viewers' voting one person which goes to the final is chosen by the jury. From the second season of the show the results of incomplete votings are shown on the website of the show. The complete results are shown after the broadcast of program ends.
Final stage
10 participants take part in the final stage, two from each semi-final. The voting is the same as in semi-finals, but there is other way of choosing the winner. At first, people who got the three first places are read in random way. Then the person who got third place's name is read. At the end, name of the winner is read by hosts and they give him a cheque for 300,000 zlotys (100,000 zlotys for the person who got second place is given after the program). After the ceremony of awarding the winner again is shown.
Series 1 (2008)
I season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 13 September – 29 November 2008. It consisted of 5 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 11 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays from 20:35 to 22:20, only the final episode to 22:35). Winner of the first season was the acrobatics duo Mellkart Ball, Klaudia Kulawik took the second place, and the third place was taken by music group AudioFeels.
Series 2 (2009)
II season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 12 September – 5 December 2009. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays – qualifications episodes from 20:35, semi-finals and finals from 20:00). Winner of the second season was Marcin Wyrostek. Alexander Martinez won a trip to the Philippines for him and his wife and daughter (his wife comes from Poland), and also 5,000 zlotys from Itaka travel agency.
Series 3 (2010)
III season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 4 September – 27 November 2010. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Winner of the third season was Magda Welc.
Series 4 (2011)
IV season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 3 September – 26 November 2011. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Winner of the third season was Kacper Sikora. Małgorzata Foremniak and Agnieszka Chylińska returned as judges. They were joined by a new judge, Robert Kozyra. He replaced Kuba Wojewódzki, who had left the show in order to focus on judging X Factor.
Series 5 (2012)
V season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 1 September – 24 November 2012. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Winner of the third season was the acrobatics duo Delfina & Bartek. Małgorzata Foremniak, Robert Kozyra and Agnieszka Chylińska returned as judges.
Series 6 (2013)
VI season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 7 September – 30 November 2013. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Małgorzata Foremniak and Agnieszka Chylińska returned as judges. They were joined by a new judge, Agustin Egurrola. He replaced Robert Kozyra.
Series 7 (2014)
VII season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 6 September – 6 December 2014. It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays). Małgorzata Foremniak, Agnieszka Chylińska and Agustin Egurrola returned as judges. This series will see the introduction of the new golden buzzer, following the concept of the original British series Britain's Got Talent.
Series 8 (2015)
VIII season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 5 September – 28 November 2015.
It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays).
Małgorzata Foremniak, Agnieszka Chylińska and Agustin Egurrola returned as judges.
Series 9 (2016)
IX season of Mam talent! was broadcast by TVN from 3 September – TBA November 2016.
It consisted of 7 qualifications episodes, 5 semi-finals and 1 final (totally – 13 episodes, which were broadcast every week on Saturdays).
Małgorzata Foremniak, Agnieszka Chylińska and Agustin Egurrola returned as judges. Marcin Prokop and Szymon Hołownia returned as hosts
Talent kontra Factor (Talent vs Factor) (27 September 2014 )
This episode was live from Lublin. There were two teams - contestants from Mam talent! and from X Factor. Mam Talent! team leader was Agnieszka Chylińska (MT judge) and X Factor team Tatiana Okupnik (X Factor Judge). Agnieszka Szulim was the presenter of the show.
Albums by former contestants
Concert tour
From 8 to 13 December 2009 there was Mam Talent! concert tour. All finalists of the second season appeared there live in Lublin, Poznań, Wrocław and Warsaw. Klaudia Kulawik, Paulina Lenda and Ssnake from the final of the first season appeared there. All concerts were hosted by Marcin Prokop.