Românii au talent

Românii au talent (English: Romanians got talent) is a TV show which began airing on 18 February 2011. The project acts as a Romanian version of the franchise Got Talent, developed by Simco Limited. The show is hosted by Smiley and Pavel Bartoș, while the opening judge panel consisted of presenter Andi Moisescu, singer Andra and dancer Mihai Petre; following Petre's exclusion for the fifth season, TV presenter Mihaela Rădulescu and actor Florin Călinescu joined the panel. The winner of "Românii au talent" is awarded with €120,000.

Românii au talent
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Pavel Bartoș Smiley
Judges	Andi Moisescu Andra Mihai Petre Smiley[1] Florin Călinescu Alexandra Dinu[2] Bebe Cotimanis Mihaela Rădulescu Dragoș Bucur Mihai Bobonete
Country of origin	Romania
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	180–240 minutes
Production company	MediaPro Pictures
Original release
Network	Pro TV
Release	18 February 2011 (2011-02-18) – present

Auditions

The auditions take place in front of the judges and a live audience at different cities across Romania and Moldova. Unlike X Factor, at any time during the audition, the judges may show disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights a large red "X" on the stage, indicating that they particularly dislike the act and do not wish the performance to continue. If all the judges press their buzzers, the act must end immediately.

Callbacks

After the auditions, the judges have to whittle almost 200 successful acts down to just 48 (in Series 1), 60 (in Series 2-6) or 50 (from Series 7 onwards). All of the performers are called back to discover if they have progressed to the live semi-finals.

Season synopses

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: Românii au talent (season 1)

The first commercials for the show were first aired in the Summer of 2010. The application process started on 2 July 2010. The judges firstly visited Constanța, Piatra Neamț, Timișoara, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.^[3] The show first aired on 18 February 2011. The first episode was a big success for the ratings. Pro TV not only managed to have the biggest audience during the show, but managed to make "Romania's Got Talent" the most viewed television show since 2004 in Romania, beating its own records for the show Dansez pentru tine (Dancing with the Stars), another popular show in Romania broadcast by Pro TV.^[4]

Smiley

Out of hundreds of contestants, only 200 won the local selection, having 1 or no X-es. The jury decided only 48 finalists. According to Pro TV's website, each contestant that qualified for the semifinals, were voted by the general public through text messages.^[5] The semi-finals were broadcast in four editions: In 1 April, 2 April respectively 8–9 April 2011. In each edition, twelve contestants had to pass the juries and get as many votes from the general public in order to proceed further to the finals, the last step to the grand prize.^[6] Twelve acts were qualified for the grand final. The votes were given only by phone or sms, the voting started after the last semifinal, stopped during the final performances, and started again after the last performance.

The award, the winner of the first season, was rapper Adrian Țuțu.

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Românii au talent (season 2)

For the second season, ProTV kept the same team, Smiley and Pavel Bartoș presenters, Andra, Mihai Petre and Andi Moisescu jurors. The season started with a bigger audience than the first. The first episode from auditions had a 21.8 rating, compared to 18 points for the similar episode of the first season. The auditions were extended to six cities. Constanța, Timișoara, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca were kept, and Iași and Craiova were added. The auditions took place between August and September 2011.^[7] The first episode was broadcast on 17 February and it was again a big hit for ProTV. They decided to air seven auditions episodes, instead of six for the first season. Also, the number of contestants qualified for the semifinals was extended from 48 to 60. There were five semifinals, three acts from each semifinal qualified for the final, two voted via phone or sms and the third voted by the jurors. Comparing to the first season, the second had three more acts in the final, the total number being 15. The voting system was kept, the lines were opened after the last semifinal, closed during the final performances, and opened again after the last performance in the final.

The winner of the second season, was magician Cristian Gog.

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Românii au talent (season 3)

Auditions for the third season of Romania's Got Talent were in summer 2012. The first episode brought the highest audience for a debut of a season registered so far, over five million viewers per minute.

The winner of the third season, was dog trainer Bruno Icobeț.

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Românii au talent (season 4)

Season 5 (2015)

Final (12 June)

Key	Winner	Runner-up		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Bogdan Dumitraşcu	1	Singer	Unknown
Viorel Scânteie & Bibi	2	Dog act	Unknown
The Beat	3	Child rock band	3
Bianca Cristina Costiug	4	Tribal fusion dance	Unknown
Robert Tudor	5	Magician	Unknown
Nicoleta Iancu	6	Singer	Unknown
Yeva Shiyanova	7	Bar dance	Unknown
Ion Barbu	8	Singer	Unknown
Oana Zara & Alex Bordea	9	Contemporany dance	Unknown
Alexandru Moraru	10	Singer and guitarist	Unknown
Kid A	11	Dance	Unknown
Elena Carmen Cernea	12	Soprano	Unknown
Cristian Leana	11	Speedcubing	1	First Place
Concertino	14	Voice and instrumental artists	Unknown
Bogdan Bolohan	15	Dance	2	Second Place

• Originality prize winner: Cosmin Cioca

Season 6 (2016)

Final (3 June)

Opera singer Laura Bretan was the winner of Season 6

Key	Winner	Runner-up		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Florin Bontea	1	Street Dancer	12	Eliminated
Lifestyle	2	Dancing & singing group	10	Eliminated
Cristian Zlatan	3	Dancer	14	Eliminated
Mara Prună	4	Singer	4	Eliminated
Anisia Gafton	5	Comedian	6	Originality prize winner
Bruce & Istvan	6	Dance Duo	15	Eliminated
Florin Zgăvârdici și Constantin Bardan	7	Singer & Pianist	9	Eliminated
Resciebelle Santiago	8	Singer	11	Eliminated
Cezara Blioju	9	Dancer	13	Eliminated
Laura Bretan1	10	Opera singer	1	First Place
Free Balance	11	Dance Duo	16	Eliminated
Rustin Dust	12	Band	7	Eliminated
Andrei Surdu	13	Pianist	8	Eliminated
Nadia Buduruși	14	Polo dancer	Final	Eliminated
Manuel Chivari	15	Singer	5	Eliminated
Frații Adrian	16	Dancing duo	2	Second Place

Season 7 (2017)

Final (2 June)

Key	Winner	Runner-up		Judges' wildcard		Golden buzzer

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result	Ref
Beniamin Dumbrăvan	1	Beatbox	9	Eliminated	[8]
Run to Infinity	2	Pole bare acrobatics	11	Eliminated	[9]
George Aghinea	3	Singer	7	Eliminated	[10]
Lorelai Moșneguțu	4	Meromelia singer	1	First Place	[11]
Hera Zăuleț și Marius Moldovan	5	Contemporany dance	8	Eliminated	[12]
Aeros	6	Acrobatic and gymnastic	10	Eliminated	[13]
Paula Rad	7	Opera singer	6	Eliminated	[14]
Fang Shuang	8	Singer	3	Eliminated	[15]
Florin Nae	9	Singer	5	Eliminated	[16]
OK World Wide	10	Stunt troupe	2	Second place	[17]
Eva Timuș	11	Singer	4	Eliminated	[18]

• Originality prize winner: Eduard Antal^[19]

Season 8 (2018)

Final (1 June)

Key	Winner	Runner-up

Artist	Order	Act	Finished	Result
Ripperz Crew	1	Street dancers	7	Eliminated
Nicholas Obedeanu Mihalache	2	Pianist	11	Eliminated
Cesima Nechifor	3	Contemporary dancer	10	Eliminated
Alex Ștefănescu	4	Gitarist, singer and comedian	9	Eliminated
Natalia Lukiv și Bogdan Boie	5	Dancers	6	Eliminated
Emil Rengle	6	Dancer	1	First Place, Originality prize winner
Amelia Uzun și Ana Cernicova	7	Mother and daughter singers	5	Eliminated
Bianca Badea	8	Ballerina	2	Second place
Sergiu Hudrea	9	Gitarist	8	Eliminated
Duo Romance	10	Stunt dance duo	4	Eliminated
Alla	11	Contemporary dancer	3	Eliminated

Series summary

Series	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Host(s)	Judges	Sponsor
One	18 February 2011	25 April 2011	Adrian Țuțu	Narcis Iustin Ianău	Valentin Dinu	Smiley Pavel Bartoș	Andi Moisescu Andra Mihai Petre	Coca-Cola, Cosmote
Two	7 February 2012	11 May 2012	Cristian Gog	Mihai Petraiche	Cristian Leana
Three	15 February 2013	10 May 2013	Bruno Icobeț	Vlad Grigorescu	Eduard Andrei Sandu
Four	14 February 2014	16 May 2014	Brio Sonores	Leon Magdan	Andrei Cerbu
Five	13 March 2015	12 June 2015	Speedcubing	Bogdan Bolohan	The Beat		Andi Moisecu Mihaela Rădulescu Andra Bebe Cotimanis	Telekom
Six	19 February 2016	3 June 2016	Laura Bretan	Frații Adrian	Nadia Buduruși		Andi Moisecu Mihaela Rădulescu Andra Florin Călinescu
Seven	17 February 2017	2 June 2017	Lorelai Moșneguțu	OK World Wide	Fang Shuang
Eight	16 February 2018	1 June 2018	Emil Rengle	Bianca Badea	Alla
Nine	15 February 2019	31 May 2019	Ana Maria Pantaze	Aris Negoiță	Corul de copii al Operei Naționale		Andi Moisescu Andra Mihai Petre Florin Călinescu
Ten	7 February 2020	29 May 2020	Radu Palaniță	Sienna Vușcan	Mihai Țigaret			Lidl
Eleven	5 February 2021	28 May 2021	Ana-Maria Mărgean	Ghintan Ion Mihail (GIM)	Art of Robots		Andi Moisescu Andra Alexandra Dinu Florin Călinescu
Twelve	4 February 2022	27 May 2022	Darius Mabda	Emanuel Ion	Martina Meola		Andi Moisescu Andra Dragoș Bucur Mihai Bobonete
Thirteen	20 January 2023	12 May 2023	Rares Prisacariu	Olya si Valera	Oleg Spînu
fourteen	9 February 2024	31 May 2024	Cristian Ciaușu	Ana Nuta	Ansamblul Hecenii

Series overview

Românii au talent series overview

Season	Winner	Host	Judges(Chairs' order)
			1	2	3	4	Guest Judge
1	Adrian Țuțu	Smiley Pavel Bartoș	Andi Moisescu	Andra Măruță	Mihai Petre	-	-
2	Cristian Gog
3	Bruno Icobăț
4	Brio Sonores
5	Speedcubing				Mihaela Rădulescu	Bebe Cotimanis
6	Laura Bretan					Florin Călinescu
7	Lorelai Moșneguțu
8	Emil Rengle
9	Ana Maria Pantaze				Mihai Petre
10	Radu Palaniță
11	Ana-Maria Mărgean				Alexandra Dinu		Smiley
12	Darius Mabda				Dragoș Bucur	Mihai Bobonete	-
13	Rareș Prisacariu
14	Cristian Ciaușu
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Overall ratings summary

The first episode was a big success for the ratings. Pro TV not only managed to have the biggest audience during the show, but managed to make "Romania's Got Talent" the most viewed television show since 2004 in Romania, beating its own records for the show Dansez pentru tine (Dancing with the Stars), another popular show in Romania broadcast by Pro TV.^[4]

Season	Timeslot (EEST)	Season premiere	Premiere viewers (in millions)	Season finale	Finale viewers (in millions)	TV season	Rank
1	Friday 8:30 P.M. Saturday 8:30 P.M.	8 February 2011	3.21[20]	25 April 2011	2.11[21]	2011	#1
2	Friday 8:30 P.M.	7 February 2012	2.29[22]	11 May 2012	1.94[23]	2012	#1
3	Friday 8:30 P.M.	15 February 2013	5.31[24]	10 May 2013	2.5[25]	2013	#1
4	Friday 8:30 P.M.	14 February 2014	4.91[20]	16 May 2014	3.07[26]	2014	#1
5	Friday 8:30 P.M.	13 March 2015	4.36[27]	12 June 2015	2.26[28]	2015	#1
6	Friday 8:30 P.M.	19 February 2016	3.676[29]	4 June 2016	2.192[30]	2016
7	Friday 8:30 P.M.	17 February 2017	3.699[31]	3 June 2017	1.64[32]	2017
8	Friday 8:30 P.M.	16 February 2018	3.431[33]	1 June 2018	1.7[34]	2018
9	Friday 8:30 P.M.	8 February 2019	3.57 [35]	31 May 2019	2.04[36]	2019
10	Friday 8:30 P.M.	7 February 2020	2.66[37]	29 May 2020	2.2[38]	2020
11	Friday 8:30 P.M.	5 February 2021	2.61[39]	28 May 2021	2.08[40]	2021
12	Friday 8:30 P.M.	4 February 2022	2.66[41]	27 May 2022	1.71[42]	2022
13	Friday 8:30 P.M.	20 January 2023	2.52[43]	12 May 2023	1.94[44]	2023
14	Friday 8:30 P.M	9 February 2024	2.37[45]			2024

Notes

1. Laura Bretan qualified directly into the final without being in the semifinals.

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