The first season of

Românii au talent ''Românii au talent'' ( en, 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 Syco, Simco Limited. The show is hosted by Smiley and Pavel B ...

began on 18 February 2011 and ended on 25 April 2011. It was won by rapper Adrian Țuțu. The show was divided in 11 parts, the first six broadcast the auditions, the following four represented the semifinals, and the last part was the big final. The semifinals and the final were broadcast live, in a studio, with audience. The show recorded the biggest Romanian audiences for a reality competition.

Beginnings

The first commercials for the show were first aired in the Summer of 2010. The application process started on July 2, 2010. The judges firstly visited Constanţa,

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. The show first aired on 18 February 2011.

Success

The first episode was a big success for the ratings.

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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

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, beating its own records for the show ''Dansez pentru tine'' (

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), another popular show in Romania broadcast by

Semi-finalists

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

's website, each contestant that qualified for the semifinals, were voted by the general public through text messages. The semi-finals were broadcast in four editions: On April 1, April 2 respectively April 8 and April 9, 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.

Semi-finals summary

The "Order" columns list the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

Semi-final 1 (1 April)

*Guest performers:

Costel Busuioc Costel Busuioc (born 21 October 1974, Goruni, Tomeşti, Iaşi) is a Romanian tenor. Background Starting as a poor worker and shepherd, Busuioc settled down in Madrid, Spain in 2006, where he started working as a bricklayer in order to support ...

and Valentin Urse.

Semi-final 2 (2 April)

*Guest performers: Pepe and Petruța Cecilia Kupper.

Semi-final 3 (8 April)

*Guest performers: The 8 teams competing in

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Semi-final 4 (9 April)

*Guest performer: Horia Brenciu and Marius Mihalache.

Final (25 April)

*Guest performer:

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and

Damian Drăghici Damian Drăghici (born 31 March 1970, Bucharest) is a Romanian musician of Romani origin. He is a musician, best known as the leadear of the Damian and Brothers band and a nai player and is a noted exponent of this instrument in the world of ...

Ratings

References

External links

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