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'' Nigeria's Got Talent'' is a Nigerian reality talent show that is part of the ''
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'' franchise. It was launched in 2012 on television stations like
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company Airtel. Hosted by Andre Blaze former presenter on ''Nigeria's Got Talent's'' fore-runner ''The Peak Talent Show'', the judges are actress
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, comedian Yibo Koko, and radio presenter Dan Foster, who had previously held a similar position on ''
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''. The current champions are dancing duo Robots for Christ.


Format

The auditions take place in front of the judges and a live audience in different Nigerian cities. As the contestant performs, each judge may show their disapproval by pressing a buzzer that lights a red 'X' near above the stage. If all three buzzers are pressed, the act ends immediately. To advance to the second round, auditionees must receive at least two 'yes's' or the competition ends for them. After the auditions, the judges have to whittle successful acts down to fifty, and all performers are called back to discover if they have progressed to the next round. The remaining acts from across the country perform at the live semi-finals, with the two most popular acts from each semi-final winning a position in the final, and judges may still end a performance early with all three 'X's' buzzed. After the acts have been performed, phone lines open and the voting process begins, after which the votes are counted and the act with the highest number of public votes is automatically placed in the final. The judges then choose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of the most votes automatically gaining a place in the final where the winner of ''Nigeria's Got Talent'' is chosen once again by the public vote and will receive 10 million dollars Throughout the whole competition, the judges express their views on each act's performance. The golden buzzer is not seen in this version so all act must make though If they receive two yes and progressed to the semi-finals they can't automatically go through to the semi-finals


Season 1

Auditions were held in
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where the grand finale was held. As with the
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versions of the show, applicants were invited to upload video performances onto the show's website which were viewed by producers, and outstanding contestants were called to perform in front of the judges at the main auditions. The top ten finalists were:


Season 2

The second series of the show was aired on 8 November 2013, with all three judges returning. After rigorous auditions across the cities in Nigeria, it concluded on 8 February 2014 with Robots for Christ winning the second season. The highlights of the finale was posted to YouTube on 9 February 2014.


Criticism

Although Henshaw had been promoted as the show's mean judge à la
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, she has been criticized for going too far. At Season Two's
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auditions, she interrupted a singer credited as Heaven by stating, "There is no heaven here. Stop singing and get off the stage, or else I will leave to call your father as the judge".Awful Performance Irritates NGT Judges
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See also

* '' East Africa's Got Talent'' * '' Nigerian Idol'' * ''
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References

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