The first season of reality television show ‘Who’s Got Talent?’ with over 150 participants of all ages and nationalities has been launched by event management company Red Carpet Qatar.
A contestant on ‘Who’s Got Talent?” performing a song
Competitors from across Qatar will go head-to-head for the ‘Best Talent Award’ and a cash prize of QR10,000 for both junior and senior groups.
First level competitions for juniors will be on April 11 and for seniors on April 18. The semi-finals will be held on April 25 at the Indian Cultural Centre.
The grand finale will be on May 3 at Doha Cinema featuring the winner of Austrian Idol Vincent Bueno, who is a dancer, singer, actor and composer from the Philippines.
Hosting the show will be Shruthy Menon, a renowned actress, model and TV host from India. The chief judge of the show is local celebrity and QBS Radio and Qatar TV host Bernie Lyons.
“It is a journey of colours, music, dance, magic and wide variety of art forms to find and promote the hidden stars in Qatar,” said company CEO M A Mohamed Haris. “It’s not just for superior talents like singing and dancing but all sorts of creative artistic skills and performances.”
The event is to be directed by Vivek Radhakrishnan, a member of the Red Carpet team who is also a multi-genre music producer/DJ and classical and fusion dance choreographer.