Holland's Got Talent

Holland's Got Talent (often referred to as HGT) is the Dutch version of the Got Talent series, which was created by Simon Cowell, who also created the series The X Factor. The first season began broadcasting in March 2008 on SBS6.

Holland's Got Talent
Genre	Reality Talent contest
Created by	Simon Cowell[1]
Presented by	Gerard Joling Robert ten Brink Johnny de Mol Humberto Tan
Judges	Henkjan Smits Patricia Paay Robert Ronday Dan Karaty Gordon Heuckeroth Chantal Janzen Angela Groothuizen Paul de Leeuw Ali B
Original language(s)	Dutch
Release
Original network	SBS6 (2008–09) RTL 4 (2010–)
Original release	March 28, 2008 (2008-03-28) – present
External links
Website

This television program looks for a new talent of all ages. The auditions of Holland's Got Talent take place on a stage in front of a large audience. The jury currently consists of Chantal Janzen, Gordon Heuckeroth, and Dan Karaty. The first two seasons of Holland's Got Talent were presented by Gerard Joling. Robert ten Brink presented seasons 3 up to 7 and starting from season eight Johnny de Mol will be presenting the show as Robert ten Brink is too busy with his own programs, and the program was due for a refreshening. Candidates must display their "talent" for the jury and an audience. The jury assesses the performance and if the talent is good enough for the live shows. Eventually the last 40 candidates or acts will compete in the three or four live shows for the finals. To date, there have been seven winners: Danielle Bubberman, Tessa Kersten, Martin Hurkens, Aliyah Kolf, DDF Crew, Amira Willighagen and Leon Lissitza. Each winner received a different price.

SBS6 first chose the name Got Talent, but it was nevertheless changed to Holland's Got Talent later. SBS6 announced on March 16, 2010, that the station would not adopt a new season of Holland's Got Talent. The program was officially adopted in 2010 by RTL.

The original lineup of the jury panel consisted of Henkjan Smits, Patricia Paay and Robert Ronday. After the show was taken over by RTL, Smits and Ronday were forced to say goodbye to the show. They were then replaced by Idols and X Factor judge Gordon Heuckeroth and So You Think You Can Dance judge Dan Karaty.

Seasons

Season	Start	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	Presenter	Judges
1	28 March 2008	30 May 2008	Danielle Bubberman	Waylon	Mario Veltman	Gerard Joling	Henkjan Smits Patricia Paay Robert Ronday
2	27 March 2009	29 May 2009	Tessa Kersten	Lars de Rijck	Groove Kings
3	9 July 2010	10 September 2010	Martin Hurkens	Elastic Double	Break Kidz	Robert ten Brink	Patricia Paay Gordon Heuckeroth Dan Karaty
4	15 July 2011	16 September 2011	Aliyah Kolf	Boy Looijen	Opera Familia
5	30 March 2012	1 June 2012	DDF Crew	No Escape XXL	The Ruggeds
6	26 October 2013	28 December 2013	Amira Willighagen	Reality	Opa Piet		Gordon Heuckeroth Dan Karaty Chantal Janzen
7	23 August 2014	25 October 2014	Léon Lissitza	Liptease	J'Chanel
8 [2]	8 April 2016	3 June 2016	Nick Nicolai	Mart Hoogkamer	Lost Dynasty	Johnny de Mol	Angela Groothuizen Gordon Heuckeroth Dan Karaty Chantal Janzen
9	28 April 2017	23 Juni 2017	The Fire	Black Swords	Daniël
10	5 January 2019	15 March 2019	Shinshan	Pietje Tomassen	Adinda	Humberto Tan	Angela Groothuizen Paul de Leeuw Dan Karaty Chantal Janzen

Judges and hosts

Season	Host	Judges (in order of first appearance)
1	Gerard Joling	Henkjan Smits	Patricia Paay	Robert Ronday	N/A
2
3	Robert ten Brink	Dan Karaty		Gordon Heuckeroth
4
5
6			Chantal Janzen
7
8	Johnny de Mol				Angela Groothuizen
9
10	Humberto Tan			Paul de Leeuw
11		Ali B

References

1. "America's Got Talent / About the Show". nbc.com. NBC. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
2. http://www.rtl.nl/hollands-got-talent/#!/

External links

• Holland's Got Talent on IMDb