AXN’s “Asia’s Got Talent” is set to premiere first on AXN on 12 March 2015, airing on Thursdays at 8.05pm in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Hong Kong, and 7.05pm in Jakarta and Bangkok. The series is the biggest talent competition in the world and it features some of the region’s most incredible performing artists.
With an esteemed celebrity judging panel made up of 16 time Grammy-winning Canadian musician David Foster, UK pop sensation and former Spice Girl Melanie C., Indonesian rock icon Anggun, and Taiwanese-American pop idol and actor Van Ness Wu; the four judges must select the most jaw-dropping, mind-blowing, and breath-taking performances from thousands of applicants from 15 territories across Asia.
Supporting the judges are Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez as hosts of “Asia’s Got Talent”. Marc and Rovilson are familiar to AXN audiences as contestants of “The Amazing Race Asia Season 2” and hosts of the talk show “The Duke”.
“Asia’s Got Talent” is the 63rd adaptation of the Guinness-World-Record-breaking hit “Got Talent” format, which was created by Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and is co-produced by FremantleMedia. The “Got Talent” format is officially the most successful reality TV format in history and currently airs in 186 countries.
Our Personal Review/Thoughts About “Asia’s Got Talent”
With a star-studded celebrity judging panel, “Asia’s Got Talent” is going to be a top quality production that will thrill Asia and personally, we are pretty excited because the semi-finals and finale will be held at the iconic Marina Bay Sands.
Those who advance to the semi-finals will face an even tougher judge, the AXN audience at home who will decide the winner of the first season of “Asia’s Got Talent”.
In addition to enjoying the amazing performances, audiences can expect to learn more about their favourite acts as “Asia Got Talent” tells the life stories behind some of the most colourful individuals and groups in the competition.
“Asia’s Got Talent” will span a total of 10 weekly episodes, leading with five judges’ auditions episodes, before three semi-finals, a finale episode, and concluding with the results show. If you want to find out more information about “Asia’s Got Talent”, do check out AXN Official Website and like “Asia’s Got Talent” Official Facebook Page!
