Canada's Got Talent
| Canada's Got Talent | |
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Logo of the revival series, used since 2022 | |
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Directed by | Joan Tosoni Sue Brophey Harbinder Singh Dave Russell |
| Presented by | |
| Judges | |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 58 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producers | Mark Lysakowski Paul Becker Trevor Boris Cliff Dempster Jenny Heap Amy Regan Amy Blythe-McCuaig Andre Williamson Simon Lynch |
| Running time | 30–120 minutes |
| Production companies | SYCOtv FremantleMedia Insight Productions Talkback Thames McGillivray Entertainment Rogers Sports & Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Citytv |
| Release | March 4, 2012 – present |
| Related | |
| America's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent | |
Canada's Got Talent (often abbreviated as CGT) is a Canadian talent show competition, which debuted on the Citytv network on March 4, 2012. It is part of the global Got Talent franchise.
As with other series in the franchise, the show is a competition in which entertainers in various fields compete to win a prize. In the first season, the winner won a prize of $100,000 and a Nissan GT-R, an opportunity to perform during Citytv's New Year's Eve bash, a possibility to perform in a venue in Las Vegas and a trip to Trinidad and Tobago. In the second and third seasons, the winner received a cash prize of $150,000. In the third season finale, it was announced that the cash prize would be increased to $1 million for the fourth season.
The first season was won by the Manitoba-based dance troupe Sagkeeng's Finest. Citytv brought back Canada's Got Talent for a second season in 2022. In October 2021, Citytv announced that Lindsay Ell would host, along with Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, Kardinal Offishall, and Trish Stratus serving as judges. The season premiered in March 2022, and ended in May. It was won by Quebec singer Jeanick Fournier. A third and fourth season premiered in March 2023 and 2024, and were won by Quebec dance troupe Conversion and Saskatchewan singer Rebecca Strong, respectively.