Asia's Got Talent season 2 explained

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Judges:Anggun
David Foster
Jay Park
Host:Alan Wong
Justin Bratton
Winner:The Sacred Riana
Runner Up:DM-X Comvaleñoz
Network:AXN Asia

The second season of Asia's Got Talent (AGT) premiered on October 12, 2017 at 8:30 pm (UTC+8)[1] [2] across 27 countries in Asia.[3] The winning act received a grand prize of US$100,000.

The show was hosted by Alan Wong and Justin Bratton, replacing Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez from the prior season. David Foster and Anggun returned as judges, while Melanie C and Vanness Wu were replaced by Jay Park.[4] [5]

The official sponsor for the season was Traveloka[6] while Indonesian magician The Sacred Riana was the season winner.[7]

Auditions

Open auditions

The open auditions for the second season took place in key cities in Asia. Open auditions were held in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia. The open auditions were judged by Asia's Got Talent producers. Auditionees were also allowed to submit their audition videos online via the show's official website. Those who passed will proceed to the live judges' auditions.

Date of Open AuditionOpen Audition VenueCityRef.
April 10 – June 8, 2017Online Auditions
May 14, 2017Marina Bay SandsDowntown Core, Singapore[8]
May 20, 2017Sunway CitySelangor, Malaysia
May 21, 2017Quezon City ExperienceQuezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines[9]
May 27, 2017Syntrend Creative ParkTaipei, Taiwan
May 28, 2017Kasem Bundit UniversityBangkok, Thailand
June 3, 2017Wisma Serbaguna SenayanJakarta, Indonesia

Judges' auditions

The judges' auditions were taped from July 28, 2017 at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor, Malaysia like the first season.

This is the first season of the show to have three judges instead of four. This is also the first season where the hosts (as one) get an opportunity to press the golden buzzer.

The judges' auditions once again feature the Golden Buzzer. Each judge would have one chance to use the Golden Buzzer. New for this season, apart from the judges, the hosts (as one) get an opportunity to press the golden buzzer. The so-called Golden Acts, those on whom the Golden Buzzer is used, would automatically advance to the semifinals. Jay Park pressed his golden buzzer for Kyrgyz contortionist dance group, ADEM Dance Crew on the premiere episode. It was followed by Anggun who pressed the buzzer on the second episode for the Japanese comedic magician, Akira Kimura. Alan Wong and Justin Bratton would then use the golden buzzer together on Mongolian digital dancer, Canion Shijirbat. Finally, David Foster used the last golden buzzer on Taiwanese electric ukuleleist, Feng E.

Below are the acts who are confirmed within the show to have received at least two Yes votes and thus had successfully passed their auditions, as well as the Golden Acts. The list does not cover everyone who had passed. Due to time constraints, some acts, named or otherwise, are seen with their fates partially known (only one known Yes vote) or edited out completely from broadcast and are thus not listed.

Semifinals

The deliberation round was also held at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor, Malaysia, as opposed to the previous season where it was held at the Marina Bay Sands. It was shown at end of the final auditions episode on November 9, 2017. During the entire auditions, 99 acts received at least 2 yeses from the judges. The judges then chose the 20 remaining acts who would compete in semi-finals. The four Golden Acts and the judges' picks would bring the total number of semifinalists to 24. The first eight semifinalists was announced after the deliberation round, with the others to be revealed gradually as the semifinal rounds progress.

The semifinal rounds were also taped at the same studio as the judges' auditions. In the previous season, it was held at the Marina Bay Sands.

For the first time in Got Talent franchise history, this season makes use of completely online voting methods.[10] The audience may vote through hashtags on Facebook, Messenger, and Google search.[11] A maximum of 10 votes per method per day is implemented.

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Google Search

This season of Asia's Got Talent uses a completely online voting, as compared to other Got Talent franchises where SMS votes are available. The revelation of results is slightly different, being revealed in the following week rather than the next night (as semifinal rounds are only once weekly, barring replays). The Golden Buzzer last season was replaced by the Judges' Pick, although its mechanics is the same where the judges would come to a unanimous decision to send one act straight to the finals. This is similar to the Judges' Choice in the other local franchises, albeit one ahead of the vote rather than after and based on the vote. Aside from the Judges' Pick, the two acts with the most public votes would also advance to the finals. There would thus be a total of nine finalists emerging from the three semifinal rounds.

Ages listed are as of the time of the auditions. In the case of group acts, the age ranges only accounted for the members present at the auditions. The age(s) of any additional member(s) who only appeared in the semifinal may or may not be within the range designated.

Name of actdata-sort-type="number" style="width:05%Age(s)GenreActHometownSemifinal WeekResult
25MagicIllusionist Indonesia2
DM-X Comvaleñoz 19–28DanceDance GroupPhilippines2
Neil Rey Garcia Llanes2121MusicBeatboxerPhilippines1
Canion Shijirbat 26DanceDancer Mongolia1
ADEM Dance Crew 16–23DanceDance GroupKyrgyzstan2
Sobhi Shaker24MagicMagicianMalaysia
(Syria)
3
Angela July 30SingingSingerIndonesia1
Feng E 10MusicUkulele Player Taiwan3
Urban Crew22–28DanceDance GroupPhilippines3
218 Dance Crew20–31DanceDance GroupVietnam2Eliminated
Akira Kimura 36MagicMagicianJapan3Eliminated
Andrew Lee31MagicMagicianMalaysia1Eliminated
Deniel Sarmiento17DanceDancer Philippines1Eliminated
Ekklesia28–34SingingOpera TrioSouth Korea1Eliminated
Fitri Cerado 14SingingSingerPhilippines2Eliminated
Krittaya Ariyasit 10AcrobaticsAeralistThailand3Eliminated
Mafarikha Akhir 25SingingSingerMalaysia2Eliminated
Power Storm Crew20–35DanceDance GroupThailand1Eliminated
10 & 12SingingOpera DuoSingapore1Eliminated
Sumit Sadawarti 22SingingSingerIndia3Eliminated
Syah Riszuan 12SingingSingerSingapore2Eliminated
Viriya Rici11DanceDancerIndonesia3Eliminated
XTRAP 28–33DanceDance GroupJapan2Eliminated
Yumbo Dump31 & 33ComedyComedy DuoJapan3Eliminated
Notes

Semifinals summary

Semifinals 1 (November 16)

ActOrderPerformance descriptionBuzzes Result
FosterAnggunPark
Power Storm Crew1Did a dance performance inspired by the Minion jail scene from the Despicable Me 3 film.Eliminated
Angela July 2Sang "Chandelier" by Sia.Advanced
Andrew Lee3Had Anggun handle a coin (with her initials written) inside her hand which he magically bent while still inside Anggun's hand. He then had Foster handle a copy of The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells and, while he and Foster faced away from each other, correctly guessed a passage Foster was looking at a particular page and paragraph. Lee also had his "copy" of the book, one with blank pages.Eliminated
Deniel Sarmiento4Did a routine, which included moving around on a dangling hoop, to the music of "Lost Boy" by Ruth B.Eliminated
The Sisters5Sang "You Raise Me Up" by Secret Garden, accompanied by an eight-person choir.Eliminated
Neil Rey Garcia Llanes6Did two original compositions, the second of which was an amalgam of seven different sounds, one more than those in his audition piece.Advanced
Ekklesia7Sang "La donna è mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.Eliminated
Canion Shijirbat 8Did a dance and fantasy routine where he played a medieval soldier in metal armor.Advanced

Semifinals 2 (November 23)

ActOrderPerformance descriptionBuzzes Result
FosterAnggunPark
ADEM Dance Crew 1Performed a routine based on the Night at the Museum film and its sequels.Advanced
Mafarikha Akhir2Sang "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.Eliminated
The Sacred Riana3Performed a combined routine consisting of a séance, a self-writing chalkboard, and a haunted dollhouse illusion which produced a similar-looking "friend."Advanced
Fitri Cerado4Sang "Angels Brought Me Here" by Guy Sebastian.Eliminated
218 Dance Crew5Did an electronic dance and breakdance routine with illuminated áo dài, folding fans, and nón lá, culminating to the formation of an illuminated lotus flower.Eliminated
Syah Riszuan6Sang "I'll Be There" by The Jackson 5.Eliminated
XTRAP7Formed a series of geometric shapes, patterns, and synchronized movements with their hands on an illuminated table as shown by an overhead camera to the music of "Into the Sunset" by Jeremy Abbott and Louise Dowd.Eliminated
DM-X Comvaleñoz8Did a dance routine which started with a haka-like original dance, followed by various stunts and acrobatics backed by heavy metal music, then switched to a more feminine dance routine to the tune of "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue before going back to more stunts and acrobatics to finish their performance.Advanced

Semifinals 3 (November 30)

ActOrderPerformance descriptionBuzzes Result
FosterAnggunPark
Yumbo Dump1Used objects from their sack to make improvised sounds of a whale giving birth, an owl in a silent forest, and fish splashing around a boat, all while wearing only mawashi inside a sumo ring.Eliminated
Viriya Rici2Did a routine which start with popping dance while waking up from bed, then did a breakdancing routine, which included ball tricks, to the music of "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars.Eliminated
Feng E 3Performed a rendition of "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay on electric ukulele.Advanced
Krittaya Ariyasit4 Performed an underwater world-themed routine. <--Cannot identify the song, sorry.-->Eliminated
Akira Kimura 5Did a series of magic tricks with their secrets revealing spontaneously by himself or unwittingly by stage hands for laughs. Among the tricks were a coin disappearing under a glass, a color changing shuttlecock, producing objects from inside a hollow cylinder, teleportation, and a female assistant quickly changing her wardrobe.Eliminated
Sumit Sadawarti6Sang the jazz standard "I Only Have Eyes for You" from the Dames film.Eliminated
Sobhi Shaker7Performed card magic. He separated the aces from the deck and teleported them from one place to another, then transformed the aces into queens with the aces reappearing from inside the box. The other cards had their backs changed from red to blue with the aces and queens' backs changing color as well. The other cards then became blank. The aces and queens and some blank cards became pictures of the three judges, two hands, a globe, and the message "#StopAllWar"; the rest of the cards then formed the words of the name of the show.Advanced
Urban Crew8Did a ninja-themed dance, stunts, and breakdancing routine.Advanced
Note

Finals

The finals, like the previous season, were held at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, over a span of two episodes, a performance night and a results night.

On the results night, David Foster, on piano, played "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire", a song from the St. Elmo's Fire film. Anggun sang "What We Remember", a single from her latest album "8". Lastly, Jay Park, together with Yultron, debuted their newest song "Forget About Tomorrow".

ActOrderPerformance descriptionResult
Urban Crew1Did a multi-track urban area-themed dance, stunts, and breakdancing routine.<--Might add the tracks later, when I heard them again.-->bgcolor=plum Bottom three
Angela July 2Sang "Skyfall" (from the James Bond film with the same name) by Adele.bgcolor=plum Bottom three
Canion Shijirbat 3Did a dance routine involving orbs of light and multiple dopplegängers, ending with a marriage proposal for his wife. Fourth place
The Sacred Riana4First performed close-up magic by transferring a pentagram drawn on a burning piece of paper onto the back of Anggun's right hand with ashes, then made several ghouls appear from inside a box on the stage. She then hid inside the box to escape from the ghouls, disappearing from within and magically reappearing behind the judges.Winner
Sobhi Shaker5Performed card magic using several blank cards, forming words and pictographs and hearts on them, ripping one card labeled "Dream," making it whole again, and disintegrating it into dust over the heart cards, with their backs forming a picture of his from earlier in the performance, all illustrating the realities of life, the destruction caused by war, and the rise of love and hope amidst them.bgcolor=pink Middle Two
Neil Rey Garcia Llanes6First acted as a DJ who experienced technical difficulties, then did a mashup composition which included "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, an original composition which was an amalgam of ten different sounds, and finally a composition using all sounds from his previous performances.Third Place
ADEM Dance Crew 7Did a routine where they acted as robots in a metal steampunk world. One was left out on the rain after picking up a flower bud, then found itself making smooth dance moves as opposed to rigid ones earlier before finally conking out as a rose grew amongst the metal. The background musical score included the chorus of the song "Secrets" by OneRepublic.bgcolor=pink Middle Two
Feng E 8Performed "Beautiful Day" by U2 with both acoustic guitar and electric ukulele.bgcolor=plum Bottom three
DM-X Comvaleñoz 9The group entered the stage in a fashion show-like manner, followed up with various stunts and acrobatics backed by heavy metal music (mostly parts of "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park), then switched to a feminine dance routine to the tune of "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with funny group poses in between sets of steps before finishing with more stunts and acrobatics.Runner-up

Contestants who appeared on previous shows or seasons

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Record-Breaking Asia's Got Talent Set to Return to AXN FremantleMedia. www.fremantlemedia.com. June 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052424/http://www.fremantlemedia.com/record-breaking-asias-got-talent-set-to-return-to-axn/. January 18, 2017. dead.
  2. News: David Foster hopes to get singers like Elha on 'Asia's Got Talent'. News. Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN. ABS-CBN News. July 28, 2017. en-US.
  3. Web site: Got Questions?. www.axn-asia.com. en. June 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418174558/http://www.axn-asia.com/programs/asias-got-talent/got-questions. April 18, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Jay Park revealed as 'AGT' 2017 judge. Manila Bulletin Entertainment. July 27, 2017. July 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729181708/http://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2017/07/27/jay-park-revealed-as-agt-2017-judge/. dead.
  5. Web site: The Judges. www.axn-asia.com. en. July 27, 2017.
  6. Web site: Asia's Got Talent 2 - Singapore Open Audition. www.axn-asia.com. en. June 12, 2017.
  7. Web site: Indonesian magician The Sacred Riana is crowned winner of Asia's Got Talent Season 2. Straits Times. December 14, 2017. December 15, 2017.
  8. News: Asia's Got Talent Singapore auditions to be at Marina Bay Sands. TODAYonline. June 12, 2017. en.
  9. News: How to audition for 'Asia's Got Talent 2'. ABS-CBN News. June 12, 2017. en-US.
  10. Web site: Vote for your favorite acts . November 9, 2017 . AXN Asia . en . November 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005432/https://www.axn-asia.com/asiasgottalent/vote . November 10, 2017 . dead .
  11. Web site: Asia's Got Talent Season 2 Voting Terms and Conditions - Page. www.axn-asia.com. en. November 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043227/https://www.axn-asia.com/asiasgottalent/vote/rules. December 1, 2017. dead.
  12. Web site: インドネシアで活躍する!そしていつか世界の舞台に立つ!と言う決意で2年半前に海を渡った。今日憧れの夢の舞台、世界のゴットタレント、アジアズ ゴットタレントでアジアで4人しか選ばれないゴールデンブザー賞を受賞しました。生きてて良かった。母さんありがとう@asiasgottalentpic.twitter.com/9HoPl2yEbZ. KIMURA. AKIRA. October 19, 2017. @akira0092. ja. October 27, 2017.
  13. Web site: Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5 Top 36 Semifinalist Revealed . www.zeibiz.com . April 2, 2016 . en-US . October 28, 2017.
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