Românii au talent (season 1)
# Românii au talent (season 1)

The first season of Românii au talent began on 18 February 2011 and ended on 25 April 2011. It was won by rapper Adrian Țuțu. The show was divided in 11 parts, the first six broadcast the auditions, the following four represented the semifinals, and the last part was the big final. The semifinals and the final were broadcast live, in a studio, with audience. The show recorded the biggest Romanian audiences for a reality competition.

## Beginnings

The first commercials for the show were first aired in the Summer of 2010. The application process started on July 2, 2010. The judges firstly visited Constanţa, Piatra Neamț, Timișoara, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. The show first aired on 18 February 2011.

## Success

The first episode was a big success for the ratings. Pro TV not only managed to have the biggest audience during the show, but managed to make "Romania's Got Talent" the most viewed television show since 2004 in Romania, beating its own records for the show Dansez pentru tine (Dancing with the Stars), another popular show in Romania broadcast by Pro TV.

## Semi-finalists

Out of hundreds of contestants, only 200 won the local selection, having 1 or no X-es. The jury decided only 48 finalists. According to Pro TV's website, each contestant that qualified for the semifinals, were voted by the general public through text messages.

The semi-finals were broadcast in four editions: On April 1, April 2 respectively April 8 and April 9, 2011. In each edition, twelve contestants had to pass the juries and get as many votes from the general public in order to proceed further to the finals, the last step to the grand prize.

| Key | Winner | Runner-up | Finalist | Semi-finalist (lost judges' or public vote) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Name / Name of act | Age(s) | Genre | Act | From | Semi | Position Reached |
| AcroMistyc | | Dancing | Dance and acrobatics | Bucharest | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Adrian Țuțu | 18 | Singing | Rapper | Focșani | 2 | Winner |
| Akikai | 7-19 | Martial arts | Martial arts | Tecuci | 2 | Finalist |
| Alin Imre | 7 | Dancing | Dance | Bucharest | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Alin Stanis | 38 | Singing | Opera singer | Cluj-Napoca | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Alma Boiangiu | 19 | Singing | Pianist and singer | Bucharest | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Ana-Maria Sandu | 17 | Singing | Playing the saxophone | Piatra Neamț | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Ballance | 26-26 | Gymnastics | Balancing act | Brașov | 1 | Finalist |
| Bernadette Szep and dog Vanda | 19-? | Animals | Dancing dog act | Miercurea Ciuc | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Blockbusters Crew | 7-20 | Dancing | Dance | Bucharest | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Claudiu Urdea | 37 | Singing | Sing | Onești | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Clevers | 15-20 | Dancing | 14-strong dance group of girls | Bihor | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Cosmin Agache | 14 | Beat boxing | Beatbox | Botoșani | 3 | Finalist |
| Cristina Bondoc & Alina Dincă | 20-22 | Singing | Sing | Tulcea/Bucharest | 2 | Finalist |
| Dance Fiction Crew (DFC) | 18-27 | Dancing | Street dance | Lugoj | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Daniel Borșan | 47 | Dancing | Dance | Turda | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Eduard Malița and Bianca Oniță | 19-20 | Magic | Magicians | Oradea | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Fanfara Rotaria Junior | 6-16 | Musicants | Music instruments | Vaslui | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Florin Harsan | 33 | Barber | Barber | Bucharest | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Freakquency | 21-24 | Dancing | Breakdance | Bucharest | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Ioana Rotar | 13 | Contortionist | Contortionist | Oradea | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Laura Bogorodea | 20 | Dancing | Indian dance | Constanța | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Lorenzo Cristian | 29 | Magic | Magicians | Timișoara | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Marian Vasilescu | 19 | Singing | Sing | Drobeta Turnu Severin | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Marius Coșofreț | 20 | Comedy | Comic | Vînători | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Marius Ioniță | 42 | Singing | Playing the drums and step dancing | Cluj-Napoca | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Mădălina Luca | 18 | Singing | Pan flute player | Roman | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Medea Felea | 23 | Dancing | Pole dance | Milan | 4 | Finalist |
| Mihail Cămărăscu | 63 | Singing | Opera singer | Bucharest | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Narcis Iustin Ianău | 17 | Singing | Opera singer | Bacău | 1 | 2nd Place |
| Natalia and Aliona Duminică | 20-44 | Dancing | Belly dance | Chişinău (originally from Moldova) | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Orlando Oprescu | 24 | Acrobatics | Acrobatics | Bucharest | 4 | Semi-final |
| Paul and Virgil Păunescu | 32-32 | Singing | Sing | Bucharest | 1 | Semi-final |
| Rareș Deac | 19 | Contortionist | Contortionist | Mediaș | 1 | Semi-Finalist |
| Rebeca Neacșu | 7 | Singing | Opera singer | Brașov | 3 | Finalist |
| Reka Lazin and Ștefan Manduc | 19-22 | Dancing | Dance | Cluj-Napoca | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Ștefan Florescu | 19 | Juggling | Juggle the ball | Botoșani | 3 | Finalist |
| Tatiana Ilescu | 21 | Acrobatic | Monocycle | Chişinău (originally from Moldova) | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Titanii Funky Fresh | 22-27 | Dancing | 4-dance group | Bucharest | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Transylvania Voces | 15-22 | Singing | Singers the bottle, the sticks and gospel music | Cluj-Napoca | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Trouble | 17-25 | Dance | 11-strong dance group | Bucharest | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Trupa Mistik | | Magic | Magicians | Bucharest | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Valentin Dinu | 22 | Sing | Singing | Ploiești | 4 | Finalist |
| Valentin Luca | 25 | Acrobatics | Flair bartending | Brașov | 4 | Finalist |
| Valentin Păun | 23 | Dancing | Dance and comedy | Bucharest | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Veronica Fizeșan | | Singing | Opera and rock sing | Cluj-Napoca | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Veverițele vesele | 20-33 | Comedy | Comedians | Cluj-Napoca | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Viorica and Emil Luca | 51-56 | Dancing | Traditional dance (pirouettes) | Agricultori | 1 | Finalist |

## Semi-finals summary

The "Order" columns list the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

| Key | Buzzed out | Judges' choice | Won the public vote | Won the judges' vote / split decision | Lost the judges' vote / public vote |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Semi-final 1 (1 April)

* Guest performers: Costel Busuioc and Valentin Urse.

| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Results (July 13) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Andi | Andra | Maihai | Results (July 13) |
| Titanii Funky Fresh | 1 | 4-dance group | | | | Eliminated |
| Narcis Iustin Ianău | 2 | Opera singer | | | | 1st (Won public vote) |
| Ana-Maria Sandu | 3 | Playing the saxophone | | | | Eliminated |
| Marius Ioniță | 4 | Playing the drums and step dancing | | | | Eliminated |
| Viorica and Emil Luca | 5 | Traditional dance (pirouettes) | | | | Top 4 (Won the judges' vote) |
| Paul and Virgil Păunescu | 6 | Sing | | | | Eliminated |
| Bernadette Szep and dog Vanda | 7 | Dancing dog act | | | | Top 4 (Lost the judges' vote) |
| Reka Lazin and Ștefan Manduc | 8 | Dance | | | | Eliminated |
| Mihail Cămărăscu | 9 | Opera singer | | | | Eliminated |
| Florin Hasan | 10 | Barber | | | | Eliminated |
| Rareș Deac | 11 | Contortionist | | | | Eliminated |
| Ballance | 12 | Balancing act | | | | 2nd (Won public vote) |

### Semi-final 2 (2 April)

* Guest performers: Pepe and Petruța Cecilia Kupper.

| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Results (July 13) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Andi | Andra | Maihai | Results (July 13) |
| Adrian Țuțu | 1 | Rapper | | | | 1st (Won public vote) |
| Eduard Malița și Bianca Oniță | 2 | Magicians | | | | Eliminated |
| Claudiu Udrea | 3 | Sing | | | | Eliminated |
| Veverițele vesele | 4 | Comedinas | | | | Eliminated |
| Valentin Păun | 5 | Dance and comedy | | | | Eliminated |
| Cristina Bondoc & Alina Dincă | 6 | Sing | | | | 2nd (Won public vote) |
| Alin Imre | 7 | Dance | | | | Top 4 (Lost judges' vote) |
| Tatiana Ilescu | 8 | Monocycle | | | | Eliminated |
| Trouble | 9 | 11-strong dance group | | | | Eliminated |
| Marius Coșofreț | 10 | Comic | | | | Eliminated |
| Laura Bogorodea | 11 | Indian dance | | | | Eliminated |
| Akikai | 12 | Martial arts | | | | Top 4 (Won judges' vote) |

### Semi-final 3 (8 April)

* Guest performers: The 8 teams competing in Dansez pentru tine.

| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Results (July 13) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Andi | Andra | Maihai | Results (July 13) |
| Clevers | 1 | 14-strong dance group of girls | | | | Eliminated |
| AcroMistyc | 2 | Dance and acrobatics | | | | Eliminated |
| Marian Vasilescu | 3 | Sing | | | | Eliminated |
| Rebeca Neacșu | 4 | Opera singer | | | | Top 4 (Won judges' vote) |
| Daniel Borșan | 5 | Dance | | | | Eliminated |
| Alma Boiangiu | 6 | Pianist and singer | | | | Eliminated |
| Lorenzo Cristian | 7 | Magician | | | | Eliminated |
| Ioana Rotar | 8 | Contortionist | | | | Eliminated |
| Transylvania Voces | 9 | Singers the bottle, the sticks and gospel music | | | | Eliminated |
| Cosmin Agache | 10 | Beatbox | | | | 2nd (Won public vote) |
| Dance Fiction Crew (DFC) | 11 | Street dance | | | | Top 4 (Lost judges' vote) |
| Ștefan Florescu | 12 | Juggle the ball | | | | 1st (Won public vote) |

### Semi-final 4 (9 April)

* Guest performer: Horia Brenciu and Marius Mihalache.

| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Judges' Vote | Results (July 13) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Andi | Andra | Maihai | Results (July 13) |
| Blockbusters Crew | 1 | 9-dance group | | | | Eliminated |
| Valentin Dinu | 2 | Sing | | | | 1st (Won public vote) |
| Fanfara Rotaria Junior | 3 | Music instruments | | | | Eliminated |
| Natalia și Aliona Duminică | 4 | Belly dance | | | | Eliminated |
| Alin Stanis | 5 | Opera singer | | | | Top 4 (Lost judges' vote) |
| Orlando Oprescu | 6 | Acrobatics | | | | Eliminated |
| Mădălina Luca | 7 | Pan flute player | | | | Eliminated |
| Trupa Mistik | 8 | Magicians | | | | Eliminated |
| Veronica Fizeșan | 9 | Opera and rock sing | | | | Eliminated |
| Freakquency | 10 | Breakdance | | | | Eliminated |
| Medea Felea | 11 | Pole dance | | | | Top 4 (Won the judges' vote) |
| Valentin Luca | 12 | Flair bartending | | | | 2nd (Won public vote) |

### Final (25 April)

* Guest performer: Loredana Groza and Damian Drăghici.

| Key | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - |
| Artist | Order | Act | Finished | Result |
| Rebeca Neacșu | 1 | Opera singer | 7th - 2,50% | Eliminated |
| Akikai | 2 | Martial arts | 12th - 0,79% | Eliminated |
| Valentin Dinu | 3 | Sing | 3rd - 16,26% | Third place |
| Viorica and Emil Luca | 4 | Traditional dance (pirouettes) | 11th - 0,86% | Eliminated |
| Ștefan Florescu | 5 | Juggle the ball | 8th - 1,94% | Eliminated |
| Medea Felea | 6 | Pole dance | 10th - 1,02% | Eliminated |
| Cristina Bondoc & Alina Dincă | 7 | Sing | 9th - 1,11% | Eliminated |
| Valentin Luca | 8 | Flair bartending | 6th - 3,53% | Eliminated |
| Cosmin Agache | 9 | Beatbox | 5th - 7,91% | Eliminated |
| Narcis Iustin Ianău | 10 | Opera singer | 2nd - 24,40% | Runner-up |
| Ballance | 11 | Balancing act | 4th - 10,40% | Eliminated |
| Adrian Țuțu | 12 | Rapper | 1st - 29,29% | Winner |

## Ratings

| Episode | Date | Viewers | Share | Peak Viewers | Peak Share |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auditions 1 | 18 February | 2.05m | 35.6% | 2.7m | — |
| Auditions 2 | 25 February | 2.24m | 39.8% | 4.5m | 59.8% |
| Auditions 3 | 4 March | 2.4m | 42.8% | 3.08m | — |
| Auditions 4 | 11 March | 2.55m | 44.3% | 3.28m | — |
| Auditions 5 | 18 March | 2.52m | 58.1% | 5m | 70.6% |
| Auditions 6 | 25 March | 2.55m | 46.7% | 5.5m | 70.7% |
| Semi-final 1 | 1 April | 2.3m | 47.3% | 5.5m | 66.6% |
| Semi-final 2 | 2 April | 2m | 48.2% | — | — |
| Semi-final 3 | 8 April | 2.18m | 45.7% | 5m | 64.8% |
| Semi-final 4 | 9 April | 2.01m | 40.3% | — | 59.9% |
| Final | 25 April | 2.11m | 43.4% | 2.82m | 50% |
