Million's Poet

Million's Poet (Arabic: شاعر المليون) is a reality television show in the United Arab Emirates, which was first broadcast in December 2006.^[1]^[2] The show is a Nabati vernacular poetry competition in which the participants compose and recite poems.^[3]

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Million's Poet
Country of origin	United Arab Emirates
Production
Production location	Abu Dhabi
Original release
Network	TVE 1993-2006 Abu Dhabi TV 2006-present
Release	2007 (2007) – present

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The show is funded by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage and is inspired by a pre-Islamic poetry festival at Souk Okaz.^[4] 48 participants are selected from among several thousand applicants. In each episode, participants read a poem they have written. A panel of judges evaluate the style and language of the poems and the quality of the recitation; contestants also receive votes from the audience, and are eliminated from the competition until five finalists remain.^[5]

The show's prize initially amounted to one million UAE dirham, in addition to a banner made of the most expensive fabric in the world, featuring the program's logo. The winner will keep the banner for a full year, allowing them to defend their title the following year. Starting with the second season, the prize was raised to five million dirhams.^[4] The competition is overseen by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, and is implemented and produced by Pyramedia, headed by Egyptian media personality Nashwa Al-Ruwaini, the company's CEO.^[6]

In 2010, journalist and editor Hissa Hilal was the show's first female finalist, finishing third in the finals. Her poems strongly criticized "ad hoc fatwas", religious extremism and conservative clerics.^[7]

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