Talang (Swedish TV series)

Talang, formerly named Talang Sverige (pronounced [taˈlaŋː ˈsvæ̌rjɛ]; English: Talent Sweden) in 2014, is the Swedish version of the Got Talent series show where singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts and other performers compete against each other for audience support and the prize money (1 million SEK in 2007 and 2014; 500,000 SEK between 2008 and 2011 and since 2017).

Talang
Genre	Reality talent show
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Peppe Eng (2007–2008) Kodjo Akolor (2008) Tobbe Blom (2009–2011) Markoolio (2009–2011) Adam Alsing (2014) Malin Gramer (2014) Kristina Petrushina (2017–2018) Pär Lernström (2017–2023) Samir Badran (2019–2021)
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language	Swedish
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	51 (including 2007–2011)
Production
Production company	FremantleMedia
Original release
Network	TV4 (2007–2011, 2017–2023) TV3 (2014)
Release	2007 (2007) – 2023 (2023)

History

The show was broadcast for five seasons on TV4, between 2007 and 2011, before TV4 put the show on indefinite hiatus. Two years later, on 19 June 2013, TV3 announced that they had acquired the rights for the show and would re-launch the show in spring 2014 under the name Talang Sverige.^[1][2] After another 2 years without a season, in 2017, TV4 acquired the rights for the show once again and re-launched the show under the original name, Talang. On 1 September 2023, TV4 announced that the series will be paused during 2024.^[3]

Hosts and judges

Series	Host		Main Judge
			1	2	3	4
1	Peppe Eng	—	Tobbe Blom	Hanna Hedlund	Bert Karlsson	—
2		Kodjo Akolor		Sofia Wistam
3	Tobbe Blom	Markoolio	Johan Pråmell	Charlotte Perrelli
4
5			Henrik Fexeus
6	Adam Alsing	Malin Gramer	Tobias Karlsson	Carolina Gynning	Shirley Clamp	Robert Aschberg
7	Pär Lernström	Keyyo	David Batra	Kakan Hermansson	LaGaylia Frazier	Alexander Bard
8				Bianca Ingrosso
9		Samir Badran
10
11					Sarah Dawn Finer	Edward af Sillén
12		—
13				Helena Bergström	Johanna Nordström	Viktor Norén

Season summary

Season	Airdate	Winner	Runners-up	Judges				Presenters
				1	2	3	4
1 (2007)	13 April 2007 – 1 June 2007	Zillah & Totte (Ventriloquist)	Magikern Julien (Magician)	Tobbe Blom	Hanna Hedlund	Bert Karlsson	—	Peppe Eng	—
2 (2008)	4 April 2008 – 30 May 2008	Zara Larsson (Singer)	Not revealed		Sofia Wistam				Kodjo Akolor
3 (2009)	3 April 2009 – 12 June 2009	Charlie Caper (Magician)	David Movsesian (Pianist)	Johan Pråmell	Charlotte Perrelli			Tobbe Blom	Markoolio
4 (2010)	2 April 2010 – 4 June 2010	Jill Svensson (Opera singer)	Daniel Lozakovitj (Violinist)
5 (2011)	1 April 2011 – 10 June 2011	Simon Westlund (Rubik's Cube solver)	Steve Thoresen (Opera singer)	Henrik Fexeus
6 (2014)	24 February 2014 – 18 May 2014	Jon Henrik Fjällgren (Singer)	Rackartygarna (Extreme sports group) Until The End Crew (Dance group)	Tobias Karlsson	Carolina Gynning	Shirley Clamp	Robert Aschberg	Adam Alsing	Malin Gramer
7 (2017)	18 March 2017 – 19 May 2017	Ibrahim Nasrullayeu (Singer)	Nigma (Rapper / singer) Oliver Rytting (Rock singer)	David Batra, LaGaylia Frazier, Kakan Hermansson, Alexander Bard	Pär Lernström, Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina
8 (2018)	13 January 2018 – 16 March 2018	Madeleine Hilleard (Opera Singer)	Jonas von Essen (Mnemonist) Osman (Rapper)	David Batra, LaGaylia Frazier, Bianca Ingrosso, Alexander Bard
9 (2019)	11 January 2019 – 15 March 2019	Micke Holm (Singer)	Marwin Wallonius (Mnemonist) Eva Jumatate (Singer)		Pär Lernström, Samir Badran
10 (2020)	10 January 2020 – 13 March 2020	Lizette Olausson and Lotus (Dog Freestyle)	Maja Jakobsson (Singer) Alexander (Mnemonist)
11 (2021)	15 January 2021 – 19 March 2021	Johan Ståhl (Magician)	Kiana Blanckert (Singer) EEC (Dance Group)	David Batra, Bianca Ingrosso, Sarah Dawn Finer, Edward af Sillen
12 (2022)	14 January 2022 – 18 March 2022	Aron Aras-Ericksson (Singer)	Peter Åberg (Magician) Stefan Lindström (Violinist)		Pär Lernström
13 (2023)	13 January 2023 – 17 March 2023	Pontus Lindman (Magician)	Samet Yüce (Maths genius) Jennifer Aoun (Singer)	David Batra, Helena Bergström, Johanna Nordström, Viktor Norén