Week 5 Music and singers (and All That Jazz) Reading 3 Inserisci le frasi mancanti nel testo scegliendo tra quelle scritte qui sotto. A During several semi-finals, after all the acts have been performed, phone lines are open so that the public can vote for the act they think was the best. B who has created many other Got Talent series in the world. C Besides this, in series six a wildcard element was introduced. D Four coaches, who are popular artists, choose their teams of contestants after the first audition. E The auditions take place in front of some judges and a small audience in different cities inthe UK. F The X-Factor in the title refers to the indefinable something that makes a star. Britain s got talent Britain s Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007, invented by Simon Cowell, 1 . There have been seven series since its start and every year, on the morning of the first show of the new series, Britain s Got talent has a special programme called Most Talented , with interviews with the winners from the previous series and their life and progress since they won. Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show. 2 . Since series seven, three judges vote and the majority wins. They give each act a Yes if they like it and want to see the contestant again, a No if they dislike it and do not wish to see it any more. At the end of the auditions, forty-five contestants are called back to participate in the semi-finals, which are broadcast live, like the final, from the Fountain Studios in Wembley. 3 . The act with the highest number of public votes is automatically placed in the final. Then the judges choose between the second and the third most popular act which also gains a place in the final. In the case of a draw among the judges, the act with the second highest number of public votes will participate in the final. 4 . The judges pick a previously eliminated act from the semi-finals and send it to the final. The winner of each series can perform at the Royal variety Performance in front of the Royal Family and Queen Elizabeth II. He/She also receives a cash prize of about £ 250.000! Other popular talent shows in the world are The X-Factor and The Voice . The first one is a music competition which originated in Britain in 2004. 5 . The contestants are divided into categories and the selection is more complex than in Britain s Got Talent ; in addition to this, each judge becomes a mentor of each group. The prize is usually a recording contract. On the other hand, the singing competition The Voice was created by John de Mol in the Netherlands. In Italy it started in March 2013. 6 . After different battles and selections, only one member in each team gets to the final where they compete against each other: the public vote decides the winner, who also receives a recording contract. USEFUL WORDS act = numero artistico; to audition = fare un provino; to broadcast = trasmettere; to compete = gareggiare; contestant = concorrente; draw = parità; to gain = guadagnare; live = dal vivo; mentor = guida; to perform = esibirsi; recording contract = contratto discografico; singing = di canto, canora; start = inizio. 46