New Youth Ministry Resource: America’s Got Talent

Monday, 26th October 2009

If reality TV has taught us anything recently, it’s the variety show is never going to die.

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When “America’s Got Talent” became the rage a couple of years ago, we decided to capitalize on the success and put on our show which we called “Emerica’s Got Talent” (because our youth group name was called “EPIC”).

We built a stage set that included miked judges who’s stage setup had lighted up X’s that could be controlled locally.

Depending on what kind of crowd you have (and how many students you have coming to your gatherings) you can do a one-time big event or stretch it out like we did for about 6 weeks and milk it for all it’s worth.

So know you’re crowd before making this decision.

HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO MAKING THIS A HUGE SUCCESS:

Actual Screenshot: Package includes High Res for PPT, MediaShout @ Printing

Do ridiculous biographical sketches of each contestant. Backstage and bio videos are great.
Have a terrific onstage host who can direct traffic.
Pick 3 witty judges who are “experts” on talent. Try to pick teenagers out of your group.

IF YOU’RE USING AGT FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS

Post video of each week’s competition online to encourage more participation.
Show video recaps before each week’s show.
Create a video montage intro with contestants
Share videos on FB & Myspace

CAUTION:

Prep your teen judges and make sure they know that though it’s tongue & cheek, to make sure they’re not
Includes a simple step-by-step how-to on building the stage set

personal or mean to contestants.

Use your own Youth Group Name if you want...

We got killed by this one night, and there’s almost nothing you can do once it happens.