Mr Jaber, who is also a media consultant and academic, says importing international TV formats "brings a lot to the table". You buy the mistakes and you get rid of them. It has to be relevant to the audience you are addressing. He makes a link between the self-expression allowed by AGT and the bigger, more dangerous stage of Tahrir Square during the turmoil in Egypt. It's all about self-expression, whether it's in Tahrir Square or on the stage.
That, to me, is probably the noble side of what I'm trying to do. However noble that aim, this particular platform of self-expression was not quite what young Adam Fouzan hoped for. The diminutive Michael Jackson impersonator is voted off the show. One of the judges says his performance offers "nothing new" - a verdict that attracts boos from the crowd.
S he is American, speaks little Arabic, and has never been to Egypt. But Jennifer Grout, 23, has wowed Middle Eastern audiences by reaching the final of Arabs Got Talent — the spin-off of the British and US shows of similar names — with a near-perfect rendition of a song by Egypt's best-loved singer, Umm Kulthum.
Born and raised in Boston, Grout's Arabic accent has inspired debates about whether she is merely pretending to be a westerner. Her fellow contestants are from different parts of the Middle East, and include Mayam Mahmoud , 18, billed as Egypt's first hijab-wearing rapper.
When first auditioning, Grout struggled for credibility. She remembers sitting down with her oud the forerunner of the lute in front of an audience in Lebanon , where the show is filmed, and where "nobody took me seriously". She was eliminated only just before the end of the televised spectacle on the MBC network, when Syrian dance troup Sima was declared the winner. Grout won over some shocked viewers in the Middle East earlier in the competition with renditions of classic Arab songs, rather than more Western-sounding music other contestants were performing.
The winning dancers incorporated Western moves in their performance. Although some journalists in the Middle East had questioned the wisdom of allowing an American in the competition, audience members and even judges on Saturday night's show praised her for calling attention to traditional songs.
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