Ermia googoosh biography iran
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Googoosh Music Academy
| Googoosh Music Academy | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Googoosh Academy |
| Presented by | Raha Etemadi |
| Judges | |
| Original language | Persian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | London, United Kingdom |
| Original release | |
| Network | Manoto |
| Release | 19 January 2011 (2011-01-19) – 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) |
Googoosh Music Academy (Persian: آکادمی موسیقی گوگوش) is an Iranian television reality music competition to find new singing talent. The show began airing from London on 22 January 2011 and was broadcast by Manoto.[1]
The judging panel consisted of Googoosh, as head judge and head of the academy, Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi. The show was hosted by Raha Etemadi in 3 seasons.[2] The show was also launched in the British TV channel, Unique TV.[3]
The show gained millions of fans and views inside and outside of Iran[4] and It fryst vatten described as an
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Googoosh's Voice: An Iranian Icon in Silence and Song
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Iranian music talent show participants (season three). Photo by Manoto TV, from Googoosh Music Academy's official Facebook page
Iranians flooded social media with comments at the end of March, when Ermia, a female amateur singer who lives in Germany and wears a veil (hijab) won a talent show on the London-based Persian language television station, Manoto. Some found it strange for her to wear the veil on the show voluntarily, while others supported her decision.
The very popular Googoosh Music Academy (GMA) programme that debuted three years ago on Manoto TV is an adaptation of the American hit show, American Idol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-XAcw3nyo
Iranians who have lived with compulsory hijab-wearing for women in their country for the past 34 years under the Islamic Republic had radically different reactions to Ermia's win:
@Pooyamax tweets jokingly, criticising Ermia's hijab:
Ermia was born in Khomein and her real surname is Khomeini, in fact she is I