A 22-year-old Tajik singer Chorshanbe Alovatov has won the main prize of the Central Asia’s Got Talent show. 

Winners of the TV show of Central Asia’s Got Talent were announced in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan on December 22.  The show entered its finale with 12 contestants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

Acrobats, vocalists, magicians and many other Central Asian talents gathered in Nur-Sultan to vie for the main prize – 10 million Kazakh tenge (equivalent to 25,000 U.S. dollars).

Tajik young singer Chorshanbe Alovatov just stunned the jury with his voice.  Chorshanbe has scored the most votes of viewers and won the main prize.  

Chorshanbe is the son of known Tajik singer Aqnazar Alovatov.  

Central Asia’s Got Talent that had aired on TV stations in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan every Sunday since September has made regional cooperation tangible to the masses. 

The show’s format was identical to others in the Got Talent series, though it structured a balance between represented countries.  Four judges — one from each country represented on the show — vote on each audition to decide whether a contestant moves on to the next round.