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Million's Poet | |
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Country of origin | United Arab Emirates |
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Production location | Abu Dhabi |
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Network | TVE 1993-2006 Abu Dhabi TV 2006-present |
Release | 2007 present | –
Million's Poet ( Arabic: شاعر المليون) is a reality television show in the United Arab Emirates, which was first broadcast in December 2006. [1] [2] The show is a Nabati vernacular poetry competition in which the participants compose and recite poems. [3]
The show is funded by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage and is inspired by a pre-Islamic poetry festival at Souk Okaz. [4] 48 participants are selected from among several thousand applicants. In each episode, participants read a poem they have written. A panel of judges evaluate the style and language of the poems and the quality of the recitation; contestants also receive votes from the audience, and are eliminated from the competition until five finalists remain. These receive cash prizes that have varied from 1 to 5 million UAE dirham. [4]
In 2010, journalist and editor Hissa Hilal was the show's first female finalist, finishing third in the finals. Her poems strongly criticized "ad hoc fatwas", religious extremism and conservative clerics. [5]