<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Ireland's Got Talent is the Irish version of the international Got Talent franchise . The series launched on 3 February 2018 on TV3 and is hosted by Lucy Kennedy, accompanied by a sister show entitled Ireland's Got Mór Talent presented by Glenda Gilson and James Kavanagh . Cork dance troupe RDC won the competition on 24 March 2018 . </P> <P> Contestants of any age, who possess some sort of talent, can audition for the show, with their performance judged by a panel of judges; the current lineup consists of Louis Walsh, Michelle Visage, Denise van Outen and Jason Byrne . Those that make it through the auditions compete against other acts in a series of live semi-finals, with the winning two acts of each semi-final proceeding into the show's live final . The prize for winning the contest is a € 50,000 cash prize as well as their own primetime Christmas television special on TV3 . </P> <P> In May 2015, it was announced that current The X Factor judge, Louis Walsh, would be launching a new Irish talent show, produced by Simon Cowell as a judge . The show was expected to be premiered in 2017 or 2018 . Walsh later stated that he would like to broadcast an Irish edition of Got Talent, though he stated that the untitled talent show was only in early development . RTÉ One and TV3 showed interest in ordering the programme, however TV3 originally turned down the show in 2016 . Simon Cowell announced that he will be a special guest judge on the programme during the series' launch . </P>

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