[1] Unlike America's Got Talent, the show only had the audition round, Top 37, semi-finals and a finale.
The season was won by Sagkeeng's Finest, an indigenous dance troupe from Fort Alexander, Manitoba.
At any time during the audition, the judges show their disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer, which lights a large red "X" on the stage.
The judges then chose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final.
The same day, Dina Pugliese, co-host of Breakfast Television, was announced as the host for the show.
Canada's Got Talent traveled to six different cities across the country for the producer auditions: Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax, during the months of September and October 2011.
This stage of the competition did not feature any audiences, and only contained contestants walking up to the judges or Dina (host) to find out if they made it to the next round.
Volodymyr Martynouk served as their replacement, but he suffered a fall shortly before the semifinals began, meaning he could not make it due to his recovery time.
The winner received a brand-new Nissan GT-R, possibly a performance in Las Vegas, a spot on Citytv's 2013 New Year's Eve Bash and $100,000 in Canadian currency.
Canadian rock band Hedley performed the song "Beautiful" from their album Storms.
[9] In June 2012, Rogers Media president, Scott Moore, announced that a second season would not be produced, after a "careful consideration of all factors, including the current economic climate".