Street Smarts returns ….. reality TV works!
September 6th, 2006 Zeid Nasser (Admin)
This reality show on Infinity TV was successful in it’s first season, and is therefore returning again. It follows some unsuccessful reality TV attempts in the Arab World, apart from SuperStar, and we had blogged about it earlier this year wondering how this show would fare.
Well, apparently, reality TV works in the Middle East.
Street Smarts 2 features 16 Arab participants contending for prize money of US$ 100,000. The contestants are split into two mixed teams and will be judged on their expertise and skills through 15 intense and intellectually stimulating assignments in business, entertainment and creativity.
Over 4,500 applications were submitted from all around the Arab region, and the final contestants chosen come from Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, Oman and Algeria. Every week, the losing team will vote out one team member. The viewing audience will also participate via SMS, voting off the contestant from the losing team.
The show is hosted by the popular Taleen Kirresh and is sponsored by Al Qudra Holding, an investment company in the UAE.
Entry Filed under: TV & Film, UAE
Technorati Tags: Infinity TV, Street Smarts, Reality TV, Taleen Kirresh
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1. Nureddin Nablousi | September 7th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Reality TV works anywhere. But this is the worst produced and promoted reality TV in the Arab World yet. The real question is how much they are spending on it and what the economic return is? Many pan-Arab channels run with annual programming budgets of around 1 million dollars. Yes. And this show could swallow 3-4 pan-Arab fadhaiyyat with its over inflated budget.
2. souhir | November 26th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
je souhaiterais voter pour salim khadija
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