PINOY DREAM ACADEMY

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A new kind of reality show is going to hit Philippine shores soon with the introduction of Pinoy Dream Academy. From the brains behind the hit Big Brother and Deal or No Deal franchises, Endemol is now giving pop star hopefuls a chance to be a step closer to their dream. Originally known as Star Academy, its emerging popularity caused for various franchises of it to be available in various parts of the world. Africa refers to it as Project Fame while in the US it’s touted as The One: Making a music star. Other countries who caught the Star Academy fever are the UK, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Romania, Portugal, the Netherlands, Middle East, Mexico, Italy, India, Greece, Germany, France, Chile, Canada, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belgium, and Argentina.

In spite of the various names that its been called in each country, the mechanics basically just stay the same wherein the “academy” is being managed by a director and teachers are there to teach the “students” various artistic disciplines. Day and night the contestants will be monitored by hidden cameras and there would be weekly live performances of the students wherein they will showcase the things they have learned and practiced in the past week. This would be the time wherein the show’s judges will rate the students’ performance and the one who will be voted out will be determined from the judges’ scores and the viewers’ votes. The grand prize would be a cool recording contract or something of that sort.

Star Academy is actually the second biggest reality show franchise in the world – the top being Big Brother.

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