This sounds like fun!
Cambodia reaches the giddy heights of Big Brother-esque television! I had to laugh a little though. when you consider that the current Australian Big Brother had - at the start - a total prize of $1 million ofr the winner, but currently they are down to about $300,000 after fines for various "household offences". The prize for the Cambodian one - a motor scooter worth less than $1000US. Would be interesting to day the least given the very distinct gender roles in Cambodia.
Phnom Penh (ANTARA News) - Auditions are underway as a leading Cambodian broadcaster seeks 12 people to live together under the public gaze in the country's first reality television show, a producer said Thursday.
The Cambodian Television Network's "CTN Coffee Shop" will throw total strangers together to staff a cafe and live in the apartment above for three months, as each week audience members and the participants themselves vote one person off the show.
During that time their lives will be filmed and the participants will have minimal contact with the outside world - phones and television will be forbidden and even trips outside the cafe will be strictly monitored, AFP reported citing CTN.
The last remaining participant will receive a motorscooter.
"We're trying to make a new and different program that can entertain people," said producer Kevin Kouch, adding that contestants would be chosen for their "cleverness, stability and ability to tell the truth".
"CTN Coffee Shop" taps into a reality TV formula that is wildly popular in many other countries, but remains relatively unknown to Cambodians fed a constant entertainment diet of foreign soap operas and variety shows.
Many of those showing up for auditions were looking for work or job training rather than a shot at television stardom, local media reports said.
Kouch said the show could also play a career counseling role because "it shows the techniques to manage a small business."
The first episode of "CTN Coffee Shop" is expected to air within a few weeks, Kouch said.
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Phnom Penh (ANTARA News) - Auditions are underway as a leading Cambodian broadcaster seeks 12 people to live together under the public gaze in the country's first reality television show, a producer said Thursday.
The Cambodian Television Network's "CTN Coffee Shop" will throw total strangers together to staff a cafe and live in the apartment above for three months, as each week audience members and the participants themselves vote one person off the show.
During that time their lives will be filmed and the participants will have minimal contact with the outside world - phones and television will be forbidden and even trips outside the cafe will be strictly monitored, AFP reported citing CTN.
The last remaining participant will receive a motorscooter.
"We're trying to make a new and different program that can entertain people," said producer Kevin Kouch, adding that contestants would be chosen for their "cleverness, stability and ability to tell the truth".
"CTN Coffee Shop" taps into a reality TV formula that is wildly popular in many other countries, but remains relatively unknown to Cambodians fed a constant entertainment diet of foreign soap operas and variety shows.
Many of those showing up for auditions were looking for work or job training rather than a shot at television stardom, local media reports said.
Kouch said the show could also play a career counseling role because "it shows the techniques to manage a small business."
The first episode of "CTN Coffee Shop" is expected to air within a few weeks, Kouch said.
Uploaded on Jul 13 14:22