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Wonderworld Zimbabwe TV reality show launched
16 Apr 2012 at 18:05hrs | Views
HARARE - Prestige Pictures has launched a 90-day reality television programme to compliment on-going efforts of marketing Zimbabwe's hospitality.
The programme titled Wonderworld Zimbabwe has the backing of the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry and would be filmed at different resort areas dotted around the country.
Participants will be drawn from the country's 10 provinces.
Film and television actor Boniface Chimedza who is the brains behind the project said the reality show seeks to market Zimbabwe as a tourist destination of repute.
The launch of the programme has also been necessitated by the fact that Zimbabwe will for the first time be hosting the United Nations World General Assembly.
Wonder World Zimbabwe is akin in many ways to the popular Big Brother Africa television show.
The difference between the two however, is that the local show is specifically for Zimbabweans and participants will not be confined to indoors.
They will have the freedom to move from one tourist resort to another projecting their different cultures and tradition freely.
Targeted audiences are between the ages of 20 and 30 years and have to be Zimbabweans with fluency in at least one local language as well as English.
Participants should also be available because the series will be shot continuously for 90 days.
The winners are set to walk away with a cash prize of $300 000 while the first and second runner up will get $150 000 and $50 000 respectively.
Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi gave his support for the project in a letter to the entertainment company dated February 22, 2012.
A website for the programme has already been launched. There is a theme song that was written by Chimedza and performed by Saiwe Chimbetu the younger sister of sungura music maestro Suluman.
Macdonald Chidavenzi better known as Mac Dee produced the song.
The programme titled Wonderworld Zimbabwe has the backing of the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry and would be filmed at different resort areas dotted around the country.
Participants will be drawn from the country's 10 provinces.
Film and television actor Boniface Chimedza who is the brains behind the project said the reality show seeks to market Zimbabwe as a tourist destination of repute.
The launch of the programme has also been necessitated by the fact that Zimbabwe will for the first time be hosting the United Nations World General Assembly.
Wonder World Zimbabwe is akin in many ways to the popular Big Brother Africa television show.
The difference between the two however, is that the local show is specifically for Zimbabweans and participants will not be confined to indoors.
Targeted audiences are between the ages of 20 and 30 years and have to be Zimbabweans with fluency in at least one local language as well as English.
Participants should also be available because the series will be shot continuously for 90 days.
The winners are set to walk away with a cash prize of $300 000 while the first and second runner up will get $150 000 and $50 000 respectively.
Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi gave his support for the project in a letter to the entertainment company dated February 22, 2012.
A website for the programme has already been launched. There is a theme song that was written by Chimedza and performed by Saiwe Chimbetu the younger sister of sungura music maestro Suluman.
Macdonald Chidavenzi better known as Mac Dee produced the song.
Source - Daily News
