Star Academy Egypt

First there was LBC star Academy ... Then came Star Academy Maghreb and the future seems to hold a new version of this extremely popular show; Star Academy Egypt!
Egyptian singer Amr Diab has been planning this for some time now and after taking the OK from the Egyptian ministry of communications it seems he will go ahead with his plan.

The show will be a bit different that our usual Star Academy, the prime will supposedly air on Thursday, but there will be a daily summary of the life inside the Academy.

Star Academy Maghreb 1 on Nesma TV

Nabil Al Qarawi, owner of Qarawi & Qarawi World, said that the new Tunisian private TV channel "Nesma TV" will begin broadcasting at the end of the year making it the second private TV channel in Tunisia but it will be directed to North Africa countries (The Arab Maghreb).

Broadcasting from Paris on Nilesat and Arabsat and produced in Tunis, the station will grab the attention of its North African viewers with variety programs, movies, Hollywood TV series, sports and children’s programs amongst others.

Star Academy Maghreb

Did you know that there is a casting taking place in Tunisia these days for the first edition of Star Academy Maghreb?
Star Academy Maghreb is another version of Star Academy, but this one is specifically for countries in North Africa; Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and probably Mauritania as well.
Many young people showed up for the casting, Which not only requires the participant to sing Arabic songs but but R & B, Rai music, Regea & many other styles are also welcome!
Do you think Star Academy Maghreb will succeed like LBC Star Academy?

By Guest Writer bambusha

Sexual Harassment on Big Brother

Two contestants on the Australian Big Brother are at the center of a sexual controversy after being ejected from the program.
John and Ashley allegedly sexually harassed female contestant Camilla early yesterday, & their removal from the house should indicate how serious the matter is.
It seems that one of the guys pinned Camilla down while the other rubbed his crotch on her face!
In a joint statement shortly after they left the house, Ashley, a bricklayer from Western Australia, and John, a student from Victoria, admitted they had broken the game's rules concerning sexual harassment.

Reality Shows on LBC TV

These are some dates of the upcoming reality shows that will be airing on LBC after Mission Fashion:

July – October: Al Wadi 2
October – November: Miss Lebanon 2006
December – April: Star Academy 4
April – June: Mission Fashion 2 2007

By guest writer Yaman

• LBC Star Academy 1
• LBC Star Academy 2
• LBC Star Academy 3
• Al Wadi
• Miss Lebanon
• Mission Fashion

X-Factor or Star Academy?

LBC has become known for the very popular show Star Academy which aims to produce stars in singing, dancing and acting.
Now another program, X-Factor, is being produced by Rotana, and it is a new show very similar to Star Academy.
But it's only aim is searching for real singers. There seems to be a rival between these two shows in popularity. At the moment people think there is no other show that can meet up to the Star Academy standards.

Mission Fashion

So its the end of Star Academy... Now its time for the new reality show: Mission Fashion, every week a fashion designer and a model goes home.. Will you watch it or have you had enough of these reality shows?

By guest writer Yaman

Your Reality Show!

With our obsession of Reality television on overdrive, it is looking more increasingly like 'reality television' is not just a phase...but is here to stay and continue in dominating the television schedule, as well as gossip inches in magazines, newspapers and masses of web pages for years to come. In fact it is almost inevitable now to dedicate considerable thinking time to the cage like concept and to imagine being the guinea pig in the experiment or to wonder what it would be like as the controller running the show

Project Fashion on Future TV

Did you watch the new real tv program Project Fashion 2006 which started yesterday Sunday the 26th of Feb, on Future TV?

- Yes
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Click here to vote

Project Fashion 2006

The Lebanese channel Future TV is going to embark on a new Reality TV Series called Project Fashion 2006, that will start on Sunday 26th of Feb. It is an Arab version of the original show Project Runway, which is hosted by German supermodel Heidi Klum.
Project Fashion 2006, gives 12 talented fashion designers in women's wear the opportunity to have their collection shown in front of the global fashion community in Beirut, in addition to being displayed in the pages of a top fashion magazine.

George Galloway in Big brother 2006 !

I dont know if you know about a reality show called Big brother in the UK? Well this year they did a Celebrity one and George Gallaway (an MP-against Bush and Blair) was on it and did the worst things whilst in the house. From pretending to be a cat and licking a womans hands on the floor to wearing a body suit and dancing like a mad person!

Meshari AlBallam is the Best Farmer

Yesterday was the final prime of Alwadi reality TV program and the winner is Meshari AlBallam from Kuwait.

Meshari AlBallam voted the best farmer of Alwadi with 44.90% of the votes while Saudi Turki Al Yousef came second with 40.55%.

Haifa Wehbe Back at Al Wadi

Haifa Wehbe returned to the farm of the reality TV show AlWadi.
She left last week after having somewhat of a break down, as a result of feeling stressed and depressed.
She spent the last few days in the Egyptian capitol Cairo, trying to get back up on her feet and feel better to return to the show. The reasons for her sudden leaving are still unknown.

Will Haifa Be Back Tonight in AlWadi ?

The question that worries all the 'AlWadi' fans today is, will Haifa be back for the 11th prime tonight?
Last week it was clear that Haifa wasn't her usual self; she was tired, fed up and everybody saw this in the clip that was shown during the prime of Haifa packing her bags and complaining that she was tired and fed up and would love to get out of the farm!
And so she left last week, in hope of returning soon to her farm and friends and her loving fans.

Will she be present tonight? And if she will, what will she be wearing !?

Ahmad Al Sharif and Bassem Feghali at Alwadi

Things at Alwadi are going fine, and the contestants are learning how to deal with life at a farm away from the civilized world of technology and supermarkets!
There have been four departures until know, two males; Tarek Abou Jaoudeh & Ghassan Al Mawla, & two females; Lara Al Safadi & Hanane Fadili, have already left the farm.
This week the nominees are Awad Al Qubaisi from UAE, and Turki Al Yousef from KSA. Who will you vote for?

As for the guests of the weekly prime, which is held every Friday night, the crowd will definitely go crazy for Tunisian Ahmad Al Sharif, and the unbelievable Lebanese talent Bassem Feghali.

Alwadi

Now you can read about the candidates of Alwadi Real TV Program that is currently running on LBC TV on the following link: Alwadi

How Do You Judge Them?

When you watch shows like Star Academy or Super Star, how do you judge or vote for the contestants? Do you judge them by there looks, voice, where they're from, or their personality? Well whatever you do, do you think it's fair if you vote for their looks or where they come from etc... ?

They might be the ones with the bad voice who made it to the finals, not all the time, but that's what it usually turns out to be...

Al-Wadi .. Reality TV in a Farm

Yesterday the Lebanese satellite channel LBC launched its newest reality TV show “Al-Wadi”. This program has been a hit in Europe, and now gets its chance with the Arab world.

The participants are well known stars from around the Arab world, from 9 countries in particular. There are 14 contestants from Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Morocco and Tunisia. But, there is a exceptional someone that is also going to be part of the farm … not a contestant, but the “principal” or “director” or “manager” of the farm, call her what you wish, she is Haifa Wehbe!

These people are going to live together in this closed farm for 3 months, and Haifa will be the one to take care of them and listen to their needs and complaints, and that is why she has her own big room, with an office and a balcony to over look what goes around in the farm.

Starting Over on MBC 1

The new reality program on MBC 1 “Starting Over” - Min Jadeed - is a new try to make things work … literally. A bunch of women with problems of all sorts, gather in this house to try and get away and solve what it screwing up their lives, by seeing doctors and psychiatrics and talking to each other.

I am not sure how much that will really help them, but it might be worth trying. Although one woman said that “on air” she couldn’t really be frank about her problems, which lead to not much help, but when she went “off air” she could speak freely with the doctors and found a simple solution to her problem, yet it wasn’t part of the program...

LBC Survivor, Ahmad vs Hussein

After 15 weeks, 16 contestants have returned to their normal lives and families.
We saw them in very simple conditions in Kenya ... and now we see them as they are in their every day life.
I was shocked to see them on the final episode of LBC Survivor, they look so different ... i especially liked Hala from Lebanon, she looked so cute and actually very beautiful, she is also pregnant and expecting a baby boy...

An Idea for the Last Episode of LBC Survivor

First of all I wanna thank LBC channel for this beautiful program. But I got an Idea for the last episode which supposed to take place at Lebanon, I think viewers should participate in deciding the survivor. Because after watching the last episode this weekend I got a feeling that the other 7 members will try to revenge and will not vote for the one who deserve to be the survivor...

LBC Survivor

What do you think of LBC Survivor Real TV adventure that is taking place in Kenya? Do you love this game ?

Among the 16 candidates, only 7 remained:

Hussein El-Abass
Carla Atallah
Hady Akl
Nicole Baz
Ahmad Seif El-Dine
Karim Maassarani
Rabeb Boughella

Who do you think will make it and win?

Miss Lebanon as a Reality TV Program

The idea of Miss Lebanon becoming a reality TV program started last year, when 16 young, beautiful girls were settled in a hotel in a resort. People had the chance of seeing them once every day through a 1 hour program on the LBC channel, where we saw their breakfast, exercises, classes, lunch, dinner and everything you could think of except the hours of their sleep ...

What is going to happen? Will it fail or will it succeed

Six girls & six guys living in an isolated house away from the entire world for a long period of time.

BIG BROTHER

In the past few months reality shows have conquered the Arabic TV channels, starting with
“Al-HAWA SAWA” & “STAR ACADEMY”. Tomorrow a new reality show will begin which features a group of strangers living together in a house equipped with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. One by one, the houseguests will vote each other out of the house. At the end of the game, the last remaining houseguest will receive the grand prize of a big sum of money.