Want Expert Help With Your Renovation?

My House My Castle are looking for families or couples planning home renovations to be featured in the upcoming series. They want to take your existing budget and plan and make it bigger, bolder and better with their team of experts!

They are specifically looking for people who need help with the following projects:

• Transforming your caravan or van into the coolest thing on wheels
• Creating a bedroom so beautiful you will want to spend the rest of your life in bed
• Designing the ultimate man pad – a man's den or shed with all the trimmings – we know what men really want!
• Making over your outdoor area to create a space so fabulous you may never go back inside again

You need to have some money of your own for this project, but My House, My Castle can help you stretch your $$ to make your renovation dream a reality and offer their expert help to turn your project into something truly fabulous. Apply at Eyeworks New Zealand.

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Host Wanted for Punk TV

ALT TV is looking for new Punk hosts.

They're looking for someone who is a "total Punk head" to work 11pm - 12am Thursday nights.

Email Alt TV or visit their website to find out more.

Apply for NZ Stars in Their Eyes Series 2

Stars in Their Eyes Applications are open again!!

Would you like to be part of this popular show? Whether you're a complete amateur, keen on the Karaoke or a professional singer you could get the chance to be on Stars in Their Eyes.

Stars in Their Eyes is looking for contestants aged 18+ to appear on the next season of the show. The only catch is that you cannot apply to be an artist who has already been featured in the current series.

You'll be given coaching on voice technique, timing, style, stage presence. Register to become part of this competition by completing the application form. Include a DVD or VHS of your performance and send it to:


Stars In Their Eyes Contestants
Private Bag 93205
Parnell
Auckland 1151



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Are You NZ’s Top Tradie or Jack of All Trades?

Another season of Jack of All Trades is kicking off, promising glamour and grit in the TV hunt for New Zealand’s Top Tradie.

The winner of the seven-part television competition will take home a brand new Ford Ranger ute stacked full of all the gear a bloke (or blokess) could ever want. As well as gaining national fame, bragging rights down at the pub, and the title of New Zealand’s best Jack of All Trades.

Tradies up for the challenge of pitting their skills against the country’s best can now register online for the first round.

• Judges will interview the top 20 entrants in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in early June, and select New Zealand's top 12 contestants.
• The next stage sees the 12 go head to head in the “Ford Qualifying Event” at the Field Days in Hamilton on Saturday June 14.
• The qualifying event is a live audition on the tools, where contests must compete for a spot in the TV show though a series of short, sharp, skills tests.
• The top four from this event will star in the TV series, which is set to screen on TV ONE starting 4pm Saturday September 6th.

Competition Organiser Damien Bray says

“The time trials will test every aspect of the tradies’ skills. “They’ll have to show they are quick, competent and accurate at carpentry, painting, plumbing, brick laying, handling a chain saw and tiling.

“And it’s not all about who finishes first, it’s who finishes quickly and does the best job at the same time.”

Judges will then present four finalists with the ultimate tradie challenge: build a holiday cabin from start to finish in just seven days – and do it all on television.

Good Morning SingStar Contest

Have you ever wanted to star in your own music video? Here's your chance - Good Morning is giving viewers the opportunity to make a music video and win thousands of dollars worth of Sony and PlayStation equipment.

In the Good Morning SingStar Competition, viewers can let their inner stars come out from behind the shower curtains and reveal their true talents on national television.

To be in to win, send the Good Morning team a three-minute clip of yourself on DVD, performing your favourite hit song. You can either lip-synch or sing it for real.

The overall winner will receive a Sony High Definition Handycam, Sony video-editing software, a PlayStation 3, SingStar for PlayStation 3 and $100 of PlayStation SingStore vouchers.

There are also four runner-up categories: Funniest Video, Best Children's Video, Best Pets and Best Performer. So the whole family, pets included, has the chance to get involved. All four runners-up will take home a PlayStation 2 and SingStar for PlayStation 2.

The best entry will be judged by a star panel of celebrity judges including former Exponents front man and Pop's Ultimate Star judge Jordan Luck and actor Robbie Magasiva.

The Good Morning 'SingStar' Competition kicks off on Monday 19 May and closes on Wednesday 28 May.

For competition terms and conditions, see the TVNZ Good Morning website.

Get Your Problem Solved... on TV

Have you got an unsolvable problem?

Eyeworks is looking for people with a problem that can’t be fixed simply with money, but needs ingenuity, perhaps brilliant engineering - or even a miracle - for a new television show. Their team of experts is looking for problems to solve, problems that have no conventional solution, but if they can find a way, it will change people’s lives.

Tell your story to Joanne at Eyeworks


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Be a Contestant on The Rich List

Game show, The Rich List is coming back to TVNZ soon. The Rich List was TV Guide's The People's Choice for Best Entertainment in 2007.

Contestants have the chance to win big money by completing lists. Complete strangers are matched together and must then work together as a team to better an opposing team at filling in missing answers on a series of lists. The team that performs best will go on to play for anything up to $50,000.

To be considered complete an application form.

Click here for more on The Rich list.

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Dominic Bowden Hosting Dare To Win

Dominic Bowden is set to host a new New Zealand game show, Dare to Win.

The game show contest asks teams of four people - friends or family - to compete in challenges, which they have a week to complete. The producers say you won't have to eat slugs or do anything gross, simply prepare for a challenge by learning new skills, over the period of a week, and record it on a video diary. Then you return to perform the challenge in front of a studio audience.

If you're successful you could win prizes worth $10,000. For more information and application details click here. Applications close Wednesday 7th May, 2008.

Dominic recently married his long-term partner Claire Robbie after an on-off romance.


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Be on New Zealand's Got Talent

Be in to win $100,000 on New Zealand’s Got Talent!

Anything goes when it comes to talent – circus acts, animal acts, novelty acts, ventriloquists, magicians, comedians, all kinds of dancers from ballet to belly, all styles of singers from yodellers to opera. Individuals and groups of all ages are welcome to audition.

Auditionees must keep both a live theatre audience and the judges entertained enough to make it all the way to the live finals.

Just who will have their dreams of stardom become reality? If you’re the best, the worst, the youngest, the oldest, the funniest or the only person who does what you do then New Zealand’s Got Talent wants to hear from you!

Check out Gin the Dancing Dog to see what you could be up against.

New Zealand’s Got Talent is also looking for people to be part of the audience.



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Be on a Television Game Show

Do you want to be part of a brand new family entertainment television show with the chance to win $10,000 worth of prizes?

Imagination TV is urgently looking for fun loving, energetic groups of people who want to take part in a challenge based programme - and they promise you won’t have to eat cockroaches!.

Wanted are separate groups of families, flatmates, workmates, or friends (but no more than 4 people in each group) who enjoy a challenge, want to learn new skills and tricks, are motivated to succeed, will be available for filming between mid-May and mid-June 2008, and are keen to win prizes worth up to $10,000!

This is an urgent call for contestants so get in quick! To apply e-mail Imagination TV or telephone 021 729 126.


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Homai Te Pakipaki Auditions

Maori Television’s popular live karaoke contest is back!

Homai Te Pakipaki will be kicking off again this Friday April 18 at 8.30pm and this year the producers have added a twist. Suggesting contestants were "spoilt rotten" with advance warning and time to rehearse their song in last year’s contest, this year contestants will be thrown a curve ball.

For the first time ever, performers will have their names drawn out of a hat and will not know what they are singing until just before they are asked to take to the stage. That should make for some lively entertainment and more than a few slip ups!

Karaoke kings and queens can register to audition from 5.00pm every Friday at Maori Television’s central city studio in Davis Crescent, Newmarket. Contestants must be over 16 years of age and will be chosen for their singing and performing talents. Costumes, effort and any other eye-catching devices are encouraged.

The lucky finalists will then perform live on Homai Te Pakipaki from 8.30pm and the weekly winner of $1,000 is chosen by the most text votes received from viewers. The overall winner will earn $10,000 and take over from Jasmine Taare as reigning Homai Te Pakipaki champion.

Photos: Maori Television

Want a $10,000 Home Makeover?

Eyeworks is looking for couples or families who would like two rooms in their home renovated for a brand new primetime show. One member of each family will swap homes with the other family and you will help renovate each other’s home with the assistance of a builder and an interior designer.

Eyeworks will cover the costs of the makeover, to a value of $10,000 plus labour! Each couple must be willing to muck in and do the hard work to design, renovate and redecorate two rooms.

They’re looking for enthusiastic couples with outgoing, extrovert personalities, ready to embark on a home makeover adventure!

To apply you need to complete an application form together with photos of you and your partner, your kids (if you have them!), and your home.


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Builder wanted for TV show!

Eyeworks New Zealand, the producers of My House, My Castle, are looking for an experienced builder for a brand new TV show.

Must have loads of personality and a great Kiwi sense of humour!

If you're interested in applying email Joanne or call 021 190 5161.

You must be eligible to work in NZ to apply for this role.


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Apply Now to be a Naked Newsreader

By now you've probably heard that Alt TV is looking for women prepared to bare all to present the news. The Naked News Flash tagline is 'Full Frontal, Serious News' and their website suggests the show will be a fun place to work, with its tongue in cheek invitation. They're having so much fun lampooning "serious" news that you almost have to wonder if it's a hoax.

If you're prepared to showcase your "assets" to a drooling audience, this could be the opportunity for you.

The CEO of sponsor Marquis Condoms drolly says

“We see this as a great opportunity to promote our brand. And besides that, the programme needs protection and we’ve got it covered.”

Hmmmm.


The four week search for the Naked Newsflash Anchor kicks off tomorrow, March 27, 2008, inviting young women to apply for a live interview if they are able to speak clearly, articulately and confidently, are well-groomed and comfortable baring their breasts.

Alt TV say they are looking for a hot and confident young woman to present their Naked News who is not shy about having her breasts broadcast on national television. They delicately state that your nether regions will not be broadcast.

The successful candidate will win:

• a three month newsreader contract
• grace the cover of Brass magazine
• receive a sponsorship deal with Marquis Condoms
• enjoy a supplementary wage ...
• and the obvious media attention that will come with the job.

Alt TV and Marquis Condoms promise to give one lucky woman the "exposure" needed to become the next star in Alt TV’s counter culture galaxy.

To be considered for a closed studio audition, applicants will need to send a tasteful topless photo along with their name, proof of age (must be over 20), contact details, previous related experience and a short blurb on why they should be the anchor of Naked News Flash. All applications will be kept confidential and processed by a woman. Click here to apply to Naked News Flash.



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Homai Te Pakipaki Auditions

Maori Television’s popular live-to-air karaoke show Homai Te Pakipaki invites wannabe singing stars to audition for a one-off ANZAC Day special to screen on Friday April 25 at 8.00 pm. There are no prizes, but it's your chance to showcase your talent.

As part of the channel’s all-day broadcast – A Tatou Taonga: Anzac Day 2008 – the music show fronted by Te Hamua Nikora will feature songs that hold special ANZAC significance to the performers. Producer Erina Tamepo says the energetic, entertaining and emotional evening will be broadcast live from Maori Television’s Auckland studio and will showcase compositions loved by many as well as lesser known tunes – “all with an ANZAC theme at their core”.

Organisers are eager to involve people from all over the country so there is an open call for audition tapes to be sent to Maori Television. Anyone wanting a chance to contribute to the programme should record themselves performing a song with an ANZAC connection and explain in a few sentences what it means to them before sending it in.

Auditions for the non-competitive show will also be held in:

• Auckland at Maori Television on Sunday April 6 from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm
• Invercargill at Invercargill Working Men’s Club on Sunday April 13 from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm

To submit an audition tape, send a VHS or DVD to: ANZAC Team, Maori Television, PO Box 113 017, Newmarket, Auckland 1149. To register your interest in auditioning in either Auckland or Invercargill, email Maori Television.



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New Zealand’s Got Talent Coming Soon!

Those who have always fancied their fifteen minutes of fame will soon get their chance as Prime Television begins the quest to find New Zealand’s most remarkable performers for everyone’s favourite family talent show – New Zealand’s Got Talent.

New Zealand joins a long list of countries which are part of the most popular amateur talent show on the planet. International series have been made in more than sixteen countries, including Australia, Britain, Sweden, Russia, Israel, Greece, Portugal and China. South Pacific Pictures, New Zealand’s largest film and television producer, will produce the series for Prime Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia Australia.

Prime’s Kathy Wright says New Zealand’s Got Talent will change lives as well as entertain the nation.

“America’s Got Talent has been one of our top shows over the past year and we are thrilled to be making a New Zealand version and looking forward to unveiling the best of our local talent to the whole nation,” she said.

“It’s a fantastic format and best of all there are no limits, so we hope to see a real variety of performers from all walks of life during our nationwide audition process. So if you are keen to show us that you have what it takes, my advice is get practising and we look forward to seeing you at the auditions later in the year!”

Auditions for New Zealand’s Got Talent will be filmed in front of a live theatre audience. Wannabe stars will perform in front of a panel of judges, who could take just seconds to knock them out of the show.

Anyone who believes they have talent will be invited to audition at venues around the country later in the year. Information on auditions and how to be a part of the New Zealand’s Got Talent live audience will be released soon. If you want to get ahead of the queue you can pre-register now.

Wheel of Fortune 'O' for Orsome

Game show, Wheel of Fortune, returns to our screens at 5.30pm every week night from Monday 7th April on TV One.

While the big spinning wheel remains, Wheel of Fortune has also been updated to include text elements that will ensure involvement from viewers at home. Now armchair contestants can buy a vowel from their living room and compete to win fabulous prizes.

If you want your chance to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune and be in to win a share in over $1,000,000 worth of cash plus prizes, click here to complete the application.

Auditions will be held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.


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Free help for Family Feuds with Alia Simpson!!!

Alia Simpson, an expert in relationship breakdowns and solving communication problems is coming to the aid of feuding families in a new TV show.

You and your family will be whisked away for three days to a lovely location where experts will offer practical advice and guidance on resolving the issues pulling your family apart. Alia will work with people caught up in a family disagreement and offer them simple, practical advice.

“Kiwi families are under an increasing amount of pressure with tension and fallouts becoming commonplace. I want to get families talking again and deal with the problems crippling their ability to do this”.

Alia will work with families split by problems like: money issues; sibling rivalry; a will; a family business turned sour; a neglected relationship; difficult in-laws, a family member “coming out”; or a cross cultural love affair.

As well as aiming to resolve the conflict for participating families, Alia hopes to arm viewers with techniques and valuable information that will help them deal with problems in their own families or, where the problem may be more serious, counselling options that are available.

People who think their family could benefit from working with Alia should contact Heather on 0800 778 774 or email Heather at Top Shelf Productions:

Updated 28 January 2008
Top Shelf is still seeking families to be part of 'Family Feuds'.

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Be on Stars in Their Eyes

The New Zealand version of popular singing contest Stars in Their Eyes is coming to TV One!

If you can sing and look a bit like your favourite star, then now is your chance to apply for Stars in Their Eyes. You'll need a video or DVD of your singing and you need to be aged 18+ to appear on this primetime show.

Updated: The producers of Stars in Their Eyes were so impressed by the talent of youngsters keen to be on the show, that they've dropped the age restriction!

Whether you're a complete amateur, keen on Karaoke or a professional singer, the producers of Stars in Their Eyes would love to hear from you.

You'll be given coaching on voice technique, timing, style, choreography and stage presence - everything it takes to become your Star!

Register to be part of the Stars in Their Eyes competition and you could be named best in the land.

Completed applications (and DVD or Video) can be posted to:
Stars In Their Eyes Contestants
Private Bag 93205
Parnell
Auckland 1151

If you have any queries or problems with the application please email Imagination Television

The closing date for applications is 1st February 2008.


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Apply for the second series of Stars in Their Eyes


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Be in a Film... At a Price

At enterprising film maker is auctioning off parts in the low budget feature length family comedy The Big Fat One. Set in Taranaki and produced by Wangawood Productions, the movie is about a jewel thief hiding out in a small country school under threat of closure. Each of the successful bidders will be guaranteed at least one line and a close-up!

To qualify for your moment of stardom, you just have to be able to get yourself to New Plymouth for 1-3 days during the filming period (beginning mid January for a period of 7-10 days), and be the highest bidder! The auctions close Wednesday, 9th January 2008.

The first auction was won by Miranda Lancaster whose role has now been upgraded to a major supporting role.

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