Sunsilk Academy Fantasia, Singing Reality Show Audition 19 & 20 May

14 May 2012, Singapore – Head down to Square 2 on 19 and 20 May 2012 to audition for Singapore’s first Singing Contest Reality Show – Sunsilk Academy Fantasia. To qualify you have to be between the ages of 16 and 30. 14 finalists will be selected to enter the finals.

The 14 finalists will be housed in a specially built academy monitored by close circuit cameras. They will undergo intensive training in singing, dancing and acting lessons by well-known personalities. The 10-week competition will also see contestants competing at weekly concerts every Saturday hosted by Singapore born and educated host Joe Tsoi held at Dragonfly Bar in St. James Power Station. Contestants with the lowest votes each week will be eliminated with 30% of the votes from a panel of judges and 70% through SMS voting.

The eventual winner of the Sunsilk Academy Fantasia will get a two-year singing contract and a recording album with local record label Ocean Butterflies Music. Ocean Butterflies Music will groom the winner.

The reality show will be hosted by one of the 2005 Super-Host competition Louis Wu and popular host discovered from season one of One Million Star, Ophelia Su Bei Ru.

Academy Fantasia first started out in Mexico 10 years ago in Mexico generating more than 10 million votes in its first season. This show format was also taken on in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, India and China.

StarHub has partnered local production house Refinery Media, who is also the creator and producer of SUPERMODELME, to produce this reality singing competition show.

E City (StarHub TV Channel 111/825) will screen daily recaps while the weekly concerts will be aired on E City, Academy Fantasia Channel, StarHub TV on Mobile and online. Visit www.sunsilkacademyfantasia.com for exclusive behind-the-scene footages and contestants’ blogs.

Follow @AcademySG on twitter for the latest gossips and remember to hashtag #AFSG. There will also be a Weibo account and a Sunsilk Academy Fantasia app developed by StarHub.

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Check out videos of some of the contestants from the audition.

Click here to find out who are the 14 contestants.

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