BEING A PRESS TEXT OF THE MINGLE WEEKLY REALITY TV SHOW PRESS CONFERENCE READ BY BODE ONADEKO, THE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR TODAY MON 14TH OF JUNE, 2010 AT THE PLACE, GRA, IKEJA, LAGOS.
I welcome you all to this very important Press Conference where we shall
collectively unveil this unique concept and make history with this All-round
encompassing weekly TV Reality show.
BACKGROUND
In recent times, TV programmes and projects tailored at entertainment has been most successful and profitable especially to the seasoned hands in the industry that are very familiar with the business perspective and technical know-how as required in this unique field of practice. Suffice to say that our Entertainment Industry is gradually becoming a multi-million naira if not dollars industry, why then are we not maximising the opportunities embedded?
Over the years and precisely outside the shores of this country, life style and reality TV shows has played a major role in keeping viewers to the TV screen, providing major content for leading Cable Televisions Channels and even Terrestrial TV Channels. Examples abound in shows and programmes like Monique Show on BET, The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, Dr. 90210, Extreme Hollywood,Sexiest, Keeping up with the Kardashians on E!, Snoop Dog Fatherhood, Pimp my Ride, Puff Daddy Making of the Band and My Super Sweet Sixteen, 16 and Pregnant, My Cribs on MTV, Naked Wild On, Taking the Stage, Pretty Wild and Kendra on E!, Goal Diggerz on Channel O and so many more.
To further lay good credence to the production of this show D�Gong studios has formed alliance Multi-Vantage Media and Stingomania entertainment limited to produce this unique and innovative show having been involved in
strategic planning, creative solutions and project execution of most successful entertainment programmes over the years which puts us at a vantage position of conceptualizing the best reality TV show that is soon to hit the screen of Nigerian Viewers. We call it MINGLE.
Fully acknowledging the fact that Nigerian viewers have gotten so sophisticated and well informed on quality production so much that they seldom find indigenous production not interesting, the need to produce a TV programme with great appeal and top quality entertainment has become imperative.
The introduction of Mingle is not only apt but equally strategic in the present situation of the Nigeria entertainment industry, as we strive to move up to the next level.
WHAT IS THEN MINGLE WEEKLY TV REALITY SHOW?
MINGLE reality TV show is unique show such that it avails ordinary members of the society the opportunity to date a top TV celebrity for an evening in a most glamorous date setting. The whole process will be recorded and edited to fit into 30mins TV time to be transmitted on top TV station across the federation.
It is a spectacular weekly reality TV show that provides a platform for young adults to meet and relate with their favorite Star (TV celebrity) in a most glamorous date for the evening. This will surely generate an overwhelming situation with lots of excitement, intrigues, suspense and dramatic reality for participants and viewers.
Mingle is a highly content-rich reality TV show that avails individual members of the general public the opportunity to date their favorite TV celebrity for a day. We are poised to bring the best and the biggest of
celebrities to fans out there and to our viewers back home.
KEY OBJETIVES
To further bridge the gap between TV personalities and their fans
To uniquely bring to celebrities fans message of hope, inspiration,
motivation using the entertainment vehicle
To provide quality entertainment for viewers
To emerge a top of the range TV production that will consequently elevate the standards of Nigerian TV programming
Making a statement of professional brand ubiquity To outstandingly build equity for sponsor brand
To create a an effective platform for brands to reach out to their target market
To further establish sponsor brand presence amongst target audience and their superiority over brand contemporaries
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The show has a customized payment deposit slip with First Bank and GTB, so interested participants should pay the sum of N500.00 weekly to be part of this ample opportunity
to meet with the celebrities of their choice.
Get more details on the website; www.mingleshow.tv.
Short-codes will be made available to the general public where interested participants can enter to be a part of the show.
Weekly, participants will be chosen at random and lucky winners will stand the chance to gratify their Greatest fantasy of having a spectacular date with their most fantasized star.
The contents of this show shall hereby be dynamic, i.e, weekly contents will be creatively different with incredible date settings to prevent content stagnancy.
Fundamentally, weekly winners will be taken for a complete make-over treat. The first half of the show will see the winner being totally re-packaged, making him/her into an extremely gorgeous and glamorous date befitting
enough to date a STAR.
THE PARTNERS
These are some of the Partners whose contributions on this project are of immense value Stingomania360 Entertainment, Sola Creative Studio(Photography), Priscilias Pride (Make-Up), Soggy Couture (Boutique), Akin Akindeles Desk, Pxlart Web Solution, Total Recall Media Ltd etc
We crave for the unalloyed support of the media to make this noble project work, so that we can collectively take the entertainment industry to the next level.
Once again, we thank you for your support.
THIS OCHU'S SPEECH
SPEECH DELIVERED BY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MINGLE WEEKLY REALITY TV SHOW
The Gentlemen of the press
Partners
Friends and well wishers,
My Name is Ochu Okoronkwo, the Executive Producer of this show.
It is time we come together to fathom a change in this all lucrative industry, we must as a matter of urgent form alliances that will drive the change that is long overdue and much needed revolution in the Nigerian
entertainment industry. Tuning to our TV stations i see the same thing going on and on with little or no effect. Nothing glues my eyes to watch them.
However, when I saw this brilliant idea Mingle with Celebrities I began to see future. It struck my mind that the much needed revolution in this industry has finally started.
Mingle is a spectacular reality TV show. It is unique and innovative. As I foresaw a well packaged and creatively certified production I bet my heart to give it what it takes to become a household name in this continent, a
talk of many nations so as to make a global reference.
I can assure you with this show that is packaged to bridge the gap between aspiration and success Nigerians shall remained glued to their TV sets as the hot and sizzling moments of this master piece is transmitted at
primetimes on selected TV platforms.
On this note, I welcome stake holders, corporate organisations, captains of industries and the entire populace to come partake in this fresh, creative and innovative show that is set to shake the Nigerian entertainment
industry to its foundation.
