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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

YTV searches for Canada’s next young superstar in the new summer series, The Next Star

From a media release:

  • Nationwide auditions for singers begin this May in Halifax
  • Auditions open to all Canadians aged 15 and under
  • Winner takes home a recording contract
  • The Next Star website goes live today at www.YTV.com

Do you know a kid who has star power? Corus Entertainment’s YTV and Tricon Films & Television are pleased to announce a cross-country six-city casting call for talented singers for the new YTV original series, The Next Star scheduled to launch Friday, July 18 at 6 p.m.

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CTV Announces the Final Three Judges for So You Think You Can Dance Canada

From a media release:

  • Melissa Williams and Sean Cheesman to serve as special guest judges and choreographers
  • So You Think You Can Dance judge and choreographer Dan Karaty joins the audition tour in Halifax as special guest judge
  • CTV announces venue change in Halifax and date change in Toronto

CTV announced today the additional So You Think You Can Dance Canada judges set to spark dance fever across the country. Making their debut at the Halifax auditions on Monday, May 5 is star choreographer Melissa Williams from Windsor, ON, who has worked with such artists as Prince and Bryan Adams, and special guest judge Dan Karaty from the hit U.S. series So You Think You Can Dance. Calgary native Sean Cheesman, the current host and lead judge of the U.K. dance competition Dirty Dancing: Time of Your Life, will make his debut as a special guest judge in Calgary on Monday, May 12.

Williams, Cheesman and Karaty join the seven previously announced So You Think You Can Dance Canada judges, including permanent judges Tré Armstrong and Jean Marc Genereux; alternating third judges Luther Brown and Blake McGrath, who is also the audition tour choreographer; and special guest judges Rex Harrington, Paul Becker and Mary Murphy. The cast is completed by series host Leah Miller.

“From Prince to Tina Turner, Melissa, Sean and Dan have worked with some of the world’s most electrifying artists,” said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative and Channels, CTV Inc. “Canada’s dance talent will surely benefit from having these mentors participate in the series.”

For a complete list of bios for all the So You Think You Can Dance Canada judges, please visit dance.ctv.ca.

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X-Weighted nominated for Banff Rockie Award

From a media release:

xweightedX-Weighted joined an elite group of 100 international television programs nominated for a Banff World Television Rockie Award last Thursday. The series, which runs on Slice, features 13 one-hour documentaries chronicling the lives of ordinary people waging a war on fat. Over a period of six months participant push their minds and bodies to new limits in the pursuit of physical and emotional health.

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In the news: Eric Peterson of Corner Gas

From Stephanie Classen of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix:

  • Province shares ownership of Corner Gas: Peterson
    “Eric Peterson will hang up his ball cap as Corner Gas’ lovable curmudgeon Oscar at the end of next season, but the Saskatchewan-born actor is still moved by the show’s success. ‘I’m so thankful and grateful for being able to be Oscar Leroy on Corner Gas,’ he said Sunday in Saskatoon. ‘To think that you get paid to be a cranky, old fart and go around calling everybody a jackass, that’s a great job.'” Read more.
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