Uganda gets TV reality show
Jul 13, 2004
We did not have Big Brother, Pop Idols or Project Fame; but from Thursday, Uganda will have its first TV reality show when the 2004 Miss Uganda contestants go into residential training at the Kabira Country Club.
By Kalungi Kabuye
We did not have Big Brother, Pop Idols or Project Fame; but from Thursday, Uganda will have its first TV reality show when the 2004 Miss Uganda contestants go into residential training at the Kabira Country Club.
The 22 girls, finalists after a three-month search across the country, will spend the next 24 days in Kabira.
According to Miss Uganda PRO Jessica Kyeyune, TV cameras will follow the girls around as they go through their training, and summaries will be broadcast everyday on a special show on WBS at 8:00 pm, and will last for 30 minutes.
“Not only do we want to create interest in the Miss Uganda pageant, but we want viewers to grow to learn the girls, and have an insight in the kind of training they will undergo,†Kyeyune said.
“It will also help when people are voting by SMS for their favourite contestant, to know what they are like which will help in choosing which one to vote for.â€
Hosted by former Showtime host and now Capital Radio presenter, Karitas Karisimbi, the daily summaries will take viewers through a day in the girl’s training, as they learn how to conduct themselves, are taught how to speak properly, and the physical training regimen that ensures they are fit and ready for the demands of being beauty queens.
The SMS competition also starts this week and picture of all the girls will be published so the public can start voting for their chosen favourite contestant. In previous years, the finalists have undergone their training at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo, owned by Sudhir Ruparellia, a sponsor of the Miss Uganda pageant since 2001. The Kabira Country Club also belongs to Ruparellia.
Meanwhile, the girls will undergo an aptitude test the first day they enter Kabira. Kyeyune said this was not an IQ test, but will reveal the intelligence, personality and the drive to succeed.
This will be used as the measure to award the five-million-shillings Club Bursary, to pay for the education of the winner at any institution in Uganda.
“That bursary should be able to pay for the average university education in Uganda,†she said. “But it must be used in Uganda, and not abroad.â€
Kyeyune said the results of the aptitude tests will not be revealed to the press, but the girls will get their results.
We did not have Big Brother, Pop Idols or Project Fame; but from Thursday, Uganda will have its first TV reality show when the 2004 Miss Uganda contestants go into residential training at the Kabira Country Club.
The 22 girls, finalists after a three-month search across the country, will spend the next 24 days in Kabira.
According to Miss Uganda PRO Jessica Kyeyune, TV cameras will follow the girls around as they go through their training, and summaries will be broadcast everyday on a special show on WBS at 8:00 pm, and will last for 30 minutes.
“Not only do we want to create interest in the Miss Uganda pageant, but we want viewers to grow to learn the girls, and have an insight in the kind of training they will undergo,†Kyeyune said.
“It will also help when people are voting by SMS for their favourite contestant, to know what they are like which will help in choosing which one to vote for.â€
Hosted by former Showtime host and now Capital Radio presenter, Karitas Karisimbi, the daily summaries will take viewers through a day in the girl’s training, as they learn how to conduct themselves, are taught how to speak properly, and the physical training regimen that ensures they are fit and ready for the demands of being beauty queens.
The SMS competition also starts this week and picture of all the girls will be published so the public can start voting for their chosen favourite contestant. In previous years, the finalists have undergone their training at the Speke Resort, Munyonyo, owned by Sudhir Ruparellia, a sponsor of the Miss Uganda pageant since 2001. The Kabira Country Club also belongs to Ruparellia.
Meanwhile, the girls will undergo an aptitude test the first day they enter Kabira. Kyeyune said this was not an IQ test, but will reveal the intelligence, personality and the drive to succeed.
This will be used as the measure to award the five-million-shillings Club Bursary, to pay for the education of the winner at any institution in Uganda.
“That bursary should be able to pay for the average university education in Uganda,†she said. “But it must be used in Uganda, and not abroad.â€
Kyeyune said the results of the aptitude tests will not be revealed to the press, but the girls will get their results.