Get Your Act Together For AXN's Asia's Got Talent Season 2

Hi Huneybees,

(This could be you! – Asia’s Got Talent Season 1 finalists)

Hey ASIA! Always had a talent in singing, performance, dance, etc? Wana show off those talents of yours and be Asia's Next Superstar? Well, be ready for online auditions for AXN's Asia's Got Talent Season 2 starts on April 10!

Remember the winning act last season by Filipino shadow dance group, El Gamma Penumbra? They had all of Asia tuning into that programme, it was the talk of the town and they even walked away with a cash prize of USD100,000!

So, if you think you have the talents, be sure to visit www.AXN-Asia.com/AsiasGotTalent to submit an application and audition video, which should include a short introduction of the act, and the actual performance. The videos should be under two minutes’ in duration. 

In addition to the online auditions, AXN will also hold a series of open auditions in major cities across the region next month. Cities, dates and venues will be announced in the coming weeks via AXN’s TV channel, social platforms (@AXNAsia) and website.

"Asia’s Got Talent is the world’s biggest talent competition and we encourage people of any age and with any dream to come forward and take the spotlight. Following the outstanding success of season one on AXN, and the awe-inspiring talent that emerged from 15 countries, Asia’s Got Talent has established its place as the region’s most powerful platform to launch aspiring stars.

For season two, AXN is looking for a variety of acts that span everything from thrilling, surprising and breathtaking to funny and quirky…and sometimes bizarre. Asia’s Got Talent is captivating entertainment at its best and there’s no better place than Asia to discover to the next generation of superstars." --- Virginia Lim, Senior Vice President and Head of Content, Production and Marketing, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia.

New Ratings Records in Asia

Season one of Asia’s Got Talent set new ratings records for the English general entertainment (GE) genre during its run, taking AXN to the number one spot in its timeslot among all regional pay-TV channels collectively across Southeast Asia and Taiwan.²

In Malaysia, Asia’s Got Talent was the highest rated entertainment series on English language channels on Astro in the past two years. In the Philippines, the Grand Final Results episode of Asia’s Got Talent was the highest rated pay-TV program in the country since 2008, and commanded a 96 percent share among 22 English GE channels. ³

2. Source: Kantar Malaysia Astro DTAM, Kantar Media Singapore, Kantar Media Philippines all urban panel, 12th March to 14th May 2015, Thursdays, 8pm to 10pm, target: pay TV 4+

3. Source: Kantar Malaysia Astro DTAM, 2015-2016. Kantar Media Philippines all urban panel, 14th May 2015, target: pay TV 4+

Got Talent Globally

The Got Talent franchise was created by Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and is co-produced and owned by Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia. It is entered in the Guinness World Records as the Most Successful Reality Television Format in history with 70 local versions produced across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle-East, Africa and the Americas. Around the world, the Got Talent format airs in a total of 186 countries.

AXN: A leader in original productions

AXN is a leader of regionally produced original content in Asia, with notable ratings successes including five seasons of the international Emmy-nominated The Amazing Race Asia; the Asian Television Award-winning Cash Cab Asia and Cash Cab Philippines; The Apprentice Asia; Cyril: Rio Magic; Cyril’s Family Vacation: Hawaii Edition; and the Asian Television Award-nominated Cyril: Simply Magic.

So, be sure to get your act together and stay tuned to www.SonyPicturesTelevision.com for more information. Have fun and hope to see you on TV soon! =)

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Find Out What Has Been Bothering Zoe Tay Before Star Awards 2016

Hi Huneybees,

Weeks before MediaCorp Star Awards (红星大奖) 2016 , Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉) shared a problem that has been bothering her, with media and guests at an event organized by ACUVUE®.

The Queen of Caldecott Hill, Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉) recently discovered that she has Presbyopia (long sightedness; 老花眼) and was initially concerned about her condition until she learned that it was part of her graceful ageing process and thankfully not a disease.

On April 13^th,  unveiled as the ACUVUE® brand ambassador for  1-DAY ACUVUE® MOIST® Brand MULTIFOCAL range, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of contact lenses, Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉)   shared her uplifting message of living sharper than ever as individuals approach the prime of their lives – their 40s. 

Initially was too embarrassed to ask for bigger font on acting scripts, Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉) has had to managed the stress of Presbyopia (老花眼) secretly while juggling between work and her family. She shared an incident where she felt bad having to take a long time to read the menu at a dimly lighted restaurant and ignored her children in the progress. 
 
Fortunately through her Optometrist (验光师), Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉) found her savior in was 1-DAY ACUVUE® MOIST® Brand MULTIFOCAL and no longer has to struggle to read.

 
Prior to meeting Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉), media and guests were first brought through an experiential journey beginning with Zone 1 that highlighted the key milestones individuals in their 40s could embrace unhampered by aging issues, before moving to Zone 2 which brought them up close with what their world could like with Presbyopia.

The session finally took a deep dive into the science behind Presbyopia and the ACUVUE® range of multifocal contact lenses with Sabrina Hsieh, Head of Marketing for ACUVUE®,  Shirley Loh, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Associate Director of Professional Affairs and Oh Shwu Ji, Store Manager & Optometrist of Specialist Eye Care Centre. 

Let's wish Zoe Tay (鄭惠玉) success in her Star Awards 2016 Best Actress nomination tonight.

 

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