KIDZ BOP CASTING
Do YOU or a KID that has a great voice and star quality? KIDZ BOP, the #1 kids' music brand in America, is looking for the next KIDZ Star! Enter the KIDZ Star USA Talent Search-the premier national talent completion for kids and teens 15 and under-at KIDZBOP.com for your chance to win a recording contract from the RCA / JIVE Label Group and a starring role in a KIDZ BOP TV commercial & music video. The top KIDZ Star USA contestants will be featured in a web series produced by Endemol. Enter now through August 15 by uploading a :90 second performance video to KIDZBOP.com. Good luck!
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KIDZ BOP KICKS OFF SECOND ANNUAL KIDZ STAR USA TALENT SEARCH FOR KIDS 15 AND UNDER ON KIDZBOP.COM
KIDZ STAR USA 2011 WINNER TO RECEIVE A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH RCA/JIVE LABEL GROUP, and MORE!
ENDEMOL PRODUCING WEB SERIES FOR THE ONLINE TALENT CONTEST
NEW YORK, NY (June 23, 2011) - KIDZ BOP, the #1 kids' music brand in the U.S., today announced the launch of its second annual KIDZ Star USA Talent Search, the premier national talent competition for kids and teens ages 15 and under. The online talent search is hosted on KIDZ BOP's leading safe social networking and video sharing website, KIDZBOP.com, and gives aspiring young singers a shot at fame, right from home. Now until August 15th, kids can upload a :90 second performance video to KIDZBOP.com to compete for a chance to win a recording contract with the RCA/JIVE Label Group, a starring role in the next KIDZ BOP TV commercial and music video, and much more. Endemol, the largest independent television and digital production company in the world, is producing a series of webisodes following the musical journey of the top KIDZ Star USA contestants. A panel of celebrity judges, who will be announced shortly, will mentor the contestants and help select the winners. Fans will also have the opportunity to vote online for their favorites to help determine the semi-finalists and Grand Prize Winner.
Fans can follow the contestants' audition videos and progress online at KIDZBOP.com and watch weekly KIDZ Star USA clips and webisodes, including contestant highlights, audition tips and celebrity judge comments. The top four KIDZ Star USA finalists will be announced in September and will then be flown to New York City where they'll receive the red carpet treatment, including a superstar makeover and mentoring from the celebrity judges. The final fan voting period runs this September and helps determine the winner of the recording contract. A special finale web event featuring the four finalists and celebrity judges will be broadcast online this October. In 2010, more than 35,000 kids entered and over a half a million people voted in the inaugural KIDZ Star USA Talent Search competition.
KIDZ BOP Co-Founders, Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, said, "KIDZ Star USA gives talented young singers from across the country a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete for recording contract from a major label and build a fan base with millions of kids on KIDZBOP.com. We're excited to partner with RCA/JIVE and Endemol, two of the best companies in the music and entertainment business, to expand this popular talent competition as we search for America's next KIDZ Star."
Tom Corson, EVP/GM, RCA Music Group, adds, "We are thrilled to work with KIDZ BOP and Razor & Tie, true leaders in the kids' music arena. RCA/JIVE and KIDZ Star are ideal partners for nurturing new musical artists discovered through this talent search that directly engages young music fans."
David
Armour, VP of Digital Programming for Endemol USA, commented,
"KIDZ Star will be an amazingly interactive and engaging video series and
community which will create a co-viewing experience for kids and their parents,
and we are extremely excited to find the next great KIDZ Star.
This project further solidifies our position as a leader in
interactive transmedia programming and development." KIDZBOP.com is the leading safe social network and video sharing site for kids and tweens with one million registered members. The website provides a completely safe and moderated environment where kids can express themselves-as themselves-through unique online applications and proprietary functionality. The site's popular "My Channel" feature lets members safely communicate with friends via our Safe Text Messaging System, which averages more than one million status updates per month. Kids can also safely produce their own Web shows, create and run their own "Super Contests," upload videos and photos, and make music. To date, KIDZ BOP's team of expert moderators have screened more than 23,000 hours of video content and nearly half a million photos before they were uploaded to KIDZBOP.com.
About KIDZ BOP LLC KIDZ BOP is the #1 music brand for kids ages 5-12 in the U.S., featuring today's most popular songs, sung by kids for kids. KIDZ BOP celebrates the authentic voice of kids across the entire brand-through music, videos, live appearances, licensed merchandise and its popular social networking and content sharing website, KIDZBOP.com. In 2011, the brand is celebrating its 10th anniversary. KIDZ BOP CD titles have earned one Platinum® and nine Gold® certifications since their debut in 2001. KIDZ BOP's most recent release, KIDZ BOP 19 debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart where it spent three consecutive weeks in the Top 10. KIDZ BOP LLC is a division of New York-based independent entertainment company Razor & Tie Entertainment, a vertically-integrated company that encompasses a music company with major label distribution, a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a direct marketing operation and a growing database of entertainment consumers.
About RCA/JIVE Label Group RCA/JIVE Label Group comprises RCA Music Group (J Records, Arista Records, RCA Records, Polo Grounds) and JIVE Label Group (Jive Records, LaFace Records, Volcano Entertainment, Hitz Committee Entertainment, Battery Records, Verity Gospel Music Group). RCA/JIVE Label Group consists of a diverse roster of internationally renowned artists including Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, OutKast, Kings of Leon, Leona Lewis, Chris Brown, Kelly Clarkson, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Dave Matthews Band, Jamie Foxx, Buddy Guy, Daughtry, Foo Fighters, Three Days Grace, Whitney Houston, Tool, Ciara, Sarah McLachlan, Kirk Franklin, Avril Lavigne, Jennifer Hudson, Donnie McClurkin, and many more. RCA/JIVE is a label group of Sony Music Entertainment.
About Endemol Endemol USA is a leading producer of television and digital programming specializing in unscripted and scripted genres. The company produces the hit TV shows "Wipeout," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Jerseylicious," and "Big Brother," and digital hits, "Married on MySpace," "MLB Fan Cave" and "Vidas Cruzadas." Endemol USA is a division of the Endemol Group, a leading international content developer, producer and distributor of television and online programming. The company, headquartered in the Netherlands and the UK, has subsidiaries and joint ventures in 26 countries, including the major European markets, the U.S., South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Endemol is owned by a consortium consisting of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Mediaset Group and Cyrte Group. For more information, please visit Endemol is a privately held company
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