Talent on show
'Pentathlon' - a reality TV show for children from January 2016:
A country-wide inter-school talent competition styled as a reality
show for television viewers is to be launched in Sri Lanka by Sirasa and
Shakthi TV.
Modelled on 'Pentathlon' - a popular reality show overseas - the
competition is expected to involve 2,000 schools in the preliminary
round, from which students from 48 schools are to be chosen to advance
to the subsequent rounds.
The objective of the competition is to search for the most talented
school children based on their presentation skills, intuitive skills,
general knowledge, IQ, team spirit and mathematical skills. Participants
would be aged 13-15 years.
The Pentathlon programme is to be telecast at 6.00 p.m. on Sundays
for 46 weeks on Sirasa TV for Sinhala students and for 36 weeks on
Shakthi TV for Tamil students.
The programme is expected to commence in January 2016.
The 48 schools that will progress from the preliminary round will
consist of 18 from Colombo, eight from Kandy, eight from Galle and 14
representing the rest of the country. As the Official Banking Partner of
Pentathlon, Commercial Bank's support for the programme will be under 'Arunalu'
the Bank's popular children's savings account, which also actively
promotes and rewards academic excellence with cash awards for high
achievers at the Year 5 scholarship examinations.
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