I thought I'd share just a short story about this television show here called Bongo Starsearch. I saw part of it last week and it was really quite funny. The show is Tanzania's version of American Idol. The similarities are crazy...the format is the same with the judges traveling city to city looking for talent to come to the capital and compete against eachother. Even the judges themselves resemble the three judges from the American show. Two men, one woman, and they all have the same personalities as Randy, Paula, and Simon. The episode I saw was interesting because they were holding auditions here in Mwanza. There seemed to be a rather long line of people hoping to get a chance at trying out.
However, looking into it further, I asked some of my co-workers about the show and many of them said they didn't care for it. I guess the manner in which the judges behave towards the contestants is considered too impolite for most Tanzanians. They don't like seeing people be put-down by judges like that, and therefore the show isn't as popular as some might think.
And no, I didn't try out for the competition :)
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Ben, I'm enjoying the good info on your adventure there. What an experience! Food sounds interesting--glad they have Amer. food for a change. Your work sounds challenging and I am sure you will make a difference. Keep the news coming. lg
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are relaxing! Have fun eating chinese food next week!
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