‘World’s First Reality TV Pitch Contest’
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 16, 2004–Reality TV Celebrities Kick-off Contest at L.A. Gala, Saturday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.; Worldwide Kick-off Launches via eBay — March 27 at 10 p.m. PST
WHAT: Have you ever had a winning idea for a hit reality TV
show? Ever wished for just a few minutes in front of a
Hollywood exec? Well now’s your chance to get that
face-to-face meeting with top reality show producers.
Welcome to the “World’s First Reality TV Pitch Contest.”
For the first time in television history, wanna-be
producers from around the world will have the opportunity
to participate in a live fundraising auction via eBay.
Forty-eight, ten minute exclusive face-to-face meetings
with leading L.A. studio execs and reality TV show
decision-makers will be up for bid on eBay. The contest
launch will coincide with P.S. I Love You Foundation’s 4th
Annual Celebrity Red, Black & White Casino Night and
Fundraiser Gala, a major L.A. event featuring dozens of
reality celebrities from For Love or Money, The
Apprentice, Survivor, Real World, The Bachelor, House of
Dreams and others who will be mingling and manning casino
tables.
WHO: P.S. I Love You, a non-profit organization that reaches
out to at-risk children and their families, created the
Reality TV Pitch Contest. 3 Ball Productions, one of the
hottest Reality TV production companies in the nation and
the producers of hit reality shows such as For Love or
Money, has agreed to partner and donate their time to the
Pitch Contest. All proceeds generated from the auction go
toward P.S. I Love You Foundation’s programs. You can
learn more about P.S. I Love You by logging on to
www.psiloveyoufoundation.org.
WHEN: Reality TV Celebrity Gala — Saturday, March 27 at 7:30
p.m.: the “World’s First Reality TV Pitch Contest”
kicks off at P.S. I Love You Foundation’s 4th Annual
Celebrity Red, Black & White Casino Night at the Manhattan
Beach Country Club. Event ticket holders will have the
opportunity to bid on the first two Reality TV Pitch
face-to-face meetings at a live auction and raffle that
evening.
Worldwide Launch — Saturday, March 27 at 10 p.m. PST: the
contest will be launched worldwide the same evening as the
event at 10 p.m. sharp via www.ebay.com/psiloveyou.
The fundraising reality TV pitch auction will take place
from March 27-April 5 on eBay in three phases with
sixteen face-to-face pitches available in each phase:
1st auction — March 27-30 at 10 p.m. PST
2nd auction — March 30-April 2 at 10 p.m. PST
3rd auction — April 2-5 at 10 p.m. PST
DETAILS: Auction winners will be invited to L.A. in May to pitch
their Reality TV Pitch show idea to 3 Ball Productions. 3
Ball execs pick one finalist who will then be invited to
wow a major Hollywood television network studio and
convince them to turn their idea into America’s next new
reality series.
WHERE: Manhattan Beach Country Club — 1300 Parkview Avenue,
Manhattan Beach
Ebay — www.ebay.com/psiloveyou