Zeal Rolls Out Singing Bee Format

LONDON, September 4: Zeal Entertainment has announced a list
of international buyers that have commissioned local versions of the U.S. NBC
hit Singing Bee, including Nine Network
Australia and Antena 3 in Spain.

Nine Network is creating 8 30-minute episodes to air this
fall. Antena 3 is also gearing up for a fall launch, as is Alpha TV in Greece
with 30 half-hour episodes. VTM in Belgium has commissioned 8 one-hour
episodes; Screen 1 in Iceland has begun production on 8 one-hour episodes to
debut in early 2008; Brazil’s SBT picked up 52×30-minute episodes; and Turkey’s
Show TV, Caracol in Colombia and TV3 in Sweden have all commissioned the series
but further details have not been disclosed.

Further negotiations for the series are ongoing in New
Zealand, Italy, France, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Argentina, Chile, Mexico,
Russia, Israel and Holland, where the show is under option.