Artista Academy auditions start

MANILA, Philippines - The quest for the winners of over P20M worth of total prizes begins tomorrow, June 19, at 2 p.m. as TV5’s Artista Academy holds its one-time grand auditions at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Showbiz aspirants aged 16 to 22 can now take the first step to the glamorous artista life by bringing a copy of their birth certificates, valid IDs and best glam photos to audition for the biggest and most intensive artista search ever mounted on Philippine television.

The auditions will go all-out in making the one-time event a memorable and fun-filled experience to applicants and participants who will come.

Aimed at giving everyone a taste of what it’s like to be an artista, the event features a Makeover Booth, a Red Carpet Photo Booth wherein pictures will instantly appear as magazine cover photos and uploaded to Artista Academy’s Twitter and Facebook pages, a VTR/Acting Booth with on-site editing where participants act out scenes from teleseryes and commercials, plus lots of freebies and an electronic raffle with special prizes at stake.

There will also be a special on-ground show featuring Martin Escudero, Empoy, Morisette Amon, Shy Carlos, Aki Torio, Joshua Davis (a.k.a. Yoyo Tricker), Melbeline, Daniel Matsunaga, Eula Caballero and Ritz Azul.

The Artista Academy will also grant contestants full scholarships to the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA) where they will undergo the most intensive training with the best professionals in the industry.