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The fifth episode of the studio round of 'Closeup Dream Job - Harsha
Ki Khoj goes on air on Thursday 3 February at 8:30 pm on ESPN.
Targeted at the sports fanatic who has it in him to follow his or
her passion to become an on-air presenter just like Harsha Bhogle,
the talent search offers the most enviable prize - a one-year contract
with ESPN as a presenter.
The four contestants for this week studio round are Nishant Majithia,
Manish Batavia, Mayank Hajela and Sanjeev Desai. Nishant auditioned
in Lucknow and made it as a city finalist. The second contestant
Manish Batavia is a city finalist in the Mumbai auditions. Manish
is an advertising trainee with O&M. Manish has very good sense
of humour and presence of mind. The third contestant Mayank Hajela
is an engineering graduate is a finalist from Bangalore. The final
contestant Sanjeev Desai is a wildcard entry from the phone-in auditions
conducted during India - Bangladesh series.Desai is the director
of the Accord Group, India.
In this quarter-finals studio round the contestants have to go through
three basic rounds, 'My Sportscenter', 'Interview' round and 'Jury
Interview' conducted by Perizaad Zorabian, Wasim Akram and Ray Hume,
Director of Cricket and Indian Production, ESPN STAR Sports.
There will be six quarterfinals and three semi finals. A winner
each from the six quarterfinals advances to the semi final. In addition,
another six contestants from the quarterfinals will advance to the
semi finals through viewer voting. The first two semifinals will
see the 6 winners of the quarterfinals compete for a place in the
final (3 in each semifinal). The third semifinal will have the 6
viewer voting winners competing for the third place in the final.
Three contestants, therefore, will move on to the final to compete
to be the next Harsha. The all-important final will be aired live
and exclusive on ESPN on 10 March.
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