Yahoo! has announced 'Yahoo! Talent Show', an eight-week online video contest to discover talent on the Internet. Yahoo! has invited submissions in categories such as filmmaking, animation, stand-up comedy, pet comedy and performance art.
The contest is open to legal US residents, 18 and older.
Users can send in their submissions by uploading video clips of themselves demonstrating their best talents at talentshow.yahoo.com.
David Katz, Head of Yahoo! Studios, said: "With the launch of this new contest, Yahoo! demonstrates our commitment to continue offering the most original, high-quality video content for our users,
The internet is such fertile ground to discover fresh talent and unique personalities, and we are excited to give our users a chance to win their own show on Yahoo!". [source]
Yahoo! will select the five finalists, who will compete in a series of creative video challenges - which will be showcased in front of the panel of judges in New York City.
Yahoo! has announced the cash prize of $50,000 for the contest winner. Yahoo! will broadcast the winning talent's video on December 14, 2006.
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