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Talent Search ContinuesCosta del Sol International TalentContestReality Star - Marbella 2013 Culminateswith Semi-final and Finals14th December & 25th January atPuerto Banus Grand CinemaRS Productions and Recording StudioAvalon London have been searching forthe best musical talent from the Costa delSol and beyond as part of the second edi-tion of talent contest Reality Star.Founder and Organizer Natalie Stuart-Foxand Producers Roger and Adam Cookhave held many auditions and viewed hun-dreds of video submissions and with theirexperienced panel of judges they haveselected their favourite 20 contestants toperform live at their semi-finals on 14thDecember at the Puerto Banus GrandCinema, with the very best reaching thefinals in January.This will be a fantastic show, showcasingthe best new talent in a stunning environ-ment, and it’s a great winter evening out forall the family.Tickets are on sale for 20 euros fromwww.reality-star.com.Supported by Marbella Town Hall andsponsored by Sotogrande InternationalSchool, Reality Star 2013/14 is finding thebest talent and supporting them to succeed

in this tough industry. Last year’s finalists have already recordedsongs, videos and performed at huge events such as the StarliteFestival. This year they are partnering with the UK’s No 1 OnlineInternational music contest FameStage.com and winners willperform at the FameStage UK Finals in London to give partici-pants even more exposure and improve their chances of suc-cess.Famous judges from the music industry will put the performersthrough their paces including; Music Industry heavyweight RogerCook, Talk Radio Europe Presenter Allan Bowley, Rus Radio’sRobert Wibberly, formerly from Rank Entertainment UK, andsinging star Stephen Lloyd Morgan.For more information and to order tickets visit www.reality-star.com or email info@reality-star.com

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RS Productions and Recording Studio Avalon London have been searching for the best musical talent from the Costa del Sol and beyond as part of the second edition of talent contest Reality Star. Founder and Organizer Natalie Stuart-Fox and Producers Roger and Adam Cook have held many au-ditions and viewed hundreds of video submissions and with their experienced panel of judges they have selected their favourite 20 contestants to per-form live at their semi-finals on 14th December at the Puerto Banus Grand Cinema, with the very best reaching the finals in January. This will be a fan-tastic show, showcasing the best new talent in a stunning environment, and it’s a great winter evening out for all the family. Tickets can be ordered from reality-star.com and the first 100 are on sale for 20€ for two.

You might think after a bustling week-end La Sala would slow down on Sundays, think again. This month La Sala introduces Sala Sundays with live entertainment throughout the after-noon and evening, traditional Sunday lunch, Champagne offers and kids entertainers.

The afternoon live music session from 3-6pm is the perfect accompaniment to La Sala’s ‘not-to-miss’ Sunday roast. Each week chef Darren designs an enticing three course set menu for just 24.95€ (excl. VAT) with choices includ-ing Steamed Asparagus with Poached Egg and Hollandaise or Deep Fried Brie with Cranberry Sauce to start. Roasted Gammon with Colcannon, Buttered Cabbage and White Onion Sauce or Roast Rib of Beef or Pork and Crackling served with Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Seasonal Vegetables and Gravy are some of the inviting main

Supported by Marbella Town Hall, leading media company RusRadio and sponsored by So-togrande Interna-tional School, Re-ality Star 2013/14 is finding the best talent and sup-porting them to succeed in this tough industry. Last year’s final-ists have already recorded songs, videos and per-formed at huge events such as RusRa-dio’s Made in the USSR concert at the Starlite Festival, Marbella Russian Film Festival and Marbella’s Art Festival. This year they are partnering with the UK’s No 1 Online International music con-test FameStage.com and winners will perform at the FameStage UK Finals in London to give participants even more exposure and improve their chances of success.

Famous judges from the music industry will put the performers through their paces including; Music Industry heavy-weight Roger Cook, Talk Radio Europe Presenter Allan Bowley, RusRadio’s Robert Wibberly, formerly from Rank Entertainment UK, and singing star Ste-phen Lloyd Morgan.

For more information and to ordertickets visit reality-star.com oremail info@reality-star.com

courses available. If you still have room, finish off your gourmet feast with Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding served with Custard, Banoffee Crumble or Chocolate Praline Fondant. How could you resist!

Over a third of Brits have voted the Sunday roast their favourite dish, “I think it’s fantastic that this tradition is still so popular,” shared chef, Darren, “it’s a little touch of home here on the coast.”

If you choose to select the three-course menu (and how could you not!) you can take advantage of the fantastic value offer on Heidsieck Champagne, purchase one bottle and receive a second one compli-mentary! If that’s not enough La Sala also provides a children’s entertainer in the second dining room, adjacent to the restaurant, to keep the little ones

entertained and kids can enjoy a deli-cious roast dinner for only 7.95€!

Sala Sundays, the only place to be. For reservations please call 952 814 145.

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RS PRODUCTIONS and Re-cording Studio Avalon Londonhave been searching for thebest musical talent from theCosta del Sol and beyond aspart of the second edition of tal-ent contest Reality Star.Founder and organiser NatalieStuart-Fox and producersRoger and Adam Cook haveheld many auditions andviewed hundreds of video sub-missions and with their experi-enced panel of judges they haveselected their favourite 20 con-testants to perform live at theirsemi-finals on 14th December atthe Puerto Banus Grand Cin-ema, with the very best reach-ing the finals in January.

This will be a fantastic show,showcasing the best new talentin a stunning environment, andit's a great winter evening out forall the family.

Tickets can be ordered fromwww.reality-star.com and thefirst 100 are on sale for 20€ for 2.

Supported by Marbella TownHall, leading media companyRusRadio and sponsored by Soto-grande International School,Reality Star 2013/14 is findingthe best talent and supportingthem to succeed in this tough in-dustry.

Last year's finalists have al-ready recorded songs, videos andperformed at huge events such asRusRadio's Made in the USSRconcert at the Starlite Festival,Marbella Russian Film Festivaland Marbella's Art Festival.

This year they are partneringwith the UK's No 1 Online Inter-national music contest FameS-tage.com and winners will per-form at the FameStage UK Finalsin London to give participantseven more exposure and improvetheir chances of success.

Famous judges from themusic industry will put the per-formers through their paces in-

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cluding; Music Industry heavy-weight Roger Cook, Talk RadioEurope Presenter Allan Bowley,RusRadio's Robert Wibberly,formerly from Rank Entertain-ment UK, and singing starStephen Lloyd Morgan.

For more information and toorder tickets visit www.reality-star.com or email info@reality-star.com

Key event information• Reality Star Semi-final - 14 De-cember at the Puerto BanusGrand Cinema from 16.30-19.30.Tickets - 15€ with first 100 tickets

available for 20€ for two.• Grand final of the Reality Star -January 25th 2014 Puerto BanusGrand Cinema.• Contact - www.reality-star.comor email info@reality-star.com

Last year's finalists:Where are they now?

Winner of the Reality Star Prize,Salome Simone, participated atthe biggest International SongContest ''Sunshine Steps 2012 '' inMonte Negro. She is an amazingtalent, singer, model and dancerand is hotly tipped to succeed.

Zoe Louise -Winner of Real-

ity Star 2012 got to the Final ofOpen MIC UK 2013

Finalist Carolina Montejo,successfully performed at theLondon Hippodrome Casino inApril 2013

Karin Sorief - Became a fi-nalist whilst still a student at So-togrande International schooland was a firm favourite of theaudience. Since competing inReality Star she has been per-forming at shows, galas andevents on the Costa del Sol, andwill be starting a degree in musicand performance in London. InNovember she performed at the

MusicBox 2013 Awards cer-emony, one of Russia's events forthe music industry in Moscow'sKremlin.

Jani Izoria - Amazing youngtenor from Georgia was a sen-sation in last year's competitionand now lives in Italy and ismanaged by RS Productions.

This 18-year-old classicalsinger conquered the hearts ofMarbella society this summer,performed at the biggest festivalsand charity events and is travel-ling extensively to perform withinvitations from London, Italyand Moscow.

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This month La Sala is offering something a little special for all the ladies. From Monday to Friday ladies dining in the restaurant can enjoy complimentary cava between 1pm and 3pm. After the manic month surrounding Christmas, why not gather together a group of girlies and head to La Sala for an afternoon of divine cuisine, fantastic

This December saw 20 semi-finalists competing for a coveted place in the final of Reality Star 2013. Twelve junior and eight senior contestants performed a wide range of songs for the judges’ scores and to entertain the crowds. After each song the panel of five experienced judges scored their efforts from 1-10 and only the best were given a place in January’s grand final. Six finalists in the junior category have been confirmed – Annie White, Lucia Pineda, Safina Usmanova, Veronica

ambiance and a couple of glasses of cava when the kids return to school? Just make sure the husbands are doing the school pickup! Enjoy Fresh Crab Cocktail with Marie Rose Sauce, Steamed Prawn Dim Sum with Three Dipping Sauce or Steamed Asparagus, Poached Egg and Hollandaise Sauce to start.

Follow with Teriyaki Salmon with Yaki Tori Noodles, Lobster and Shrimp Linguine with Chanterelle Mushrooms or Pan Fried Swordfish Creole, Warm Potato Salad, Fresh Guacamole and Crispy Onions.

For reservations please call: 952 814 145.

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Malka, Muriel Blechschmidt and Gilles Vanmaldeghem. As competition was so tight, there will be a pre-final shoot-out for the 2 remaining places an hour before the final on 25th January. The seven senior finalists are: Ksenia Petrova, Jade Williamson, Jose Ortiz Garcia, Mkhitaryan Astrik, Reyes Carillo Real, Nadia Kostenko and Mkhitaryan Arevik. Classical singer Kesnia Petrova received a standing ovation and the top score of the night for her a cappella performance, beautifully sung in both Spanish and Russian.

Organizer Natalie Stuart-Fox from RS Productions thanked co-founders Avalon London, sponsors Sotogrande International School, El Corte Inglés, Marbella Wine Warehouse, Rus Radio, official celebrity photographer David Packwood, Marbella Town Hall and all the supporters and friends who made this second edition of the talent contest possible. These finalists will fight it out on 25th January to be crowned the winner of Reality Star. Tickets are now on sale for this fantastic show at reality-star.com

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¡Feliz año nuevo a todos! Esperamos que este sea otro año fantástico como comunidadúnica de aprendizaje comprometida con aportar lo mejor a nuestros hijos

Este año hemos dado a conocerSISTech, un laboratorio deaprendizaje digital en el que lospadres y residentes deSotogrande pueden saber másacerca del software y los produc-tos de Apple. Nuestros expertosen TI ofertarán cursos que vandesde nivel básico a avanzado,incluida una introducción a MacWorld, la edición de medios ymucho más. Para obtener másinformación sobre los próximoscursos, envíe un correo electró-nico a jose@sis.gl.Estamos deseando que lleguefinal de mes para ver la actua-ción teatral de D1, "Death Card"que se representará el 24 deenero en el hotel San Roque.Varios segmentos de la obra se

incluyeron en los presti-giosos exámenes deactuación de la LAMDAy lograron el reconocidopremio de bronce, asíque sabemos que seráun gran espectáculo. Nos complace anunciarque cuatro de nuestrosestudiantes han llegadoa la final de Reality Star2013/2014 que se cele-brará el 25 de enero enel hotel Kempinski. Losfinalistas son AnnieWhite, Safina Usmanova,Veronica Malka y GillesVanmaldeghem. Les damos laenhorabuena y les deseamos lamejor de las suertes. Entradas ala venta en www.reality-star.com

Febrero es una época ocupada yaque los estudiantes de D1 tienensus exámenes de prueba y sepreparan para el viaje CAS(Creatividad, Acción, Servicio) aAsni. Del 17 al 21 de febrero,

habrá visitas con consejos parainspirar las futuras carreras y, amediados del trimestre, ungrupo vivirá aventuras en lanieve y practicará esquí deinvierno en Sierra Nevada.

También debemos anunciar elnombramiento de un nuevodirector en funciones, JohnFoulkes-Jones, tras la dimisiónde Chad Fairey por motivos per-sonales y médicos.

A very Happy New Year to you all! We look forward to another great year as a uniquelearning community committed to bringing out the very best in our children

Already this year we havelaunched SISTech, a DigitalLearning Lab where parents andSotogrande residents can learnabout Apple products and soft-ware. Our IT experts will offercourses from beginners toadvanced, including an introduc-tion to Mac World, media editingand more. To find out about the

upcoming courses please emailjose@sis.gl.At the end of the month we canlook forward to the D1 TheatrePerformance "Death Card” 24thJanuary at the San Roque Hotel.Extracts from the piece wereentered into the prestigiousLAMDA acting exams andachieved a much sought after

distinction for the Bronze Award,so it will be a great show. We are delighted to announcethat four of our students havemade it through to the RealityStar 2013/14 final on 25thJanuary at the Kempinski Hotel.The finalists are Annie White,Safina Usmanova, VeronicaMalka and Gilles

Vanmaldeghem. Huge congratu-lations to them and best of luck!Tickets are on sale via www.real-ity-star.com February is a busy time with D1students taking their mockexams and preparing for theirCAS (Creativity, Action, Service)trip to Asni. On 17th - 21stFebruary, there will be Inspiring

Futures Careers Advice visits andin half term a group is headingoff for Soto's Winter Ski andSnow Adventure in the SierraNevada. We must also announcethe appointment of a new ActingHead, John Foulkes-Jones, fol-lowing the resignation of ChadFairey, due to personal andhealth reasons.

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EIGHT junior and sevensenior contestants will taketo the stage in an attemptto win the Reality Star2013/14 title next SaturdayJanuary 25 at 6pm at theKempinski Hotel.

The winner will berewarded with a recordingcontract with RSProductions, a share of the€3,000 prize fund and theopportunity to perform at anumber of high profileevents around the world.

There will also be specialprizes for the runner-up, athird prize, Best Performer,and the Special Reality StarPrize every year goes toa Best Original Songcategory.

The Grand Final showwill begin with aperformance by last year’swinner.

Each of the finalists willsing just one song of theirchoice for the audienceand judges. The expert

panel will mark theperformers from 1-10 toreveal the winner at theend of the show.

This is the culmination ofmonths of auditions and aglobal star search byorganisers RS Productionsand Recording StudioAvalon London.

The event is supportedby Marbella City Hall andsponsored by SotograndeInternational School, ElCorte Ingles, MarbellaWine Warehousephotographer DavidPackwood, Freaklips Studioand official Media PartnerRussian Music BoxInternational Television.

The final is a greatchance to spot anupcoming star and supportlocal talent. Tickets are onsale via the websitewww.reality-star.com.

Auditions for the RealityStar 2014 will start inMarch.

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Scout group celebrates Chinese New Year in Fuengirola

Children enjoying the colourful Chinese celebration. :: D. P.

FUENGIROLA Fuengirola Beavers and Cubs en-joyed an cultural and fun evening learning about Chinese New Year celebrations last week. The chil-dren prepared for the activity by watching a video showing dragon dancing in China. Parents and leaders helped the children to use their creative skills to make six large dragon heads out of recycled boxes, colourful card, crepe paper and crayons.

A break for a Chinese meal of sweet and sour chicken, noodles and prawn crackers energised the

children for the next stage of the evening where they worked in groups to create their own dragon dances using the heads they had made and colourful blankets they had brought to the meeting. Each group performed their dance while the others provided the rhythm.

For more information about the adventurous and fun oppor-tunities provided for boys and girls by Fuengirola Scout Group go to the website at www.fuen-girolascouts.com where children can be added to their waiting lists.

Lions and Specsavers help Sight First

MIJAS :: SUR. The La Cala Lions have helped the Fuengirola branch of Specsavers collect 900 pairs of glasses for the Lions Inter-national Campaign.

The Lions Campaign is part of the Sight First objective which helps thousands of dis-advantaged people around the world with their sight prob-lems. La Cala Lions have three charity shops close together in La Cala de Mijas with a wide range of fashionable attire, men’s wear, good quality books and bargains galore.

Donations are always needed and profits go to help people in need locally and worldwide.

The shops are open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.

IKEA raises thousands for charity

MALAGA :: SUR. Through the support of customers and employees IKEA has managed to raise a total of 26,043 euros in aid of its ‘The power of education’ campaign with Unicef and Save the children. The money has gone to financing projects in 18 countries. IKEA Malaga specifically has also donated over 3,200 toys to AVOI, an as-sociation of volunteers who help children at the Hospital Materno-Infantil.

Barbershop Singing School

FUENGIROLA/ALMUÑECAR :: SUR IN ENGLISH. The Span-ish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) is holding two ‘Sing Harmony in a Day’ courses, perfect for those who have al-ways wanted to give singing a go but never had the chance. The first of these will be at Lux Mundi, Fuengirola on Saturday, 22nd February and the second will be at the Hotel Arrayanes, Paseo Cotobro 5, Almuñécar on Sunday, 23rd February.

Attendees will benefit from the professional experience of Gail Grainger, musical director and SABS president.

For more information call 952 560 651 or email robert.ar-lan123@gmail.com for Fuengi-rola and call 958 784 801 or email tropicaltones@gmail.com for Almuñécar.

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ESTEPONA. The Kempinski Ho-tel set the scene for the fiercely competitive Reality Star Talent Contest in which Junior winner Safina Usmanova (14) and Senior winner Jade Williamson (18) came out on top of a very talented bunch.

The two singers had only one song to prove their talent in and wowed the judges with their per-formances. Senior winner Jade Wil-liamson from Scotland sung a beau-tiful rendition of Adele’s Skyfall while Russian Junior winner Saf-ina impressed with her multilin-

gual ability singing in both Eng-lish and French.

The competition, organised by RS productions with the support of the Studio Avalon London, Mar-bella Town Hall and the Russian Music Box International Televi-sion and sponsored by the Soto-grande International School and El Corte Inglés, also saw spectacu-lar talent in its runner-ups, Annie White from Gibraltar (junior) and Reyes Carillo from Marbella (sen-ior) whose voices are ones to look out for in the future.

Other prizes were given to Tomás de la Rosa (junior) and José

Ortiga (senior) who achieved best performance and prizes for best original song went to Veronika Malka (junior) and Arevik Mik-hatan (senior).

A special prize was also given the competition’s youngest con-testant, nine-year-old Bogdan Ro-dionov from Russia whose profes-sionalism and talent earned him special recognition.

This competition offered oppor-tunities of recording contracts, in-ternational tour dates, video and album production and the oppor-tunity to work with some of the best song writers in the business.

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Safina Usmanova and Jade Williamson were announced as winners of the recent Reality Star Talent Contest

Lions Golf Charity Competition

ALMUÑECAR :: SUR. Lions Golf Nations Cup is to be held in the Costa del Sol in aid of obliterating the terrible illnesses measles from the world. It welcomes all golf-ers to its competition and courses range over some of the best in the Costa del Sol. Dates are 23rd March to 30th March, subscription deadline 1st March. For more information contact www.lionsgolf.info

Charity in aid of typhoon Haiyan

ALMUÑÉCAR :: SUR IN ENGLISH. The Year 10 stu-dents of Almuñécar International school have being raising money in aid of the typhoon disaster in the Philippines. They collected a total of 500 euros for the Save the Chil-dren recovery effort.

The Global Perspectives students organised a number of activities for all tastes including cake sales, geog-raphy tournaments, multi days and sports competitions.

On top of this presentations were given in classes to educate other stu-dents about the devastating effect of the typhoon Haiyan in the Phil-ippines. In the coming months a va-riety of other causes will be helped by the schoolchildren. Donated glasses. :: SUR

Youngsters enjoyed raising money for Philippines. :: SUR

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The prize winners from the Reality Star Talent contest. :: SUR

La emoción y el nerviosismo detener tu sueño al alcance. así es-taban los 60 participantes del ta-lent show Reality Star Marbella,

un espectáculo con sello ruso queha decidido instalarse en tierrasmalagueñas.

La Costa del Sol ha sido el es-cenario idílico para que esta ilu-sión pueda hacerse realidad ytodo gracias a la televisión RussianMusic Box, canal similar a la MTVen este país, con una audiencia po-tencial de 140 millones de espec-

tadores en todo el territorio. Pero el camino no ha sido fá-

cil para los concursantes. al finaldel sendero se vislumbraba elpremio, que no es otro que la gra-bación de un disco, tesoro muycodiciado para quienes quierencomenzar su carrera profesionalen el mundo de la música. antela competencia hay que arriesgar.

Por eso en los castings se escu-charon todo tipo de cancionespero especialmente las baladasen inglés aptas solo para vocesprivilegiadas.

El ramillete cultural ha sidomuy variado. Los concursantesproceden de distintos países deEuropa, aunque la mayoría resi-den en la Costa del Sol. Los talen-tos se han dividido en dos cate-gorías, una Senior para los adultosy la Junior, para los más jóvenes ar-tistas. Una vez seleccionado elpersonal dio el pistoletazo de sa-lida el concurso, que puso su bro-che de oro la semana pasada en-tre llantos y emociones.

La final se vivió con mucha in-tensidad. Cada uno de los can-tantes eligió el tema para enfren-tarse en duelo en un espectáculorepleto de sensaciones.

El último programa fue ameni-zado también con otras actua-ciones que dieron un respiro a losfinalistas y les ofrecieron un tiem-po de reflexión y concentraciónentre bambalinas antes de saltar alescenario a darlo todo. Entre los ar-tistas invitados cabe destacar elbaile flamenco de José Ortiz quedeleitó al público de la sala.

Y llegó la hora de la verdad. Unjurado experto musical fue el en-cargado de valorar las actuacionesy puntuarlas del uno al diez. Nue-vamente aquí se puso de mani-fiesto la riqueza cultural ya que va-loraron en tres idiomas: el inglés,el español y el ruso.

Tras el recuento de votos JadeWilliamson se alzó con el éxito enla categoría adulta y Safina Us-manova con la Junior. ambasquieren dedicarse al mundo de lamúsica y el espectáculo y deseanhacer carrera profesional.

«Me arriesgué con el tema de

adele, Skyfall, porque sabía que te-nía que apostar por algo fuerte. Lamúsica es mi ilusión y quiero vivirde ella», asegura Jade.

Esta joven escocesa vive enFuengirola y le gusta cantar bala-das en inglés además de soul. Porsu parte, la vencedora en la cate-goría infantil es una apasionadadel pop y espera ansiosa hacerseun hueco en este estilo.

ambas grabarán un disco y ten-drán todo el apoyo de la organi-zación para su promoción. Jade ySafina participarán el próximo 27de noviembre en la Russian BoxParty que se celebrará en Moscú.Pero no solo en Rusia se verá esteconcurso. El Reino Unido, paísmuy amante de este tipo de for-mato, también contará con la re-transmisión del programa.

El pueblo ruso cada día estámás cercano a Marbella y a laCosta del Sol. año tras año se in-crementa el número de visitantesy ahora este espectáculo que verándesde sus casas será una nuevaplataforma de promoción paraesta ciudad y todo el litoral.

Reality Star Marbella cumple susegunda edición arropada por elpúblico de Rusia y espera próxi-mamente poder organizar otratemporada para descubrir entre elpúblico europeo quiénes son lasmejores voces del momento.

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El camino para hacer una carreramusical tiene un enorme abanicode posibilidades. No existe tan solouna manera de conseguirlo. Cadacuál busca su fórmula para ser es-cuchado y darse a conocer. En la úl-tima década han sido los progra-mas musicales los que han llevado

la voz cantante. Operación Triunfo,Factor X o La Voz son algunos de losejemplos con los que contamos enEspaña y de donde han salido can-tantes como David Bisbal, ManuelCarrasco o Nuria Fergó.

Reality Star Marbella es otro ta-lent show que viene a sumarse a lalarga lista de concursos europeospara descubir voces y cualidadesmusicales. De esta manera los par-

ticipantes tienen una plataformapara promocionarse además de laoportunidad de firmar con una dis-cográfica si salen vencedores.Internet es otra vía que se está utili-zando mucho actualmente paraeste tipo de fines. La página de You-Tube es un canal donde muchos as-pirantes a cumplir su sueño en lamúsica cuelgan sus trabajos. Trasesto solo queda esperar a la suerte.

La nueva fórmula dedescubrir artistas

PROGRAMAS MUSICALES

Cada uno de los cantanteseligió el tema que iba ainterpretar en una finalcargada de emociones

Las ganadoras sacarán undisco al mercado además departicipar en la «Russian BoxParty» de MoscúDe Marbella a Rusia:

voz y talento musical

Concurso. Marbella ha sido el escenario elegido por la cadena televisiva RussianMusic Box para poner en escena su talent show Reality Star Marbella, un concursode voces venidas de toda Europa donde los ganadores tienen la oportunidad de sacar al mercado su primer disco musical y promocionarlo

El concurso de talentos ha conquistado el corazón del pueblo ruso y acaba de celebrar su segunda edición en la Costa del Sol

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THE Hotel Kempinskihosted the final of theCosta del Sol InternationalTalent Contest Reality Star2013.

Eight junior contestantsand seven seniorcontestants battled it outto win the title.

They each performedone song in front of ajudging panel.

The winner of the juniorcategory was 14-year-oldSafina Usmanova fromRussia.

Runner-Up was AnnieWhite, 14, from Gibraltar,who the judges said was aname to remember for thefuture.

The Best Original Songwent to Veronica Malka,14, from the USA, and theBest Performance wasgiven to Tomas de La Rosa,a rapper.

The judges awarded aspecial prize for theYoungest Performer to

nine-year-old BogdanRodionov from Russia, whoimpressed with hismaturity and confidence.

Winner of the Seniorcategory was 18-year-oldScottish singer JadeWilliamson, praised by thejudges as a ‘very promisingyoung talent’.

Runner-Up was ReyesCarillio from Marbella; BestPerformance went to JoseOrtis from Malaga andReality Star Special Prizefor the best original songwent to 19-year-old ArevikMikhatan from Armenia.

Winners get a recordingcontract with RSProductions and AvalonStudio, London, and will beinvited to different eventsin the UK, Georgia, Russiaand other areas.

Registrations are nowopen for the next edition ofthe competition.

To find out more visitwww.reality-star.com

JUNIOR WINNER: Safina Usmanova from Russia.

Stars of thefuture to

watch out for