Project Fame
Project Fame was a pan-African version of the international talent/reality show Star Academy.Held in Johannesburg, South Africa from June to August 2004, the show had 16 African contestants – 9 of them South Africans – groomed for stardom, with the weakest being eliminated on a weekly basis; the top three received record deals and the winner got a lot more prizes.An East African version; Tusker Project Fame (season 1) began on 1 October – 17 December 2006.It continues to run each year and the latest is Tusker Project Fame season 4 which ended on 6 December 2010, and won by Ugandan Davis Hillary Ntare.The show can be described as Idols meets Big Brother Africa as the contestants' daily activities were recorded 24 hours a day.