Staraoke

Staraoke is a children's game show (from 8 to 12 years old) based on karaoke, which aired on Boomerang in Europe. The show was created in Finland by the company Intervisio and was broadcast on MTV3 from 2003[3] to 2011.

Staraoke
GenreKaroake
Based onStaraoke's PC game
Directed byJuha Stenholm[1] (Finnish version)
Sue McMahon (Cartoon Network version)
Presented byKana
ComposerPat Gribben and Cormac O'Kane (Cartoon Network version)
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons10[2] (Finnish version)
1 (Cartoon Network version)
No. of episodes100 (Finnish version)
78 (13 for every CN European version)
Production
Executive producersFinn Arnesen (for Turner Entertainment)
John A. Marley (for Archie Productions)
ProducersLotta Perander[1] (Finnish version)
Amanda Browning (Cartoon Network version)
Production locationsHelsinki (Finnish version)
London (Cartoon Network version)
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesIntervisio
Archie Productions
Release
Original networkMTV3
TV4
Cartoon Network
Minimax
Original release2003–2011 (Finnish version)
2009 (Cartoon Network version)

The show's format began to be sold in Europe in 2006; the first two countries to create their own Staraoke version were Hungary and Sweden, which were aired on Minimax and TV4 respectively.[4] In 2007, Intervisio won an International Interactive Emmy Award for "Best Interactive Programming" thanks to Staraoke.[5]

Staraoke in Europe

CountryTV channelHost(s)Release year
FranceCartoon Network (France)Angie Doll and Mathieu Boldron2009
GermanyCartoon Network (Germany)Bahar Kizil and Jan Köppen2009
HungaryMinimaxPatríciát Virág and Noémi Virág2006–2007
ItalyCartoon Network (Italy)Carolina Benvenga and Andrea Dianetti2009
PolandCartoon Network (Poland)Zosia Zborowska and Marcin Mroziński2009
SpainCartoon Network (Spain)Vicky Gómez (credited as "Vicky Alonso"), and Alex Montero2009
SwedenTV4Malin Gramer2006–2008
United KingdomCartoon Network UKLaura Hamilton and Nigel Clarke2009

References

  1. Hot Nordic Docs at MIPDOC/MIP TV
  2. NEWS - Intervisio Oy
  3. Nordgren, Kaj (2009-02-11). "Bringing interactivity to TV content". Tekes. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  4. home - Intervisio Oy
  5. "SCANDINAVIA LEADS INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE EMMY AWARDS AT MIPTV". International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2009-09-28.


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