Star Anchor Hunt

Star Anchor Hunt, was an Indian reality television show, hosted on Star News.

Star Anchor Hunt
Created bySTAR News
JudgesChetan Bhagat
Tisca Chopra
Deepak Chaurasia
Country of originIndia
No. of seasons1
Production
Production companySTAR News
DistributorMCCS
Release
Original networkSTAR News
External links
Website

About the show

STAR News, the leading news channel from MCCS launched Star Anchor Hunt in the month of March, 2010. The show hunted for the best news talent in the country. The winners, one male and one female got a chance to be a TV news anchor with Star News.[1]

People who wanted to participate had to register online and selected candidates were then invited for Audition rounds which takes place across 10 cities.:[2] Indore, Nagpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.

Winners gets a chance to work with the channel and present a show and the morning headlines.

Star Anchor Hunt went on air starting from 7 June 2010 to 26 June 2010.[3] Star News selected two anchors as star anchors in the grand finale and they were offered an assignment with Star News.[4]

Judges

This show had 3 judges - Tisca Chopra[5] - Deepak Chaurasia - Chetan Bhagat[6]

Winners

Akshay Shukla from Bilaspur and Meenakshi Kandwal from Delhi were winners of Star Anchor Hunt. They each won a contract with Star News and became news anchors on Star News.[7]

References
  1. STAR News embarks on STAR Anchor Hunt in 10 cities
  2. Star Anchor Hunt Auditions Schedule
  3. "Star Anchor Hunt goes on air from June 7". merinews.com. 9 June 2010.
  4. Star News celebrates Grand Finale of Star Anchor Hunt and announces winners
  5. STAR News to Hunt for News Anchors
  6. Chetan Bhagat turns judge on TV
  7. Bilaspur man, Delhi girl wins News Anchor Contest
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