Jamie Aditya nominated for best presenter

Jamie Aditya nominated for best presenter

JAKARTA (JP): Three local programs - all broadcast by Indosiar
- have been nominated for the Asian Television Awards 2000, while
Jamie Aditya, an Indonesian presenter of MTV Asia, is in the
shortlist for Best Light Entertainment Presenter/Performer
category.

Family 100 is nominated for Best Quiz Program, Horison for
Best Magazine Program and Satu Jam Bersama Sheila Majid (An hour
with Sheila Majid) for the Best Music Program.

The winners will be announced on Dec. 7 in Singapore.

This year's competition saw nearly 1,100 entries from 13
countries in the 24 different award categories. Singapore remains
the biggest participant, followed by the Philippines and India.
The award nominations are also dominated by Singapore (33) and
the Philippines (22). Other countries whose entries won
nominations are Hong Kong (11), India (7), Japan (7), China (4),
Taiwan (3), Korea (2), Malaysia (2) and Thailand (1).

Indonesian Teleseries or sinetron, many of them screened
during prime time in most privates stations here, failed to win
the judges' heart.

Zoraya Perucha from ANteve, who is one of the 35 judges, said
it took the judges less than five minutes to decide that a
sinetron did not deserve any award.

"Our sinetron cannot be compared to those from countries like
the Philippines, Japan, Singapore or Hong Kong, we lag behind
them in budget, technique, acting skills and production values,"
said Zoraya, who is a former national athlete and a movie
actress.

Last year AnTeve's Majalah Olahraga (Sports Magazine) won the
Asian Television Award for the Best Sports Program. (sim)