‘Inside Out’, a locally produced reality television show is set to hit the screens this October.
The 90 episodes and 60 minutes daily show will run from the October 3 to December 31, 2016 on ZBC TV.
The creator of the show, Sanpoulus Maplanka, will produce it with the help of Caroline Chitehwe who will also be the presenter.
It is a reality television show where 26 tour-mates, 13 male and 13 female, embark on a quest of discovery and adventure around Zimbabwe’s tourist resorts and attractions.
The tour-mates will compete for a collective prize of US$40 000 which is given out only to the last man and woman standing. Every contestant will get $8 a day for as long as they stay on the 90 days journey.
The producers say the tour-mates will be under round-the-clock camera surveillance. They will be voted out of the incredible quest by the viewers through text-phone voting every week on ‘Drop Out Sunday’.
Two contestants will be dropped out each week. During the week 6 tour-mates will be nominated for the ‘Drop Out’ and the public will vote to keep their favourite tour-mate.
The program will kick off at the Matopo Hills Resort and proceed on an anticlockwise trek around Zimbabwe touching and savouring Great Zimbabwe, Lake Kyle, Gonarezhou Game Reserve, Chimanimani, Vumba and Nyanga Mountains.
“From there it carries on through Harare (Chivero/Mfurudzi) to Chinhoyi Caves, Mana Pools, and Kariba. From Kariba it’s an incredible boat cruise to Bumi Hills and Binga. Then from Binga the journey sets off to Hwange National Park then to Victoria Falls where the final 6 will remain”, the producers said.
The tour-mates will be required to introduce themselves to each other and then live with each other in a Nomads Style tour truck as it travels around famous tourist attractions around Zimbabwe.
They will be travelling backpacker-style and will sleep in tents and camps along the way. The tour-mates will be required to work as a team and will be divided into groups to perform certain tasks of which the losing group may be required to nominate within their group the people to be voted out.
The producers say the winning teams or individuals will be rewarded in various forms. They may be hosted for a day by a 5 star hotel and given full pampering for a day, while their losing peers are left wallowing in the campsite. The winning team may also be immune to nominations for evictions.
The main aim of the show is to create addictive viewership and showcase all the tourist attractions in Zimbabwe. The series will showcase some resorts which are world class but not as popular with local tourists, places like Mana pools, Matusodona and Gonarezhou.
The producers concluded “Inside Out is due to start in October; therefore auditions are to be conducted in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Masvingo and Gweru in September. Initially we had dated them at every weekend of August, but due to delays in settling our contract terms we shifted to September”.
