Casting call for Carinbean TV reality show

Itz Rome, Star Global Production Studios and Pavillion Plus + have teamed up with some of the producers of Project Runway and Making the Cut to produce a reality TV show titled Carnival Catwalk.

The series will be broadcasted to millions of viewers via international streaming platforms, alongside local and regional TV networks, a media release said.

The show will highlight Caribbean fashion, entertainment, tourism, and culture. It takes the form of a head-to-head fashion designer competition TV show with a carnival twist: Where Fashion Meets Carnival, a media release said.

Ten of the top carnival costume and fashion designers from across the Caribbean, as well as some international fashion designers, will all be put in one house and put through creative fashion competitions.

Hosted by VH1 reality TV actor and local celebrity host Itz Rome, in Carnival Catwalk each challenge will be judged by a team of celebrity judges including renowned fashion designer and former Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung Chee and Miss Universe 1997 and former Caribbean’s Next Top model host and producer Wendy Fitzwilliam alongside international celebrity guest judges, the release said.

This season’s Carnival Catwalk winner will get the opportunity for designs to be displayed internationally, a cash prize and a trip to attend an international fashion week, among other sponsored prizes, the release said.

Carnival Catwalk will partner with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, FilmTT, FashionTT, The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Made 868, UTT, MIC, C15 Studios,Lollabee Productions and Sacha Cosmetics to bring to life this fusion of fashion, culture, and entertainment, the release said.

Season one is set to be filmed in Trinidad and Tobago during September-October.

A casting call for fashion and carnival designers who are interested in being a part of the show has been sent out by Vital Casting (casting directors of Project Runway, Legally Blonde 2 and Making the Cut) and interested designers can apply at www.vitalcasting.com/carnival.