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Big Brother Canada now casting season 10

The search for Canada’s next batch of houseguests starts now! Global and Insight Productions announced that casting is open across the country for Season 10 of Big Brother Canada. Canadians can apply online at BigBrotherCanada.ca for their chance to become a #BBCAN10 houseguest, competing in a series of extreme challenges in one of the most high-stakes social experiments ever. Fans can also nominate friends on social media by tagging @bigbrotherca and using #FutureHOH for a chance to get noticed by Big Brother Canada’s casting team.

VICE TV & INSIGHT PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE NEW SERIES “DARK SIDE OF THE 90s”

Trapped between boy bands and hip hop, silicone implants and Silicon Valley, the 90s were a decade of extremes. The economy was booming, the internet was teething and TV was getting better than ever before. But the 90s were also the evolution of the celebrity obsession, when only the most sordid and scandalous headlines could sate the public’s supersized appetites. All that fame, all that attention we slathered upon them took its toll– behind those bright lights was a world of shadows that concealed dark secrets. Dark Side of the 90s moderated by 90s music star Mark McGrath premieres Thursday, July 15th @ 10 PM ET/PT on VICE TV.

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THE BLACK ACADEMY AND INSIGHT PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE CBC AS THE EXCLUSIVE, MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST PARTNER FOR LIVE AWARD SHOW

Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, Scarborough natives and co-founders of The Black Academy, and Insight Productions, Canada’s preeminent award show production company, today announced an exclusive three-year partnership with CBC to broadcast Canada’s first-ever award show honouring Black talent. Planned for Fall 2022, The Black Academy’s award show will celebrate established and emerging Black Canadian talent across film, television, music, sports, and culture, with a live telecast on CBC TV and CBC Gem. The telecast will feature award presentations, performances, and tributes. Award categories, the submission process, and additional information will be announced at a later date.

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Now casting Wall of Chefs and spin-off Wall of Bakers

The Wall’ has spoken! The exhilarating competition series, Wall of Chefs, hosted by Noah Cappe, that sees home cooks face off in front of a group of 12 intimidating and well-respected Canadian chefs, returns for a second season. Continuing the competition fever, Insight will be producing a deliciously divine spin-off of the series with Wall of Bakers.

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THE JUNO AWARDS – SUNDAY JUNE 6th

The JUNO Awards will broadcast nationwide on Sunday, June 6 on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music and globally on CBCMusic.ca/junos. The Tragically Hip are set to perform with singer-songwriter Feist. This will be the legendary Canadian rock band’s first televised performance since the death of lead singer Gord Downie in 2017. 

More information on performers, presenters and JUNO Week virtual events will be announced in the coming weeks.

Read more about the 50th Anniversary JUNO Awards here.

Big Brother Canada alumni weigh in on history being made by Black contestants this season

Growing up, former Big Brother Canada contestant Brittnee Blair, couldn’t recall a time when she saw a wide representation of Black Canadians on reality TV.

Fast-forward to the ninth instalment of Big Brother Canada, Blair can watch the show she was once on feature a record five Black house guests, and it makes her smile seeing how far they’ve come.

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