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Fundraising to become reality TV.

Taking different parts of some of the most popular reality television shows today, Scott Talbot wants to save the world "one fabulous party at a time." The founder of New York-based The Charity Group, is looking for Looking for

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 nonprofits to participate in America's Greatest Challenge: The Dream Team, a reality show that combines parts of other reality shows, like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Iron Chef For the American version of this show, see Iron Chef America.
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 and Top Chef Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or .

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Nonprofits interested in participating can contact Scott Talbot at (646) 641-5739, or by email at scottalbo@mac.com

The show focuses on fundraising events, bringing together an event planner, chef, decorator and mixologist for each episode to put together a charity gala. The Charity Group has secured $150 million in commitments from food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods.  advertisers for their brands.

Filming begins at the end of this year with the broadcast of eight to 13 episodes scheduled in the spring on one of the television networks, though Talbot could not announce yet which one. The show, which will begin in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 and continue on to Chicago and Miami, will aim to pit cities against one another in terms of funds raised. "There's no healthy way of having an elimination competition when dealing with philanthropy," Talbot said, so they created a healthy competition in which each city will aim to raise more than the others.

Talbot said they will aim to raise $20 million a week through text-messaging similar to American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol.  Gives Back, and it will be a more uplifting and entertaining version than other charity-related reality shows.

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, and Showtime programming executive Blayne Ross, developed the concept for the show. Talbot also is developing CharityConnect, a comprehensive technology platform to connect nonprofits and corporations from securing sponsors to event planning, and CharityChex, software that will be provided free to restaurants and allow consumers to make a point-of-sale charitable donation while dining.
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Date:Aug 1, 2008
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