El Beit TV show - Season 3 to begin on January 4

Like the previous two seasons, the third season of the show consists of Chater and Nabd Al Soura (Imagery Pulse) competitions.

Hamdan bin Mohammed Heritage Centre (HHC) announced the launch of El Beit TV show - Season 3 at a press conference held recently at El Beit's production studio at Dubai Studio City. "El Beit programme, the dedicated poetry show, was launched based on the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and will be aired on Dubai Al Oula TV on January 4, 2016," said Abdullah Hamdan bin Dalmouk, CEO of HHC.
Renowned Lebanese film director Bassem Christo, who won the Best Director award in 1997 at the Beirut Film Festival, is part of the show. Season 3 will consist of 16 episodes, aired every Monday at 10.30pm. By the sixth episode, winners of the previous episodes will be shortlisted. The finals will include only two contestants from each of the programme's competitions.
Like the previous two seasons, the third season of the show consists of Chater and Nabd Al Soura (Imagery Pulse) competitions.
The Chater is the first part of the poem, which is released every week at 5pm on Dubai TV and Twitter, and participants are requested to complete it. The winner will be shortlisted by the jury and then chosen by the committee of judges during the show.
Also, at the end of each episode, participants are requested to send a line of poetry relevant to an image captured by Shaikh Hamdan. The week after the image is released, the winner and runners-up of Nabd Al Soura are announced. Similar to the last season, the total weekly prizes are worth Dh400,000 and the winner of each competition will get Dh1 million in the finale.
Additionally, each episode will host a renowned Nabati poet to perform in a certain style a type of verse known as Al Shallah.
The jury of Nabd Al Soura consists of the Emirati poet Awad Khalifa bin Hasom Al-Darmaki, the Kuwaiti poet Saud Tasoub and Omani poet Hmoud Bin Wahqah.
In the Al Shater segment, Qatari poet Mubarak Abdulla Al Khalifa, UAE poet Mohammed Al Muhairi, Kuwaiti poet Nayef Al Rashidi and Saudi poet Mudgham Abu Shaybah are members of the jury.
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