Sidewalk Karaoke - Series Two, Episode 12

This Māori Television hit offers a down-home NZ Idol mixed with a little Fear Factor, as off the street talents sing three rounds of karaoke and try to win $1000. Hosts Te Hamua Nikora (Homai Te Pakipaki) and Luke Bird (The Stage - Haka Fusion) coax Lagitoa from Papatoetoe, Samantha from Pakuranga and Renee from Rotorua to belt out their favourite song. The show’s stripped back style allows lots of space for audience reactions (this time at Rotorua's night markets, and in Pakuranga). With encouragements in te reo and English, the contestants feel the fear and sing anyway.

I was really keen on trying to develop a show that was the opposite to the big talent formats like X Factor and things like that. It had to be kind of nimble, I guess lo-fi enough to entice anybody into it.

– Series creator Bailey Mackey, to website Stuff, 1 May 2016

Key Cast & Crew

Te Hamua Nikora

Presenter

Jonathon Urlich

Creator, Executive Producer, Director

Luke Bird

Presenter

Peter Tainui

Producer

Kayne Ngātokowhā Peters

Story Producer

Martin Wilson

Editor