Mission Student
Mission Student – Who wants to study in Ukraine? (, , ) is a Ukrainian educational and entertaining TV series in the form of a quiz, designed for students of 10-11 grades from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan for the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport in Ukraine. The main prize of the show is a grant for a higher education in Ukraine. The filming of the quiz took place in Ukraine, the shows are broadcast on central and local TV channels of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Format. The form of the show was designed and developed by Ukrainian company Euromedia  together with channels АТВ in Azerbaijan as well as “Habar” and “Bilim” in Kazakhstan. The TV show is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport in Ukraine, the Ministry of Youth and Sport in Azerbaijani Republic and Azerbaijan Youth Foundation under the Ministry of Youth and Sport in Azerbaijan as well as in Kazakhstan under the Republican Public Association «Unified children and youth organization “Жас Ұлан”. The idea of the show appeared as a source of popularization of education in Ukraine and was designed as a unique form to combine intellectual game and entertaining show. The  form of educational and entertaining show «Mission Student» differs by the ability not only to watch an intellectual game in the studio but to follow the participants’ adventures during the entire TV project: traveling, tours, visiting of five universities in different Ukrainian cities, meeting with Azerbaijani and Kazakhstani students, universities administrations as well as Ukrainian and foreign show business stars. The filming of the show took place in five universities of Ukraine the participants visited in the first season of the project, among them: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National Aviation University, Kharkiv National Karazin University, Odessa National Polytechnic  University, Poltava National Technical Yuriy Kondratyuk University. The filming within the studio took place in one of Kiev TV pavilions. Participants selection. The smartest and the most quick-witted children from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were selected to participate in the project «Mission Student». During the auditions pupils of 10-11 grades fulfilled tests and personal interviews and as a result the best ones were selected to take part in the TV show. Pupils of 10-11 grades from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan take part in the quiz «Mission Student». The participants’ age: 16–17 years. Rules. The quiz involves 6 programs: 5  qualifying rounds and the final. 8 persons participate in each qualifying round. The overall number of participants is 40 persons from each country. Each program of the quiz consists of 4 levels: After levels 1-3 two participants with the minimum score leave the game. If the number of points is equal, a special level “Control question” or an extra measurement such as “average answer speed” can be applied. As a result 6 persons participate in level 2, 4 persons – in level 3 and 2 persons – in level 4. The one left with maximum score is the winner. As a  result of qualifying rounds 8 persons get into the final – 5 winners of qualifying programs plus 3 participants with maximum score level within qualifying program. If it is not possible to select a winner at once, one more criteria “average answer speed” is applied. The conditions of the final are equal to qualifying rounds; the only exceptions are: in the third level 5 video-questions are given – 1 question from each university cooperating with the project. A result of level 4 “Duel” the winner who gets a grant for a higher education in Ukraine is selected. About the authors of  the show. Euromedia Company provides the services of technical realization for TV and concert projects as well as artists management within Europe and CIS for 10 years for now. The portfolio of the company involves: debut, participation and the victory of Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest (2008–2012), Ukrainian tour "Vbolіvay z naykraschimi " as a support to UEFA EURO 2012, technical support to «EURO 2012 Final Party». Euromedia Company provided technical realization for filming “Ukrainian beauty” TV show (“1+1”), “Queen of the Ball 2012” (ТЕТ), “What did you do last Friday?” (“1+1”), reality-show “Circle” (ICTV ), and as well the design and successful realization of TV project “100 best songs” on “Kazakhstan” channel. Company web-site