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Tayfun
Wins BBC Talent Competition!
18 October 2002
At last night's star-studded BBC Talent finals, Pozitiv client,
Tayfun Kadioglu beat over 1,600 hopefuls to be offered a job as
a BBCi presenter. By a huge majority, he was  "The
People's Choice" after thousands of BBCi users voted for him,
along with a judging panel featuring TV presenter, Gail Porter;
BBC Director of New Media and Technology, Ashley Highfield; and
ICM Celebrity Agent, Samira Higham.
A ten-month trawl for new talent culminated in last night's ceremony
where the five winners conducted live interviews with celebrities
Chris Eubank, Samantha Mumba, Barbara Windsor, James Gooding and
Ed Hall.
"There are a lot of talented people out there", said
Tayfun. "And your training really gave me the edge - thanks
guys!"
 Tayfun
attended one of our Television Presenter Courses earlier this year.
He told us, "Having that day meant that I wasn't nervous about
all the technology and earpieces and stuff in the auditions, which
meant I was able to concentrate on the interviews and presenting
rather than what was going on around me!"
"I just want to thank everyone at Pozitiv for all the help
and feedback I had on the course. It gave me invaluable experience
to prepare for my auditions and screentests. I really benefited
from it."
His sister and unoffical "campaign manager", Julia, gave
her verdict on the ceremony: "He was absolutely shocked and
overwhelmed. I wish I could tell you that he handled the announcement
with style and grace, but sadly, as he'd already written off his
chances, he didn't listen to what the winners were supposed to do
in the rehearsal. Hence he clumsily clambered onto the stage and
thanked and kissed all the wrong people whilst ignoring the judges
including the Head of BBCi! Some things will never change!"
Tayfun is due to start his job as a BBC presenter in February 2003.
And you can find out more about the competition here»
Congratulations to Tayfun from everyone at Pozitiv!
*World leaders in presenter training,
Pozitiv provides a range of coaching and services for both new and
experienced television presenters. Find out more here»
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