Yukon event producers Ailene Gayangos and Mike Buensuceso as well as major sponsor Asian Central Store have been actively promoting this event in collabo­ration with ReyFort Media Group, the main producer of the long­time running PNT Idol. Other major sponsors for this season’s PNT Idol competition are Phinma Properties and TV5.

Ria Jade, also known as ‘The Face of ReyFort Media’, is the event’s special guest who has been invited to join the panel of judges as well. Although only 16 years old, Ria’s exposure to the mainstream music industry is extensive having made it to the FOUR (4) Wild Card auditions from among 4,000 contestants across Canada for the 2012 The Next Star. Her cover song ‘Mo­ments’ by One Direction has also been featured as ONE (1) of seven favourite songs on the One Direction website; and her cover song ‘Give Your Heart A Break’ was featured on the Much Music Coca Cola covers TV show early this year. Locally, Ria is also the 2012 Ridgemeadows Got Talent Youth Champion. A singer, songwriter, musician and ver­satile performer, Ria is eagerly looking forward to this new task she has been assigned with.

For tickets and more details on the Yukon PNT Regional Finals, contact Asian Central Store, Tel. 867-668-2818 , or email asiancentralstore@ yahoo.ca ; or Ms. Ailene Gay­angos at Tel 867-334-2445 .