Auditions for the Season Three of the most prized and educative reality show on Ghanaian television, The Challenge is scheduled for Saturday August 13th, 2011 at the Ring Road Branch of IPMC, the leading Information Technology Training Center. The auditions commence at 8am and the hundreds of hopefuls who have successfully gone through the registration process will have to exhibit exceptional brilliance to go pass the search phase as the stakes for season three are very high. The applicants will undergo a combination of aptitude and psychographic tests, demonstrations of academic excellence, leadership competencies, as well as character and creativity to select 25 semi-finalists. These 25 candidates will undergo a series of interviews by a panel which includes representatives of the partner universities, who will shortlist the candidates to 12 finalists to participate in the thirteen week Reality TV Show. The twelve 12 finalists will receive extensive personal and professional development training and compete against each other in a series of weekly tests, debates, tasks and quizzes in management, leadership, creativity and UK-Ghana trivia. The contestants will be adjudged by a three-member scholarship committee; named “THE BOARD” to be made up of renowned business leaders. Depending on performance against set criteria, three contestants would be nominated by the Board for eviction after three segments of the show. Seven out of the 12 contestants will be evicted over a twelve-week period. The 5 remaining contestants will go head-to-head in a final contest to determine the two top winners for post-graduate admissions at the Robert Gordon University and University of Westminster. Application to participate in The Challenge is open for all second class upper or first class degree holders who must text their names to the short code 1750 for a pin which is to be used to complete the application forms at www.thechallengeghana.com. After completion of the forms, the generic code provided on the website should be sent to the short code 1750 to confirm registration.