Eesh Safari

infobox television
show_name = Eesh Safari


caption = Haitho La Makan Ella Lel Shoj'an
format = Reality show, Game show
runtime = 30 minutes (incl. commercials)
creator = MBC 3
executive producer =
starring = Hasan Al-Mula
country = flagicon|United Arab Emirates UAE
network =
first_aired =
last_aired = Present
num_episodes (original run) = 90 (incl. sequels)

Eesh Safari (Live Safari) is a TV reality show produced by the Middle East Broadcasting Center for the channel MBC 3. The show's main idea is starring a variety of children from around the Arab World to camp around with an organized team (by MBC 3) which is filled with coaches, traveling planners and more. The show is exclusively aired on the channel it was designed for: MBC 3. The show received huge success from Arab children, so did its sequel, which was captured in a different region, which is Thailand.

Information and Parts

Eesh Safari mainly consists of 2 teams, which are named after the most 2 popular animals in the region they're traveling to, using the region's language. E.g. South Africa's giraffe and rhino translated to Edubè and Umkumbè.

First Season

Filming Location & Cultures

The first part of Eesh Safari was filmed in a natural sanctuary in South Africa. The culture was a South African tribe, called the Zulu. One of the main tasks in the Eesh Safari competition was completing the traditional Zulu house, which becomes a main task (but for Thai houses) in the sequel.

Teams

Edubè: This team is named after the Zulu naming of Giraffe, and it is the team which lost the competition. It is the orange team in Eesh Safari 1, and was leaded by the participant Yasmin from Lebanon.

Umkumbè: This team is named after the Zulu naming of Rhino, and it is the team which won the lost competition. It is the green team in Eesh Safari 1, and was leaded by the participant Ammar from Jordan.

econd Season

Filming Location & Cultures

The second part of Eesh Safari was filmed in another natural sanctuary, but in Thailand. The culture was the typical Thai people living in the area near the sanctuary. One of the main tasks in the Eesh Safari competition was building the traditional Thai house, which is a similarity to the first part, and is recognized as an "Eesh Safari tradition". The participants of the Eesh Safari show also shared in learning Kick Boxing, which is a popular Thai type of martial arts.

Teams

Rachasi: This team is named after the Thai naming of Tiger (which is one of the most popular animals in Thailand) and it is the team which won the competition. It is the orange team in Eesh Safari 2, and was leaded by the participant Al-Khansa'a from Morocco.

Kochasan: This team is named after the Thai naming of Elephant (which is least popular than tigers for Thai popular animals), and it is the team which lost the competition, although most fans and even the presenter Hasan Al-Mula and coaches think they did the most effort, and they're best known for their "team anthem" called "Ya Laleh", which is composed by the team's leader Mu'ayyad from Saudi Arabia.

Third Season

The third part of Eesh Safari was filmed in Australia. The culture was Native Australians. It was the most unsuccessful season between the three, due to lack of active personalities and so-called "very strict" coaches. The main teams were the Kangaroo Team and the Koala Team.

Fourth Season

The fourth season is now in production. Participants in the fourth season were called and confirmed on air at June 27, 2008.

Eesh Safari's Social, Cultural and Physical Help

Eesh Safari is a helping method to the native parts of the regions that the show uses for the contests. Participants of Eesh Safari usually clean up their left-overs, and help themselves in problems that occur to their habitats or own property, such as a flood which occurred in the second part of the show. Other than teaching the children to help themselves, and teaching them team work, the show also helps the native parts of the region by "punishments" to teams who lose, which, most of the time, bring fun to the punished team's hearts. The punishments are always dealing with helping the native people in the region, such as cleaning animal feces, collecting unnecessary weeds on the coast and in gardens, washing up farm animals and many more. Also, participating in quizzes, visiting cultures, building traditional homes, going to scientific places and a lot of other activities teach participants and also the watchers of the show physical, scientific, cultural and social help.

ee also

MBC 3
Middle East Broadcasting Center

External links

[http://www.mbc3.net MBC 3 Official Website]
[http://mbc3.mbc.net/safari/es4_intro.html Eesh Safari Official Website]
[http://www.mbc.net Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) Official Website]