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— Miracle League of Arizona (@miracleleagueaz) December 18, 2020
Congratulations to Scottsdale actress @balibare who was just crowned 2020 #TopElf on the popular @Nickelodeon TV show and donated the $25,000 grand prize to her favorite charity, the Miracle League of Arizona. We are so grateful. pic.twitter.com/EwTwGGCjCL
NICKELODEON CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS
WITH SEASON 2 PREMIERE OF TOP ELF,
THURSDAY, NOV. 21, AT 7:30 P.M. (ET/PT)
Original Competition Series Joins Santa in Search of Who Will Be Top Elf
Share it: @Nickelodeon #TopElf
Nickelodeon is celebrating the holidays with season two of the network's hit festive competition series, Top Elf, premiering Thursday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) as part of Nickelodeon's Nickmas holiday highlights.
In the second season of Top Elf, Santa (Tommy Snider) and Ms. Jingles (Samantha Turret) invite seven talented “Elf-testants” to the North Pole to compete in a series of holiday-themed challenges for the title of “Top Elf” and $25,000 to a charity on their Wish List. Each “Elf-testant” is paired with one of Santa’s elves who are excited to help bring their holiday vision to life.
The season will feature even bigger and messier challenges, including building a life size countdown calendar, designing sweet treat carts for the North Pole street fair, reimagining Santa’s style for a high-tech makeover, creating a scenic 3D pop-up experience and producing and starring in their very own holiday-themed music video.
Joining as judges for season two are social media star Addison Rae, Nickelodeon’s Unfiltered host Jay Pharoah, singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, social media sensation Guava Juice (SpongeBob SmartyPants) and global superstar JoJo Siwa.
Top Elf will air regularly Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) through Dec. 17 on Nickelodeon.
In Top Elf season one, Cameron Fulton from Georgetown, Kentucky was named "Top Elf". As part of Cameron's prize for winning Top Elf, he received a three night stay at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana and $25,000 to donate to his chosen charity, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a charity close to his heart, in honor in of his mom and grandfather.
Top Elf’s original concept was created by Mike Duffy and Tim Duffy of Ugly Brother Studios, who executive produce the series along with Jimmy Fox of Main Event Media, an All3Media America company. Lisa Fletcher (The Titan Games, Project Runway) serves as executive producer and showrunner. Nickelodeon’s Unscripted Content executives Rob Bagshaw, Paul J Medford, Mandel Ilagan and Stacey Carr also serve as executive producers. The season is directed by Gary Shaffer (Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, The X Factor).
only one can be #TopElf 🎁 pic.twitter.com/lOQ6rNLyyk
— Nickelodeon (@Nickelodeon) November 6, 2020
About Ugly Brother Studios
Ugly Brother Studios is the Emmy-winning production company founded by twin brothers Mike Duffy and Tim Duffy. Ugly Brother creates and produces premium content themed around comedy, music, food and family including Ron Funches: Giggle Fit, The Funny Dance Show and the multi-Emmy-winning and James Beard Award-nominated Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse, among others.
About All3Media America
All3Media America is the U.S. arm of global independent television, film and digital production group All3Media. With teams in Los Angeles and New York, All3Media America’s portfolio companies are responsible for hits that include the Emmy Award-winning Undercover Boss for CBS, the Emmy Award-winning United Shades of America for CNN, Chrisley Knows Best for USA, 24 Hours to Hell and Back with Gordon Ramsay for FOX, the Emmy Award-winning Cash Cab for Discovery, Worst Cooks in America for Food Network and Betrayed for Investigation Discovery. All3Media’s unique federal structure, a model followed in both the U.S. and U.K., encourages the creative and strategic independence of its growing roster of production companies. Today comprised of 30 global production companies and counting, All3Media is one of the largest production houses in the world. All3Media is owned jointly between Discovery Communications and Liberty Global.
About Main Event Media
Main Event Media, an All3Media America company, is an Emmy-winning production company based in Los Angeles. Founded by producer Jimmy Fox, the company creates content across multiple genres including scripted, documentary, reality and original podcast production. Main Event is known for the multi-time Emmy-winning CNN series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and Investigation Discovery’s Breaking Homicide. Additional works include the E! drama series The Arrangement, Snapchat’s original series While Black, multiple specials for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, Amazon Prime’s docuseries Inside Jokes, the comedy series Hollywood Darlings for POP Network, Is OJ Innocent: The Missing Evidence for Investigation Discovery, It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards for Paramount Network and Make Me a Millionaire Inventor for CNBC. Main Event has been recognized for its work garnering TCA, NAACP and International Documentary Association (IDA) nominations.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 41st year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC).
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From Palm Springs Desert Sun:
Palm Desert student gets elf-tastic opportunity to raise money for local nonprofit
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| Palm Desert student Thomas Nelson appears with Santa Claus on the Nickelodeon show "Top Elf." |
It's beginning to look a lot like "Nickmas" for one Palm Desert student.
Nickelodeon, the No. 1 entertainment brand for kids, welcomed this holiday season with season two of its festive competition series, "Top Elf." In this season's offering, Santa transported seven extraordinary kid creators to the North Pole to compete for the title of Top Elf. This year's winner will be awarded $25,000 to donate to the nonprofit of their choice.
Thomas Nelson was excited when his mom, Angie, perusing her son's middle school's Facebook page, came across a casting call to audition for a television competition that Thomas said sounded "like something not boring." A self-proclaimed Christmas addict, the young man enthusiastically submitted an audition online and was thrilled when he was invited to be among the seven "elf-testants."
In the show, Santa Claus and Ms. Jingles paired each contestant with one of Santa's elves to compete in challenges that included building a life-size countdown calendar, designing sweet treat carts for the North Pole street fair, reimagining Santa's style for a high-tech makeover, creating a scenic 3D pop-up experience and producing and starring in their very own holiday-themed music video.
Thomas' favorite part of doing the show was seeing how amazing the North Pole looked. "When I first walked in, I was so impressed and thought it looked supercool," he said via Facetime while wearing his "Son of a nutcracker" T-shirt from Will Ferrell's "Elf." "I couldn't believe I was meeting the man, the myth, the legend ... Santa Claus!"
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| On "Top Elf," Thomas Nelson competed for $25,000, which he planned to donate to Palm Springs-based nonprofit Boo2Bullying. |
Thomas, who seems like a typical 11-year-old in some ways and well beyond his years in others, says Christmas is only one of his favorite things. His family encourages him to volunteer and to be generous to others. Being a part of "Top Elf" gave him the best gift of all — the opportunity to donate $25,000 to the charity of his choice. While he volunteers for many organizations in the Coachella Valley, including Big Hearts for Little Hearts supporting Loma Linda University Children's Health, the Boy Scouts and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Thomas chose the Palm Springs-based nonprofit Boo2Bullying as his Wish List charity.
Boo2Bullying presents interactive, multi-media and age-appropriate school assembly programs designed for K-12 students and teachers. Last year, the organization served more than 14,000 students. For more information, contact Dimitri Halkidis at (760) 656-0309 or visit boo2bullying.org.
On Thursday's episode of "Top Elf," it was revealed that Thomas was not chosen as this season's winner; however, is very proud to have finished in the top three, and he looks forward to doing more to give back to his community.
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Originally published: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 20:25 GMT
Original source: Anime Superhero Forum /@whoisretro; H/T: Regular Nick Vids.
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