The Small World. Big Ideas Judging panel consisting of Ukrainian and international TV industry experts have selected five Finalists of the contest.

The TOP 5 was picked among more than 70 submitted ideas of non-scripted entertainment TV formats. The Judging panel choice was made according to the main selection criteria of the contest: innovation, creativity/originality, potential to develop multiple series, potential to travel around the world as a format, potential to become cross-media and multi platform format.

The Small World. Big Ideas Finalist are:
Aleks Komarovskii (Ukraine) – Tasty Adventures
Pavel Peleshok, Nana Suhanova (Ukraine) – Star Races
Olena Sibiriakova (Ukraine) – The Maze
Nadezhda Dyagileva and Victoria El-Muallya (Russia) – Holiday Exchange
Yana Chernukha (Russia) – Marriage Wedlock 3.0

The final round of the contest will be held in the course of FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition screening and conference on March 27 in Kiev, Ukraine.

The Small World. Big Ideas winner will get a unique opportunity to discover the word of international TV industry with the help of projects’ partners - MIPTV, Small World IFT и KIY AVIA.