Casting television is a competition television program

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 where the winner wins a recording contract, or takes part in a competition.

Slovakia

Slovakias competition is Superstars, and the prize is a car, cash and recording contracts. Stars such as Zdenka Predna

Zdenka Predná

Zdenka Predná is a Slovak female singer. She is one of the most successful finalists of the Slovak version of competition the American Idol, called Slovensko hľadá Superstar for season 2004-2005...

 came to prominence this way.

United Kingdom

Simon Cowells "Popstars" is perhaps the most famous one of the lot, and other shows on a similar focus are "Stars in Their Eyes

Stars In Their Eyes

Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that ran on Saturdays nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars...

", and Andrew Lloyd Webbers "How to solve a problem like maria".

Republic of Ireland

Ireland's version, called Your A Star, had a unique twist: winners came into the Eurovision Song Contest as the prize. However, after the disaster of the McCall Twins that format has been abandoned. The most famous winner and most successful in Eurovision, though he did not win was Mickey Joe Harte

Mickey Joe Harte

Michael Joseph Harte or now simply known as Mickey Harte is a professional singer-songwriter from Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland. He was chosen to represent Ireland in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest with "We've Got the World"...

.