Top Four Candidates Enter Stars of Science Finale

With one week to go before the finale, Qatar Foundation’s science and technology edutainment reality TV program Stars of Science, on MBC4, revealed the final four candidates of the competition who made it through a challenging round of pitches in the Semi-FinalBusiness stage.

Anwar Almojarkesh from Syria, part of the top five candidates and inventor of Safe and Sound, the assistive pillow for hearing impaired people, was beaten by a narrow margin following a heated debate with the Jury.

For the first time in the competition, the final four will be put to public vote during the live finale for their ranking taking place on Friday 8 November 2013 at 8:00pm KSA time on MBC4.

The four finalists competing for their share of the total $600,000 prize money are:

·         MOHAMMED DOUMIR	Algeria	28	Dr. Doumir - Camel Racing Diagnostic Boots
·         MOHAMMED Al KUWARI	Qatar	29	I7 - Automated Verdict in Disputed Football Scoring
·         SHERIF YAHIA	Egypt	27	Sawti- Speech Synthesizer for the Language Impaired
·         WALEED JAN	KSA	24	Re-braille - Mechanical Braille Editor

• First prize:$300,000
• Second prize:$150,000
• Third prize: $100,000
• Fourth prize: $50,000

Viewers can now vote via SMS or by calling a specific number for their country. Voting lines are open from now until the last presentation on the night of the live finale.

These sites also include information on the applications process for Stars of Science Season six which is currently accepting submissions from applicants until 15 December 2013.

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