American Idol Finalists Deliver Personalized E-Cards for Mother's Day

LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERICAN IDOL fans can send personalized Mother's Day eCards from this season's Top 11 Finalists to their Moms this year for the first time. Designed to deepen the fan connection, StarGreetz proprietary audio/visual technology allows the AMERICAN IDOL finalists (including those from the Top 11 who have since been eliminated) to deliver customized, user-personalized messages by saying both the sender's and recipient's names via online and mobile platforms. These eCards cost $2.99 each and are available instantly – the perfect last minute Mother's Day gift.  Products can be purchased at http://www.americanidol.com/ and https://www.stargreetz.com/shop.

"By offering personalized greetings from the AMERICAN IDOL contestants, we provide deeper engagement than anyone," said Eric Frankel, founder and CEO, StarGreetz, Inc. "As the number one show on television and an amazing brand, AMERICAN IDOL shines a light on StarGreetz technology – which is completely unique."

"StarGreetz has provided AMERICAN IDOL and its contestants with a groundbreaking, new way to interact directly with millions of fans nationwide," said Nicholas Dale, Manager of Interactive at FremantleMedia Enterprises. "By individualizing personal greetings, contestants are engaging with fans like never before."

AMERICAN IDOL's Top 11 Finalists are featured in a line of eCards for a variety of holidays and occasions. To create these personalized messages, names and other user-selected information are seamlessly merged into fully customized messages based on user choices. Also available is an eInvitation which allows the sender to personally invite friends to come over and watch America's number one show.

ABOUT STARGREETZ

StarGreetz is a pioneering content provider of customized, user-personalized, star-powered rich media messages to both online and mobile platforms worldwide. The company's game-changing audio and video technology delivers personalized messaging using the voices and images of popular celebrities and iconic characters. StarGreetz offers next-generation products and services that appeal to both advertisers and consumers including celebrity greetings, eCards, eInvitations, ringtones, voicemail, best-in-class CRM, viral video messaging, media activation, and the world's first-ever personalized talking/video Facebook, web page and banner ad app and more.

SOURCE StarGreetz