News Correspondents Wanted! Tr3s And SUBWAY® Restaurants Give Juanes Fans The Interview Of A Lifetime From His 'LOUD & Unplugged Tour'

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• Latin America - español

MIAMI, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tr3s and SUBWAY^® restaurants join forces to launch its annual contest, offering viewers nationwide the exclusive chance to win a coveted backstage role at Juanes' highly anticipated 'LOUD & Unplugged Tour'. As part of the "SUBWAY^® Fresh Buzz From the Road" Contest, three lucky winners will cover concerts in Sacramento, Dallas and Atlanta as an extended media member. Armed with a producer and crew, these undiscovered correspondents will get the chance to meet and interview Latin Rock superstar Juanes for news segments on Tr3s and www.tr3s.com. The winners will also receive autographed copies of Juanes' new book "Chasing the Sun", which includes never-before-scene photos and personally penned intimate details about his life and journey through music.

"I'm looking forward to being interviewed by my fan correspondents and seeing their take on the show experience," commented Juanes.

Until April 28^th, contestants 18 and over can register at subway.tr3s.com, answer some questions and submit a photo to be considered.  Tr3s producers will select the finalists who will then be asked to submit a video of themselves.  Three winning correspondents will be selected in early May and file concert reports from the following tour dates:

• Wednesday, May 22, 2013: Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Community Theater
• Thursday, June 6, 2013: Dallas, TX - Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
• Wednesday, June 26, 2013: Atlanta, GA – The Arena At Gwinnett Center

With six solo albums to his credit and multi-platinum sales of over 16 million copies, Juanes has been heralded as: "The single most important figure of the past decade in Latin music" (L.A. Times). The multiple GRAMMY & LATIN GRAMMY winner is also frequently recognized as one of the Spanish-speaking world's leading social media voices with an online following of over 12 Million fans.  Released in May of 2012, "JUANES MTV Unplugged" debuted at #1 on Billboard's "Top Latin Albums" chart and in 18 countries throughout Latin America.  The album's first single "La Señal" likewise reached #1 on the "Hot Latin Songs" chart, giving Juanes the 8^th #1 song of his career. In November,  "JUANES MTV Unplugged" WON this year's LATIN GRAMMY awards for ALBUM OF THE YEAR  & BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO –  giving the Colombian rock superstar an impressive career total of 19 LATIN GRAMMYS, more than any other solo artist. The acolades for the album have continued, as Juanes recently won this year's GRAMMY for "Best Latin Pop Artist" and was the only Latin artist to perform on the global Grammy Award broadcast.

About SUBWAY^® Restaurants

Headquartered in Milford, Connecticut, and with regional offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Brisbane, Miami and Singapore, the SUBWAY^® chain was co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck in 1965. Their partnership, which continues today, marked the beginning of a remarkable journey - one that has made it possible for thousands of individuals to build and succeed in their own business. In the 2011 Zagat^® Fast Food Survey, for the third year in a row, the SUBWAY^® brand was ranked "number one" by consumers in the "Most Popular," "Top Service" and "Healthy Options" categories for food brands with 5,000 or more locations. SUBWAY^® is a registered trademark of Doctor's Associates Inc.

For more information about the SUBWAY^® chain, visit www.subway.com. 

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About Tr3s

Tr3s, owned and operated by Viacom International Media Networks – The Americas, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is a contemporary entertainment brand targeting the multi-generational Hispanic household in the US, with a reach of 6.7 million Hispanic TV Households (47.6% of US Hispanic Total TV HH) and 34.3 million Total TV households. The network offers a unique mix of genres across multiple platforms through original productions, key acquisitions and content from Viacom's portfolio of entertainment brands, to include novelas, realities, comedy, music, entertainment news, dating shows, crime dramas and documentaries. Tr3s also empowers its audience to think-socially through the brand's "Agentes de Cambio" initiative, which encourages young Hispanics to create change in their communities through innovative solutions that address their health and social issues. On the Digital front, the brand connects to the growing number of online Hispanic consumers and marketers across multiple platforms including www.TR3S.com, Tr3s Blogamole Network and Insight Tr3s.

SOURCE Tr3s