Singers from 3 main entertainment companies: Heng Meas, Sunday, and Town have the highest market rate demand for the Water Festival this year. Mr. Lay Sokchomreoun, a manager of Sunday Entertainment, said that his biggest hit stars for the Water Festival this year include Khemarak Sereymon, Sok Pisey, Chay Virakyuth and Keo Veasna.
The manager stressed that, 'actually, all our stars are in demand for the upcoming festival, but the 4 singers I have mentioned are booked to sing for the whole 3-days celebration. '
However, Mr. Lay Sokchomreoun does not mention the company's name or any TV channels his singers will perform. Nor did he mention the price each singer earn from the 3 day performance.
Similar to Mr. Lay Sokchomreoun, manager of Town production, Mr. Meas Sok Ratanak neither comment on the rate that his singers earn, nor does he mention the products or channels that they will perform for. Nonetheless, he said that all his singers were fully booked for this year's Water Festival celebration in early November.
Talking about the highest rating stars these days, he mentioned, ' Ah Phea, Nisa, and Khem, but I'm not sure because there are so many people contacting me.' On the other hand, Hang Meas Entertainment
is not available contact for confirmation on which stars have the highest rate this water festival season. Nevertheless, sources from famous coordinators, comment anonymously that singers with highest rate and demand are Preap Sovath and Aok Sokunkanha.Other outside source added that other than the 2 mentioned stars above there are other males and females singers from the listed production that have high rating this Water Festival.
Singers have been missed the opportunity to earn for the pass 3 years since the Koh Pich Stampede incident in 2010 that resulted in hundreds of death. Only now in 2014 that the government decided to host Water Festival Ceremony once again and stars finally got the chance to collect more cash.