ENTERTAINMENT

What started as a small business venture in 1989 catapulted Australia entrepreneur Billy Cross into the limelight and into the throws of phenomenal success.

Manpower Australia or the Thunder From Down Under as it is known worldwide, is herald as the most sought after male-revue in the world today. This entertainment sensation has grown from humble beginnings in a Surfers Paradise nightclub to an indefinite residency at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino on the famed Las Vegas Strip, having toured throughout 15 countries and performing to over 6 million women worldwide.

With an insatiable demand for more performances and expressions of interest flying in from hopeful performers all over the globe, coupled with an awareness of a new phenomenon that was about to take the world by storm, Billy Cross set about making an impact through the use of global media. Resulting in the 2001 birth of famed reality TV program StripSearch, a fool proof show format was carefully crafted with the first series airing in Australia following the search for a new troupe of male entertainers before going global.

With StripSearch USA proving the most popular with applicants, an opportunity to expand his Las Vegas interests arose. The result? An all American male-revue, American Storm. Regarded as the entertainment capital of the world, Billy Cross continues to grow his Las Vegas entertainment interests, recently adding one of Australia’s greatest success stories, Human Nature to the list of Las Vegas based stage-show successes stories in 2009.