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Auditions will begin this weekend in Port Harcourt in the world’s
number one music singing talent reality TV show, “The X Factor”, brought
to Africa for the first time by leading telecommunications company,
Globacom.
Head of Reality Shows of Globacom, Sulyman Bello, said in a statement
issued in Lagos that auditions to select those who would participate in
the show would be held at the Presidential Hotel, Aba Road, Port
Harcourt, from Saturday April 13, to Sunday, April 14, 2013.
The X Factor crew will move to the Federal Capital City the following
week for the Abuja auditions which will take place at Ladi Kwali Hall
of Sheraton Hotel, on Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21.
Bello stated that the Lagos auditions would come up on the weekend of
May 25 and 26. It will be held at Dream Studio, No.1 Bamako Street,
Omole Estate, Ojodu. All the auditions will be held from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. on the stated days.
X Factor is a Reality TV singing competition designed to find new
talents. It is contested by aspiring singers, drawn from public
auditions and is open to all ages, sex, styles, solo acts or groups.
The other stages of the competition include the auditions, in front of
an audience; the evictions; the judge’s day and the grand finale. It has
been successfully launched in major countries including UK, the United
States, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany
and Spain.
Glo is making history as the first company to bring the show to
Africa. The ultimate winner of the show will cart home a princely sum of
$150,000 (N24million), the biggest purse among current music reality TV
shows. The winner will also get a recording contract with the
internationally acclaimed Sony Music for the recording of an album and
professional management of the winning individual or group.
A major difference between the show and others is that the judges
also double as coaches for the various groups. It is peculiarly split in
stages, following the contestants from auditions through to the boot
camp, the judges’ homes; to the grand finale.
According to Bello, “This year marks the 10th anniversary
of our operations and this programme is, in part, our modest way of
thanking our subscribers for their loyalty and patronage”.
Accra and Kumasi in Ghana are also scheduled to host the auditions.
The X Factor, a Syco-owned format, is produced and distributed worldwide
by FremantleMedia.
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