Island Africa Talent
Island Africa Talent | |
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Genre | TV |
Created by | Emmanuel Le Juez &
Olivier Louyot Universal Music Group |
Production | |
Producer | Code films Universal Music Group |
Original release | |
Network | A+ (Canal+ Africa) |
Island Africa Talent is a television music competition franchise created by French producers Emmanuel Le Juez and Olivier Louyot to find new talents in African French countries. The winner of the show earns a contract with the African franchise of Universal Music Group along with 5 000 000 FCFA. The first series of the show aired on A+, a channel of the Canal + Africa Group and various local channel, from October 24 to December 12 of 2014.
Creation and Production
[edit]Island Africa Talent is the first africanwide talent competition and was created to promote new African talents and to witness the creation of the African franchise of Universal Music Group.[1] Live shows stage took place in Yamoussoukro in Cote d'Ivoire and is watched nearly by 200 million people.
Participating countries
[edit]Series | Country | Network |
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Series 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Digital Congo RDC / B-One RDC |
Republic of the Congo | DRTV Congo Brazzaville | |
Chad | ONRTV Chad | |
Burkina Faso | RTB Burkina | |
Niger | ORTN Niger | |
Seychelles | SBC Seychelles | |
Madagascar | MA TV Madagascar | |
Cote d'Ivoire | RTI Cote d'Ivoire | |
Senegal | TFM Senegal | |
Benin | ORTB Benin | |
Togo | LCF Togo | |
Cameroon | CRTV Cameroon | |
Gabon | Gabon TV |
Judges and Presenters
[edit]Series | Judges | Presenters |
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Series 1 |
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Iance Yves de M'Bella
Juliette Fievet (backstage) |
Selection Process
[edit]Countries Audition
[edit]Auditions took place in the 12 participating countries ; selected one act to represent each country at the live shows.
Live Shows
[edit]During the Live Shows only the grades given by the judges determines the rankings, and during the first five weeks there are no eliminations. From week 5, the 3 contestants who received the lowest cumulative grade over the weeks are eliminated each week. Live Shows took place during seven weeks.
Winners and Finalists
[edit]Series | Rank | Finalist |
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Serie 1 | Winner | Madagascar - Deenyz[2] |
Runner-Up | Cameroon - Danielle | |
Third Place | Democratic Republic of the Congo - Bill |
References
[edit]- ^ "Canal+ et Universal Music investissent ensemble en Afrique francophone". 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Island Africa Talent: …et la gagnante est Deenyz ! | Africa Top Success". www.africatopsuccess.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.