Island Africa Talent series 1

Island Africa Talent
Series 1
Hosted by	Iance Yves de Mbola Juliette Fievet
Judges	David Monsoh Barbara Kanam Didier Awadi
Winner	Deenyz
Runner-up	Danielle
Location	Yamoussoukro
Release
Original network	A+ (Canal + Africa Group) and local TV
Original release	24 October (2014-10-24) – 12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)

Island Africa Talent is an africanwide singing competition. The first series aired on A+ and 13 local TV all over African French countries and was presented by Iance Yves de Mbola. The judging panel is composed by music producer David Monsoh and singers Barbara Kanam and Didier Awadi. 12 countries were represented in this series and on December 12, 2014 Deenyz, representing Madagascar, won over Danielle from Cameroon after seven weeks of competition to be crowned the first winner of the show after seven weeks of competition.

Auditions

David Monsoh travelled all over the 12 participating countries, with the help of local judges to find the act that will represent each country to the Live Shows. The auditions aired in the same night as the first Live Show on October 24, 2014.

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third place

Country	Finalist
Madagascar	Deenyz
Cameroon	Danielle
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Bill
Niger	Binta
Republic of the Congo	Eved
Rwanda	Kevin
Mali	Koité
Chad	Aimé
Senegal	Boubacar
Gabon	Amly
Cote d'Ivoire	Nadège
Seychelles	Keshia

Live Shows Summary

Acts	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Final
Deenyz	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	Winner
Danielle	6th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	1st	1st	Runner-Up
Bill	8th	6th	3rd	3rd	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd Place
Eved	3rd	2nd	6th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	Eliminated
Kevin	4th	9th	9th	7th	8th	6th	5th	Eliminated
Binta	7th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	5th	6th	Eliminated
Koité	2nd	7th	5th	6th	7th	7th	Eliminated
Aimé	9th	9th	7th	7th	7th	8th	Eliminated
Boubacar	8th	8th	9th	10th	9th	9th	Eliminated
Nadège	5th	5th	8th	8th	10th	Eliminated
Amly	9th	10th	10th	9th	11th	Eliminated
Keshia	8th	11th	11th	11th	12th	Eliminated