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
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.http://vanguardngr.com

2 million: 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
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.http://vanguardngr.com

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