#AkwaIbomTalentShowcase

AKWA IBOM TALENT SHOWCASE

A phoenix comes to live in the theatre of dreams- that is how AKS Talent Showcase can best be themed, a first-of-its-kind performing arts competition that engages the teeming young talents to showcase their natural gifts in Drama, Music, and Dance.

The entertainment industry is undoubtably one of the most outstanding unicorns in Nigeria’s economic space and is continuously growing as the major access to how the world views Nigeria. AKS Talent Showcase further echoes this conviction by opening the stage for our state-grown creative potentials to demonstrate to the world their true talents, fortitude, capabilities, courage, and worth.
This is a citizen-oriented initiative of the Governor Udom Emmanuel led administration, provides opportunities for young artistes from the state to hone their core skills and earn tremendous rewards from highlight performances.

AKS Talent Showcase is facilitating engagements tailored to ignite ambition and courage, pulling together large network of emerging and seasoned Akwa Ibomites in the entertainment industry.

Here is the deal:
In a stint, top young talents in AKS can accelerate their emergence into the big scene by participating in any of the 3 categories-Drama, Music, and Dance. This embodies the GOAL of the project, a first, and the best time to nudge Africa’s brightest talents! a nudge into a highly-rewarding future.

By registering to contest in AKS Talent Showcase, the OBJECTIVE is to be part of the 30 talents in a journey of Capacity Building from seasoned industry professionals, Live Auditions, and listed performances in the grand finale- NIGHT OF STARS. Certainly, the most rewarding journey for budding stars that leads only up.

PROJECT GOAL
AKS Talent showcase’s end game is to discover young performing arts talents, and connect the best picks to the industry as high-forming professionals

PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The elementals of the project are focused on the following strategic plan:
- Discover and build capacity for young artistes to compete as professionals
- Deploy and reward-based activities to encourage creativity and participating artistes as well as invest in the creative industry in Akwa Ibom State
- Celebrate the best performing artistes in grand events and industry integration while expanding the ecosystem.


CATEGORIES
- Drama:
In this category, drama is accepted as a presentation that portrays a life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance, all effects and pose eligible. (Click here to Register)
www.akstalentshowcase.com

- Music:
In this category, music is accepted as vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. All genre and shade are eligible. (Click here to Register)www.akstalentshowcase.com

- Dance:
In this category, dance is accepted as a series of steps and movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music, all forms and leaps are eligible. (Click here to Register)
www.akstalentshowcase.com

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Getting on the biggest talent show is as a easy as a pie.

Here is how:
- REGISTRATION
Visit the project website and Register (Entry Opens 15th October and Closes 31st October 2018)
www.akstalentshowcase.com

- AUDITIONING
Auditions will hold between 29th-31st, October 2018- audition breakdown for each category is as follows:
1. Auditions for the music category will hold on October 29, 2018.
2. Auditions for the dance category will hold on October 30, 2018.
3. Auditions for the drama category will hold on October 31, 2018.

- GRAND FINALE
A total of THIRTY (30) talents, will be selected to participate in the Grand Finale of the maiden edition of AKS Talent Showcase 2018, in a NIGHT OF STARS, where selected high-performing acts will compete for the fringe and ultimate rewards of the showcase.

‘NIGHT OF STARS’, will bring together the crème of crème of young talents in Akwa Ibom State in an electric, fun, and challenging atmosphere.

For Further Participation Information
Interested participants of the 2018 AKWA IBOM TALENT SHOWCASE should register through the event's official website www.akwaibomtalentshowcase.com.

Alternatively, Entries can be sent to Room FQ2, New state secretariat Annex, second floor
Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo.

For further information on participation, Pls call 09076374337

#GovernorUdomCares

AKWA IBOM TALENT SHOWCASE

AN ADDRESS BY INI EDO, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL ON CULTURE AND TOURISM, ON THE OCCASION OF UNVEILING AKWA IBOM TALENT SHOWCASE AS A PEP TO THE GROWTH OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY IN AKWA IBOM STATE BY THE GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL LED GOVERNMENT, 16TH OCTOBER 2018.

Protocols

INTRODUCTION:
I warmly welcome everyone present here in this press briefing, one that will define and bring new and aspirational meaning to the lives of young creatives in Akwa Ibom State. With great sense of humility as one who has grown to treasure the gifts of our entertainment industry, I welcome you to the beginning of this epicevent called AKWA IBOM TALENT SHOWCASE and the crowning jewel of it all the ‘NIGHT OF STARS’.

On the 23rd of September, 2015, Governor Emmanuel set sail with the Dakkada crusade, at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, declaring " we stand today at an intersection where a glorious past meets a hopeful future." Governor Emmanuel has since been committed to empowering young people through development programs and equipping them for the market place; believing that once the passion is right everything is possible. Today, Akwa Ibom is rising and AkwaIbomites have risen to the faith of their greatness. I thank His Excellency, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Governor of Akwa Ibom State for having the interest of the creative Industry at heart.



PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Revealing more substance from the AKWA IBOM TALENTS SHOWCASE project, very interesting features will be unveiled through a competitive reward-system, a first-of-its-kind in the state, AKWA IBOM Talent Showcase is facilitating engagements tailored to ignite ambition and courage, pulling together a large network of emerging and seasoned AkwaIbomites in the entertainment industry.

Here is how we intend to achieve this:
We call on all creatives,female, male, young, and old to participate by registering to be part of the 30 finalists that will be taken on a brief adventure of competing for the top place at the NIGHT OF STARS in December 9th.

The web portal for interested participants to register is open as I speak and accepts applications until 31st October 2018. Simply upload a short video or demo of any performance in Drama, Music, and Dance on our website www.akstalentshowcase.com or submit entries at the Room FQ2, New State Secretariat Annex, Second Floor, Udo Udoma Avenue Uyo, and be invited to audition for the big stage.

The auditions will present an amazing time of Capacity Building, Pitching, and Challenge for the top deal at the NIGHT OF STARS.This will be no mean feat for a cake with stake as high as THREE MILLION NAIRA.

As budding performing artistes of Akwa Ibom descent, wherever you reside and beyond the immediate benefits of participating in this talent showcase, here is the best reason why I think you should not miss this opportunity; Your Career. You owe posterity a properly-developed and masterstroke showcase of illumination using your God-given talent.

Akwa Ibom Talent Showcase is here to give you real-life cards, so you can walk the talk and bring your best performance to light.
This project is a well-structured initiative, fully supported by the Akwa Ibom State Government, ably led by my principal His Excellency Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel who understands the significance of this project to the creative industry and the state’s economy.
AKWA IBOM Talent showcase is here as the event will be distributed to a global viewing audience through digital media, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter; Radio and tv stations, from good to great and everything .


American Actor Brain Mitchell is well-known for his quote on theatre, “The magic of art and theatre, it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en masse, to transform them and give them an experience that changes their life…”


THE PROJECT’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
The knock-on effect of AKWA IBOM Talent showcase is one that will revive the dreams and ambition of our teeming youths with sellable skills as performing artistes. Drama, Music, and Dance are viable career options that young AkwaIbomites can break even within a stint from existing opportunities.
Theatre, whether as Drama, Music, Dance, or comedy has been proven over the centuries to elevate the livelihood of those who have found their trade as performers, inspiring generations after generations of audience to build a society where passion, ambition, opportunities, hard work, reward for service, and giving back becomes every child, woman, and man’s path to greatness.
From illustrious gigs in Pharaoh’s courts, to the showmanship of the Greek Amphitheatre, Rome’s exotic coliseum shows, Hollywood’s special effects on screen, Bollywood’s potpourri of arts, and our folklores in Nollywood; the age-old trade of performing arts plays significant roles in the progress of our global community by researching and projecting ideals, galvanizing behavioral adjustments, impacting policies, refreshing waning minds, and beaming the spotlight on a better future. It is safe to say, performing arts is a profession of hope, opportunities, and the possibilities that surrounds us.

In all these, AKWA IBOM Talent Showcase is part of the state’s milestone in reviving the hope of young and fresh performers in Akwa Ibom State for Nigeria’s entertainment industry. As we get into the ring to give this breakthrough career opportunity to our ambitious and daring young men and women, as a drop of water creates the tiniest of ripple in an ocean, we believe that this project will have the resounding effect in the lives of our participants and in queue the economy of the state.


I will keep emphasizing on Inventor Thomas Edison Words “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overall and look like work.”


CALL TO ACTION
Registering for AKWA IBOM Talent Showcase is as easy as a pie, the web portal for interested participants to register is open until 31st October 2018. Follow the instruction, upload a short video of any performance in Drama, Music, and Dance on our website www.akstalentshowcase.com
Or visit Room FQ2, New state Secretariat Annex, Second Floor, Udoudoma Uyo, fill an application form and attach performance material and submit there.
Also call the project’s enquiry contact on 09076374337, where any questions regarding the project will be answered, and support given.

We also have opportunities for corporate partners to come on board the project, offer various support and project their brands, products, and services.



CLOSING
Given the responsibility to lead this project, I want to sincerely appreciate the presence of comrades from the media, we need your unbiased and significant coverage of events that will unfold in the coming weeks.
To the crew working to get this project off the ground, I salute the resolve, we just got started.

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This Talent Showcase, an initiative of Akwa Ibom state government is the first of its kind to bring out the best of Ibomites and Nigerians

Music Category

Dance Category

And Drama Category

A serious government

Thats the dividend of voting Technocrats into govt


Godbless Udom Emmanuel

Godbless AtikuObi

Godbless Nigeria

Registration Opens 15-31st October

richidinho:
A serious government

Thats the dividend of voting Technocrats into govt


Godbless Udom Emmanuel

Godbless AtikuObi

Godbless Nigeria

God bless you

S.A Entertainment to Governor Udom Emmanuel and Nollywood Star, Ini Edo with S.A Digital Media, Mrs Meflyn Anwana, at the pre-event Press Conference

Read text of the Pre-event Press Conference

https://www.nairaland.com/4791874/address-ini-edo-unveiling-2018#72141071

Nonsense

Highly commendable initiative. I hope the registration is free for all.

rozayx5:
Nonsense

seriously?

talent hunt loading

No space to comment sef.

Besides TonyeBarcanista are u now the spokesman to Udom Emmanuel??

So after Apkabio chop This ini Edo kpekus, now na Udom Emmanuel dey chop the left over.. Issoryte.

TonyeBarcanista:
S.A Entertainment to Governor Udom Emmanuel and Nollywood Star, Ini Edo with S.A Digital Media, Mrs Meflyn Anwana, at the pre-event Press Conference

This woman, Meflyn is a positive lady to hang out with... She is an amazing personality! We were spose to start an all girls forum together but I guess she was too busy for that, she is full of life and pretty too

I wish this initiative is private sector driven and sponsored by companies doing businesses in Akwa Ibom.
A government initiative? A waste of money! Udom should know how to engage the private sector in the state to the benefit of the indigenes of the state. Where is the much touted technocrat in this man?

Udom is right

MyVILLAGEpeople:


No space to comment sef.

Besides TonyeBarcanista are u now the spokesman to Udom Emmanuel??

So after Apkabio chop This ini Edo kpekus, now na Udom Emmanuel dey chop the left over.. Issoryte.

of a truth you are under the mercy of "your village people"

itsmeurLady:


This woman, Meflyn is a positive lady to hang out with... She is an amazing personality! We were spose to start an all girls forum together but I guess she was too busy for that, she is full of life and pretty too

You are right Babe

Am coming up with something great. God see me through.

Curiouscity:
I wish this initiative is private sector driven and sponsored by companies doing businesses in Akwa Ibom.
A government initiative? A waste of money! Udom should know how to engage the private sector in the state to the benefit of the indigenes of the state. Where is the much touted technocrat in this man?

...and he studied at INSEAD (AMP not MBA), worked at PwC and Zenith Bank. The dude is a classical mor0n.

I miss Akwa Ibom...

Gerrard59:


...and he studied at INSEAD (AMP not MBA), worked at PwC and Zenith Bank. The dude is a classical mor0n.

I am yet to see how he is using all the above credentials for the benefit of the state. I wish he was allowed to fight for the position, and not handed to him on a platter. Once he started that 2billion (abi 5billion) mansion in his village, I knew this guy is not serious.

But in overall, I wish Akwa Ibom state a sustainable development. I don't care who is on seat.

This show, competition or whatever is extremely garbage. The previous ones I watched were won by dancers, like wtf?! I don't like that dancers have to compete with singers, and the dawgs in the drama section.

TonyeBarcanista:
This Talent Showcase, an initiative of Akwa Ibom state government is the first of its kind to bring out the best of Ibomites and Nigerians

Bros i dey Uyo, make you carry me along nah, Everywhere good for your side oh.

EXLOVER:
Bros i dey Uyo, make you carry me along nah, Everywhere good for your side oh.

Make you apply

I am yet to see how he is using all the above credentials for the benefit of the state.

Exactly. I thought he'd use his network to bring investors to the state, reduce taxes on businesses and promote economic growth. But alas!

Curiouscity:
I wish he was allowed to fight for the position, and not handed to him on a platter. Once he started that 2billion (abi 5billion) mansion in his village, I knew this guy is not serious.

But in overall, I wish Akwa Ibom state a sustainable development. I don't care who is on seat.

I have passed the building several times to church in Eket but didn't know he is the owner. But hey, it's why I called him a classical mor0n.

TonyeBarcanista:
Make you apply

oya give me link nah