By Ogova Ondego
Published April 1, 2015
French telecom, Orange SA, has on March 31, 2015 launched the fourth edition of its StarAfrica Sounds music contest with a view to promoting new Francophone African music talents.
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Saying its 2014 edition of the contest “was a great success with 88 candidates and more than 50,000 votes”, Orange is inviting artists–singers, groups, musicians–to register their interest, proposing an original song and representative of their musical style on the StarAfrica.com website between May 26 and July 7, 2015 to enable public voting online.
“A jury composed of music professionals will designate the Jury Prize from all the candidates,” Orange says. “The Jury Prize winner will be announced on StarAfrica.com on July 10, 2015.”
Saying “The music title of the 10 winners of the competition will be part of the StarAfrica Sounds 2015 compilation,” Orange says “a remix contest, in partnership with Soonvibes, will be organized using the Public Prize and the Jury Prize winners’ songs” in 2015.
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The winner of the Public Prize will be given coverage on StarAfrica.com and Deezer Africa and North Africa, an interview on Africa N°1, a Deezer 4 Artists certified account, six months free access to Deezer Premium+ and free distribution of 3 albums on Zimbalam.
The 2nd to 9th position winners of the Public Prize will be given a Deezer 4 Artists certified account, six months free access to Deezer Premium+ and free distribution of 3 albums on Zimbalam.
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The Jury Prize winner will be given coverage on StarAfrica.com and Deezer Africa and North Africa, an interview on Africa N°1, a Deezer 4 Artists certified account, six months free access to Deezer Premium+ and free distribution of 3 albums on Zimbalam.
Marema, winner of the 2014 StarAfrica jury’s prize and of the 2014 “Prix Découvertes RFIâ€, will be the official sponsor of this edition.
StarAfrica.com, the Orange Entertainment portal in Africa, is available in French, English and Arabic. It offers eight thematic channels: news, music, football, sport, education, jobs, entrepreneurship and the diaspora shop.
