MTN Project Fame auditions open in Abuja

Abuja - Popular singing competition, MTN
Project Fame West Africa on Saturday in
Abuja began auditions to select talented
singers who had the potential to build a
career in music.
The auditions which held at the National
Centre for Women Development, featured
radio personality, Matilda Duncan, Neo-soul
singer, Lindsey Abudei and music producer,
Gospel Obi popularly known as
GospelOnDeBeatz as judges.
Joseph Ogbuka, the Youth Segment
Specialist for MTN, said that the aim of the
project was to hunt and support talented
youths selected from the various zones.
``We are a brand that taps into the passion
and lifestyle of the Nigerian youth, and we
know there are many gifted youths who need
a bit of a push or support.
``Music is a core passion of many Nigerian
youths who are also our customers and
these people who want to go into music
have to be found.
``The best we can do is support the
management of project fame to discover
gifted youths and support their dreams of
becoming great artistes in the Nigerian music
industry.
``We have a special youth proposition which
serves as a platform to support youths in
achieving their goals which in this case is
music.
``There are thousands of people signing up
for this, but we have to pick only those who
can really sing,’’ he said.
According to him, there will be a couple of
knock-out stages in each zone to find the
best in those zones.
He stated; ``these people will contest with
those chosen from other zones until we feel
we have gotten those that are good enough
to go through the semifinals’’.
``That is where we would pick those that
would proceed to the live show,” Ogbuka
said.
More than 1,500 people took part in the
auditions.
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