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| Digicel Stars Host Terri-Karelle with mentors(l-r) Conroy Wilson, D-Major and Derrick Coffie |
At the close of the Digicel Stars audition line, nearly 23, 000 people from across Jamaica submitted their recordings by calling the audition line or using the BlackBerry App – in the hopes of being a part of TV’s newest talent show.
The first live audition show featured the contestants who made it to the final leg of the auditions for the Montego Bay area. The contestants brought the hype and entertainment and viewers finally got to see what the new show was all about.
Terri-Karelle Reid reprised her role as the main
host along with the four mentors. The new talent show, aired on Television
Jamaica (TVJ), featured a new talent search competition format which focuses on
developing the contestants through the guidance of mentors from four different
genres – Gospel, Jamaican Sound, Pop and R&B/Soul.
The first audition show introduced the four mentors:
International recording artist, D-Major for R&B/Soul, veteran songstress,
Carlene Davis, for Gospel, Executive and Creative Director of Ashe Performing
Arts Company, Conroy B. Wilson for Pop and Executive Producer of Equiknoxx
Music Group, Derrick Coffie, for Jamaican Sound.
Executive Producer for Digicel Stars, Michael Hogan
is delighted at the support of the Jamaican public who took advantage of the
convenient audition lines; “With Digicel Stars, Jamaicans will be one step
closer to fulfilling their dreams to become not just Jamaica’s stars, but
international stars. Digicel Stars is helping Jamaicans make their dreams a
reality and, with the support of our new mentors who will share their
experience in the industry with contestants, we guarantee that Jamaicans will
thoroughly enjoy the show right through to the grand finale.”
Digicel Stars is a new talent series being broadcast on TVJ from June to September and is the first of its kind in the Caribbean to feature artistes selected by music genre. These genres include Gospel, Jamaican Sound, Pop and Soul/R&B. The selected artists will be mentored throughout the series with the grand final taking place in mid-September.
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