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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 / 09:00AM /
Firstbank/Header Image Credit: Firstbank
First
Bank of Nigeria Limited today, announced its lead sponsorship of the TV reality
musical talent show, The Voice Nigeria, Season 3.
The
talent shows which is organised by UN1TY Nigeria is created to discover,
nurture and bring to the fore musical talents amongst the next generation of
Nigerian youth.
The
Voice Nigeria will be produced for the first time in Nigeria and will be aired
on DSTV channel (Africa Magic) Startimes and terrestrial TV channel (AIT),
amongst other leading television stations in the outside the country. Nigerians
can expect to see the very best talents on stage in the course of the
competition.
The
musical talent hunt show would start with blind auditions to be submitted upon
being shortlisted after a successful registration, then battle auditions which
then move out of the rooms and straight into the arenas, with hopefuls having
to perform in front of an arena audience from the start in the hope of making
it through to the next stage.
The
Voice Nigeria will be hosted by Denola Adepetun (aka Denola Grey), Nancy Isime,
Toke Makinwa and the coaches are Dare Art Alade, Folarin Falana (aka Falz), Yemi
Alade and Aituaje Iruobe (aka Waje).
Interested
participants are to register via the link www.thevoicenigeria.com with their
FirstBank account number as a requirement. Should one not have an account with
the Bank, then dial the Bank's USSD code, *894*0# to be a FirstBank account
holder. The audition is open to individuals within the age of 18 -50 years who
are have been residing in Nigeria for 12 consecutive months. The registration
for audition is open from 25 August - 19 September 2020.
There
are numerous awesome prizes up for grabs. The winner of the show will be go
home with whooping ten million naira cash; a brand new car and an exciting one-year
recording contract reward with Universal Music.
Speaking
on the talent hunt show, Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing &
Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said "we are delighted to be the lead
sponsor of The Voice Nigeria, this partnership is hinged on our Brand's passion
to empower and invest in our youths. FirstBank has given voice to the young and
indeed all Nigerians for the past 126 years, and will continue to give voice to
Nigerians by creating employment, economic empowerment in the country through
our products, services and initiatives. We remain committed to strengthening
the creative industry which is fast growing into a multibillion-dollar
business, with potential to be a leading contributor to Nigeria's GDP in the
near future."
We
commend UN1TY Nigeria for The Voice Nigeria as our sponsorship is in
recognition of the vast talents Nigeria is blessed with which we are delighted
to promote, thereby having a positive impact the Nigerian entertainment
industry. We enjoin everyone to follow our social media channels for more
details on the programme, whilst also staying locked on their TV screen. More
details would be provided in the course of the weeks through our social media
channels.
"The
show promises to be engaging, full of surprises and with fun-filled excitement
to our viewers" he concluded.
According
to research disclosed in PWC's recent Entertainment & Media Outlook report,
Nigeria's entertainment is expected to rise from $4.46 billion in 2018 to a
$10.5 billion market by the end of 2023. In addition, with this initiative and
other sponsored event targeted at the youth, the premier Bank in Nigeria,
FirstBank, is committed to strengthening its contribution to the development of
the entertainment industry in the country.
Watch the Announcement by the CEO HERE
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