Island Africa Talent

Island Africa Talent is a television music competition franchise created by French producers Emmanuel Le Juez and Olivier Louyot to find new talents in African French countries. The winner of the show earns a contract with the African franchise of Universal Music Group along with 5 000 000 FCFA. The first series of the show aired on A+, a channel of the Canal + Africa Group and various local channel, from October 24 to December 12 of 2014.

Island Africa Talent
GenreTV
Created byEmmanuel Le Juez &

Olivier Louyot

Universal Music Group
Production
Producer(s)Code films Universal Music Group
Release
Original networkA+ (Canal+ Africa)
External links
Website

Creation and Production

Island Africa Talent is the first africanwide talent competition and was created to promote new African talents and to witness the creation of the African franchise of Universal Music Group.[1] Live shows stage took place in Yamoussoukro in Cote d'Ivoire and is watched nearly by 200 million people.

Participating countries
Series Country Network
Series 1  Democratic Republic of the Congo Digital Congo RDC / B-One RDC
 Republic of the Congo DRTV Congo Brazzaville
 Chad ONRTV Chad
 Burkina Faso RTB Burkina
 Niger ORTN Niger
 Seychelles SBC Seychelles
 Madagascar MA TV Madagascar
 Cote d'Ivoire RTI Cote d'Ivoire
 Senegal TFM Senegal
 Benin ORTB Benin
 Togo LCF Togo
 Cameroon CRTV Cameroon
 Gabon Gabon TV

Judges and Presenters
Series Judges Presenters
Series 1
Iance Yves de M'Bella

Juliette Fievet (backstage)

Selection Process

Countries Audition

Auditions took place in the 12 participating countries ; selected one act to represent each country at the live shows.

Live Shows

During the Live Shows only the grades given by the judges determines the rankings, and during the first five weeks there are no eliminations. From week 5, the 3 contestants who received the lowest cumulative grade over the weeks are eliminated each week. Live Shows took place during seven weeks.

Winners and Finalists
Series Rank Finalist
Serie 1 Winner  Madagascar - Deenyz[2]
Runner-Up  Cameroon - Danielle
Third Place  Democratic Republic of the Congo - Bill
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References
  1. http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2014/12/13/20004-20141213ARTFIG00013-canalet-universal-music-investissent-ensemble-en-afrique-francophone.php
  2. http://www.africatopsuccess.com/2014/12/13/island-africa-talent-and-the-winner-is-deenyz/
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