Island Africa Talent

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Island Africa Talent
Genre TV
Created byEmmanuel Le Juez &

Olivier Louyot

Universal Music Group
Production
ProducerCode films Universal Music Group
Release
Original networkA+ (Canal+ Africa)

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.

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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

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

Judges and Presenters

SeriesJudgesPresenters
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

SeriesRankFinalist
Serie 1 WinnerFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar - Deenyz [2]
Runner-UpFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon - Danielle
Third PlaceFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo - Bill

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References

  1. "Canal+ et Universal Music investissent ensemble en Afrique francophone". 13 December 2014.
  2. "Island Africa Talent: …et la gagnante est Deenyz ! | Africa Top Success". www.africatopsuccess.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.