Aspiring musicians for Project Fame 2
Feb 18, 2008
WANT to be famous? Are you 21 years and above with a voice to die for? Then think about participating in the Tusker Project Fame 2, whose auditions are slated for February 29 and March 1 at the Golf Course Hotel, Garden City in Kampala.
By Jude Katende
WANT to be famous? Are you 21 years and above with a voice to die for? Then think about participating in the Tusker Project Fame 2, whose auditions are slated for February 29 and March 1 at the Golf Course Hotel, Garden City in Kampala.
About sh72m is at stake along with record deals among other prizes. The show, which will run for five months, will have Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania each sending five representatives in a house akin to that of the Big-Brother reality show.
The initial number of “successful†wanna be musicians will be 20, but this will be trimmed to five. Last year, our representatives Tony Rodman Nyanzi, 21 and Melton Cephas Ibaale, 25, bowed out of the lucrative Tusker Project Fame Academy after a gruelling six weeks.
Kenya’s Valerie, who took home a Mercedes Benz, is now enjoying a music career with an album being recorded.
On Friday, Tusker officials, Hilda Karamagi, Diana Nyikiriie and Anthony Karemi, met the press at Golf Course Hotel and explained to them this year’s format.
Karamagi said the show is a mixture of Big Brother and Pop Idols.
“There will be three judges from each of the participating countries and six music teachers,†she said.
Last year’s finalists will come round to support the show and also give participants some confidence and advice. The voting will be per country and all the day’s events will be edited to fit a one-hour show that will run on WBS TV.
WANT to be famous? Are you 21 years and above with a voice to die for? Then think about participating in the Tusker Project Fame 2, whose auditions are slated for February 29 and March 1 at the Golf Course Hotel, Garden City in Kampala.
About sh72m is at stake along with record deals among other prizes. The show, which will run for five months, will have Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania each sending five representatives in a house akin to that of the Big-Brother reality show.
The initial number of “successful†wanna be musicians will be 20, but this will be trimmed to five. Last year, our representatives Tony Rodman Nyanzi, 21 and Melton Cephas Ibaale, 25, bowed out of the lucrative Tusker Project Fame Academy after a gruelling six weeks.
Kenya’s Valerie, who took home a Mercedes Benz, is now enjoying a music career with an album being recorded.
On Friday, Tusker officials, Hilda Karamagi, Diana Nyikiriie and Anthony Karemi, met the press at Golf Course Hotel and explained to them this year’s format.
Karamagi said the show is a mixture of Big Brother and Pop Idols.
“There will be three judges from each of the participating countries and six music teachers,†she said.
Last year’s finalists will come round to support the show and also give participants some confidence and advice. The voting will be per country and all the day’s events will be edited to fit a one-hour show that will run on WBS TV.