Project Fame West Africa to kick off Season 3

The competition which has had two previously successful seasons is once again poised to take raw talents and mould them into music stars. After general auditions, 15 talented individuals will be taken to the Performance Academy where they would be taught how to write songs and perform from the very top professionals of the music […]

The competition which has had two previously successful seasons is once again poised to take raw talents and mould them into music stars. After general auditions, 15 talented individuals will be taken to the Performance Academy where they would be taught how to write songs and perform from the very top professionals of the music industry.

According to the owners of the Project Fame franchise in West Africa, Ultima Limited, “Project Fame West Africa is not just looking for contestants with good voices. All students selected for the Performance Academy will be able to sing, perform and play musical instruments or write their own songs.”

Testaments to the refining abilities of PFWA are Iyanya Mbuk and Mike Anyasodo who both won the 1st season and second season respectively. Today they are among Nigeria’s most talented and professional singers with Iyanya releasing his critically acclaimed debut album My Story last year and Mike dropping three new singles that have all been met with positive reviews.

This year the winner of Project Fame will win a recording contract, a whooping sum of N2.5m and a brand new Toyota RAV4. The first runner-up goes home with N1.5m and a Toyota Corolla while the second runner-up goes home with a Toyota Yaris and N1m. The third runner-up takes N1m. Also the top 6 contestants will get to work with Nigeria’s leading producer on their compositions and release a group song.

With JT Taylor of Kool and the Gang visiting the contestants in the Academy in Season 1 and with Marlon Jackson, a member of the historic Jackson 5 and brother to the late pop icon Michael Jackson dropping by in Season 2, you can expect more international artistes to visit the contestants in the academy. Don’t be surprised to see Usher strolling into the academy to drop his own words of wisdom.

Spanning Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, MTN Project Fame West Africa is the biggest talent show within the sub-region and the most interactive with millions of people voting for their favourite contestant weekly.