Island Africa Talent
| Island Africa Talent | |
|---|---|
| Genre | TV |
| Created by | Emmanuel Le Juez &
Olivier Louyot Universal Music Group |
| Production | |
| Producer | Code films Universal Music Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | A+ (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.
Creation and Production[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Series | Judges | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| Series 1 |
| |
| Iance Yves de M'Bella
Juliette Fievet (backstage) |
Selection Process[edit]
Countries Audition[edit]
Auditions took place in the 12 participating countries ; selected one act to represent each country at the live shows.
Live Shows[edit]
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[edit]
| Series | Rank | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| Serie 1 | Winner | Madagascar - Deenyz[2]
|
| Runner-Up | Cameroon - Danielle
| |
| Third Place | Democratic Republic of the Congo - Bill
|
References[edit]
- ^ "Canal+ et Universal Music investissent ensemble en Afrique francophone". 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Island Africa Talent: …et la gagnante est Deenyz ! | Africa Top Success". www.africatopsuccess.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.