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For the Love of Good Music, FirstBank partners with Un1ty Nigeria to promote Music with The Voice Nigeria Season 3 ?
First Bank of Nigeria today, announced its lead sponsorship of the TV reality musical talent show, The Voice Nigeria, Season 3.
The talent show which is organized by UN1TY Nigeria is created to discover, nurture, and bring to the fore musical talents amongst the next generation of Nigerian youth.
The Voice Nigeria will be produced for the first time in Nigeria and will be aired on DSTV channel (Africa Magic) Startimes and terrestrial TV channel (AIT), amongst other leading television stations outside the country. Nigerians can expect to see the very best talents on stage in the course of the competition.
The musical talent hunt show would start with blind auditions to be submitted upon being shortlisted after successful registration, then battle auditions which then move out of the rooms and straight into the arenas, with hopefuls having to perform in front of an arena audience from the start in the hope of making it through to the next stage.
The Voice Nigeria will be hosted by Nancy Isime, Toke Makinwa, and the coaches are Dare Art Alade, Folarin Falana (aka Falz), Yemi Alade, and Aituaje Iruobe (aka Waje).
Interested participants are to register via the link www.thevoicenigeria.com with their FirstBank account number as a requirement. Should one not have an account with the Bank, then dial the Bank’s USSD code, *894*0# to be a FirstBank account holder.
The audition is open to individuals within the age of 18 -50 years who have been residing in Nigeria for 12 consecutive months. The registration for the audition is open from August 25th – September 19th, 2020.
There are numerous awesome prizes up for grabs. The winner of the show will go home with whooping ten million naira cash; a brand new car and an exciting one-year recording contract reward with Universal Music.
Speaking on the talent hunt show, Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said
“we are delighted to be the lead sponsor of The Voice Nigeria, this partnership hinges on our Brand’s passion to empower and invest in our youths. FirstBank has given voice to the young and indeed all Nigerians for the past 126 years, and will continue to give voice to Nigerians by creating employment, economic empowerment in the country through our products, services, and initiatives. We remain committed to strengthening the creative industry which is fast growing into a multibillion-dollar business, with the potential to be a leading contributor to Nigeria’s GDP in the near future.”
We commend UN1TY Nigeria for The Voice Nigeria as our sponsorship is in recognition of the vast talents Nigeria is blessed with which we are delighted to promote, thereby having a positive impact on the Nigerian entertainment industry. We enjoin everyone to follow our social media channels for more details on the program, whilst also staying locked on their TV screen. More details would be provided in the course of the weeks through our social media channels.
“The show promises to be engaging, full of surprises and with fun-filled excitement to our viewers” he concluded.
According to research disclosed in PWC’s recent Entertainment & Media Outlook report, Nigeria’s entertainment is expected to rise from $4.46 billion in 2018 to a $10.5 billion market by the end of 2023. In addition, with this initiative and other sponsored events targeted at the youth, the premier Bank in Nigeria, FirstBank, is committed to strengthening its contribution to the development of the entertainment industry in the country.
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