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“Big Dreams Nigeria”, a talent hunt show geared towards discovering
and developing young talents in acting, music and stand-up comedy
across Nigeria, is set to debut, its organisers said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Kingsley Amafibe,
Project Director of the Big Dream Nigeria Talent Show project, stated
this on Wednesday at a pre-event interactive session in Abuja.
According to Amafibe, registration for participation is free, as the
initiative is to offer talented and passionate youths a platform to
express themselves and be discovered in the creative industry, and
thereby reduce unemployment rate.
“Registration will be opened on Nov. 10, for our budding talents in music, acting and comedy nationwide to participate.
“We shall hold auditions in 11 states, including the FCT, Lagos, Jos,
Benin, Kaduna, Enugu and Calabar, among other cities across Nigeria.
“A total number of 45 youths, 15 each for acting, music and comedy
categories, will be selected for the grand finale in Lagos,” he said.
The Project Director further explained that the 45 selected young
talents will be camped for mentoring and training for five weeks, as
they compete for the grand prize.
He added that while in camp, professional filmmakers, artistes and
other stakeholders will train and share experiences with the young and
at the end, movies and music produced by them will be screened.
According to him, the 45 contestants will be reduced on a weekly
eviction process, and then the last three persons standing will be
announced as winners on May 10, 2020.
“The three contestants who make it to the finale will be awarded 2
million naira each to enable them build a career in their area of choice
in the entertainment industry.
“This is in line with the essence of the project, to create job for
young people in the entertainment industry, thereby reducing the number
of unemployed Nigerians, and ultimately make them employers of labour
.”
He noted that the project was being organised in collaboration with
relevant showbiz promoters, organisations and key industry players.
Mr Uzee Usman, a filmmaker and member of the organising team, said
talented youths discovered from the programme will be given acting roles
in Nollywood films.
Other members of the team, Mr Tunde Tdot of the popular Styl-Plus
music group, and the veteran stand-up comedian Shortcut, said they would
provide mentoring opportunities for talents to be discovered from the
show.(NAN)