Jacquiline Afua Bondzie
5 October 2007
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If there is any talent hunt show that has lived up to it's billing, then the Nescafe Africa revelation has, for close to four years the show has produced good hip-life artists like Praye and Wutah, so it was relieving to have witnessed the third edition of the Nescafe Africa revelation (NAR) launch.
The launch which took place at the Trade fair, Golden Lily Hall last Friday, was observed by a large section of both electronic media and the print, also in attendance were most of the show stoppers in the entertainment industry.
Mad. Hafisa Arthur Brand Manager of Nestle Ghana noted in her address that the Theme for this year's edition for the Nescafe African Revelation was 'A Chance to Discover Yourself'
Adding that, each group will be auditioned with a NESCAFE song and a self composed song, both accapellas, then two finalists from each zone will in turn compete in December for the national championship.
She noted that, this edition will also embark on music and dance journey of self discovery for the youth, The journey begins with auditions to select zonal contestant who will be performing in groups of two to four, or a group made up of at least a singer and a dancer.
She disclosed that NAR 2008 will be carried across Central and West Africa and participating countries includes: Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Cote d' Ivoire, Senegal and Cameroon.
Prizes at stake for the winners of the competition are enormous and mouth-watering; such as the national winner will represent Ghana at the West & Central African Finals in February 2008, which will be held in Cote d' Ivoire.
The national winner will also have a one year recording, promotion, management and contract, a fully furnished accommodation for a year and a car at his or her disposal also for a year.
The show was successfully emceed by Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), and mine that guy is good at what he does, to spice the launch, Ramzy and Riche both first runners-up of NAR 2004 performed the them song for this years' edition live.
Wutah also contributed his quota by singing some few tunes from their old and the new album and so did the National and West Africa champions of 2004, Praye.
According to the organizers, the show will be supported by a website: www.nescafeafricanrevelation.com that will have information on past and current events updates.
The show will be supported by a NAR- TV, in a form of a semi reality series that will be aired on Metro TV every Sunday at 5:30 and repeated on Tuesday at 8pm.
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