A new talent hunt show is set to hit our screens this November. The show, ‘Big Dreams Nigeria‘, is geared towards discovering and developing young talents, another opportunity for the Nigerian youths to display their skills and get paid for it.
The talent show was launched on Wednesday at an interactive session in Abuja. The Project Director, Kingsley Amafibe mentioned that the 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, thereby reducing unemployment rate.
According to the organizers, registration will be opened on November 10 for talents in music, acting and comedy nationwide to participate with auditions in 11 states, including 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,” Amafibe 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 price. He added that while in camp, professional film makers, artiste and other stakeholders will train and share experiences with the young talents and at the end, movies and music produced by them will be screened.
“The three contestants who make it to the finale will be awarded #2 million each to enable them build 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.
“There would be an online registration where they would be expected to upload a 1 minute video skit of themselves on what they thin they are good at,” he said.
The project is organised in collaboration with relevant showbiz promoters, organisations and key industry players.