Airtel is offering its customers a chance to sing and win prizes through a song contest and campaign dubbed Airtel Trace Music Stars, which will see the overall winner walk away with £30,000 (KSh3.4 million).
The Airtel Trace Music Stars competition was launched through a collaboration between Airtel and Trace Music TV and aims to offer an opportunity and platform for Kenyans wanting to debut in the music scene but are unable to.
To compete, Kenyans are required to register as contestants by making a phone call to the number 0900 733 733, and sing during the phone call in order to be considered, before the set deadline on December 11, 2014. Recording a song through the service will cost a person KSh10 per minute.
After the song is recorded, it goes through a 3 judges jury who review the song to ensure it meets the required standards and does not contain any obscenity.
Thereafter a notification is sent to contestants through a text message confirming acceptance of the entry into the competition, with it a code through which friends can vote.
The code allows the contestant to track their performance on the website tracemusicstar.com, create a profile and also share with friends and fans for the voting process by sending the code through SMS to the number 33733.
Recording and voting is exclusive to the Airtel customers only, so anyone wanting to participate in the competition or voting will need to have an active Airtel subscription or register with the network.
In addition to the grand prize of £30,000 will be a recording contract with Universal music and a trip to the US to be mentored by renowned music artist Akon through production of own album.
In Kenya, the finalist will be presented with a Subaru Impreza hatchback and a chance to move on to the next stage of the competition, the Pan African for a chance to with the ultimate prize.
The competition which is open to people over 18 years, with younger people requiring a parent’s consent to participate, will announce the national winner on the 4th of January, 2015.
Selection of winners will be based on a combination of quality, pitch, originality, tone and range skills as well as the number of votes a person receives.
Airtel Kenya is currently making visits to varsities in the country to make campus activations in efforts to encourage the Kenyan youth to expose their talents.
